Fred’s Super-Batman Party at Home!
Aug 08
Last week my little man turned SIX!
For months Fred had been asking me for his birthday party to be held at a play-centre. This was to be his first birthday party with his friends so I was excited that he was looking forward to it so much. And so was I – that is, until we started looking into the prices! Ouch.
Granted, everything is done for you – the facilities, entertainment, food, party bags, and the biggest bonus – not having to clean up afterwards. But the more I looked into it, the more tempted I was to throw a bit of a shin-dig in our own backyard. Fred had already decided on a “super-hero” cake, so we thought we’d run with that theme!
The cake! It came so very close to being a disaster, but was saved with lots of icing!
He’s not totally into one particular super-hero so we just went with a hodge-podge of Batman mixed with Spiderman. Surely they’re related somewhere in the super-hero family tree??
The party bags were therefore Spiderman bags. I didn’t want to go over-the-top with the party bags. I know how tempting it is to fill them up with cheap lollies and plastic toys that often end up in the bin (I totally admit to being guilty of doing this before), but this time I wanted just a couple of sweet treats, plus something that would actually be played with. They included a pack of Tiny Teddies, a Freddo Frog, pack of Gummi Bears, a small bottle of bubbles, a rubber stretchy snake, a balloon and a little collectable LEGO mini-figure (very cute as they need to be constructed).
The very special guest was…… BATMAN!!! He was so fantastic. The kids were absolutely blown away. And what I loved most was that he was so friendly and engaging (not all scary!). He stayed for an hour and played so many games with the kids – teaching them all sort of “super-powers” as well as some magic and balloon tricks when they needed a break from the sun. For anyone in Brisbane, I hired him from SuperSteph, and would absolutely recommend him!
Could this little boy possibly look more excited?
Finally Freddy could blow out his candles!
And it was time to make a wish while cutting the cake. We say that if you touch the bottom, you have to kiss the closest girl so that your wish still comes true. Well Lucy was standing right next to him, so you know what he did right? Of course, he planted a schmackeroo on his little sister!
If I was brave enough to add up the cost of the party, it probably wouldn’t have been that much cheaper than the PlayCentre party, but it was absolutely the best party Fred could have hoped for. It was so nice to see him running around with his buddies. He managed to convince Daddy Smiles to let everyone have tractor rides too so that was the icing on the cake.
I was having so much fun running around on the day, that I missed lots of photo opps, but I have to remind myself that sometimes living the moment has to take precedence over capturing the moment.
So now I have 5 weeks to plan for Lucy’s birthday!! I wonder what will be on her party wish-list this year!
did u get the lego on special somewhere – they are $5 here in sydney!! I wanted to put them in my sons party favour bag but makes it a bit to $$$. Love a home party – more memories can be made than a playcentre. Good on you.
Thanks Renee – I definitely will be enjoying more home parties – it wasn’t as scary as I thought it would be!! Yes the LEGO is about $5 per pack. I found that it was the best compromise between value and quality (and hopefully will be played with long after the party!)
Absolutely love that pic of Fred with Batman!! You wouldn’t get that at a play centre
Great job!
Thanks Kyra – he was almost bursting out of his skin with excitement!
Oh what a lovely day you all had. Fred is smiling his head off, lol well done Mum n Dad. Home parties are definitely the go if you have the space. A tractor ride! Wow what kid wouldn’t want that?! Can’t find that at any party play center. I had home parties for all my kids when they were little. The mums usually stayed and perhaps a wine cask hidden somewhere LOL They are so much fun to organize if you have the time and yes, can be very expensive. You’ll have to assign one of the parents to take photos and vids of your next party, give them an extra lolly bag as a bonus, he he.
That’s a great idea Jules!! Next party I shall definitely assign a photographer!
Wow. Just want to say you may of missed a few photo opportunities but the ones you got were wonderful. I totally love the family one, it’s beautiful. Thanks for sharing. Look forward to hearing about the next party. Oh an well done for raising a boy who lives his sister. Glad he had no shame in kissing her in front of all of his friends- you should be so proud. Xx
Thank you so much Mandy. It was very sweet when he kissed his baby sister. I hope she knows how much her big brother loves her