Calling all Super Friends!

We celebrated Jack's 5th birthday on Saturday. We of course had to have a superhero party, cause when your five, life is all about superheros! I made most everything myself, and purchased the rest at the dollar store.

Jack and I made some signs leading to the back yard, where the party was held.

It was so hot the frosting was melting!

I made "no-sew" superhero capes for each child. I hit a sale and bought some felt and some heat and bond. All I did was cut out the shape of the cape I wanted and added the circle and each child's first initial. I used Velcro to keep the caped on the kids. I just used the sticky kind. I probably should have sewn the Velcro on, but I am lazy!

We played three games. The first game was when they first got to the party. We had a obstacle course. Each child had to crawl thru a tunnel, make a basket with the basket ball, fly down the slide, jump over a building (which I made with a cardboard box) and throw a water balloon at a villain. After the obstacle course each kid won a superhero cape, for their transformation into a real superhero.

The Second game we played was "Pin the Bat on Batman". Each kid won a mask I made with some leftover felt, brads, and elastic. I should have made them bigger, oh well!
After they got their masks we played one more game. "Don't touch the Kryptonite". I painted some rocks green. I told the kids not to touch it, or it would take their super powers away. They had to pick up the kryptonite with tongs and place it in a bucket. After that game they were all official superhero and I rewarded them with certificates.

I painted a back some butcher paper to make a city scene. I also painted some boxes to look like buildings, using post-its for the windows. I wanted to take a picture of each kid to send home with a thank-you card, but I only got half of their individual pictures.