General Grievous Perler Bead Coaster

October 5, 2015October 19, 2015 / May the Fourth be with You Party: Anette / Leave a comment

In the midst of all the terror, there is something tragic and vulnerable about General Grievous.

Despite being such a fearsome villain, we can’t help but feel sorry for him. The credit has to go his designer Warren Fu. When Grievous was introduced to us in Episode III, we really didn’t know much about Grievous’ back story. Later, in the canon, we of course find out that his transformation was triggered by the death of his dear (female) friend Ronderu lij Kummar. However, through Fu’s choice of making Grievous’ chest cavity open (and heart exposed), we feel that loss and humanity, without knowing anything about him. We get a sense of vulnerability, in a way entirely unexpected of a Jedi-killing cyborg.

That back story also foretells Anakin’s descent into darkness. Here is George Lucas’ take on who Grievous is…

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Love in a (BB-8 Water) Bottle! (DIY)

October 2, 2015November 1, 2015 / May the Fourth be with You Party: Anette / 1 Comment

They say spring is for new romances, and indeed, in April of this year we all fell in love! BB-8 is one of the cutest movie character to come along in years. And of course we all really, really, really wanted one of our own! Since the lab at M4P is equipped to make any full size robot, as long as it can be built with duct tape… a full-size, working BB-8 was out of the question. However, these M4P exclusive mini-versions were well within our abilities.
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A Day at the Races (DIY Anakin at the Podrace Costume)

September 30, 2015November 1, 2015 / May the Fourth be with You Party: Anette / 1 Comment

Kids grow so fast! We quickly realized that if we (the parents) wanted maximize our (never mind the kids’) amusement at Halloween we had to plan ahead. We needed to do all the short characters while the objects of our amusement were still small. Yoda, at about 2 feet, is the size of a pretty young child, so Yoda was our very first. R2D2, check. We still need to tackle Ewoks and Jawas. Then there is young Anakin, another shorty! So a couple of years ago, our little guy got recruited as a podracer pilot.

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Obi Two Kenobis (Perler Bead Coaster)

September 28, 2015November 1, 2015 / May the Fourth be with You Party: Anette / 1 Comment

Today we have, not Wan, but Two Kenobis for y’all: The young-ish from Episode 2 and 3, and the mature Old Ben from Episode 4. I decided to make both since, Ewan McGregor is, well Ewan McGregor, and Alec Guinness is de Man. One should not have to choose.
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Ready for the Picnic (DIY Padmé Amidala Costume)

September 25, 2015November 1, 2015 / May the Fourth be with You Party: Anette / 2 Comments

DIY Padme Amidala Picnic Dress Costume. Check out all our other Star Wars costumes on our blog! #amidala #starwars #starwarsparty #maythefourthbewithyou #starwarsbirthday #starwarscostume #halloweencostume #padmeamidala #cosplay maythefourthbewithyoupartyblog.com

This past May, after a few years of helping me make elaborate and pretty masculine costumes (General Grievous, Chewie, R2D2), my daughter requested an easy-to-wear and girly costume for our May the Fourth Party. Since she had already been Princess Leia and Ahsoka, we figured it was time for Padmé Amidala.

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Downloadable Yoda Soda and Darth Pop Labels

September 23, 2015March 9, 2016 / May the Fourth be with You Party: Anette / 4 Comments

These are our very own, M4P exclusive, 2 liter soda labels, made for our own M4P party. And you can download them for free from our blog.

In my day job, I spend a lot of time designing food labels and packaging. So it was just a matter of time before we started making fake Star Wars food labels for our parties. This was my first stab, and I am really happy to be sharing them with you guys. Feel free to download the pdf or the jpegs below and use for your own parties.

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