Superhero Kids Party Supplies

There isn’t a kid I know who hasn’t marvelled at a Superhero and their incredible powers, and thanks to the talented folk at Pixar, Marvel, Disney and the like, Superheros have morphed beyond the traditional stereotypes, making them more appealing than ever to both boys and girls.

The best part? Superheros make great kids party themes!

 

Not only is a Superhero party a popular theme for kids, it’s also popular with parents as it’s super easy to pull together. Take inspiration from the Superhero stylists and go beyond the primary colours with girly pastels or monochrome black and white, and insert some comic book fun with speech bubbles, city landscapes and monograms to create something special – maybe even your own Superhero! We’ve also included some traditional red/blue/white superhero partyware in this blog for you if you love the classic look!

As always – the items showcased are all from our wonderful network members that are also listed in our Directory section of our website!

 

 

 

 

 

Superhero Party Invitations

KA-POW! Sending an invitation that packs a punch and makes a statement will have your guests washing their favourite costume and practicing their moves in preparation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Superhero party decorations

Bring your child’s favourite comic book or Superhero movie to life by creating a scene or colour and action using decorations in bold colours, black and white or the traditional costume colours of their hero, and go to town with adding accents of sound effects in speech bubbles, lightning bolts and catchy phrases everyone will be able to recognise.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Superhero party tableware

GULP! YUM! Your table can be just as exciting (and easy) to decorate by continuing your colour theme and coordinating the tableware, or using these pieces to add some more punch to your theme with themed items.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Superhero party cakes and desserts

If you’re avoiding using anything overtly branded but want to inject a little hero in your styling, your desserts and cake are a great way to do it. Cupcake toppers with logos, a show-stopping cake and colour coordinated treats are easy to source and make a great impact.

 

KA-POW!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Superhero themed party favours

Let the action continue well after the party by sending guests home with something sweet and a Superhero accessory they can play with long after the party is finished.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Superhero party extras

Every Superhero needs a surprise or two in their capes! Add props, costumes or photo booths to your event for an event they won’t forget!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Your little Superhero will love this party theme and you’ll be surprised by how easily it all comes together by focusing on a colour palette instead of sourcing licensed products. You’ll be guaranteed a good night’s sleep too after all the Superhero action of the day!

 

Isaiahs Christening Feature

 

A Christening is such a joy and special occasion to celebrate and we’re delighted to showcase this amazing Christening in blues, gold and  rose gold styled by the team at Sweet Heavenly Events in Sydney – also using their gorgeous range of props!

You can view the full range of credits at the end of this post to find all the amazing vendors involved! For now – enjoy the images!

 

 

I just love the plinths and the design used on them. Plinths and decal wraps are one of the latest trends in styling and you can see what an impact they can have on a setup:

 

A milestone chart such as this is such a gorgeous way to capture important details and upon on this easel from Sweet Heavenly Events is the perfect way to display it:

 

This Christening cake is just spectacular!

 

 

Don’t you just love these rose gold cake stands from Sweet Heavenly Events?

 

 

 

You can never underestimate the impact amazing balloon decor will have to a whole room. The mix of garlands and jumbos creates such a gorgeous effect:

 

 

As you can see – the whole room and setup was styled so elegantly by Sweet Heavenly Events to create an elegant Christening celebration:

 

 

 

The little touches and details of this Christening also help guests to know how much thought has gone into hosting them for this celebration:

 

 

 

 

 

 

This Christening celebration is *amazing*..am I right?

I hope these photos have inspired your own celebration – whether it’s a first birthday or Christening or even an adult celebration! Sweet Heavenly Events in Sydney can create something just as amazing for your own celebration or you can use their gorgeous range of props to style your own event.

Vendor Credits

Styled, Chanel Chairs, Charger Plates, Cutlery & Props by us @sweetheavenlyeventshire
Dinnerware @npm_events
Goblets by @royaltea_hightea
Graphics by @eveandcostationery
Printing by @jossignsbydesign
Balloons by @bubblemooballoons
Florals by @dots_flower_shoppe
Cake , cupcakes, cookies & Cakepops by @cakecentral_sydney
Cake topper @meliciouscakehouse
Strawberry & macaron tower by @strawberriesandco_
Desserts by @sweets_withlove
Catering @buddyscatering
Captured by @zoomimages

 

 

 

 

 

Deciding on a Kids Party Theme!

by Kelly of Sweet Moment’s Co

When planning a child’s party, it makes things easier if you have a theme in mind as it will help guide you when choosing partyware, décor, entertainment and food.

There are many themes you can choose from including Mermaids, Unicorns and Bunny Rabbits or you can go with a colour theme such as mint and gold or the ever popular, pink and gold.

Inspiration on choosing a theme can come from many places. Here are some examples:

• -Movies: popular kids’ movies like The Little Mermaid, Peter Rabbit and Cars can help you pick a theme to base your party around.
• -Season: the time of the year can be your inspiration. Summer is great for Ice-cream themed parties, Autumn can be themed around picnics, Spring can be a themed around tea-parties etc.
• -Colours: your favourite colour combinations can be an easy way to theme a party.
• -Gender Neutral: if you want to keep the theme gender neutral, some great party themes include “Carnival” or “Circus” a Pizza Party, or a colour scheme of mint and gold or silver.

Using some of the above examples, I will show you how easy it is to plan your party around that theme using some party decor available at Sweet Moments Co.

MERMAIDS

Partyware Lay the table with Shell Dessert Plates with matching Shell Napkins along with iridescent party cups.

 

Decor String up a Mermaid Garland as a backdrop for the dessert table and scatter the table with seashells and starfish. If you’re feeling creative you can make your own table centrepieces using a fishbowl; put blue/purple glass pebbles on the bottom of the bowl and add some plastic plants normally used for fishtanks, pop in a small mermaid doll and fill with water. For something quick and easy, simply layer the fishbowl with sand and seashells.

Entertainment Dig for buried treasure – fill a clam shaped baby’s pool with sand and bury plastic jewellery in the sand. Provide little beach spades for the kids to dig up the buried treasure.

 

Food Make ‘seaweed skewers’ by threading grapes onto wooden skewers. Use a star cookie cutter to cut fruit or sandwiches into “Starfish”. Make “Seashell Pasta Salad” using the shell shaped pasta. Rock candy becomes “Coral” and blue cordial in a glass drinks dispenser becomes “Sea Water”. For an easy way to decorate the cake, top with Mermaid themed toppers or use our Mermaid Party Kit for cupcakes.

 

The finishing touch is a Queen of Mermaids Shell Crown for the Birthday girl.

 

BUNNY RABBITS

Bunny rabbits are a popular theme for baby showers, christenings and Birthday parties due to their symbol of innocence. The recent release of the movie Peter Rabbit has made it even more popular!

With a standard bunny rabbit theme you would normally use a combination of white, pink and gold or silver. For this example, I’ve provided more of a Peter Rabbit theme using a combination of blues and greens with items from Sweet Moments Co.

 

Partyware Lay the table with Blue and Silver Confetti Dessert Plates with matching napkins and cups. Co-ordinating Blue & Silver Confetti Cupcake boxes add a decorative and functional touch and can be used as a takeaway gift box for cupcakes or, by simply removing the insert, can be filled with lollies or a small gift.  Beech wood cutlery adds a lovely rustic outdoor feel.

 

 

Décor Drape the dessert table with a pastel blue tablecloth and decorate with small white flower pots filled with greenery like white daisies. Use an old gate or fence posts (left natural or painted white) as a backdrop and showcase cupcakes baked in Baby Blue Baking Cups on decorative cut wooden logs or wooden crates.

An easy and inexpensive way to highlight the Peter Rabbit vegie patch atmosphere is to fill wooden crates or wicker baskets with vegetables like cauliflower, radishes, potatoes and of course….bunches of carrots.

 

Entertainment Along with bunny rabbit ears used as photo props, you can get the kids to do a hopping race, pin the tail on the bunny or provide bubble wands for the kids to play with.

Food Small ceramic flower pots filled with carrot and celery sticks, and broccoli and cauliflower florets is healthy and on theme. “Bunny Tails’ can be made using marshmallows on a skewer dipped in chocolate and sprinkles.

Fill wicker baskets lined in gingham fabric with sandwiches, sausage rolls and mini quiche. You could even use old picnic baskets to add to the ‘outdoor’ feel. For the cake, Silver Glitter Blue & Green candles add some sparkle and ties the colours together.

 

We hope you can see how using a few various items you can really bring a kids party theme to life, along with using theme based activities and food!

You can find all the above party supplies and more for various themes at the lovely online party boutique Sweet Moments Co. 

Head to their website to begin your party planning!

 

 

 

Leah’s Floral Flamingo 1st birthday

Today I am delighted to share with you my daughter Leah’s 1st birthday – a floral flamingo themed party! You may have already seen this on social media as it was from February however I have finally got around to blog about it now that the whirlwind of the Celebrate conference day is over (which by the way went really fabulous!).

I love a flamingo theme but rather than go tropical, I decided to go with something very floral and pretty as I wanted to create something unique and special for Leah’s first birthday!

 

Unlike with my first child where I probably planned everything over 9 months…Leah’s party was planned more in the last 2 months before her party!

However everything really came together on the day – from the table decal on the acrylic table…to those amazing balloons…and that flamingo cake! Leah just looked SO adorable (if I do say so myself!) in her cute dress and flamingo party hat!! She was so happy and enjoyed all the attention and balloons!

I chose all vendors from the Life’s Little Celebrations network for the party and Shelley from Paperface Party styled it all on the day so beautifully along with styling the florals!  The balloons by Party Splendour framed the whole setup beautifully. Vanessa Verchiani photography was amazing at capturing the setup AND  photos of family and friends and Leah which we valued so much. I absolutely loved the way the table decal designed by Eve and Co (printed and applied by Jo’s Signs by Design) looked on the acrylic table from Sweet Heavenly Events – and I wished I could have taken it home with me to put in her room!

At the end of this post you will find all the links to the vendors involved:

 

Do you think first birthday parties are a bit OTT these days? I know some people do….but my view?

It’s their first birthday! It IS special! No they won’t remember it…and no they won’t care! And no it doesn’t matter HOW you celebrate it…do a small bbq, do a big bash, do an afternoon tea, do a garden party….anything and everything is fine! Just make sure you do celebrate it because a first birthday is not only a celebration of your child…it is a celebration of all you as parents have enjoyed and learnt and overcome in the first 12 months with a new baby. Lets not underestimate the joys and the challenges you as parents have experienced in the first 12 months..adjusting to new sleep patterns, recovering from pregnancy etc. So take the time to celebrate your child AND what YOU as parents have achieved!

 

I absolutely love being creative in this way and it isn’t something I get to do often – so I really enjoyed being able to put this together! My other kids will have much simpler parties this year as Leah’s first birthday was the larger celebration. So I was certainly happy to indulge a little bit for Leah’s party. So my advice? Don’t feel guilty whether you’re doing something big OR small for your child’s party! You know your true intentions and heart and what is best for your family…so celebrate it how you want to!

Now…back to the party pics!

I love this shot of Leah in front of the setup. We ensured we got some photos before the party started and she got tired – which is a great tip for any first birthday party to ensure you get some photos of a happy birthday child!

This high chair was a last minute decision…and one I am SO glad I made! It really made such a sweet spot for photos of Leah!

 

The flamingo cake by Quincy Lane was something special! I wanted something unique and I love the brushstrokes and the flamingo head cake topper (by Eve and Co)

 

 

 

Desserts included flamingo cookies, flamingo macarons, lollipops and meringue kisses. The details were really incredible and full credit goes to the talented vendors:

 

 

 

 

 

All the florals on the day were also by Paper Face Party and the colours were just stunning! Yes they were all real but with spray painted copper leaves!

 

 

 

The kids table with the pink tiffany chairs from Tiny Tots Toy Hire and balloons from Party Splendour looked amazingly cute!:

 

 

I found the most perfect floral flamingo partyware at Ruby Rabbit Partyware which is where I sourced all the partyware for this party including the lovely tablecloths for the kids table (I always find it hard to find tablecloths which are disposable but still still cute…I know, first world problems!)

 

 

 

We just had to use this Flamingo prop also from Tiny Tots Toy Hire but of course dressed her up in a floral crown by Paperface Party!:

 

 

I chose to have a milestone board created for Leah and kept it small so I could also display it in her room after the party…and Eve & Co designed a gorgeous board with rose gold foil and such pretty details.

 

 

 

For favours I used these gorgeous rose gold favour bags from Ruby Rabbit Partyware finished off with favour tags by Eve and Co:

 

A few other details by Eve and Co which cannot go without sharing – starting with the invitation design which brought the theme of the floral flamingo to life!

 

It was carried through into all the details as seen above such as the table decal, cake topper and the party hat for Leah which is also now displayed in her room:

 

A few other flamingo touches at the party I couldn’t resist like this jumbo flamingo balloon from Party Splendour, and fun flamingo glasses for the kids from Ruby Rabbit partyware:

 

 

 

For entertainment at the party we had a ball pit from Tiny Tots Toy Hire and a puppet show which included a flamingo puppet! It was great fun!

 

 

 

We truly enjoyed celebrating Leah and this milestone! Being our 4th child we’ve been able to relax more as parents with a newborn and thanks to her being such a easy going baby…it truly was SUCH an enjoyable first 12 months with Leah.

 

 

Vendor Credits:

Click on any of the below links to find the vendors used for Leah’s Floral Flamingo party:

 

Life’s Little Celebrations:  Concept & Coordination

www.lifeslittlecelebrations.org

 

Styling & flowers: Paper Face Party

http://www.paperface.com.au/

 

Photography: Vanessa Verchiani Photography

https://www.facebook.com/vanessaverchianiphoto/

 

Stationery: Invitations, Table decal, Party Hat, Milestone print, Favour tags:  Eve&Co

https://www.eveandco.com.au/

 

Balloons: Party Splendour

http://partysplendour.com.au/

 

Partyware (tableware, favour bags, flamingo glasses, kids party hats, favour bags) : Ruby Rabbit Partyware

https://www.rubyrabbit.com.au/

 

Flamingo Cake & meringue kisses: Quincy Lane

https://www.instagram.com/quincy.lane/

 

Macarons: Arelio Sweetbox

https://www.areliosweetbox.com/

 

Cookies: SweetP Cakes and Cookies

https://www.facebook.com/SweetPCakesandCookies/

 

Lollipops: Delleicious.by.elle

https://www.facebook.com/delleiciousbyelle/

 

Props: Acrylic table, cake stands, high chair – Sweet Heavenly Events

http://www.sweetheavenlyeventshire.com.au/

 

Props: Kids tables/chairs, flamingo prop, ball pit – Tiny Tots Toy Hire

http://www.tinytotstoyhire.com.au/

 

Acrylic table decal – printed and applied: Jo’s Signs by Design

https://www.facebook.com/JosSignsbyDesign/

 

Puppet Show: The Party Puppets

http://www.thepartypuppets.com/

 

Thanks for taking the time to view my daughters first birthday party! I hope it inspires your own flamingo or first birthday party planning!

 

Rustic Woodland Party Supplies

A Woodland kids party theme is like a Burberry trench coat in my book – a timeless classic. It’s one of a few themes that can transcend through generations and be updated with the smallest of tweaks, making it a favourite of ours here at Life’s Little Celebrations!

 

 

One of the more popular adaptations of this kids party theme we’re seeing across our favourite Instagram accounts is a focus on the rustic and natural elements of an enchanted wood. Bringing the outside in with wooden features, green moss and pops of vibrant red toadstools – it’s an adaptable theme for any kids party, and we’ve found some perfect woodland party supplies from our LLC Vendors to help bring it all together.

The cutest of animals can be incorporated for this kids party woodland theme…from foxes and deers…to bears and raccoons….it’s a great chance to have a bit of fun with some of the partyware and woodland party supplies that is available for this theme at the moment! Remember to CLICK on any image below to be taken to the relevant business!

 

 

 

Woodland Party Invitations

Cute woodland animals, fairies, toadstools and foliage make a great starting point for your invitations and setting a woodland scene. We love the use of watercolours and hand drawn illustrations for a touch of whimsy.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Woodland Party Decorations

Decorating for a Woodland party theme is all about bringing the outside in (or highlighting nature’s best if hosting outside!). Think lots of greenery with moss and foliage, and wooden accents for a rustic setting amongst the trees.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Woodland Party Tableware

Setting the table is made easy with our finds of simple tableware items. Keep it simple with a basic colour palette and add touches of red and white polka dots inspired by hidden toadstools, wooden accessories and cute characters.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Woodland Party Cakes and Desserts

We all know how impressive a dessert buffet of styled sweets can look, but they needn’t be extravagant. With a few small accessories and themed desserts you can create a magical woodland feast of treats the fairy folk will love.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Woodland Party Favours

There’s nothing quite like a take home treat bag of goodies to keep the excitement of the party going just a little bit longer! From coordinated containers filled with cookies and sweets, or special woodland inspired gifts, we’ve found some great finds to help wrap up your planning!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Woodland Partywear

Some woodland themed headwear and costume pieces are perfect for the birthday boy or girl! Here are some finds from our members:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And finally…. why not keep guests busy with a woodland inspired activity? Ceramic painting is a great idea for the older kids which can also double as a take home gift.

 

 

There are so many reasons why we love this theme! Hopefully these items have inspired you to try it for your next celebration.