Spiderman Party SuppliesSpiderman supplies are available widely, whether you are looking online or at gift shops. While many people start with these off-the-shelf ideas, many also add their own ideas and approaches, and thereby make a special customized party event. Adding your own touches is often a good way to ensure a special event turns into a special memory for everyone involved. The only limit to finding ways to include the Spiderman theme in all aspects of the party is your own imagination. A good place to start is to include the kid in the planning of the party (unless it’s a surprise). Kids will often have great ideas – some practical and others not so much – but it will get them excited and thinking about how to make it a great event. Following a list of party considerations and ideas for integrating Spiderman and the other Spiderman story characters into the theme of the party. Again, you can work from a list like this, or you can use it just to stimulate your own ideas on how to make the party special. But this will get you started. Start with the list of invitees, which will help you determine your overall budget and thus how much you can allocate to buy the supplies that will have a connection to the shark theme. Once you have the list, it’s time to think about creating the invitations. Spiderman birthday party cards come ready made and are easy to find at gift stores, card shops or online. Because there are so many places where the image of Spiderman appears, there is no shortage of ways to find and print his image. And there are the other characters as well…the bossy news editor, the grandparents and the girl friend, as well as an assortment of interesting bad guys. Or you can construct your own SpideyCards out of construction paper. Whether you make your own invitation cards or buy some from the store, they will need to include certain details. These details should include the occasion of the party, the date, and time, and what if any instructions you wish to provide about gift giving. You will also want to provide RSVP information. Whatever choice you make for the card itself, the invitations should let kids know through what the party will be like and should start to get them excited about attending. And you want to think about how to decorate the space where the party will be held. Spiderman balloons and streamers can be purchased at the store, but you might also want to make cardboard cut outs of Spiderman his arch enemies to place around the room. And you might want to suggest a costume party as well, with ideas for the attendees about how they can make their own Spiderman costumes for the party. And think about turning the space into a metropolitan scene, with tall cardboard buildings, elevated trains and cars to resemble the main scenes in the story. And there is always the spider web to work into the scene. You can attached plastic spiders to the walls in the room and on to the table where cake and/or other food will be served. Also, think about working in the reporter angle. Spiderman worked at a newspaper when we was not out fighting crime, so maybe think about adding an old style camera or newspaper to the mix as well. Next , you want to think about activities for the party that relate to the theme. One theme related idea is to have the kids make their own superhero masks. Another is to turn standard games into those that relate to Spiderman, such as Spiderman says instead of Simon Says. And, you can play the hot potato game, using a large stuffed spider as a stand-in for the potato. Also, think about having the kids watch one of the Spiderman movies. The movies are widely available at movie rental locations, watching them with their friends. Also at the party, think about how to integrate the theme in to all the various parts of a typical party. Some of the things to think about are plates, cups, silverware, table cloths. All of these items can be purchased with Spiderman related themes on them. Work in the other Spiderman characters as well; while Spiderman is often the focus of attention, the rest of the characters in the story round out his world, and can be used to round out the party scene as well. Cakes can always be made to represent the theme as well. Your local cake maker can give you ideas, but Spiderman cakes can be made for the party. There are Spiderman cake molds available on the market if you want to make your own. Alternatively, you can have a cake made that shows a one of the scenes from the story. And you can think about cupcakes with spider web designs in the frosting. Spiderman is amongst the most beloved characters in the history of comic books, and he has enjoyed a recent revival, so it makes sense that kids will want to be surrounded by him during their most important party events. Fortunately, there is no shortage of ideas about how to do that, and there is no shortage of suppliers of Spiderman themed products. So, get the kids together and invite a superhero to the party; it’s bound to be a hit and to create memories the kids will hold with them for many years to come. |

















































