I had 8 little kids over. I did the party all by myself, with Gwenee's help of course! Bryken said it was really fun and one of the kids named Ryder said, "This is the funnest party I have ever been to!"
When Bryken turned five, we did a SuperHero Academy. We had a bunch of stations and a bunch of manpower. It was alot of work and we had over 25 kids. This year I wasn't up for that much excitement, but with only 8 kids and most of the work already done it was pretty easy peasy.
First, as the kids arrived we made SuperHero capes. I bought plastic tablecloths from the dollar store and cut out 4 capes from each tablecloth. The kids picked the color they wanted, between Red, Blue & White. Then I had some die cut letters, also from the dollar store, that I had ready for each initial of the kiddo's first name.
The next station, I took pictures of each kid and then they each decorated the outside of a tiny composition book. Again, also from the dollar store sold in a package of 3 for $1. I had printed out some pictures of Avengers and bought a small package of Avenger stickers ($.97 @ Walmart).
At the next station, I failed a little bit. We had a bow and arrow (dollar store- surprise). I taped on a big piece of wood balloons. Inside each balloon, we had put in a piece of candy. The plan was to learn how to shoot the bow & arrow to pop the balloon. The Bow and Arrow was a piece of crap, I should have just used darts. The kids had fun & ended up just using the end of the arrow to pop the balloons.
At the 4th station, my kids and I had set up an obstacle course. They had to run around 10 stuffed SuperHeros that I had won from a couple summers ago when I was really into playing in the stuffed animal claw machines. Then under a low clearance, through a book, do a long jump. Next was a Hula Hoop, then walk with a Frisbee on their head while holding a watering can (because SuperHeros need great balance). The last part of the obstacle course was going through a spider web without touching the yarn or sticks on the ground. The fast kid did it in like 55 seconds and the slow poke pulled in at 1 minute 45 seconds. Bryken was at 1 minute 10 seconds and came in second.
Then the last official station was Vaporize A Villain. I found that on a blog when I did his party two years ago and it was sooooo fun then that of course Bryken wanted to do it now. Basically, you tape Villains on the fence & then each kid gets a can of silly string & they get to try to vaporize the paper that the villain is printed on. Huge success this year as well.
While the kids were cleaning up the silly string mess. I brought the Hero Sandwiches, Super PowerAde, and the Energy Chips outside. The kids scarfed down their food & then we did the typical cake & Ice Cream. Then Presents! I made each kid a SuperHero ID Card, they thought that was pretty cool.
The whole party lasted from 4:30- & I dropped off the last kid at 7:15. So 45 minutes longer than I anticipated. It was a fun party and I am so grateful to get to be able to enjoy these years with my kiddos!
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