SUPERHERO BIRTHDAY

I have to admit, i had a hard time with this years theme...I'm not into superhero's, so planning and creating for something i don't know much about was hard.  I procrastinated more than i usually do. But in the end, this party turned out absolutely fantastic.  The only thing we lacked were costumes for my husband and myself.
So the weather!!!!!  it was perfect.  I may have an ulcer from stressing over it for weeks ahead of time, but in the end it was awesome.
We had the annual bouncy house...this year, a spiderman house.

Next, we had a face painter.....She was the HIT of the party.  THe kids were so excited to have their faces painted as superheros!!!  And they were very patient waiting in line!

I gave out favors at the start of the party.  I made each child a cape, and inside the bag i put their initials, and a superhero symbol with gems and stickers for them to decorate the capes themselves.

We had an obstacle course that we did as well.  It started off with potato sacks

Then they had to 'benchpress' 3x

then run in and out of some cones, hop on some lily pads, and THEN they got to use silly string (to spray a villan taped to a balloon).......once they saw the silly string, most of the obstacles were skipped just heading straight for the string!!!!!

I made a round cake with the bat symbol, and then spiderweb cupcakes.  The kids LOVED the cupcakes. The adults loved the cake. :) 

 

For decorations I made a skyline using boxes of various sizes. Spraypainted black, and painted a white square for windows.  Then we had a large blowup spiderman which i put on the buildings.

 

at the start of the obstacle course we had signs posted for superhero training

 

 

My husband and I were Supa Dad, and Bat mamma

 

It was an awesome day.  My son and his friends all had a blast!

SCOOOOOBY DOOOOBY DOOOO

Its that time of year again where I am trying to think up ideas for my sons birthday.  Last years party turned out so incredible, i'm writing this post for inspiration, as well as submitting it to Tip Junkie so others can get inspired!

My son is obsessed with Scooby Doo.  And honestly, I am too. :)  I brings me back to my childhood...I always watched it...until Scrappy came into the picture!  So when the time came to planning his party, I asked him what kind of party he'd like to have...and Scooby Doo was it.  So here it is.  

The Mystery Machine...My very artistic husband made! Steering wheel and doorbell included. :)

 

Party wouldn't be complete without the scooby doo bouncy house!!!

The favors I used dog bowls that I found at the dollar store and put each kids name on them.  Filled with scooby snacks, paw print lollipops that we made, tattoos, balls, blowers.

 

We all dressed up as the characters from the show...and we were lucy enough to have 2 friends who resembled Velma and Shaggy!!!  It was perfect!

  

and the cake!  I baked a sheet cake and just cut it into the shape of the van...and then used the Scooby colors for tinting the icing.  I thought decorating it woudl be be MUCH harder than it actually was...

This party turned out to be SO much fun!  The Mystery Machine was a huge hit with all the kids because it had doors, seats, a steering wheel...they could drive each other around etc.  Also, the bouncy house is always a big part of all of our parties, bc it gives the kids a place to burn off engery.  Not to mention when you have a crowd of 4 and under, games aren't really something they can do.

I always look forward to planning both his and sadie's parties...This year he is having a superhero party, and i'm already on the hunt for ideas and inspiration.