Rylan is a little obsessed with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles right now. I'm not really sure why. We occasionally watch the current Nickelodeon version on Hulu but I'm not even sure why he started requesting the show.
So Rylan's choice for a theme was Ninja Turtles. Which is fine because you can't walk around Target without seeing something Ninja Turtles on every other end cap. I never noticed until Rylan starting pointing it all out to me with a request to get it :)
I made Rylan's invitation this year.
The main party favor were these felt masks that I made. Because I didn't invest in super sharp scissors, they were ridiculously hard to cut but I took my time and they looked great. Next time though I will buy some better scissors!!!
The bags were small green ones that I added Ninja Turtle masks and eyes to.
Indoor decorations:
As always, I made a banner to fit the theme. It's a little hard to see in the picture, but each letter is mounted on a turtle shell with a picture of the Ninja Turtles between each word. I also put up streamers using the colors of the Ninja Turtles' masks and green balloons.
Outdoor decorations:
I made Ninja Turtle heads out of paper lanterns and crepe paper.
We hung lots of green balloons in the screen porch.
I also found this plastic mural to hang up behind the outdoor table.
Most of our activities for the kids were a last minute scramble because we ended up with an 80% chance of rain on Rylan's birthday and had to cancel the inflatable waterslide we had rented. And then it ended up not raining at all in the afternoon - but it was hot and humid!
The first activity was to make numchucks out of pipe insulation, curling ribbon, and duct tape.
The finished product ...
We also made several dozen white ninja balloons. Inside of each were a few pieces of candy. The kids got to fight the white ninjas and pop them to get the candy inside. These took much longer to make than originally anticipated (especially when we were in a time crunch with just a couple of hours to go before the party)!
And third, we got a Ninja Turtle piñata.
We also set up a lot of our water toys outside to keep the kids cool (since it wasn't raining!!!). We had a slip and slide, sprinklers, small pools, a water table, and lots of water guns.
I made cupcakes again this year. I made toppers for each cupcake that had pictures of one or all the Ninja Turtles and some that said "Cowabunga Dude! Rylan is 4".
We had an "after-party" where we roasted hot dogs and made smores, but I also had some food for during the regular party. We, of course, had Ninja Turtle napkins and green plates.
I gave each food a name to fit the theme.
Brian was nice enough to even make these for me the night before the party!
And then we had lots and lots and lots of drinks to help everyone stay hydrated!
I also made the thank you notes which I need to mail out tomorrow!
Next, I'll post some pictures from the party when everyone was here!!!
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