My eldest son got a bit jealous that I gave so much of my attention and focus to his little sister's birthday, and now he's demanding for one, too, for his 3rd birthday. My husband and I said yes, putting us in this position.
My son's turning 3 this week, and he
demanded requested for an Avengers themed birthday party. He picked out the theme himself, though we can see how hard it was for him. He wanted a lot of things; he's watching all these Disney shows, and he wanted everything to be made into a party. He's also into trains, and building lego, and superheroes. In the end, after a lot of '
could I pick three? ok just two. just two?' from the baby boy, I told him we can only have one theme for his party, and voila, Avengers! (
Although, we bought Avengers lego toys for the kids.)
It will be a simple party for ten boys, his playmates, so we're DIY-ing everything, from decors to food (
except for cakes -- sadly, I can't bake). I made this DIY invitation set for his party. It includes a memo from Director Nick Fury, informing the guests of an assembly, and how the details were encrypted, and they need decoder glasses to read, which were provided. I planned to make decoder
eyeglasses, which they can actually wear, but I got caught up with work and well,
life, til there's no free time left to craft. I had to drop into the set a piece of Avengers vintage card (
no, I just printed out a photo of an old magazine cover, it's not actually the real thing), because.. well, because my kid would want to see a picture of his super friends, that's why! I also included a S.H.I.E.L.D. badge/ID, which will be their name tags during the party. Same with other DIY invitations we've done before, we created the layout (
for each piece in the set), and have it printed in our local printing shop. So..
Tadah! Avengers Themed Birthday Party Invitation Set for Xandre Gabriel's 3rd Super Birthday!
Here are deets,
close ups of the memo, the encrypted message, decoder glasses, vintage cards, and the badge.
And here's the baby boy, who's so excited, he'd wake me up every morning to ask, '
mom is it my birthday yet?'. And if I say '
no, not yet', he'd complain, '
tagal naman'. Pouting is normal, and rolling of eyes. But he'll be ok after a minute, after an explanation, that we need
N more days to get ready. He's happy with his invitations, he requested to have one for himself (
an invitation for the celebrant to invite the celebrant? Now that is new).
