Dragon Justly Vanquished In Time For Birthday Cake.

Dragon Justly Vanquished In Time For Birthday Cake.

Ahh, Summer! When the Wry Baby clan’s attentions turn to Birthday celebrations. July is the month of our Boy and as is custom, his parties are always fraught with peril. Last was a birthday-crushing Robot Attack and this time, a smoke-belching Dragon came to ruin the fun! Luckily, the party-goers came fully armed!

The Dragon appears in the clearing! Blissfully unaware of it’s impending destruction.

As far as prep goes, these shenanigans involved a few things: About 3-5 hours of time, a Bunch of Recycling-Bound Cardboard Boxes, Paint, Duct Tape, Masking Tape, a Smidgen of Imagination and the Willingness to Throw The Best Birthday Party EVAR. Seriously, that list seems long, but it’s really a piece of birthday cake to make this alternative to the hit-or-mis birthday pinata.

Partygoers come face-to-face with the Dragon’s fury!

The Dragon is vanquished and the hunt for Dragon Eggs begins!

Here are some detailed instructions: Gather your various cardboard boxes and tape them into the form of a Dragon with the duct tape. Cover the duct tape (for strength) with masking tape (for paintability) and then paint. When finished, it’s pretty tough to get into, and that’s where the beauty lies. We were so tired of typical pinata’s being so unpredictable. Either they fell apart instantly or were only accessible via chain-saw in the end. While durable, these cardboard creations succumb after about 5 rounds of 10 kids. We usually start the first round by giving everyone one whack each and then the next turn 2 whacks and so on from there. Oh, and for the sword, you can make one out of a stick or whatever. As long as it can eventually penetrate a cardboard box eventually, it’s great.

As with everything made by Wry Baby, there’s a lot of fun to be had in the extra credit! Our birthday Dragon happened to be filled with treat-filled Dragon Eggs!

Dragon Eggs discovered!

The Dragon Eggs, hidden away in the head, body and tail, are just a matter of some paper machéd balloons, some treats for inside and a couple more hours of your time and a little extra paint. All being well worth it when you watch the Slayers carry off their prizes to break open.

In the end, you’ve pulled off a super memorable birthday party AND got rid of a bunch of cardboard boxes you had laying around. Yay!