Wolverine Party - Guest Blogger Lisa Kothari
(Ed Note: Lisa Kothari runs a website called Peppers and Pollywogs that specializes in kids' parties and party ideas. We are thrilled to bring Lisa on as a guest blogger on Toy Whimsy! She is here to help with all kinds of party ideas and themes for your children's' parties.)
X-Men Origins: Wolverine is the story of mutant Wolverine, played by Hugh Jackman. The fascinating X-Men characters and great story line can combine to make a fun and creative party theme this summer. Invite your child’s friends over for some mutant powers and fun.
Note: This film provides an excellent opportunity for a birthday movie outing. Take your child and a few of his friends to see this movie as an extra-special birthday treat.
For your party invitation, create a Wolverine steel claw using gray heavy card stock and silver pipe cleaners. Write all of the party details on the center of the claw.
Alternatively, create a regular party invitation using heavy card stock, and invite the guests to attend “Xavier’s School for the Gifted.”
Decorate your party area to look like the mutants’ school setting. At the front entrance, hang a sign welcoming guests to Xavier’s School for the Gifted. Hang X-Men and Wolverine posters in the classroom, and play thematic movie music in the background. Also be sure to have some open space where the kids can play games and run around (maybe in your backyard).
Use fluorescent paint to create “Wanted! Mutant!” posters for Wolverine and Magneto. (Note: You will need a black light to view the paint’s full effect.)
Definitely give the party area a festive feel by adding thematic balloons, streamers, confetti, and tableware. To keep it budget-friendly, also decorate with solid colors.
When the kids arrive at your party, have each of them choose a mutation for themselves. Provide T-shirts and fabric pens and have the kids illustrate their mutations. They can wear their T-shirts throughout the party. These can also serve as the party favor.
Ask the kids to act out their mutant powers throughout the party and stay in character. You could also play Mutant Charades and have the kids try to guess what each guest’s mutant power is.
Hold a mutant trivia contest where the kids must match characters to their mutant powers. See who gets the most correct. Play a game of Wolverine Tag. Wolverine is a great healer. Let the birthday child be Wolverine, and have the rest of the guests become Wolverines as they are tagged and healed. Another option is to play a game of Freeze Tag, whoever Wolverine touches is frozen.
Set up a Mutant Obstacle Course using chairs, carpet pieces, and other furniture for the kids to move under, pass around, hop over, etc. See who can complete the course most quickly.
For your mutant party menu, create kids’ party food favorites and name them with the mutants in mind:
- Wolverine dogs
- Storm pizza
- Pyro subs
- Mystique nachos
- Mutant juice (any favorite drink served with flavored ice(man) cubes)
For dessert, make claw cupcakes. Bake a batch of your kid’s favorite cupcakes and frost them with white icing. Provide the kids with candies to make claws on each cupcake. Yum!
The kids can take home their mutant T-shirts, along with packs of X-Men trading cards and goo.
Enjoy X-Men Origins: Wolverine…it’s sure to be a thriller!
--Lisa Kothari
jeux xbox 360 on September 22, 2009 at 06:27 AM
I loved this movie when I first saw it. Hugh Jackman makes this movie awesome, no other actor can play the character, wolverine, but him.
I hope they come out with a second one that is about the silver samurai and Logan in a dual.