We recently had a “family movie marathon” after watching the Avengers then visiting our friendly Red Box to rent Captain America, Thor, and Iron Man. So now we’re really excited to see the new movie too!
The Avengers Assemble became the theme of my son’s 8th birthday this year and thanks to shopping in my craft stash and finding some surprise cuts on my Cricut , it was pretty easy to pull everything together without needing to go out and purchase much. Gotta love that!
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Avengers Assemble Birthday Party
I actually did enjoy the movies and love how they all came together into one story. Of course, the men in the movies aren’t too bad to look at for a few hours either….. just sayin’.
I made the birthday invitations by designing my own the Avenger symbol by welding a circle and stretching two rectangles together with my Cricut Design Stuido, but you could also make this with your Silhouette Software too.
Ok, I’ll admit, I’m pretty proud of my DIY design and welding skills on this project. I was really happy with the way the symbol turned out that I added a larger version to the party banner. The invitations are made of black cardstock and strips of paper that represent the Super Hero’s colors.
I used Indie Art cartridge again to make the banner except for Captain America’s Shield. To make the shield, I layered red, white and blue circles together then add a white star to the middle. Easy Peasy!
Iron Man- POW
Thor- ZAP
Captain America’s shield
Hulk- SMASH
Hulk, Captain America, Thor and Iron Man inspired cupcake toppers that coordinate with the party banner. Same cuts as the banner, just smaller in size and stuck on a toothpick and I stamped the letters.
Avengers Cupcakes
I gave Avengers T-shirts to the boys as party favors. I enlarged the same Avengers symbol I made for the invitations to use as a template then spray painted Krylon flat black paint over the symbol. The boys totally loved these shirts too.
Tip: I washed and dried the shirts first, then spray painted them. Since the shirts are stiff after spray painting , I washed them again inside out on gentle and hung to dry.
We invited a few girls to the party since of course the birthday boy has a sister. He wasn’t thrilled about having yucky girls at the party {which I’m sure he’ll change his mind about one day} but his only request was, No Pink! So, I used yellow vinyl to cut out the girls name from Cricut Plantin Schoolbook font.
Oh ya…Super Tough Birthday Boy!
And The Hulk came for a little visit to the Avengers Assemble Birthday Party too….SMASH!
Barb says
July 8, 2012 at 7:01 pmOK…ummm…you totally rocked this! I would LOVE to have an Avenger themed party if it looked this great! Awesome…awesome…awesome!
Creative M says
July 8, 2012 at 8:17 pmOh!MY!I love all the Party Decor!!!So Cool!!!!
Suzy says
July 8, 2012 at 8:31 pmHolly what an AWESOME birthday party! You are so creative!
recollectionalley says
July 9, 2012 at 2:29 amOh Holly, your party decorations are super awesome! My cousin’s son is a huge Avengers fan. I will have to dig out the Indie Art cart. Thanks for sharing! I now know what I can send him!
Janea
http://www.recollectionalley.blogspot.com
julie says
July 9, 2012 at 4:20 amWhat an AWESOME party and it also sounds like you guys had a great time. Thanks for shareing God bless you and yours. 1205love@gmail.com
Angela says
July 9, 2012 at 11:40 amLooks like a great party! Especially like the spray painted T shirts that you used as party favours.
Miranda says
July 9, 2012 at 2:40 pmEverything looks AWESOME! I’m sure your little super hero enjoyed every minute of it!
Miranda 🙂
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Jill says
July 9, 2012 at 11:47 pmThis is a SUPER CUTE party! GREAT job, girl! Thanks for linking up to Jaihart! Smiles, Jill
Liz says
July 10, 2012 at 5:53 amGreat party!
Norma says
July 13, 2012 at 9:01 pmHi Holly, OMG! the pictures of your son are so precious! WOW! thanks I didn’t realize that the Indie cart had those cuts! Everything looks amazing and love those t-shirts! Very creative loved the whole theme, I will have to show my son and maybe he’ll want to do this them for his B-day this year:) Thank you for joining us over at Decorate to Celebrate!! Have a fantastic weekend!!
Hgs,
Norma
Lisa says
July 13, 2012 at 11:07 pmWow, Holly, what amazing decorations!! Everything is so creative and fabulous!! What a fun party!! Thanks so much for playing along at Decorate to Celebrate!!
Lisa
A Mermaid’s Crafts
Decorate to Celebrate DT
Rhonda Emery says
July 13, 2012 at 11:20 pmwhat a fun party love it all. thank you for joining us for our challenge at dtc.
Amy says
July 17, 2012 at 1:10 amHoly cow! Super cute party decorations and what a great theme! Awesome job! Thanks for playing at Decorate to Celebrate! :)Amy
Sunshine HoneyBee says
July 17, 2012 at 2:34 amVisiting from Jaihart. Also, enjoyed the Avengers movie. My daughter sketched & painted me Thor which I made a scrapbook layout of recently.
Melissa
“Sunshine HoneyBee”
alexa34 says
November 15, 2012 at 5:04 pmlove your decor for the party !!! how did you make the paper decor on the window stay twirled like that???:)
Millie says
April 28, 2015 at 1:39 pmI love this super fun party decor!!
Have a wonderful day,
Millie
Crafting With Creative M
Holly Gagnon says
April 29, 2015 at 12:29 pmThank you! The Avengers are so fun too! Holly 🙂