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Ninja Party: Food & Decorations

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I received product from Oriental Trading to facilitate this review. All opinions are my own.

For Charlie’s 3rd birthday party, he picked a ninja theme while looking through Oriental Trading’s catalog that we receive in the mail regularly.

Decorations were quick and easy to check off my to-do list with a little help from Oriental Trading! Oriental Trading offers a pretty nice selection of ninja decorations.

We picked out the Ninja Warriors Vertical Pennant Banner.

Ninja Warriors Birthday Banner

 

It was really cute, but I had a hard time getting all the pieces tied together. I kept getting irritated because about the time I would tie one, another would come undone. Once it was hung up though, it looked nice and added that special ninja theme to a birthday banner.

We put a Ninja Warriors Centerpiece in the middle of the food table. We LOVE these! Super easy to put together and you just need a couple to add that pop!

Ninja Warriors Centerpiece

On the main party table, where everyone would be sitting and eating, I put down one red tablecloth and one black tablecloth. Then down the middle went a Ninja Warrior Table Runner. Ninja Warrior Table Runner

The table runner comes in a cardboard tube. I had a really hard time getting the table runner out of the tube and it ended up ripping. Once it was laid out on the table, no one noticed and it still looked really nice. Unlike the rest of the decorations, this was just trashed after the party.

torn Ninja Warrior Table Runner

As for the food, I kept it pretty simple compared to other years. We scheduled a 2pm party. In my opinion, a 2pm party does not really need a lot of food. It’s between lunch and dinner, so some appetizers or basic snacks is perfect.

I made some sushi that everyone loved!

rice krispies sushi

This was easy to do, but ended up super cute. Make some rice krispie treats, cut them in small rectangles, put a swedish fish on top, then wrap it with a piece of fruit by the foot. You could use different colors of everything to make it more colorful, but we just used what we had and it worked great.

I made some Ninja cupcakes. Ideally they would have had tan faces with black icing as the eyes and eyebrows, but Charlie wanted chocolate cupcakes. I’m not overly thrilled with the way they turned out, but Charlie liked them and that’s really all that matters.

Ninja cupcakes

We bought a box Tai-Pei mini egg rolls. There were 36 in 3 different varieties, so it worked out perfect. We just popped them in the oven and served them. The kiddos (and adults) gobbled them up.

Ninja Party Food & Decorations

You can also see that we had Happy Birthday Fortune Cookies (who doesn’t love a fortune cookie?) and Ninja Warrior Dinner Plates.

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  1. Robin Rue says

    May 6, 2014 at 4:20 PM

    OMG, the cupcakes came out SOOOOO good. Actually, everything did. You did an awesome job!

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  2. ♡ Toodies Momma ♡ says

    May 6, 2014 at 4:30 PM

    The rice krispie sushi is an awesome idea! How much fun. My daughter would never touch the real thing so these would be a great alternative 🙂

    Reply
  3. Carly says

    May 6, 2014 at 4:46 PM

    Super cute decor! I have been trapped in girlie themed parties for a while. I can’t wait for my son to get older so we can get into ninjas, cowboys, pirates and such:)

    Reply
  4. redheadbabymama says

    May 6, 2014 at 4:59 PM

    Those cupcakes are intense! The banner just looks like a ninja chopped it. Cute party.

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  5. redheadbabymama says

    May 6, 2014 at 4:59 PM

    TURTLES!!!

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  6. Jenn says

    May 6, 2014 at 5:11 PM

    What a unique theme! I love it!

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  7. Aimee Fauci says

    May 6, 2014 at 5:54 PM

    you did really good w the theme that you had!

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  8. shellthings says

    May 6, 2014 at 6:43 PM

    Those decorations are so cute! You did such a good job with this party!

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  9. Krystal says

    May 6, 2014 at 7:10 PM

    This is such a cute party idea. I’ve seen candy sushi before and it’s adorable!

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  10. Louida M says

    May 6, 2014 at 7:13 PM

    I really like this idea! I wish I had a son so I could do some boy type party’s.

    Reply
  11. Chelsea says

    May 6, 2014 at 7:26 PM

    A great idea for a party! The sushi sounds great. Nice job on everything 🙂

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  12. Mitch says

    May 6, 2014 at 8:06 PM

    OMG, what a great party idea! And you did some great decorating and cooking to stick with the theme!
    Mitch

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  13. SippyCupMom says

    May 6, 2014 at 8:10 PM

    Oh, I love this! So clever and creative!

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  14. Adrianne Grant says

    May 6, 2014 at 8:17 PM

    These are all super cute ideas! I love the ninja themed party with the food that you made.

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  15. Veronica Solomon says

    May 6, 2014 at 8:33 PM

    Ninja parties are always fun! I think I had one for my son when he was little

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  16. Liz @ A Nut in a Nutshell says

    May 6, 2014 at 9:26 PM

    I think it all worked together beautifully! It’s a super cute theme!

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  17. Marketa says

    May 6, 2014 at 9:56 PM

    What a cute theme! I used to work at a craft center and order from Oriental Trading supplies for different themes- like magic, or tea party. Love the cupcakes!

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  18. Karen Koblan says

    May 6, 2014 at 9:57 PM

    This looks like such a great party! I love the theme. The decorations are all so cool!

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  19. elizabethnorton says

    May 6, 2014 at 10:29 PM

    I love parties. What creative ideas. It looks like a blast.

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  20. Sandra Sears says

    May 6, 2014 at 10:56 PM

    Looks like a great party! I hate when the runners rip , i’ve had it happen several times before.

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  21. valmg says

    May 7, 2014 at 12:05 AM

    What a fun party! Love the lettering and the colored fortune cookies!

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  22. Jenn @ The Rebel Chick says

    May 7, 2014 at 12:06 AM

    What a fun party theme! The ninja cupcakes are too cute!

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  23. Jenni E. says

    May 7, 2014 at 7:59 AM

    Ohhh, how fun is THIS!!! A ninja party theme is really cool. Love those cupcakes, they’re super duper cute!

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  24. mommamellon says

    May 7, 2014 at 8:57 AM

    I love the theme! My son would get such a kick out of this.!! We usually have to carry extra tape because during the decorating phase something will get torn lol

    Reply
  25. jaimemckee says

    May 7, 2014 at 9:19 AM

    The food turned out so great. I love the little “sushi”.

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  26. melinda says

    May 7, 2014 at 11:10 AM

    that all looks so good. My kids play ninja all the time

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  27. Krissy says

    May 7, 2014 at 11:39 AM

    So cute – I love the sweet ‘sushi’ rolls. I love Oriental Trading – I need to start looking thru the book for my son’s birthday coming up in July!

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  28. traceynicole says

    May 7, 2014 at 11:41 AM

    Such a cute idea for a theme! The sushi rolls are so cute. Very creative!

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  29. mail4rosey says

    May 7, 2014 at 11:47 AM

    Oh yeah, pretty sure this would be a HUGE hit here too. You did great!

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  30. Autumn Bradshaw says

    May 7, 2014 at 1:25 PM

    What a fun party theme! I love that pennant banner and your sushi idea!

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  31. Virginia @thatbaldchick says

    May 7, 2014 at 1:43 PM

    Those cupcakes are almost too cute to eat. Almost. 😉

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  32. Beth@FrugalFroggie says

    May 7, 2014 at 2:12 PM

    I love the sushi. What a great idea!!

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  33. Debra Rutt says

    May 7, 2014 at 2:16 PM

    Those cupcakes are just the cutest and cleverest ones I’ve ever seen. The banner and table tops help to set the ninja mood too!

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  34. Stacie Haight Connerty says

    May 7, 2014 at 2:50 PM

    That’s a fun looking party. My son would love a ninja party.

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  35. Dina Demarest says

    May 7, 2014 at 2:59 PM

    Your ninja cupcakes are so fun! they look easy to do too.

    Reply
  36. Susanna Barbee says

    May 7, 2014 at 8:46 PM

    What a unique and fun theme! I love Oriental Trading. They have great stuff for parties and other occasions.

    Reply
  37. gogrowgo says

    May 7, 2014 at 9:59 PM

    You did such a great job with this party. So cute!

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  38. Christie says

    May 7, 2014 at 10:56 PM

    That banner goes perfectly with your ninja theme! Such great party ideas!

    Reply
  39. Ashley says

    May 9, 2014 at 12:52 AM

    How fun! I love the “sushi.”

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  40. Tatanisha says

    May 9, 2014 at 8:14 AM

    Oh what a fun party! My boys would love a Ninja party like this!

    Reply

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