Planning A Superhero Birthday Party!
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My son, Zane, recently celebrated his 3rd birthday and we threw him the coolest superhero birthday party and I can’t wait to share all the amazing vendors that made it possible! If you don’t know where to start, use my party as inspo and start from there. Confession: I don’t actually enjoy planning parties but I do loveseeing my son’s face light up, so I promise everything I did is super simple and can easily be replicated! Whether you’re planning a superhero birthday or a Frozen themed one, the vendors I used were INCREDIBLE, professional, reliable and understood exactly what I was looking for. I’ve linked them all in this blog post!
For custom invites, loot bag tags, cupcake toppers, centre piece accessories and candy bag stickers, there’s no one better than Julia from Funkissd. She has a shop on Etsy with a ton of options, but can also make something custom for you. I’m not even exaggerating when I tell you that I sent her a few pictures from Pinterest for inspiration and let her do the rest. What she created was absolutely perfect (and so affordable)!
Loot bags can be so tricky! Often kids aren’t all the same age and finding something adorable can be tough. I opted for TY beanie ballz! They’re soft and plush (so perfect for the younger kids) and are fun to throw around indoors (which the older kids love) without damaging walls or furniture (which the parents love)! They come in so many different characters. The TY site makes it a bit hard to find them, so I recommend finding the character you want (in my case, the regular spider man), click on it and then scroll down - it will show you all the other formats of that character, including beanie ballz!
For the table decor, I kept it simple and stuck to primary colors. Red and blue table cloths with red and blue cutlery, napkins and plates! I picked up awesome toddler capes, masks and snap bracelets and set them up at the table so that every kid could be a superhero! I wavered back and forth on whether I should get “girl” version of the super heroes, like Wonder Woman and Catwoman, but ultimately decided that the point was for the kids to dress up and have fun and to be honest, the kids didn’t mind one bit. In fact, I’m not even sure half of them even knew who they were dressing up as! They just LOVED putting on the cap and mask! Amazon Prime came to the rescue for all of this decor!
My favorite part was definitely the sweet table. I ordered a super cheap superhero backdrop from Amazon ($22 shipped prime) and decorated it with THE MOST gorgeous balloon garland from Balloonia. They were such a pleasure to deal with, again, completely understood what I was looking for without me having to spend hours sending pictures. They showed up early (that NEVER happens!), were super competitive with their price (in my opinion, for the amount of balloons and for how large it was, I think they actually offer a better value than their competitors) and they were a pleasure to deal with.
Click here for Backdrop on Amazon
Click here to visit BALLOONIA on Instagram or email Melissa for info: info@balloonia.ca
For the desserts, I worked with Laura, from Yum Creations. It was my first time but definitely not my last. She’s the original creator of the Cakesicle but she made us so much more. Instead of a typical fondant cake, we opted for a large number 3 decorated with custom superhero items and candy! It was SO delicious. We also got cake pops, mini cakesicles (perfect for little hands) and custom cookies. Each dessert was more delicious than the next.
Click here to visit YUM Creations on Instagram or email Laura at: info@yumcreations.com
Finally, we finished off the dessert table with a candy bar! This was probably the biggest headache. I didn’t properly gauge how much candy to buy to fill up the containers so I made multiple trips to the candy store and then when I finally had enough, I ate half of it one night and had to go back yet again for more! I stuck to the same colors as the party for the candy and used my custom stickers from Funkissd to decorate the candy bags! I recommend choosing your containers and brining them with you to the store!
Zane LOVES to dance so it was a no brainer to contact Tania from Funtastik Boogie. She literally does it all. Sings, dances, brings a bubble machine, a disco light machine, can bring in mascots and can literally plan any party under the sun for you. Our little superheroes in capes had a blast playing and dancing with her!
Click here to check out Funtastik Boogie on Instagram or email Tania at tania@funtastikboogie.ca
For the location, we had the party at Le Rinque. It has full catering on-site, a bar area if you want to have alchol and we were able to rent one of their indoor arenas for a sporting activity first, followed by music in the party room and then food! They have a vast menu with a ton of options for any budget!
Click here to check out Le Rinque
For the sporting activity, we used Sport Ball! Zane already takes classes with them every week and the coaches are just phenomenal. They bring the equipment (depending on which sport you want your kids to play) and the coaches keep them entertained for a full hour! They specialize in coaching kids of all ages so they were able to adapt the activity to ensure that all the kids had fun!
Click here to check out everything Sportball offers
(choose your location at the top right of the site to find activities near you)
Any other questions? Drop them below and I’ll do my best to answer them!!!