This past Saturday we had a joint birthday celebration for Big Buddy (6) and Mini Man (4). They have both been intrigued with knights and dragons for a while now so that's the theme we chose. the party entrance Papa and Maca Lindsey were gracious enough to let us host the party in their backyard/secret garden, it was the perfect setting. mini man and big buddy waiting for their guests In leu of traditional party favors, we outfitted the party guests with a sword, surcoat, and shield. Everyone's surcoat and shield was emblazoned with their sigil/initial. this tutorial was my inspiration for the surcoats we purchased the swords at dollar tree The shields were also our party craft. They are cardboard which Jeremy cut with a laser cutter. I then hot glued and taped (double reinforcement!) ribbon on the back for handles. The kids used dot markers to decorate the shields. This worked out really well because the cardboard a...