Star Wars Invitations

Happy Monday!! It is Victoria Day here in Canada so we all have the day off today. Long weekends are always fabulous!  Unfortunately, in keeping with tradition, the forecast is for a cool, rainy day.  I guess you can’t have everything….

So last weekend, my baby boy turned FIVE!!!

I know we all say it, but I just don’t know where the time goes!  This little dude has been asking for a Star Wars Party since Christmas time so I have been doing lots of blog surfing and Pinteresting searching for ideas.  Let me tell you, there is definitely not a shortage of Star Wars party inspiration out there!

In order to save you some time, I thought I would share our party ideas as well as some of my favorite links and other fun ideas that I have come across.  You can also check out my Pinterest Party Idea Board as well. I have divided the series into 6 posts and will be sharing them all over the next couple of weeks.

Post 1 – Invitations

Post 2 – Party Food

Post 3 – Birthday Cake and Cupcake Ideas

Post 4  – Light Sabers

Post 5 – Star Wars Party Decor

Post 6 – Games and Goodies

Hopefully that will make it a little more organized for you if you are planning your own Star Wars party.  And even if you are not going to be having a party, there are still lots of fun ideas that can be used for the little Jedi in your life! 

So… let’s get started with the invitations!  I always like to try and make the invitations fun so the kids are excited to come to the party.  I saw these invitations from The Blackberry Vine and knew I definitely wanted to do light saber invitations.  Boys and light sabers just go together.

I did have a few ‘To Do’ pictures but I seemed to have deleted them somewhere along the way.  They are pretty easy to make though, so hopefully my instructions will be okay.

• paper towel rolls or other firm tubes {I ended up using some old tubes from the Silhouette vinyl which worked great}
• glitter cardstock {12 x 12}
• black cardstock
• thick ribbon
• baker’s twine
• Quick Grip glue {or other strong glue}
• Double sided tape
• brads
• invitation {you can download one below or create your own}
• tags {you can download the Storm trooper tag below or create your own}

1. Cut your 12 x 12 glitter paper in half so you have two 6 x12 pieces.  Wrap your paper around the tube {you may need to trim it down slightly smaller than the 6 inches depending on the size of your tube} and secure the paper into a tube shape with glue. {You will need a strong setting glue here.  I had tried using double sided tape but it did not seem to adhere well to the glitter.}  **NOTE: If you are using paper towel rolls for the invitations, you may need to find a stronger tube {such as a rolling pin or firm wrapping paper roll} to form your glitter paper tube.

2. Cut your black cardstock to a height of approximately 5-6 inches.  Form into a tube around your roll and adhere with double sided tape or glue.  Slide it on your paper towel roll so that it is flush with the bottom of the roll.  Slide the glitter paper tube down over the top of the roll until it touches the black cardstock.  Wrap some thick ribbon around your tube where the two papers meet and adhere with double sided tape.

3. Attach brads to the base of the invitation for the light saber buttons.  Attach the Storm Trooper tag with baker’s twine.

The Storm Trooper tags can be downloaded here.

Using a digital kit from Natalie’s Little Corner of the World, I created the actual invitation, printed them out onto plain white paper, rolled them up and tied them with baker’s twine.

I then slipped them into the light saber tube and left some of the baker’s twine sticking out.

I created a more generic invitation for you to use if you would like.  You can download it here.

Now if you are looking for a very simple invitation, you can just print out the above invite, attach it to some black cardstock, roll it up and tie it with a tag.  Easy, peasy!!

If you are looking for more custom invites, there are some available at The Princess and the Peas and many more can be found on Etsy.  This comic book invite was definitely unique.

And I love this movie stub idea as well.

These ones that I spotted over at Catch My Party were also pretty cool.

So, hopefully that provides you with some Star Wars invitation inspiration!  Are you a fan of more elaborate invitations or do you like to stick to the basics?

Wishing you all a wonderful week! May the Force be with you until next time….


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