Look up in the sky! It's a bird! No, it's a plane! No, it's a frog. Whoops, wrong superhero (that's Underdog.) The hero I had in mind was Superman. I want to talk to you about kids party planning that involves a Superman birthday party theme.
All of you mothers (and fathers) with daughters, don't hit the back button just yet. This theme isn't just for boys. My daughters love Superman. In fact, when I planned a little Superman-themed celebration for my husband (yes, you read that right, my husband) last year, they had just as much (if not more) fun than he did.
This is a fun and easy birthday theme to plan for your children. Like all kids party planning, it will involve getting a cake, coming up with games, and figuring out party favors. Currently, Party City has a lot of Superman party favors that you can pick up for a relatively cheap price.
As far as the cake (or cupcakes) goes, you can either purchase one at a local bakery or grocery store. If you are really ambitious, you can bake one yourself. Now, before you get all worked up because you don't really "bake", it's not really that bad. Baking the cake is as easy as following the directions on the box.
Decorating the cake is the hard part, but even that isn't too difficult. The great thing about planning a Superman birthday party theme is that the design of Superman's symbol (essentially an "S") is relatively easy, which makes it easy to put on cakes and cupcakes. You can get a picture of it off of the internet or from some other party favors you may be handing out.
If you are decorating the cake yourself, I wouldn't recommend trying to do anything with Superman's face or body, unless you are an exceptional artist because they are a lot harder to pull off. If you want something with Superman's body, places like Party City or Target sell action figures made to look like he is exploding from the cake.
A birthday party activity that's both a game and party favors is a pinata. For whatever reason, kids love whacking away at these cardboard shapes full of candy. For a Superman-themed party, you might be able to find a pinata at Party City, but it may just be a plain shape with Superman's symbol on it.
If you want to really impress the kids, try making the pinata yourself and design it to look like Krypton, which was Superman's home planet. At the beginning of the Superman movies, Krypton explodes. I can't think of a better way for your kids to take an active role in the movie than by having them recreate the opening scene.
You can also make the pinata to look like the spaceship that Superman was in at the beginning of the movie; he left his home planet as a baby, bound for Earth in it If there are any moms out there who are kind of lost about all of this Superman stuff, ask your husbands (how do you think I know so much about it?).
As you can see, kids party planning that involves a Superman theme is pretty easy to pull off. You can either go the route of purchasing everything at stores, or you can do things yourself (make your own cake and pinata). It doesn't really matter which way you decide to go with it, all kids (boys or girls) will have fun with a Superman-themed birthday party.
All of you mothers (and fathers) with daughters, don't hit the back button just yet. This theme isn't just for boys. My daughters love Superman. In fact, when I planned a little Superman-themed celebration for my husband (yes, you read that right, my husband) last year, they had just as much (if not more) fun than he did.
This is a fun and easy birthday theme to plan for your children. Like all kids party planning, it will involve getting a cake, coming up with games, and figuring out party favors. Currently, Party City has a lot of Superman party favors that you can pick up for a relatively cheap price.
As far as the cake (or cupcakes) goes, you can either purchase one at a local bakery or grocery store. If you are really ambitious, you can bake one yourself. Now, before you get all worked up because you don't really "bake", it's not really that bad. Baking the cake is as easy as following the directions on the box.
Decorating the cake is the hard part, but even that isn't too difficult. The great thing about planning a Superman birthday party theme is that the design of Superman's symbol (essentially an "S") is relatively easy, which makes it easy to put on cakes and cupcakes. You can get a picture of it off of the internet or from some other party favors you may be handing out.
If you are decorating the cake yourself, I wouldn't recommend trying to do anything with Superman's face or body, unless you are an exceptional artist because they are a lot harder to pull off. If you want something with Superman's body, places like Party City or Target sell action figures made to look like he is exploding from the cake.
A birthday party activity that's both a game and party favors is a pinata. For whatever reason, kids love whacking away at these cardboard shapes full of candy. For a Superman-themed party, you might be able to find a pinata at Party City, but it may just be a plain shape with Superman's symbol on it.
If you want to really impress the kids, try making the pinata yourself and design it to look like Krypton, which was Superman's home planet. At the beginning of the Superman movies, Krypton explodes. I can't think of a better way for your kids to take an active role in the movie than by having them recreate the opening scene.
You can also make the pinata to look like the spaceship that Superman was in at the beginning of the movie; he left his home planet as a baby, bound for Earth in it If there are any moms out there who are kind of lost about all of this Superman stuff, ask your husbands (how do you think I know so much about it?).
As you can see, kids party planning that involves a Superman theme is pretty easy to pull off. You can either go the route of purchasing everything at stores, or you can do things yourself (make your own cake and pinata). It doesn't really matter which way you decide to go with it, all kids (boys or girls) will have fun with a Superman-themed birthday party.