Throwing A Candy Land Themed Birthday Party

candy land candy buffet birthday party

This weekend we celebrated our quadruplet boys 5th birthday with an ultimate Sugar Fest!  We threw a Candy Land Themed party with sweets and treats. How could one go wrong with old fashioned candies, brownies, cakes, and cookies? 

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I went the simple route with invitations, and sent this one via Pingg.com

candy land party banner with balloons

The boys were so excited about all the decorations and getting to help decorate their cake.

decorating a candy birthday sheet cake

It turned out even better than I expected, and they LOVED having a part in their party preparations. The Candy Land Cake was a vanilla spice sheet cake with cream cheese frosting topped with a variety of assorted candies – Now & Laters, Conversation Hearts, Rainbow Twizzlers, Rainbow Lollipops, Red Hots, and Candy Dots. (Yes, the superhero and basketball attire is par for the course most mornings.)

candy sheet cake for birthday party

I also loved how these Lollipop Cookies turned out.  It’s a simple sugar cookie dough rolled and cut out into circles, baked and immediately sprinkled, and then decorated with a swirl of icing.  The lollipop outside is a colored paper plate with a cookie pop stick hot glued to the back.

 lollipop cookies for birthday party 

The table was so fun to decorate and set up with a variety of old fashioned candies: cinnamon sticks, sour cherry balls, gumballs, malt balls, jelly beans, peanut brittle, lollipops, brownies, angel food cake, and taffy. (I found a lot of these treats at Cracker Barrel.)

candy buffet for candy land party

Seriously, have you seen a more colorful and fun cake ever in your life?

candy land party cake

Blowing out the “5” candle together…

quadruplets birthday party blowing out candles

It had been 3 years since we’ve thrown a birthday party for the boys, so it was fun to have a house full of family and friends to help us celebrate.

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One of my sweet friends, Kate, happened to be in town from Ohio with her sweet baby, Desmond.  Y’all, I have NEVER seen a more content and happy baby in my life.  I couldn’t get enough of him (or his mama)!

my life as a mom kate and desmond

And our neighbor Scot, who was also celebrating his birthday just returned for a 2 week military R&R from the Middle East.  The boys look up to him so much as their “real-life superhero”. Thank you so much for your service to our country, Scot, we are praying for your continued safety!

boys superhero party with a real superhero

The present opening was massive chaos, and over the top! Thank you sweet friends and family for your generosity and for loving on our boys!

birthday boys party opening gifts

11 Boys swarming around the boy toys. LOVED IT!

tons of boys birthday party opening presents

And the birthday party aftermath. Tons of great new entertainment and wonderful 5th birthday memories!

birthday party aftermath of toys