Max turned 6 and wanted a party with friends.  It was during the London 2012 Summer Olympics and he loves Mario so we planned a Mario and Sonic at the Olympics birthday party!  Teams were divided into Team Mario and Team Sonic.  Each party guest received a t-shirt and button pin designating their team.  The events were:

• Bowser's Bean Bag Toss (cornhole)
• Blaze's 40 yd Dash
• Luigi's Javelin Throw (using water shooters from $ Store, red/yellow/blue pinwheels with names attached for distance markers))
• Amy's Hula Hoop Game (hold hands with team members and get hoop around every member of team without unlocking hands)
• Peach's Potato Sack Race
• Mario's Marshmallow Relay (toothpicks, tubs of flour)
• Daisy's Discus Toss (frisbees and pinwheel markers from Javelin Throw)
• Hurdle Jump (using water noodles attached to ground with wodden skewers)
• Sonic's Soccer Shoot Out (goal and soccer balls)
• Yoshi's Egg Race (spoons, eggs)
• Toad's Standing Long Jump

The guests enjoyed a picnic of snacks under the shade of the trees:

• Twizzlers wrapped in patriotic ribbon
• Strawberries dipped in white chocolate then dipped in blue sanding sugar
• Watermelon stars and blueberries
• Red solo cups filled with pretzels and cheese Goldfish
• Ice cream cones filled with popcorn (Olympic torches)
• Marshmallows on sticks dipped in red chocolate with sprinkles
• Luigi’s Italian Ice cups
• Mario fruit snacks

Upon completion of the events we had a little awards ceremony where each participant received an award and a stick on mustache.  Favors were the personalized t-shirts and chocolate wii remotes which said, "Wii thank you for coming to Max's party."  We ended the party with a blue silly string fight.  Max and his friends/family had a BLAST!