{PART THREE (of 3) - Super P Turns 3! A Vintage Pop Art Super Hero Party by Anders Ruff

Super P Turns 3
A Vintage Pop Art Super Hero Party
Part ONE - The Dessert Table (Thursday's post)
Part TWO - The Candy Bar and Favor Table (Monday's post)
Part THREE - The Action (Activities) (today's post)

SUPER excited to share more of the Pop Art Inspired Super Hero party...

I've shared the dessert table, the candy bar and the favor table.
Today I am sharing the "action" portion of the party.

When the children arrived, they were given a "Super Logo" with their initial on it. (It was a sticker that they would adhere to their shirt) I had considered appliqueing shirts for all the kids, but I quit w/ that idea after finishing Pierson's and Jeffrey's ;-) Stickers were MUCH easier and they would be useful for one of the games (later on I'll share)....

The children were pointed in the direction of the London Style "telephone booth" (That I made from a refrigerator box!). There they would transform from their secret identity to their SUPER HERO identity. All of the children were given capes and masks... (Kid Kapers is the BEST - she makes custom capes and masks!) They also had their Super Hero Logo sticker on their shirt...

Even the girls got into it! I was so excited to see them all pretending as well!
They loved their pink get ups!

Here is my sweet Jeffrey coming out from his transformation.

Who knew a box could be so much entertainment?

Here is Adria's daughter..... (not sure where her super logo sticker went?)
Caryn's sweet girls...

All of the tables were pre-set with place settings for each child.
I had made boxed lunches and put them in a white gable box (from Nashville Wraps!)
I adhered a sticker with a city scape on it for the kids to color (think "classy" McDonalds happy meal haha!)
The "callout / conversation bubble" says "Don't forget to eat your veggies!" ;-)

I designed luggage tags for all of the kids with their name on them. Those would signify where the children were to sit.

Each place setting had a black/white polka dot melamine plate (perfectly coordinating - from TARGET!), a water bottle (with our printable wrapper on it), and a cute little pop bottle with candies in it (Thought "POP" would be a good logo to put on those... the kids LOVED them!) Also, red/yellow/blue markers were placed at the tables for the kids to color their lunch boxes....

I wrapped plastic silverware with black/white polkadot napkins from Target and sealed it with one of our printable party logos.

Up close of the water bottle / drink wrap...

Pierson had a special seat ;-) He got an awesome reusable lunch bag from Urban Harmonie Designs.

What was on the menu? HERO sandwiches, of course. Labeled, of course!
Little fruit cups were served and they had "MMM" and "YUM"stickers on them...(in our printable collection!)

Next up - the coloring wall / graffiti wall....
I designed a skyline with some personalized touches like the big Super P Logo and some cute call outs....

This 135" x 36" tall poster wrapped under my bar in my kitchen and the kids were to "Color the wall with their favorite super color"...
This kept the kids busy! What kid wouldn't want to color on the wall!?

By popular demand, we are now offering this customized printable coloring poster in our shop!
By the way, you can't really tell.... but I wrapped my bar. I wrapped the edge of the granite with an aqua grosgrain ribbon and then fit a piece of black/white polkadot wrapping paper to the top portion so that the bar would "coordinate" ;-)

Next up .... Pin the Super Logo on Pierson's Super P!
I drew a pop art graphic poster of Pierson (remember, over the candy bar?)....
The kids were blindfolded and given a super hero logo sticker (with their initial - like the one they wore on their shirt).... they had to pin their logo on Pierson's logo....

Some were closer than others! ;-)

We had a Photo Booth for the children to have their pictures taken. We made (DIY project) a fake barbell weight that the kids could pretend to be lifting over their heads. we also had handheld signs that said “Boom” and “Pow”. The backdrop was the polkadot/benday dot pattern that was repeated on the dessert table. We also had a printed “conversation bubble” that was on the backdrop and it said “Happy 3rd Birthday Super Pierson”.
We got some funny shots
(don't mind my ribbon stash at the top!) ;-)
Jeffrey being "SUPER".

I made a prop that was a barbell weight.... Jeffrey is SUPER strong!

Adria and I had to get in on the action before everyone arrived....

You'lll see that we had yellow/red/blue cardboard bricks that the kids enjoyed building walls and breaking through walls like a super hero.
We had the "boom" and "POW" signs printed at Sign Guy, as well as the big Super P emblems that were all over!

Adria's daughters....

Caryn's daughter....

Pierson was loving his mask and cape from Kid Kapers!

Super heros all over!

My boys before the party....

Super girls all over, too!

At cake time, we used plates that JoAnne of Oh Goodie Designs loaned me.
They were so SUPER!
That cake was just SO delish (Thanks, Mandie/ Got What It Cakes!)

Overall this was a SUPER party! Thanks to all of the fabulous dessert artists and vendors for their awesome products!

One of my fav shots.... ;-)

VENDOR CREDITS & RESOURCES:
– Event Styling, Graphic Design & Printables – Anders Ruff Custom Designs
– Photography – Becca Bond Photography

Party Props:
– Cupcake Wrappers – Bella Cupcake Couture
– Custom Capes and Masks – Kid Kapers
– Pop Art Eco Lunch Bags – Urban Harmonie Designs
– White Gable Boxes and Cello Bags – Nashville Wraps
– Label Material – OnlineLabels.com
– Sign Printing – Sign Guy
– Treat Bags – The Cupcake Social
– Popcorn and CB2 Pop Art Plates – Oh Goodie Designs
– Printable Party Elements: Tags, Labels, Favors, Invites, & More – Anders Ruff Custom Designs

Desserts:
– Custom Cake – Got What It Cakes
– Custom Cake Pops – Sweet Cheeks Tasty Treats
– Chocolate Covered Oreos – Sweeties by Kim
– Cake Pops – Dreamin N’ Details
– Fondant Cupcake Toppers – Two Sugar Babies
– Sugar Cookies – The Cookie Jar
– “3” Lollipops – Vintage Confections

{PART THREE (of 3) - Super P Turns 3! A Vintage Pop Art Super Hero Party by Anders Ruff

{Featured Clients} Bringing in the New Year beautifully!

Today we are showing off another fabulous client dessert table from New Year's Eve!

Pauline, of Australia, sent us these stunning photographs from her New Year's Eve styled table. We are LOVING the entire look of this table.

Pauline is the Director of The Party Studio (an online boutique selling party wares) and designer/director of Sophisticated Yum (a sweet event styling and design service). Pauline calls herself more of a 'savoury' girl, but loves scouring the internet for gorgeous looking desserts and tables and when she has spare time. (She loves to check out the delights Sydney has to offer).

I think she did an amazing job and has some really great ideas!

She used our printable papers to create those backdrop circular decoration motifs!

I love how she used frames as serving platters! Brilliant!

Aren't these cupcakes to die for!?

I love how she displayed the sparklers as well!

She did such a great job and we asked her for a statement about the table and how she put it together so nicely.

Below, Pauline talks about her inspiration and the execution of the table...

"I carried a piece of ribbon with me so that the table runner could match perfectly. I also wanted to use different types of black and white ribbon to add texture to the different elements. The look I was after was modern with a touch of vintage glam. The mini chocolate wrappers I used to cover mini menthos rolls. I also found some baubles in the perfect shade of teal and used these as decoration and also at the base of a vase filled with sparklers. I used some black frames as platters which framed the mini bite sized macarons and shortbread perfectly. These were lined with the Anders Ruff papers. The papers were also used to make the wall decorations. I chose to use the flags to decorate little kraft boxes that I filled with a pencil and a NY resolutions card for people to write in their NY resolutions. They could also use the box to fill up with goodies to take home."


Thank you, Pauline!
Happy 2011 everyone!

{Featured Clients} Bringing in the New Year beautifully!