He decided months ago that he wanted to have an Army Man birthday party this year. I bought some decorations and came up with TONS of ideas. But of course, before the party starts, you have to invite people to celebrate with you.
I love coming up with unique invitation ideas (as you saw with Ayla's party). For Zach's party, I decided to draft the guests...
I used our computer's word program. I found a U.S. Army star logo online and put in in the center of the page at the top. Then the invitation read :
*Official Recruitment Notice*
You are hereby ordered for induction into the United States Army Special Forces Unit. MISSION: Rendezvous with an elite force of young people to celebrate Zachary's 3rd Birthday. Should you choose to accept this mission... REPORT TO TRAINING CAMP: (the date of the party) LOCATION: Fort Eagle Training Academy (the address of the party) ARRIVAL TIME: (time the party starts) COMPLETION TIME: (the time the kids should be picked up) Rations will be served. UNIFORM: Camouflage or green/tan/brown clothing optional. Recruits will run basic training drills. They will be crawling on grass and using water grenades during their missions. Please make sure they dress appropriately. Please bring a towel or change of clothes. CONFIRM: Drill Sergeant (Last name) (phone number) (and date of RSVP)
Then I printed the invitations on regular printer paper and folded the sheets into thirds so that the top only showed the logo and the words *Official Recruitment Notice*.
Then in the top right corner I hand wrote the invitees last name. You could easily add your own touch. The name of the training academy could be the child's name or the family last name. You could also use the Army seal instead of the star logo. They would be really cute with an army camo border too! If you wanted to, you could take the invite, place it in a manila envelope, and write this on the outside:TOP SECRET: Special United States Army Documents ATTN: (Invitees name)
Enjoy!!! :)
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