How to throw a Chewbacca themed party with a Wookie Cake!
Star Wars Party Theme: Wild & Wookiee Party. Looking to turn your Star Wars party fun into a wookiee-palooza? This Star Wars party theme is all about the wookiees. Frosting, fur and sweets galore! What better way to celebrate a Star Wars party than with a fun Chewbacca Cake?
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In my house, we are huge nerds…we love Star Trek, Dr. Who, Marvel and so much more…but most of all…it’s Star Wars. We are Star Wars nerds to the core.
I have literally designed so many Star Wars themed parties in my head, I just had to share a few. Soooo…I did it all for the Wookiee!
Ok, but seriously…in anticipation of the upcoming Solo Movie, I wanted to make a party to celebrate the galaxy’s greatest copilot and my little munchkin’s favorite Star Wars character: Chewbacca!
This party was just a simple spread I put together for fun:) I kept the decor very simple, with the colors focused around the black and white of my Modern Star Wars printables and the classic brown of Chewbacca.
All the fun goodies were made to look like Chewbacca with exaggerated eyes and yummy chocolate fur. I made a fun Chewbacca cake. If you would like to recreate this cake, check out the Chewbacca Cake tutorial toward the end of the post.
For the cupcakes, I made simple chocolate cupcakes with chocolate frosting and put candy eyes in the frosting so the looked like little Chewie heads peaking over the top of black and white candy cups.
We happen to have several Chewbacca figures at my house (I did mention we were a little Star Wars obsessed, right?) These particular figures are the Chewbacca and the Chewbacca Bobble Head.
I cut out the Wild & Wookie Cake Topper and glued it to a black and white straw to make the cake topper. Wookie is totally the best Star Wars party theme…am I right?
For this party, I made two types of cookies. Gingerbread Wookiees and Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookie Wookies. Both were as simple as they were adorable!!
This Chewbacca is the Playskool Galatic Heroes Chewbacca. The backdrop was a simple mixture of black and white polka dot balloons and brown tissue poms. The backdrop took me about 10 mins to put together and hang.
I used white poster board that I cut into strips and taped the balloons and poms onto the poster board in the shape I was wanting. Then I could easily hang the poster board as one piece instead of hanging individual pieces.
My favorite dessert from the party was the Rice Krispie Wookiees. I have a fun and easy tutorial for how to make these Chewbacca treats as well toward the end of the post.
The treat boxes were tied with some Chewbacca fur and had an assortment of chocolate and caramel fit for a Wookiee!! Here’s my little guys loving his party!
My little Rowdy sure loves his Chewbacca Tsum Tsum!! Don’t you love this adorable “I speak Wookie” onesie??
How to make a Chewbacca Cake
Star Wars: How to make a Chewbacca Cake. Want to make a Chewbacca themed cake for your Star Wars party?
Let’s celebrate the greatest Wookiee of them all with a fun Chewbacca Cake!!! I am breaking down how to make this Chewbacca Cake from my Wild & Wookiee Star Wars Party! Here you go…
Materials:
- 3 boxes of Chocolate Cake Mix or your favorite Chocolate Cake Recipe.
- 3 cans chocolate frosting
- White Fondant
- Black Fondant
- Silver Sugar Sheets
- Cake Stand
- Tiered Spring Form Pans
- Icing Spatula or any flat kitchen utensil
- Parchment Paper
- Rolling Pin and Mat
- Knife
- Circle Cookie Cutters (optional)
Step 1:
Bake the cakes according to the instructions on the box or recipe. You will want two large (9″) and two medium (7″) cakes. This Tiered Springform Pan works PERFECTLY.
Just use the two biggest sizes twice. Set the cakes onto parchment paper to cool (you can also bake ahead of time and place in the freezer (this helps to keep the cakes super moist!).
Step 2:
Once the cakes are cool, place one larger cake onto your cake stand. Put a layer of frosting on top of the cake. This should be about .25 to .5 inch thick. Place another larger cake on top (top side down so the smoother bottom of the cake is facing up.
Step 3:
Repeat the process with the smaller cakes.
Step 4:
Once you have the cakes in place. Start frosting all the cake surface. The goal for a Chewbacca cake is to make the frosting look like fur…so the messier the better! Layer the frosting making sure all the cake is covered.
Step 5:
After you put a layer of frosting on the cake, come back with more frosting and make sections heavier with frosting so it looks like layered fur.
Once easy way to do this is to place frosting on the cake and then lightly press the icing spatula against the frosting pull away so the frosting gets a little sloppy and “follows” the spatula.
Step 6:
Roll out white and black fondant until it is about .25 inches thick with a rolling pin. Using a 1.5-2.5 inch circle cookie cutter (or tracing a lid with a knife…if you don’t have a cookie cutter!), make two white circles.
Repeat with a smaller circle on black fondant.
Using a very small amount of water (just a couple drops) “glue” the black circles on to the white circles to make eyes. Cut a strip on black fondant about 6 inches long in a parallelogram.
Cut small rectangles of silver sugar paper out and attach to the black fondant with a few drops of water to make Chewbacca’s belt.
Step 7:
Place the eyes and belt onto the cake. Your Chewbacca cake is ready to be displayed and enjoyed! Easy peasy, right!!!
DIY Chewbacca Cake
Star Wars: How to make a Chewbacca Cake. Want to make a Chewbacca themed cake for your Star Wars party?
Let's celebrate the greatest Wookiee of them all with a fun Chewbacca Cake!!! I am breaking down how to make this Chewbacca Cake from my Wild & Wookiee Star Wars Party! Here you go...
Ingredients
- 3 boxes of Chocolate Cake Mix or your favorite recipes
- 3 cans chocolate frosting
- White Fondant
- Black Fondant
- Silver Sugar Sheets
- Cake Stand
- Tiered Spring Form Pans
- Icing Spatula or any flat kitchen utensil
- Parchment Paper
- Rolling Pin and Mat
- Knife
- Circle Cookie Cutters (optional)
Instructions
Step 1:
Bake the cakes according to the instructions on the box or recipe. You will want two large (9") and two medium (7") cakes. This Tiered Springform Pan works PERFECTLY.
Just use the two biggest sizes twice. Set the cakes onto parchment paper to cool (you can also bake ahead of time and place in the freezer (this helps to keep the cakes super moist!).
Step 2:
Once the cakes are cool, place one larger cake onto your cakestand. Put a layer of frosting on top of the cake. This should be about .25 to .5 inch thick. Place another larger cake on top (top side down so the smoother bottom of the cake is facing up.
Step 3:
Repeat the process with the smaller cakes.
Step 4:
Once you have the cakes in place. Start frosting all the cake surface. The goal for a Chewbacca cake is to make the frosting look like fur...so the messier the better! Layer the frosting making sure all the cake is covered.
Step 5:
After you put a layer of frosting on the cake, come back with more frosting and make sections heavier with frosting so it looks like layered fur.
Once easy way to do this is to place frosting on the cake and then lightly press the icing spatula against the frosting pull away so the frosting gets a little sloppy and "follows" the spatula.
Step 6:
Roll out white and black fondant until it is about .25 inches thick with a rolling pin. Using a 1.5-2.5 inch circle cookie cutter (or tracing a lid with a knife...if you don't have a cookie cutter!), make two white circles.
Repeat with a smaller circle on black fondant.
Using a very small amount of water (just a couple drops) "glue" the black circles on to the white circles to make eyes. Cut a strip on black fondant about 6 inches long in a parallelogram.
Cut small rectangles of silver sugar paper out and attach to the black fondant with a few drops of water to make Chewbacca's belt.
Step 7:
Place the eyes and belt onto the cake. Your Chewbacca cake is ready to be displayed and enjoyed! Easy peasy, right!!!
How to make Chewbacca Rice Krispie Treats
Star Wars: How to make Chewbacca Rice Krispie Treats. Love Chewbacca? We sure do! Today I’m sharing these easy peasy Chewbacca Rice Krispie Treats!
Throwing a Star Wars blast? Whether your party celebrates all things Star Wars, or just the cutest co-pilot in the galaxy, you need some yummy DIY Chewbacca treats in your life! I am breaking down how to make this Chewbacca Rice Krispie Treats. Here you go…
Materials:
- Rice Krispies Recipe or Pre-made Rice Krispies Treats
- Chocolate Frosting (Pillsbury Pastry Bag)
- White Fondant
- Black Piping Gel
- Silver Sprinkles
- Spoon
- Circle Cookie Cutters (optional)
Step 1:
You have two options for starting this recipe. The first is to make a big batch of rice krispie treats following the original recipe and cute them into small rectangles. Option two would be to buy a bunch of individually packaged rice krispies treats.
For this tutorial, I used option two. I preferred this option because it saved time and they were all super uniform.
Step 2:
Cover the top of the Rice Krispie treats with chocolate frosting. You can spread frosting from a can, but I found using the Pillsbury Pastry Bag to be super convenient and much less messy.
I simply squeezed out frosting in a quick zig zag pattern to cover the top of the treat.
Step 3:
Once the Krispies were covered with frosting, I used the back of a spoon to blend the frosting all over so it looked like fur.
To make the frosting stick out in various places and really resemble fur, I lifted the spoon away from the frosting periodically so the frosting would pull away from the treat and give a little “bloop” on top.
Yep…we are using bloop as a technical term today.
Step 4:
Roll out white and black fondant until it is about .25 inches thick with a rolling pin. Using a .75-1 inch circle cookie cutter (or tracing a lid with a knife…if you don’t have a cookie cutter!), make two white circles.
Make pupils using the black piping gel and making a very small dot. Allow the fondant to dry for 30 mins or so and then place in the frosting.
Step 5:
Use the black piping gel to make Chewbaca’s utility sash and sprinkle lightly with silver sprinkle. Easy peasy and of so cute!!
Enjoy your super cute little Chewbaccas! You know you want to try one!!
Chewbacca Rice Krispies Treats
Throwing a Star Wars blast? Whether your party celebrates all things Star Wars, or just the cutest co-pilot in the galaxy, you need some yummy DIY Chewbacca treats in your life! I am breaking down how to make this Chewbacca Rice Krispie Treats. Here you go…
Ingredients
- Rice Krispies Recipe or Pre-made Rice Krispies Treats
- Chocolate Frosting (Pillsbury Pastry Bag)
- White Fondant
- Black Piping Gel
- Silver Sprinkles
- Spoon
- Circle Cookie Cutters (optional)
Instructions
Step 1:
You have two options for starting this recipe. The first is to make a big batch of rice krispie treats following the original recipe and cute them into small rectangles. Option two would be to buy a bunch of individually packaged rice krispies treats.
For this tutorial, I used option two. I preferred this option because it saved time and they were all super uniform.
Step 2:
Cover the top of the Rice Krispie treats with chocolate frosting. You can spread frosting from a can, but I found using the Pillsbury Pastry Bag to be super convenient and much less messy.
I simply squeezed out frosting in a quick zig zag pattern to cover the top of the treat.
Step 3:
Once the Krispies were covered with frosting, I used the back of a spoon to blend the frosting all over so it looked like fur.
To make the frosting stick out in various places and really resemble fur, I lifted the spoon away from the frosting periodically so the frosting would pull away from the treat and give a little "bloop" on top.
Yep...we are using bloop as a technical term today.
Step 4:
Roll out white and black fondant until it is about .25 inches thick with a rolling pin. Using a .75-1 inch circle cookie cutter (or tracing a lid with a knife…if you don’t have a cookie cutter!), make two white circles.
Make pupils using the black piping gel and making a very small dot. Allow the fondant to dry for 30 mins or so and then place in the frosting.
Step 5:
Use the black piping gel to make Chewbaca's utility sash and sprinkle lightly with silver sprinkle. Easy peasy and of so cute!!
This is the Black Series Chewbacca and the itty bitty Chewbacca.
This Chewbacca figure is the Disney Infinity Chewbacca.
I also made a Chewbacca brown tassel banner for the table. Simple and cute, and of course, Rowdy is trying to peak at his table of treats!!
The water bottle labels work great on traditional water bottles, but I also figured, Wookiees probably drink stouter stuff that plain water…so we used frappaccino bottles for the “Wookie Water”
Here is a close-up of the tassle banner…so fun and easy!!
Here are some helpful links for throwing a Star Wars party:
Wanna throw a Star Wars party? The Modern Star Wars printables are available for purchase in my shop
Star Wars Party Supplies
Still looking for some Star Wars party help? These tableware sets will help keep your food on theme and save you time looking for for matching items:
Star Wars Party Supplies from Amazon
Star Wars Tableware from Oriental Trading
Space Tableware from Daydream Society
If you love these ideas, please pin this image to your birthday Pinterest board:
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I love this unique take on a Star Wars party. Wookie for the win!
This is hilarious. I love the big eyes on everything. What a great idea! I’m also a mama that loves to decorate and craft for my kids’ birthday parties. I especially liked the polka-dot decorations and I wish I could eat one of those chocolate dipped cookies.
Such a cute party! My son had a Star Wars party when he turned seven a few years back, and it was a hit among his friends and classmates. :)
This is amazing. I am loving all the great details and that cake is awesome! Love it.
This is such a cute party theme! Pinning this for later.
This is so cute for a birthday party. I loved that you chose Chewy, he is my favorite character from Star Wars.
Seems really fun!!! Might organise one for my son next year! Great ideas!!!!
How cute I love how it all came together
Cute chewbacca and lovely black and white theme too!
This has to be the cutest Star Wars party ever! All the other ones I’ve seen just like old and spacey. This takes it to a whole different level to be appropriate for kids! I love it.
I love your Wild and Wookie party theme idea. Many love Star Wars and Chewbacca! I could see my friends son loving this as his birthday party. In fact I’ll have to show her. I love the Wookie bites, water labels and rice krispy treats. The cake and statues are cute as well.
This party theme looks like so much fun! I’m going to suggest it for my daughter’s 3rd birthday :)
This is such a cool cake! It’s so easy but so cute!
What a great and fun idea. This is so perfect since my son is turning 6. Glad I found this.
I just introduced my son to Star Wars recently and I know he would LOVE this cake! It even looks easy enough that I feel like I could handle creating it. I’m keeping this one in mind for my son’s next birthday!
this looks so fun. it might even be one I could accomplish!! My son would love it.
This guy is so adorable! I would totally make something like this for a couple of guy friends!
Not a Star Wars fan but this cake is cute!
what a cute & easily made cake.. I still probably couldn’t make it but I love it <3
The chewbacca cake looks so cute! You’re so creative! I’ll definitely follow your instruction and bake my own cake.
This cake is so very cute! My kids really love the Star Wars movies and would get a kick out of this.
I have been looking for some fun themed cakes. This one is absolutely so adorable.
What a perfect party! Oh my gosh this cake is my absolute favorite. I want to make it myself!
This is so cute. I saw your cake version as well. You did a fantastic job with the WILD & WOOKIEE PARTY!
Signed,
Not a Star Wars fan
Rice krispies treats are one of my boys favorite snacks! We’ve made pumpkin ones for Halloween and sprinkle-covered ones during spring break just for fun. They watch the Clone Wars on tv sometimes, they would love to make these!
These are just darling! Such a clever way to bring in a movie theme. I have an almost 1-year-old boy at home and can’t wait for the day he is old enough to try themed treats and parties. Filing this one away for future use!
My younger daughter would absolutely love to make these as Rice Krispies are a favorite treat.
Something fun.. Will get my daughter help me create this.. she would be happy helping mommy cook something :)
I feel like making the eyes on parchment paper has opened a whole new world to me when it comes to decorating baked goods. I could actually make things look cute!
These are too cute and too easy not to try! I love how simple these are- even for folks who avoid cooking, these treats would be a fun way to engage with younger family members in order to create a total crowd-pleaser.
Our nephew wants a Star Wars party, so we’ll have to replicate this idea! We can’t wait to check out your full party post for more inspiration.
Such a nice way to recreate those Rice Krispies and I am sure that my kids will definitely like it.
This look simple and at the same time so attractive. Ilove how two big eyes are watching you when you are about to put in your mouth. Kids and adults would enjoy it.
Love these easy to do and a great activities to do with the kids x
How cute! Kids will enjoy making these yummy treats!
Okay, I know EXACTLY what I’ll be up to this weekend. These are so perfectly cute! Neeeed to make –– thanks for sharing!
Wow, now I know what to do for my next party. Star Wars theme would be a great choice . Thank you so much for the recipe and cute images of Chewbaccas.
I love it and it so cute. Never thought of creating the rice cracker into a fun dish. The kids will love it.
These are beyond adorable! I hope this blows up on Pinterest! Definitely going to try these! Thanks for the great pics to help!
Okay, those are probably the cuties things I have ever seen! This is so creative!
These are awesome and so creative. They would definitely make a good edition to a birthday party or a sleepover. Great job.
These are so cute and they seem to be easy to make! These would be perfect for a Star Wars themed party. The kiddos would love them!
I have to make these Chewbacca Rice Krispie Treats! They are so cute. My grandchildren with love them and all 6 will be able to eat them.
Oh how fun for a Star Wars themed party! We’re not a Star Wars family (we’re Trekkies!), but my nephew LOVES them and I think he’s having another Star Wars birthday party in the fall. I’ll be passing this idea along to his Mama!
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Ha! what a cute idea! I work at a park and this year we’re having a Star wars theme camp and I’ll have to use this as a snack, thanks!
Super cute! I love Rice Krispie treats, will deff try to make these. Thanks for sharing.
These are great tips for any kid party. Thank you so much for this information. Will keep it handy for sure!
Oh my gosh, so cute!! Love this, very creative. And the Wild & Wookiee party looked like so much fun!
Those treats look so darn cute. I bet the kids will get a kick out of them.
I love this! Chewbacca is one of my favorites.
These are adorable! I’m sure I have friends who will love these – and they are so easy to make too!
I got to see a screening of Solo. I wasn’t sure it was possible to love Chewbacca any more than I already did. Can’t wait to celebrate all things Chewie with chewie rice krispies treats.
Aww, Chewy! My favorite SW character. I bet I can eat this “solo”, heh! I wonder if this recipe has any other alternatives other than rice krispies, I want to make this for some of the kids but they’re a bit too sensitive for said ingredient.
I love love the eyeballs. These are great treats and super easy to do! Have to remember them for May 4!
This is so good, this will be a huge hit! This would disappear in no time at our housee!
Aww these look so fun! My boyfriend would love them!
I love recipes like these. Thez are easz and quick to make and the kids like them. I/m a big kid so I love them too need to trz make those :D
Looks really yummy! I love chocolate frosting! The kids will sure love it too. Thanks for a very easy-to-make treat!
We love all things Star Wars, especially Chewbacca! My kids would get a kick out of these treats.
This is such a cute idea! I love the wookie cookies, a grat play on words and rhyming! I’m gonna have to do something similar for my son’s birthday next month, thanks for sharing!
What fun and cute ideas. I love the Gingerbread Wookiees.
Aren’t those the cutest treats you’ve ever seen? I think it’s awesome that you’re sharing this idea! I love that they’re easy to make!
Nerds unite! I love this party, everything looked amazing, and I’m sure you had a blast.
THAT CAKE and those cookies are legit so stinking adorable! I friggin’ can’t even! LOL!
Super cute! I love how easy it is to make :)
That is so cool! I really think you made a lot of Star wars fans happy with this post!
To be quite honest I’d eat this cake without my kids. I love chocolate cake and this one looks amazing!
Oh my goodness I’m loving this cute idea so much! We are huge Star Wars fans so this would be perfect!!
Very cute party theme! You nailed everything! You are very creative and talented. I hope your little guy had a great birthday!
I love all your party ideas they are so cool.espevially the adorable cakes. Great theme and well executed.
This is so super cute! I love all the ideas you have on your site. :) You are so creative!
OMG!! This is uber cute!! Is so fun and easy to make!
I love Chewy! He’s a huge part of why I like Star Wars and a party theme inspired by him is awesome! Wookies will definitely rejoice. Love all the details!
Wow, can I go to this party, please? The setup and every detail looks so well thought out and pretty.
I love this! I’m doing a Chewbacca party for my almost 5 year old. Would you be willing to share how you made the tassel banner? Thanks!
How adorable, and how creative! I love the “goodie bags” and the cake is so awesome!
I am in love with all of the sweets you made, especially the gingerbread cookies! I also love the patterns of the balloons and how well it goes with your theme!
How fun!! Normally, when we have a birthday party, it’s pretty low-key and minimal (or without) any decorations.. Maybe we should put a little more effort into them though!
This is the coolest party idea! My 6 year old would LOVE it.
The cutest! I’ll bet the kids LOVED everything about it!