Dragons Love Tacos Birthday Party

If your child loves dragons, then a Dragons Love Tacos Birthday Party is perfect for you. The only thing dragons love more than tacos is taco parties. Penguin Kids sent us the book and dragon toy. Enter the giveaway at the end for a chance to win one of your own. Affiliate links are included in this post.

I’ve mentioned Lily’s love of dragons before and how it all started with a bedtime story. We’ve been reading dragon books ever since. Dragons Love Tacos is the perfect theme for her third birthday party. Dragons love tacos and so does Lily. Baby brother Elon’s birthday is just two weeks before Lily’s. Due to everyone’s schedules, we decided to combine their parties this year.

Dragons Love Tacos but be careful when you invite them to your taco party. They can only handle very mild salsa. If they get even a little spicy salsa, trouble occurs. And of course, as you can imagine, the dragons cause some trouble in the story. Don’t worry though, they help to fix everything. After all, they’ll work for tacos.

Dragons Love Tacos Birthday Cake

Every good party needs a cake. For our Dragons Love Taco Party, I made a simple 2-layered round chocolate cake with cream cheese frosting. Then, I decorated it with a dragon eating tacos. The dragon and tacos are made out of modeling chocolate. I used Wilton’s recipe for making modeling chocolate (candy clay) from candy melts. Combine 1 12 oz bag of candy melts with 1/4 cup of light corn syrup. Then, I followed this YouTube video to make the modeling chocolate (aside from the amounts).

I used two packages of red candy melts and one package of white. I didn’t use the entire pile of red modeling chocolate. You could probably get away with just one bag of red if you make your dragon smaller. I colored the white modeling chocolate with candy food coloring and regular food coloring. Adding a lot of food coloring makes the modeling chocolate a bit soft. You can add cornstarch to combat this problem. Read this post for tips on coloring modeling chocolate. She recommends gel food coloring.

I set the cake up on my buffet table with the book and dragon toy that Penguin Kids sent us for the party. I found the chalkboard sign in the Target dollar spot. The table runner is a piece of dragon fabric leftover from making Lily’s dragon skirt.

The taco party food included flour and corn tortillas, shredded chicken for the tacos (my husband’s recipe), guacamole (the best ever), red salsa, green salsa, pico de gallo, cheddar cheese, chihuahua cheese, shredded lettuce, cilantro, limes, tortillas chips, and a veggie tray.

Dragon Costumes for Kids

Lily was a dinosaur for last Halloween. She’s been wearing the dinosaur around the house calling it a dragon for a couple months now. I thought it would be a good idea to make her a proper dragon costume for the party.

I found the dragon wings and mask on Amazon. I sewed the skirt myself and paired it with a black t-shirt and gold jellies. I actually found the skirt fabric at Walmart. It was a bit stretchy and difficult to work with (I couldn’t iron the hem flat), but I eventually made it work.

Here’s what the wings look like from the back. We did a color changing dragon egg hunt as one of the birthday party games.

Since Elon was turning one, I made his birthday party outfit much simpler. I found a t-shirt and shorts from Target. (I love their Cat and Jack line.) Then, I used my Silhouette Cameo to create a freezer paper stencil. The dragon picture came from the Silhouette library. You can learn how to make a freezer paper stencil for a birthday shirt here. (I’ve also made an R2-D2 baby costume and a monster shirt with freezer paper stencils.)

More Cake Pictures

We sang to Lily first. (Her dragon wings are hanging on the chair.)

Then, we sang to Elon. Daddy, big brother, and Lily helped blow out his candle.

Dragons Love Tacos 2: The Sequel

If you love the first book, you’ll be happy to know there’s a second one! Dragons Love Tacos 2: The Sequel debuted on May 2nd. Read our review and learn how to make straw rockets here.

More Birthday Party Ideas for Kids

When Aiden turned 3, he requested an airplane themed party. Check out these posts for the details.

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Carol Luciano says:

April 21, 2017 at 9:52 am

That’s wonderful. Thanks for sharing the tips and pictures. My grandsons love Dragons. And how great there’s a second book coming.
Carol L

Trisha says:

April 24, 2017 at 2:55 pm

Thanks, Carol! We can’t wait to read the sequel.

danielle hammelef says:

April 21, 2017 at 10:46 am

Thanks for sharing your birthday party pics! The cake is excellent! Wow are you talented. I love dragons and have seven clay dragons here at home as I continue to grow my collection. This book is a must read for me–so much fun!

Trisha says:

April 24, 2017 at 2:54 pm

Thanks so much! My daughter is really into dragons right now. It was such a fun theme to do!

C Grau says:

April 22, 2017 at 9:37 am

Wow; this is fantastic! We love your ideas, and that cake is out of this world.

Trisha says:

April 24, 2017 at 2:53 pm

Thank you!!

Penny Olson says:

April 24, 2017 at 11:17 am

I love the idea for the Dragons Love Tacos birthday party. I’m excited to read the book!

Trisha says:

April 24, 2017 at 2:52 pm

Thanks, Penny! We had so much fun with it.

Karen Nazzy says:

April 25, 2017 at 4:30 pm

The dragon looks so professional and I LOVE love love the entire theme! Dragons love Tacos is a favorite library book for us and now I’m excited for the sequel!