Calling All Super Heros

 

It is seriously hard to believe that JA is 6 years old!  Where does the time go?  JA wanted a super hero party this year so I did my best to accomodate although my knowledge of super heros is seriously lacking ;)  I love planning a party and had a lot of fun with this one too.

 I had toyed with the idea of ordering capes or masks from China but kind of left that too long to get it here in time.  With 11 kids coming to the party capes seemed like they would cost a fortune to make until we went to the fabric store that is closing out and got some fabrics from $2/m and $2.75/m score!  I decided to give up some control and let JA pick out the fabrics.  Robotic sharks hadn't been on my radar but they worked great.  Thanks to my amazing mom we set up shop in her sewing room and cranked out a dozen capes in no time.

 I decided to go simple on the cake and printed off these super hero symbols online and popped them on cupcakes.

 My boy isn't nearly into crafts the way his sister is so I kept the gathering activity pretty low key.  As the boys arrived they decorated their loot bags with stickers, markers and jewels.  I made 2 dozen super hero wrist cuffs out of TP rolls (just cut a 1cm wide slit out of them) covered with scraps of left over fabric.  They loved them.

 Recognize the decorations?  For JA's 3rd birthday I sewed these shape mobils together (glad I came across them tucked away in my craft cupboard). 

 A simple chalk city skyline and we were set

 Even Chippey our elf showed up ready to party!

 The boys had a great time getting their cuffs on and bags decorated

 This guy was just too cute ready to fight crime

 I asked the boys what we needed to be real super heros and we concluded super powers and capes.  They were beyond excited that they each got their own cape to keep!

 I led them down to our Super Hero Training Centre and embarked on gaining super powers!  First up was punching and kicking (a must for any crime fighter)

 I loved watching them work out all their energy on this guy

 Next up was the Hulk Smash wall! I came across these gloves and hammers at the Dollar Tree a couple months back and they were awesome.  The boys loved stacking the boxes super high and smashing it down.

 All good super heros need to be able to make their way through a laser beam trap so we tested their stealth moves on this one made of yarn and they loved it.

 AL had helped me color a bunch of villans and we taped them up on a couple of the walls for target practise.

 

 

 Next up, all super heros need to know how to tie up their bad guys once they catch them!

And last but not least, Spiderman would insist we practise spraying webs so out came the silly string!

 We stopped to refuel our heros with some lunch

 

We tried to work on xray vision as they swung away at the pinata

 And then it was time for cupcakes

 JA was spoiled with so many awesome presents.  We now have a lego factory in the works building so many gifts.

 It was so fun to spend a day spoiling my little Super Hero.  As my bestie said, "The world is a much safer place with him in it", I couldn't agree more.  Happy Birthday Buddy.

 

As the party drew closer and the forecast looked great I planned one extra activity that we didn't get a chance to do before running out of time.  I had filled a bunch of spray bottles with colored water so we could practise saving the world after Mr.Freeze went to work ;)

 And a look at the capes

All in all a super fun day spoiling my little hero.

Frozen Party

I still have tons of blogging to catch up on BUT birthday parties are just more fun ;)  AL has been requesting a Frozen party all year long.  I was seriously hoping she would change her mind because I don't love themes that are so specific, let alone so hard to find merchandise for (I'm more of a generic "horse" or "cat" theme).  Being a nice mom I totally hoped on board.  I used lots of snowflakes along with a $6 book of a dozen Frozen posters and I was set.

A couple months ago I chatted with a friend out East who had done a frozen party for her daughter; she sent me a pinterest link with this adorable borthday invite idea.  The girls were so excited when we delivered these to them a couple weeks ago.

 

JA helped me make some cute little mason jars with rocks and jewels and snowflakes.

 

 I lucked out with my sweet friend helping me cut out snowflakes and circles on her silhouette, I glued on jewels on the centers and crepe paper hanging on the back. I hung up some white lights for fun too.

 

 There were Frozen pics all over the house and in most of the frames.

 AL was pretty excited for her big party!

 My sister sent me a fun Pinterest link with this idea (corn syrup and sprinkles) and it turned out so cute

 As the kids arrived I had coloring sheets out, markers and jewel stickers

 WR was right in on all the action (yikes).  All these little girls just love him and he was mothered to death tonight lol

 After all the kids arrived we headed to the backyard for some games (hello 20C in October!!!)
We spilt into two teams and they made their own snowman!

 Next we played a snowball toss game

 As it turned out this was a bit too far of a distance with the breeze

 This was much better!

 Lastly we saw if they could pop their snowballs.  I couldn't believe how these girls had zero fear

 Pizza arrived and we had dinner!

 After dinner we set out on a scavenger hunt in search of these prizes.  We ordered t-shirts for all the girls from China (aliexpress.com) in lieu of goodie bags.  The shirt quality was a bit disappointing for the price and compared to the pic but I was still happy to go this route opposed to a bag of trinkets and treats.

 The clues were all lyrics from the songs from the movie.  Ie. "Love is an open _______" (door)  etc
The final prize was hidden with the plates ("Who knew we owned 8000 __________"

 A dozen clues were hidden around the house (Msg me if you want the clues I made up) and the girls amazed me with how well they knew every line of every song!

 Next up we made "warm hug" wheat bags

 I sewed up the bags prior to the party and the kids filled them up with wheat.  This was messy!!!  My Dad commented I was brave to attempt this and then I turned around and saw what he was referring to; WR was attempting a bag by scooping the wheat with a funnel........um opps. But they loved it.

 My mom helped sew the bags shut.  A huge thanks to her.

 I love making cakes for my kids.  AL thinks I possess mad cake skills but I don't.  We finally picked out a cake on pinterest that I thought I could attempt but last week I got hit hard with the worst sinus infection and realized an icecream cake would make my to-do list so much smaller.  The best decision!

 After cake we played a trivia punch game.  Years ago I did a punch board for JA's party and AL has wanted one ever since.  I found a few online Frozen trivia games and the kids each got a couple turns to come up and answer a question and then punch a circle to get their treat. 

 Lastly AL was spoiled with presents.  I can never get over how generous her friends are.  Thank you thank you.

Such a fun party.  I love having a day a year to just go overboard and spoil my kids.  We sure do love you AL.

Some people truly are worth melting for ;)