Kids Wednesday: Planning a Pokemon Party

My son declared that he wanted a Pokemon party for his birthday so I drove right into Pinterest and found way too many ideas. It was overwhelming to say the least so I decided on a plan on what we had time for during the birthday party.

I wanted to make a sign that said Happy Birthday with pokeballs and there are tons of ideas.  I decided to take the easy way out and just do the printed one here.  All you have to do is download and print and I will put holes in them and thread on curling ribbon to hang on the wall.

We looked high and low and found a Pin the Tail on the Pikachu. There is one that is already separated so that it can be printed on papers and put together but my husband has acess to a large format printer so I actually wanted to get one that was one image and enlarge it so I was little sad but I figure that this is probably better for 99% of the people which you can find here.  I actually downloaded the image and made my own!!!  Loved the picture so super happy to find it and use it.

I also thought that it would be really fun to make our own Pokemon cards.  I found this awesome card template here.

We decided that we were going to make pokeballs but had to figure out a plan to make them that won't get them thrown around at the party but that they would still like to use.  I found these and thought that they would be fun but they needs the special plastic ornament which I couldn't find so they were out but still super cool.  You can check out these here.

We decided that it would be fun to use duct tape and frisbees to make them so that the kids would have to use them outside to get the distance but can hold them like a shield which is totally fine by me!!

I found an awesome popcorn container and since we were planning on having popcorn, it seemed like a good idea even though it would take a lot of work on my part (as most of the things would).  They were super colorful and I thought the kids would enjoy them.  Check them out here.

Another fun one is the poke ball designer page because this can be a great station for creativity or copying the basic balls that they know.  If we do some ahead of time then we also have some fun decorations so I think that I am going to have some coloring fun!!  Check out this site to get your own copy.

There is a really cute box that the kids can cut and fold themselves.  It is super easy to print and if we don't do it at the party, I will put it in their bags to bring home to make at home.  If you want to make your own, download it here.

There is another great site with a pokeball and lots of pokemon to put inside it here.  This looks like something that my son would love to have and play with all the time.  I could print it and laminate it to have hours of fun with!!!

 I found a memory game that would also be fun to print and laminate to play with for awhile to come.

There is a interesting maze that you can download here.  I looked every where for coloring pages and dot to dot pictures.  There are lots out there but none that made me really happy.  There are a ton of different downloads and this was a great site for some great resources.

There is another great activity that I wanted to do but wasn't sure if we had time to do it but it seemed like a lot of fun.  It was Pokemon eggs which I would make ahead of time with my son and then each group of kids would have the chance to hatch their own.  Here is the site that made them so if I don't get time to do it at the party, my son and I are totally going to make them!!

I thought that I would get a few activities that got their wiggles out including a little follow the leader with what the Pokemon would do. Super easy to print out and pull out of a hat and we will have it ready if we need.  You can print your own here.

There is this blowing activity where the kids blow through a straw to make the Poke Ball move from the start to the end.  There is an example here but I have also seen it with a ping pong ball so we might try to do this activity.

I hope that you enjoy some of these ideas to have your cheap Pokemon party.  We got clearance cups, plates and napkins in red from Christmas so we had tons of paper goods.  I grabbed a bag of red and white balloons at the Dollar Tree for the decorations and games.  With a little work, we have entertainment and goodies for everyone to do at the party and bring home with them.  I know that I have enjoyed searching around for the best ideas that work on a tight budget!!  I hope that my work has saved you some time!!!  Hope that you have a great time with these ideas for your own children or birthday party.

Kid Wednesday: Summer To Do List

Did you finish everything on your Summer To Do List??  We fit in lots of things but I actually didn't make a list this year...I started but then got totally distracted with summer here so quickly.  I started this post to tell you what we had planned this summer and never got it done either.  I guess we were too busy doing things.


My little guy had lots of fun playing basketball for the first time which started the day school ended.

We started it off right by heading to the beach to have a week long family vacation. We got to swim at the pool and the beach with huge waves...those are the ones that knocked me down but those are my husband and son's heads.  Built a huge sandcastle with the breaks from the water.

We played lots of Skee Ball at the beach and won lots of prizes!!!  Too many prizes!!

We went to the fireworks to celebrate the 4th.

Many quick stops to Panera and Starbucks to get special treats for my little man.  We also had many meals out like Chuck E. Cheese and Cheesecake Factory which were all met with smiles.

We made it to the park to watch my son's favorite musicians, Rocknoceros! Can you see them... I might be bad at taking pictures.

We saw his favorite puppet show company twice- once at the library and once at the park!

Went for Mini Golf and Ice Cream More times then I can count to my son's new favorite hangout!

Learned About Pennsylvania, New York, Florida and New Jersey. Lots of fun facts about those states for sure.

Went to a Science Program at the Library and Learned a Ton about cells and DNA.

He got to do Magic Tree House Book Club where they made a sea serpent and a cave out of sand dough at the library.

There was a trip to the local splash park which was lots of fun and then their wonderful playground.

We went to my son's favorite wooden playground and visited a wooden playground in Delaware too!

We also enjoyed making some sugar cookies at home together for the Olympics

We went to AC Moore for the summer craft projects which we really fun and of course FREE!!

We missed the first project because we were at the beach so we used the bonus money back to pay for the tie dye kit to make our own at home.  We mixed up the dye and made three t-shirts, four bags, one apron, three pillow cases and two towels.  It was fun to make some stuff but we were totally overwhelmed with the amount of projects that we got out of half of the dyes that we bought.  I was exhausted from the amount of twisting of the rubber bands but we had some great projects.  My favorite was the pillowcases but the most vibrant were the hand towels.  My mom went out and bought more dye on clearance at CVS so we will have enough to dye the whole house.  I really think that we should do the sheets for the beds next!!

We did a ton of summer reading and charted out minutes read per day to turn in at school.  We had some more books that we wanted to fit in this summer but didn't get enough time so we are hoping to have a lot more reading through the school year!!!

We had a great summer playing with friends, a week of Geology camp, Vacation Bible School and enjoying the pool.

Wishing that we had a little more time to spend together having fun and learning.