The Gonnies Birthday Party!

The Decorations

To have a Gonnies themed party it is all about the decorations!  Now if you are good planner you would stock up on Halloween decorations and supplies in October...But I didn't.  So I had to be a bit more creative.  I posted a wanted ad on my local kijiji looking to buy skulls and Halloween decorations.  I was very lucky that a very generous person see my ad and offered to lend me all her decorations!  She offered full size skeletons, spooky wall decorations, and so much more!  The kids were so surprised with how it all looked!

I also made Goonies themed flags!  some flags said Hey You Guys!, Never say Die, Copper Bones, and pirate flags!  I also found some Goonies articles on the web to stick on the wall!  If you are having a Goonies themed party feel free to email me and I can send you what I found.

  

The Cake

My best friend offered to make the cake.  She did an amazing job!  A treasure chest cake made to look like One eyed Willies chest in the movie!  She baked two long cakes (9x13), cut them in half.  3 cakes layered on the bottom.  The last piece used for the lid.  To help the lid stay stable use long wooden skewers.  She decorated with long fruit leathers, currents, and licorice.  And then the funnest part was the inside treasure!

We sung happy birthday, blew out the candles...then we took the cake back to the kitchen to be cut...We did this to help not having to much chaos of kids yelling what they want for treasure.  While the cake was being cut we did presents.  This worked so well!

The Games

My daughter and I created a game we called The Amazing Goonie race!  A treasure hunt game!  We tried to time the game to end at the end of the party.  So the kids could retrieve their loot to go home with.

The Amazing Goonie Race!

Mikey and Brandon Walsh are brothers whose family is preparing to move because developers want to build a golf course in the place of their neighborhood.  But when Mikey stumbles upon a treasure map of the famed "One-Eyed" Willie's hidden fortune, Mikey, Brandon, and their friends Chunk, Mouth, Andy, Stef, and Data, calling themselves The Goonies, set out on a quest to find the treasure in hopes of saving their neighborhood.

The treasure is in a cavern, but the entrance to the cavern is under the house of evil thieves, the Fratelli’s!

So brace yourself for a treacherous journey - you're going with these gutsy Goonie Kids on a treasure hunt for One Eyed Willie's rich stuff! But beware, there are lots of booby traps, temptations, and challenges along the perilous path to the Pirate Ship Cavern. And don't forget, you're being pursued by the nefarious Fratelli Gang.

Ye Intruders Beware

Crushing Death and Grief

Soaked in Blood

Of the trespassing Thief

Your adventure begins

Where coals glow bright,

Ye must tunnel down low.

Where there is no light.

(So they would have to guess that they would have to go to the fireplace...and we had a tunnel set up for them to crawl through.  After everyone crawled through my daughter would read the next clue)

Continue to the next station

Where you will see a game

Set out for thee

Figure it out

And you’ll get clue number 3!

(we had a pipes game set out for them to play...connect the pipes all together.  When finished they would come across My Chester Pot(skeleton) the next clue was in his wallet) 

Chester Copperpot

Don’t you guys see?

Don’t you realize!

He was a pro!

He never made it this far!

Look how far we’ve come.

We got a chance!

Goonies never say die!

It’s our time!

Your challenge is this,

The Frattelli’s are not far behind.

You need to set a booby trap

With whatever you can find.

(We had lots of stuff for them to create a booby trap with!)

You have a head start, 
But the Fratteli’s are still close behind!

Hurry to the foot bridge,

And walk across without falling,

To make better time.

(My husband made a short foot bridge...after everyone crossed my daughter read the next clue)

To move on

Play the tune

If each note is said

If you make too many mistakes

Ye will surely be dead.

Play the bones to get out of here,

If you get the wrong note you will all B-Flat.

(they had to figure out to go to the piano, and play the music set out for them)

Find the Pirate Ship

Upon the mirrored sea,

And the next clue,

 will be waiting for thee!

(the clue was under the pirate ship I set out on a mirror)

You don’t have much far to go! 

Seek the cannon ball chamber,

Though the trap door,

To find one eyed Willie

(we made a trap door with an open box for the kids to crawl through...black balloons set out to be cannonballs!)

Say hi to Willie

You’ve found his treasure

Take care not to take his treasure

You must save it for Willie.

(I had a smaller Willie with treasure chest beside the big treasure chest filled with Rich stuff!  The kids got to pick out their own loot!) 

The treasure hunt was such a success!  The kids were really getting into it... pretended that the Fratelli's were close behind!  Most recently saw the movie so they understood the adventure!

We also had pirate crafts to make hats, eye patches, and daggers.  We play pin the "X" on the map.  And a fun pirate pitch game where we threw cannonballs(water balloons) at a target!

Costumes!

My daughter dressed like Cyndi Lauper.

My son was Mickey.

My friend's son was Chunk

It wasn't a costume party but it was fun to dress up!

The Invitations!

These were fun to make, I found the graphic online and modified it a bit.  I think they turned out great!  I can email the invitations template if interested.

The end

We kept the party short, 2 hours only.  The kids had such a great time.  Hope these ideas help you with your own Goonies party!  To learn more about what the The Goonies are all about see my post!

I made these awesome flags to decorate cupcakes we had later after the party for family and friends!