My child wanted a Kirby birthday party. I searched the web and Pinterest but didn't find a lot of inspiration. I did find
this blog which gave me some ideas that I customized for our party. I thought I would share what I did to help others out.
First the invitation: I let my child help me make this in Photoshop. It was pretty basic but turned out just how we wanted it to be.
If you would like me to customize one for you, please contact me about the details and the cost.
For decorations ( we had it in our basement) We hung gold stars with yellow ribbon and pink balloons (using the magic of static electricity) from the ceiling. The plan was to decorate the balloons to look like Kirby, but we ran out of time. :) I found the stars and ribbon at a local party supply store. We also had crate paper hanging along the wall.
Next came the games. I let my child plan what games we would play at the party. This is what we came up with:
"Knock the Bosses down"
This was a simple game of bean bag throwing. Although I think if we did it again, we would have it be a dart/ball gun shooting game. I found
these images online and edited them in Photoshop to make them bigger. Then I taped them onto some big red plastic cups. We made a pyramid out of them
"Pin the Hammer on King Dedede"
This was a birthday kid pick. We found an image online of King Dedede, enlarged it to fit an 8.5x11 paper. We also found an image of the hammer and made it to match the size of his fist. Then played it like "Pin the tail on the donkey". Pretty basic but lots of fun.
"Speed Kirby"
We have a
retro NES that we purchased this past summer. It has a Kirby game on it that our children LOVE to play. So for one of the games we played "Speed Kirby". Each child at the party got to play Kirby for one minute. When the timer went off, they paused the game and passed it to the next child. I had their names written down randomly and they just went in that order. Everyone enjoyed it and had fun playing it.
Cupcakes:
After playing the games, we gathered around the table in the kitchen and decorated cupcakes. I had pink frosting and mini oreos (for the mouth and eyes). The kids went to town decorating their own cupcake however they wanted. Some made Kirby, but most just decorated it to fit their personality. After the birthday child's cupcake was decorated, we sang Happy Birthday and blew out candles.
Following the cupcakes, we opened presents and then the kids went out side for one more game. They played "Kirby Tag". The person who was it, was Kirby and every one else was the bosses. If Kirby froze all of the bosses then he won the game. They had fun with it.
Favors:
As a parting gift, we gave the kids star sunglasses, a pokey ball, and a pink balloon.
It was a fun party and as I prepared for it, I learned more about Kirby and his adventures! :)
