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Superhero Birthday Party

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Over the weekend we celebrated our youngest sons 4th birthday with a vintage inspired Superhero Birthday Party.  This is the first year in a while I was actually done with making decorations a day early.  It was so nice not being a crazy party mom this go round.  I loved how it all turned out and he had such a great time at his party!
 
 
 
I created this backdrop for the food table to look like a cityscape at night.  I used 6 pieces of foam core board from the Dollar Tree, taped them together using clear packing tape to create a huge solid board.  I then covered it with silver wrapping paper.  

I created the skyline out of poster board from the Dollar Tree as well.  I used my square punch for all the windows.  Some of the buildings I used extra foam core pieces to create a bit of dimension, I just hot glued a few squares stacked on top of each other then glued it to the buildings.  

I created the clouds to help hide the line from where the wrapping paper overlapped.  And then cut some stars and a giant “Super K” search light.  This cost me all of $12 to make.

 
 
 
We chose to do sandwiches for this party, usually we’ve done hot dogs or pizza…but I thought I’d try to do something easy, inexpensive and different than what we’d done before.  We had ham n’ cheese for the adults, and peanut butter and marshmallow fluff for the kiddo’s.  I just printed out some quick labels and stuck them to all the sandwiches which I had pre-wrapped with wax paper.
 
I made these popcorn cones by just printing out black and white comic book pages on regular paper.  I used a box I had on hand and covered it in the same wrapping paper from the backdrop and just made holes large enough for the cones to fit in.  I loved the popcorn cones.  So cute.
 
 
Cupcakes are a must have on the birthday boys list.  This kid is a cupcake freak!  He’d eat them morning – noon – and night if he could.  I printed out these cupcake toppers and cut them out.  
 
 
These suckers are one of my favorites because they are so pretty to look at, all those bright colors.  I was able to snag a bag of 30 suckers for $3.  
 
 
The cherry sour candy’s were gone crazy fast.  You can find a ton of superhero themed candy at the Dollar Tree.  

We had Ka-Boom Punch which was really just blue Hawaiian Punch.  And Invisible Water. 

 
 
 
When the kids arrived they each got their own superhero cape and mask which I handmade.  Kaison had his very own cape that was a bit different.  
 
 
 
 
I printed out vintage comic book covers for the front and backs of these super awesome picture frames I grabbed at Ikea a while ago for $0.99 each.  These were just on the tables for people to look at.
 
 
 
 
For games we had made this quick bean bag toss game out of an empty Ikea box we had on hand.  

We also did water balloons, and the kids played in the sprinklers to cool off.  I forgot to take pictures (bah!) but I also had black balloons that I put a piece of double bubble inside of each balloon and blew up to look like small black bombs.  The kids were allowed to pop two balloons each.  

I also bought a couple rolls of tin foil and made a ton of tin foil balls, then spray painted them lightly with some old green paint I had on hand to create Kriptonite!  They raced to see who could throw more Kriptonite in to the bucket in the time allowed.  They ended up just throwing this at each other afterwards which kept them busy for a while.

 
 
I had fabric bunting all over the patio and the yard, this is actually the same bunting from his Circus party from last year.  This saved me so much money in decorations and time since it was already made.
 
 
We also played “pin the logo on the superhero”.  I had the character blown up at Office Max for a couple bucks and made each kid their own “Super K” symbol to pin to the superhero.  Obviously they were blindfolded.  The prizes for the winners for all the games were Avenger band aids which I found at Dollar Tree (FYI – the most amazing band aids!). 
 
 
Lastly the kids had fun playing on our new and recently re-built tree house that Mr. Lopez just finished specially for this party.  He tore the whole thing down and rebuilt it with all new wood, made it a little bigger since our oldest has grown since he first built it.  We also added a slide, this was courtesy of my mom’s neighbor who was throwing it away.  That saved us a ton of money and is a huge hit with our youngest son. The whole tree house was built out of wood from the clearance section of $0.51 wood at Home Depot, with the exception of the roof which is off the older tree house.  We still have to paint everything, but I wanted to show off his handy work since he worked so STINKIN hard on it!   
 
 
When each child left they were given a goodie bag filled with Avenger fruit snacks, the candy from the food table, a “guess the superhero logo” printable, spinning tops, a mask of their own to decorate at home with items to decorate it with, and a bunch of superhero stickers.  
 
 
  
 
I made his t-shirt using a shirt from the Dollar Tree (a great source for name brand t’s) and felt.  
 
 
 

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  2. This is awesome. I can’t believe you made all the capes yourself and you were finished the day before. Everything looks wonderful, you did a great job. My favorite thing though is the “invisible water”. So creative.

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  4. WOW! You did an AMAZING job! Can I share your party for this Friday’s Party feature on my blog?

    I also love those Ikea holders! I picked some up awhile ago to use for Elle’s party in Dec! If we only still lived in Chandler I would hiring you to come and decorate E’s party! I think I am going with a Milk and Cookies theme.

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  9. Wowza! What an impressive party! Super fun and very detailed, dear! I love the felt creations and the back drop for the table. And “invisible water” made me giggle. Great job. I feel like I have to throw in something about how you are a “SuperMom” and “SuperCrafty.”

    -Amberly!

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  11. Wow, this is awesome…i’m having my sons ‘Superhero theme birthday’ this december….what’s the size of your square punch?

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  13. Where did you get the vintage comic prints? I am having a hard time finding good ones for free. I’m using a lot of your ideas for inspiration for my son’s 2nd birthday. Thanks for sharing!

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    • They are super easy. I gathered free paint chip samples from my local home improvement stores in the colors I wanted and used different sized circle punches to cut enough circles. I hot glued a piece of ribbon between two circle pieces and that was it. You can use a Cricut cutting machine or Silhouette if you have one to create the circles, and cardstock instead of paint chip samples.

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  15. This is such a fantastic super hero party! You did a great job with everything. I am going to try and replicate the back drop you made, it is awesome! The best I have found online without having to print posters. Can you tell me what the overall dimensions were when you were finished? I was thinking of using a large cardboard 36 x 48 to cover with wrapping paper and then create the building out of poster board. Do you think that is too small? Thank so much!

    Jenn

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    • Hi Jenn, thank you so much…that’s so kind! I can’t remember the exact measurements but if it helps the table below it a 6ft banquet table. To create mine I taped together 6 pieces of dollar store foam core board, you could measure those to see how big it was. 馃檪 Sorry that’s kind of vague. You’re going to do awesome!

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  16. This looks like it was a ton of fun! I’m planning a superhero party for my soon to be 4 year in a few weeks. Your capes are some of the cutest I’ve seen. Do you mind sharing the material you used and if you used a pattern or tutorial? I’d love to make them as party favors but want to keep costs down.

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    • Hi Jennifer! Thank you so much, that means so much to me to hear. The capes were made out of thrift store sheets! Eeek, I know…but after a washing they were the cheapest option for fabric for me at the time. You could use a king size sheet for theme and that will give you more surface to cut from for less money! If you have a coupon you could also head to Jo-Ann Fabric and Crafts and use a cheap solid cotton that usually costs about $3 / yd. I created a template from poster board and just traced the pattern on to the fabric with a white pencil then cut. The posterboard was the perfect size for kids capes. I just used ribbon at the top to tie them. The stars were made of felt. Hope that helps. 馃檪 Have a super party!

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  17. Such an amazing job you did. I am not crafty at all and I was wondering if you still had that backdrop and if so would you be willing to part with it for a reasonable price. Thanks

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    • Thanks Natalie. I’m sorry, it’s been a few years since that party and that backdrop was thrown out after the party. Best of luck! 馃檪

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  18. Amazing party! I’m so inspired! I was wondering where you got the labels for the kaboom punch and invisible water from? They are adorable and I want to use it for my son’s 1st birthday party. =] or

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    • Hi Claudia, thank you so much! The drink labels I just designed and printed at home. 馃檪 Have a great week.

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    • Hi Melissa. I created the backdrop with several pieces of foam core board taped together. I then wrapped them in silver or gray wrapping paper, but you could totally paint it. I then cut out all the rest of the designs and just propped the whole thing up against the wall on the table. 馃檪

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  21. Awesome party idea! You did such a great job with it! If you don’t mind me asking where did you find the print outs that you put inside the frames! I’ve been looking everywhere!

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    • Hi Natalie, Thank you so much! The frames are actually from Ikea, and they are so inexpensive…perfect for parties. They even come in some fun colors now. 馃檪

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  22. Hi,

    Love your party ideas. You’re very creative and thrifty. If you don’t mind sharing, where did you get the thank you logos for the goody bags? Also, where did you purchase the colorful lollipops? Thank you.

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    • Thanks Tara, the logos were something I purchased off etsy I think. The lollipops were actually from a dollar store locally here in Arizona. 馃檪

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  23. I love this! Are you willing to share the signs you used for the drinks?
    Thank you!(:

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