<\/a><\/p>\n

Jen Carver, of Banner Events<\/a>, <\/strong>here to share a fun new “Angry Bird-day” party theme launched\u00a0recently in honor of two of my sons’ birthdays!\u00a0 Feathers\u00a0were flying at the Carver “birdhouse”\u00a0 as\u00a0we were\u00a0busy prepping for\u00a020 guests to come “crash” the party.<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

December is a busy enough month as is, but add birthdays for two children to the mix and you’ve got downright chaos.\u00a0 To simplify things this year, we decided to host a combined birthday party for my son Jacob (turning 11) and my son Landon (turning 5).\u00a0 Since they are both huge gamers, we knew this theme would be perfect!\u00a0 I hope you enjoy the colorful photographs, captured by the amazing Karina Rigtrup of A Fresh Take Photography<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

INVITATIONS:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Guests each received these clever invitations designed by the talented Anders Ruff Custom Designs<\/a>.\u00a0 <\/strong>Maureen did a fabulous job incorporating some fun gaming elements as well as child-specific highlights to the invitations.\u00a0 (I LOVE how the highscore\/score reflect my children’s new birthday ages!\u00a0 Notice how guests were invited to ‘RSVP’ to play?\u00a0 So fun!)<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

UPON ARRIVAL:\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

No Angry Bird-day party could possibly be complete without kids dressing the part!\u00a0 Party goers were divided into birds vs. pigs and each received a custom shirt designed and sewn by the talented team over at Create Sew Embellish.<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong>Shirts were personalized with a little Anders Ruff hang tag for easy distribution.<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

DECOR:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Inspired by the popular game, I chose bright colors (red, lime green, yellow & blue) which I carried throughout the styling.\u00a0 I wanted to make the party atmosphere colorful & fun, but also help guests feel like they’d been flung into the game, so we used a variety of materials to bring in some of those natural elements reminiscent from their game playing.\u00a0 You will see artificial grass, bird nests, wooden building blocks used as shelves, wood slingshots, raffia, twine, etc…<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

My favorite part of the decor was the dessert table designed to look like a screenshot of the game.\u00a0 Notice the play, pause & high\/low score buttons designed by Anders Ruff.\u00a0 Cloud paper served as the background, and the table runner was artificial grass.\u00a0 The addition of the wood stands, built\u00a0to resemble the wood structures that get knocked over by the birds in the game, really helped to bring the table to life!\u00a0 They were perfect for displaying gorgeous\u00a0sweet “tweets”\u00a0from some of our favorite dessert artists.<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

The kids loved the TNT favor boxes filled with popcorn (Anders Ruff<\/a>), the gorgeous sugar cookies from Sweet Surrender Cookie Co., \u00a0<\/a>,\u00a0<\/strong>the chocolate donuts dressed up with polka dotted treat sticks (SmashCake Studio<\/a><\/strong>) and party flags, \u00a0& the unbelievable fondant topped cupcakes and mint chocolate push up pops from Lynlee’s Petite Cakes<\/a><\/strong> & Edible Details<\/a><\/strong> .\u00a0 Plates were filled and re-filled with these treats!<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

The focal point of the dessert table, was definitely the incredibly delicious two-tiered cake with molded chocolate & fondant scenery designs by 4 Kids Cakes<\/a>, <\/strong>and 3-D fondant birds and game elements by Lynlee’s Petite Cakes<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

<\/a>\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Some of the same dessert table design elements carried over to the dining tables, successfully\u00a0tying the tables together.\u00a0 Highlights from the dining tables included bird nests at each place setting which housed beverages with colorful custom beverage wrappers & fun striped paper straws<\/a> <\/strong>& party flags.\u00a0 I added a few DIY details (the beaks on the birds & the crowns on the pigs) for a fun 3-D element.\u00a0 Colorful plates from SmashCake Studio<\/a><\/strong> were paired with licensed plates for a fun pop of color, and a slingshot added a bit of foreshadowing for the fun to come!<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n

ACTIVITIES:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Planning a party that\u00a0will appeal to both 4\/5 yr. olds and 11\/12 yr. olds can pose a challenge for any parent.\u00a0 I put my thinking cap on and also adapted a few ideas I found while searching the web. Here is our line-up of Angry Birds inspired games.<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

Slingshot Lane:<\/strong>\u00a0 I knew from the start that a “live” action game would definitely be a must.\u00a0\u00a0My husband and I decided creating a life size structure\u00a0including faux wood structures made out of painted moving boxes, pigs, a\u00a0flying bird\u00a0and a working slingshot would be the highlight of the party…and it was!\u00a0\u00a0I put my handy husband to work on an original design for a 6 ft. portable slingshot using heavy duty PVC pipe, surgical tubing, cement, a ceramic pot & wood base for support.\u00a0 It worked amazingly well!\u00a0 While\u00a0he was working on the slingshot, I got to work painting boxes I picked up inexpensively from Walmart (about $0.64 each for the square ones) and ordered from ULINE (about $0.81 each for the long narrow ones–6″x6″x36″).\u00a0 We added a handful of plush pigs picked up on clearance at our local grocery store, made a few more pigs using green playground balls from Walmart (only $1.50 each) and this tutorial<\/a><\/em>\u00a0and purchased a licensed character bird playground\u00a0ball from Walmart.\u00a0 Voil\u00e0!\u00a0 One incredibly fun live action game complete! (P.S.\u00a0 Don’t the jumbo balloons add so much colorful fun?\u00a0 Smash Cake Studio<\/a><\/strong> carries them in their shop!)<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

Pig Bowling:<\/strong>\u00a0 This DIY game is not only inexpensive, but also easy.\u00a0 Using a variety of craft punches & scissors, I put together some pig faces using scrapbook paper and laminated them for durability.\u00a0 Simply tape them to rinsed\u00a0& dried out\u00a0green 2-Liter bottles to make your pig pins!\u00a0 Using the same tutorial as linked above, I created a red bird bowling ball using a ball purchased from Walmart for $1.50.\u00a0 The younger crowd especially loved this game.\u00a0 They giggled in delight as the pig pins went flying!\u00a0 (Serves those lil’ piggies right for stealing the eggs!)<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

Pig Pop:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>A classic carnival game,\u00a0balloon darts are always popular with\u00a0older kids.\u00a0\u00a0We added some pig faces to lime green\u00a0balloons and created a fun ‘pig pop’.\u00a0 You can purchase a cheap set of steel tipped darts (less than $5) from Walmart.<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

Capture the Eggs:\u00a0 <\/strong>If you’ve ever played Angry Birds, you know that those bad little piggies stole the eggs from the birds’ nests causing them to become angry!\u00a0 In our game, the kids got to capture the eggs back, saving them from being eaten by the pigs!\u00a0 We divided up into mixed teams and hosted a relay race.\u00a0 Contestants rode scooters, rescuing one egg at a time in their sacks.\u00a0 The team with the most rescued eggs at the end of the time, won!\u00a0 Each child was given an embellished egg carton (purchase these darling mini egg cartons from Shop Sweet Lulu<\/a><\/strong><\/em>) to hold 6 golden Angy Bird\u00a0eggs (Sunny Bunny Easter Eggs<\/a><\/strong><\/em>) filled with various candy.\u00a0 These were added to their favors to take home at the end of the party.<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

Bird-O (‘Bingo’):<\/strong> Another classic party game, Bingo, received a makeover for our Angry Bird-day celebration.\u00a0 Custom blank\u00a0‘Bird-O’ boards were designed for me by Anders Ruff<\/a>.\u00a0 I added a variety of character stickers and numbers, filled colorful polka dot baking cups from Shop Sweet Lulu<\/a><\/strong> with red & green M&Ms to serve as markers, & we were set!\u00a0 Both age groups enjoyed playing this game.\u00a0 Prizes were licensed Angry Birds sticker sheets.<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n

Puzzles\/Coloring Activity Station:\u00a0 <\/strong>I always like to have a “self-start” activity center established that gets party goers busy in the celebration from the moment they walk in.\u00a0 A coloring and puzzle station works perfectly.\u00a0 It’s easy enough that kids can help themselves while you are still trying to welcome guests, check coats & collect gifts.\u00a0 The Dollar Tree had these licensed puzzles, and the coloring books were found in the dollar spot at Target!<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

FAVORS:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Guests definitely had to be thanked for ‘crashing’ my boys’ bird-day party, and they certainly didn’t\u00a0leave empty handed. \u00a0A colorful favor table was set up with a smorgasbord of\u00a0fun items to take home.\u00a0 In addition to the fun shirts from Create Sew Embellish<\/a><\/strong>, guests received green favor baskets filled with many licensed and inspired bird items.\u00a0 (Many of the purchased items were found at the Dollar Tree, including the puzzles and the hand sanitizer.\u00a0 The older boys took home bird houses to sand and paint from JoAnns (only $0.50 each with coupon) and the younger boys took home coloring books.\u00a0 Fruit snacks and crackers helped fill the baskets with some snacks for later.\u00a0 Each guest also got to take home some ‘bird droppings’–adorable gumball tubes from Shop Sweet Lulu<\/a><\/strong>, filled with shimmer gumballs from Smash Cake Studio<\/a><\/strong> & embellished with custom printables & ribbon.\u00a0 With so many birds flying around, there was bound to be a few ‘droppings’.\u00a0 Gourmet marshmallows were created custom by the talented The Marshmallow Studio<\/a><\/strong>.\u00a0 The kids were excited to select their favorite bird and add it to their favor basket.\u00a0 And finally, all birds need a little ‘bird food’–worms!\u00a0 Little cellophane bags of gummy worms were individually packaged up for each friend.\u00a0 I love the treat bag toppers that were made to coordinate!<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Vendor Credits:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jen Carver, Banner Events<\/a>:<\/strong>\u00a0 Complete Event Styling<\/p>\n

Josh Carver:<\/strong>\u00a0 DIY sling shot<\/p>\n

Karina Rigtrup, A Fresh Take Photography<\/a>:<\/strong>\u00a0 Photography<\/p>\n

Anders Ruff Custom Designs<\/a>:<\/strong>\u00a0 Printable Graphic designs<\/p>\n

Birds Video Game Invitation\/Printables:\u00a0 here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Create Sew Embellish:<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong>custom appliqu\u00e9\u00a0bird & pig shirts<\/p>\n

Shop Sweet Lulu:<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0 1\/2 dozen sized egg cartons, gumball favor tubes, polka dot & striped baking cups<\/p>\n

Smash Cake Studio:<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0 shimmer gumballs, striped paper straws, polka dot candy sticks, 36″ balloons, rugby stripe paper sacks<\/p>\n

The Marshmallow Studio:<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0 custom marshmallow pops<\/p>\n

Lynlee’s Petite Cakes:<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0 custom edible fondant cupcake & cake toppers<\/p>\n

Edible Details:<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0 custom edible fondant push up pop toppers<\/p>\n

4 Kids Cakes:<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0 custom cake<\/p>\n

Sweet Surrender Cookie Co.:<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0 custom cookie favors<\/p>\n

Sunny Bunny Easter Eggs:<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0 gold plastic Easter eggs<\/p>\n

SOURCES for products to help you create your own Angry Birds Party:<\/strong><\/p>\n

– Angry Birds Latex Balloons (6) Party Accessory<\/span>\u00a0<\/a><\/strong>
\n– Angry Birds Scene Setter Wall Decorations (Blue) Party Accessory<\/span><\/strong><\/a>
\n– Angry Birds Party Supplies Lunch Plates 8 pack<\/span><\/strong><\/a>
\n– Angry Birds Dessert Plates 7″ Round (8) Birthday Party Supplies<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><\/a>
\n– Angry Birds Beverage Napkins Party Supplies 16 per Pack<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><\/a>
\n– Angry Birds Cups 8 ct.<\/strong><\/a>
\n– Angry Birds 16 oz. Plastic Cup<\/span><\/strong><\/a>
\n– 12 Bird Nests<\/strong><\/a>
\n– Red Cake Stand<\/strong><\/a>
\n– Lime Green Pedestal Dessert Stand<\/strong><\/a>
\n– White glass cake stand<\/strong><\/a>
\n– 2-Pack Angry Birds 24-Piece Puzzles<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><\/a>
\n– Angry Birds Red Hand Sanitizer with Clip<\/span><\/strong><\/a>
\n– Gold Eggs (100)<\/strong><\/a>
\n– Angry Birds Toons, Season 1, Vol. 1<\/span> <\/strong><\/a>
\n– Angry Birds Plush 5-Inch Piglet with Sound<\/span><\/strong><\/a>
\n– Angry Birds Plush 5-Inch Red Bird with Sound<\/span><\/strong><\/a>
\n– Angry Birds 8″ Playground Red Ball in Display Box<\/span><\/strong><\/a>
\n– Angry Birds 8.5″ Playground Black Ball in Display Box<\/span><\/strong><\/a>
\n– Angry Birds: Knock On Wood Game<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jen Carver, of Banner Events, here to share a fun new “Angry Bird-day” party theme launched\u00a0recently in honor of two of my sons’ birthdays!\u00a0 Feathers\u00a0were flying at the Carver “birdhouse”\u00a0 as\u00a0we were\u00a0busy prepping for\u00a020 guests to come “crash” the party. December is a busy enough month as is, but add birthdays for two children to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":19361,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,1481,196,25,198,8,1480],"tags":[1304,841,3014,1745],"class_list":["post-17428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-birthday-parties","category-birthday-partyfolio","category-boy-parties","category-dessert-tables","category-girl-parties","category-party-favors","category-partyfolio","tag-angry-birds","tag-birthday","tag-diy","tag-gamer-party"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/andersruff.com\/custom-printable-parties\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/andersruff.com\/custom-printable-parties\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/andersruff.com\/custom-printable-parties\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andersruff.com\/custom-printable-parties\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andersruff.com\/custom-printable-parties\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17428"}],"version-history":[{"count":144,"href":"https:\/\/andersruff.com\/custom-printable-parties\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17428\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31704,"href":"https:\/\/andersruff.com\/custom-printable-parties\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17428\/revisions\/31704"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andersruff.com\/custom-printable-parties\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/andersruff.com\/custom-printable-parties\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andersruff.com\/custom-printable-parties\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andersruff.com\/custom-printable-parties\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}