Black and Yellow Batman Party. After 6 prior Batman Parties, we are getting to be pretty good at it!
Against The Grain
My son has had 7 Batman parties! This year I decided to do all black and yellow, simple style decorations to make a cleaner, Batman Party look.
So, what did I make for our Batman party?
1. Batman Cups: I bought plain yellow solo cups
2. Black and Yellow Tissue Paper Balls: This is a really easy one and added great flare to your Batman party! All you need is a pack of tissue paper
• Unfold a pack of tissue paper, but keep all of the sheets together.
• Fold the tissue paper accordion style.
• Fold in half and cut the tips in your desired style. You can do them round or pointy. Un-Fold.
• Wrap a wire around the middle of the paper.
• Unfold the paper on one side.
• Separate each sheet. Do this very carefully to prevent ripping.
• Repeat on the other side.
• Fluff!
3. Batman Buildings for Gotham City: Its not a Batman party with out a city to protect! This was easy too. We saved boxes for about a month. We painted all of the boxes with black glossy paint. Then we added windows by painting yellow rectangles onto the boxes. We also cut a poster board in thirds and painted yellow dashes down the middles to make a road!
4. Onamonapias: I bought these little starburst type signs at the dollar store, handed my son a permanent marker and a list of onamonoapias and let him go for it!
5. Cupcake Stands: This was a last minute idea. I was setting up the table and the cupcakes were boring me. So, I looked around and grabbed a wine glass, some candles and some vases. I took an extra black table cloth
6. Batman Cake: A good Batman party needs an awesome cake, right? Okay…this is a funny story….apparently no one makes batman cakes! Publix, Sams Clubs, Winn-dixie…no one had Batman Cakes
This lady makes beautiful baskets for all types of occasions…she should not tell someone she can bake because it seriously stressed me out the night before the party!
So, what did I do? I went to Publix and ordered a round cake and 12 cupcakes for $20. With in an hour they made me a round cake with smooth yellow frosting and 12 cupcakes. Then I drew my own bat symbol on top. My genius husband put Pam
7. Batman Signs: I made a few signs to put around the Batman party. They aren’t professional by any means but they cost me a $1 each and added some style!
8. Batman Table: I always have one table set up with our decorations on it. I put a black table cloth
9. Batman Style Rice Krispie Treats: This was an easy one. I had much bigger plans for these but I ran out of time…So, I bought pre-made Rice Krispie treats
10. Face painting: I wanted a bunch of little super heroes at our Batman party so I had the parents tell me what their kids wanted to be and I did some quick face painting
11. Birthday Boy Costume: I bought my son a new batman costume
12. Batman: Okay, the best part…Batman! Yes, Batman came to our Batman party! My son told me to turn on the bat signal
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Then when he left, he ran away as fast as he could so when my son went to the side of the house to see him, he was gone! Now my son thinks he must have used a grappling hook to leave so fast!
13. Party Games: I almost forgot about games! I bought a pin the emblem on the Batman. We also made a fun little water game. We punched a small hole in the bottom of two of our Batman cups and ran fishing wire through them. We tied the fishing wire to a fence then ran it to metal poles I had in the garage. I bought little water shooters from the dollar store and they had to shoot the water at the cup and who ever got to the end first won!
All in all, it was a great party! Almost everything was made at home and that is my favorite part. Not only does it show the kids how hard I am willing to work for their special day, it also saves a ton of money and is fun to do!
~Laura Wright
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