Angry Birds Birthday Party

Ok, I researched and found some awesome ideas for an Angry Bird birthday party.  My 10 year old had to have one and I'm glad we did because it was so much fun and the boys really enjoyed it.

For invitations this is what I did.  I found some clipart on the internet, tweaked it on Photoshop, made the invitations on Microsoft Publisher, and printed them out on 4x6 photo paper.  I'm posting it as a .jpeg but if you need me to I can send you the .pub file.  Just comment or send me an e-mail.  I found the clipart on the internet, I think on angrybirds.com or just on the google.com website some images come up and I just clicked on them.  Also, the Angry Bird's font is named Feast of Flesh and I found it on www.dafont.com

I also did two banners.  The first one I put in the dining room where we had the cake and stuff.  The second  one I put above his bed on the wall the night before and I put streamers on his doorway so when he woke up his room was decorated.  Christian loved it! And he felt so special.  Later that day for the party it was too windy so instead of putting balloons outside the front door I put that banner and taped it on the door.

We had pizza and instead of a birthday cake we made Angry Bird cupcakes.  I got the directions from the following YouTube video:  TCO 341 How to Make Angry Bird Cupcakes.

Here's how ours turned out:

I didn't plan this party well at all so I didn't have any cool activities planned for the kids to do.  They played video games for a while and then (fortunately I hadn't had time to do the balloons) so I let each kid do their own balloon and it was a big hit!  They really enjoyed putting their balloons together and they got to take them home.  I got the directions and the print-outs for the balloons from this cool website:  The Party Animal.

I forgot to take pictures of the party bags I made for each kid.  They were just paper bags that I got from Wal-Mart in Angry Bird colors like blue, green, red, and yellow.  I then printed some cool Angry Bird clipart and then put it through my sticker maker machine and stuck them all over the bags with each kid's name printed with the Feast of Flesh font.  I also bought the plates, cups, napkins using the same party them colors.

Finally, I made each kid their own Angry Bird T-shirt.  I bought regular white T-shirts from Wal-Mart and I had some printer paper that you can iron on the shirts.  This is how I made them and you have to make sure you flip the image so that when you iron it on the shirts it will be the right way.  Play with it and test it on regular paper before printing it on the iron transfer paper.  I messed up with not flipping the image and wasted a few sheets plus I didn't have as much paper as I thought to begin with.  I didn't want to go back to Wal-Mart because I was short on time so I printed a small image with each kid's name to iron on the shirt.  I will definitely make t-shirts again as birthday party gifts and I will make sure I print a bigger image on the front and back of the t-shirts.  The kids really loved their t-shirts.

 This is how the shirts turned out:

I would suggest that you go on the The Party Animal website and look at some of the cute activities they have and some party gifts to make for the kids.  If Dylan or Nolan want an Angry Bird's party I will definitely be better prepared now.

For gifts I bought each kid a Beyblade.  Yes it was super expensive! But like I said I didn't plan very well.  But it actually would have been the same as if I bought each kid an Angry Bird stuffed animal and bracelet which is what I was going to get them.  The Beyblades were about $7 per kid.  So it was actually cheaper I think.  The boys LOVED them!

All-in-all it was a HUGE SUCCESS.  Christian loved his party and I heard about it from the kids' Moms.  I'm so not into making huge parties for my kids and I definitely do not spend a ton of money on gifts for them but spending money into their parties and party gifts for their friends is a better way to spend the money.  It is something they will remember and all the kids have so much fun.  I'm also getting better at planning parties.  It seems to get easier every year.  With a little planning, time management, and DIY skills the parties turn out great!