Despicable Party

The first time I saw the movie Despicable Me I fell in love and it easily took first place in my heart as my favorite movie. It is one of the few movies I can watch again and again and enjoy it every time. Yes I suppose it's not very becoming that an adult should be so hooked by a movie essentially made for children, but I honestly believe animation, despite the perception people have of it, is actually evolving to be targeted at both children and adults. Or maybe that's what I need to tell myself. Never the less my childish spirit makes me proud to admit my love for Despicable Me so much so that for my birthday last year I had a Despicable Me party.

I was so excited when I heard they were making a second Despicable me, but nervous as well in case I was let down. I should have known by that hilarious promo of the minions that it was going to awesome again. I loved the second movie as much as the first and with all the buzz and hype around the film I thought I should maybe share some of the photos from my party last year, which I never got round to doing. Admittedly the photos are horrible as the party was at night and I was a little pre-occupied so many things weren't photographed, but here are some of the things that were...

 

Unfortunately for my birthday cake I didn't have time to put on the finer details I normally would as I was busy with work and had to squeeze in my own party preparation whenever I could. I still love the amount of minions on the cake though (you can never have enough minions) and I was happy with the way my moon came out, obviously a big plot point from the first film. My favorite part of this cake however was the birthday message to myself quoted from the film, "why are you so old". The irony of me having a kiddies theme for my 26th birthday was not lost on me and there is really no reason not to laugh at yourself in life.

I had other theme related food at my party as well. I used fondant to turn normal choc chip cookies into cookie robots

I also had to have the sweets in the dog bowl just like Gru had for the girls when he brought them home the first time. Don't worry this is a brand new dog bowl bought especially for the occasion.

Then chocolate brownies acted as the mud pie Edith gives Miss Hatty and of course I had to have Agnes' unturned butterflies

    

 

The party food couldn't be complete without some minion cupcakes.

The minions also played an important role in my decor. I hand painted these and had them making appearances all over the party area. For the photos however I just have them in a row to get them all in.

                          

  

My best friend also managed to get some promotional minions from a dvd rental shop. These were great to string all over the place. If you can get your hands on these kinds of things they really make for easy effective decor.

I also set up a gazebo area that acted as Gru's lab and our drinking head quarters. I had all kinds of bottles and test tube looking items to simulate a laboratory environment. I also had posters of Gru's plan to steal the moon, which I drew from the movie, including the one the girl's drew of Gru on the toilet, but unfortunately I never took a photo of these.

                                      

 

My favorite item of all the decor however was an amazing birthday gift my genius boyfriend made for me. A 3D minion! I ended up using him as a table centre piece.

And because we are all big kids at heart I also had to have an activity to keep the restless amongst us entertained. I wanted to have the game from the amusement park in the film where Gru wins the fluffy unicorn for Agnes.

I cut out the alien from cardboard and then found inexpensive plastic guns which shot foam balls. Hitting that alien is harder than you think.

I had an absolutely despicable party and my only regret is I didn't take more photos, but I did have an amazing time. I can't wait to do another Despicable Me party for this second film so to all you Cape Townians out there I'm ready when you are;)

I have subsequently gotten an order for a minion cake, but I'm still waiting to get my hands on a full Despicable me party. However here are some pics of my latest despicable creation.