Jackson's 4-year-old Paw Patrol Party

Jackson's party this year was pretty low key but fun! We had discussions for weeks about what the theme of his party would be. He changed his mind several times and then settled on a dragon party. Seriously? He doesn't own a single toy dragon and had just started being interested in them that week but I wasn't sure it was an idea worthy of a birthday party. He stuck with dragon for a few days and finally I thought of something that might trump dragon in his mind - Paw Patrol. This is a new show on Nick Jr. all about rescue dogs who drive different trucks - perfect combo for this boy! He got introduced to the show while we were in Florida watching tv at our hotel in the mornings. They also happened to have a paw patrol marathon on Valentines Day so he got to watch it the whole flight home from the trip. We don't have Nickelodeon so he hasn't been able to watch it here but he still talks about the show and we discuss which dog is his favorite.

So naturally when I introduced paw patrol for a theme he was really excited about it. I figured I'd just get some paw patrol decorations but mostly stick to dogs for the theme. We bought him one episode through Amazon that he got for his birthday, so he watched that every morning before his party on Saturday.

We had the party Saturday, March 29 from 11 - 12:30 and just had it at our house since it was still cold outside and actually had a forecast for rain that day. He invited Levi, Nate, Eleanor & Audrey from his preschool class and they all came! He also invited Brinley & Devin from church (James, William & Aaron couldn't come) but we still had lots of fun and plenty of friends!

We served different types of hot dogs, watermelon, apples & veggie sticks. Tyler grilled all the hot dogs and luckily we made a lot since most of the moms stayed and ate too.

Jackson with the food table

Thanks to nickjr.com for providing all of the paw patrol party decor. Since it's such a new show, there is nothing available to buy in stores. There is literally not a single toy on the market yet so party supplies weren't happening. Luckily they had lots of free printables we took advantage of, including a poster now hanging in Jackson's room. The other dog themed decor came from the dollar store and I ordered the balloons from amazon.

The cupcake toppers was as fancy as we got

Each friend chose a puppy to adopt for the take home treat of the party

We played pin-the-fire-badge on Marshall

Nate, Eleanor, Levi, Brinley, Devin, Audrey, Jackson

All the friends (and a couple little sisters) picking their dogs name and coloring on the adoption certificate

The gang eating lunch (notice Abbie sharing a chair with her brother)

The gang eating cupcakes

Jackson got some great presents from his generous friends!

It was a great party that we threw together pretty fast but I'm sure the kids all had a great time :) There were no injuries or tears even, the kids had fun but weren't too crazy so seriously it couldn't have gone much better!