This Batman® Birthday Party Guide with Batman® party games, activities and decorating ideas makes a fanstastic party for boys. Invite your friends to the Bat Cave, for a fun-filled Batman® Birthday Party!
BIRTHDAY PARTY INVITATIONS
Send invitations out 3-4 weeks before the party.
To make your own invites, cut a bat symbol from black cardstock paper and write the invitation with a silver gel pen. Or glue the bat symbol to a red 3x5 card. Write each guest's name on the bat symbol for a personal touch and then add the party details on the other side of the invitation. try printing this:
Gotham City needs you! Come to the Bat Cave for a secret meeting...
BIRTHDAY PARTY DECORATIONS
Create the mood for your party with streamers, batman® balloons and a well decorated table. Add to your decorations with Batman® posters on the wall.
Cut Batman® symbols from cardstock paper in a variety of sizes. Use ribbon to hang the symbols from the ceiling, on the walls etc.
Advanced Decorating: Create the Bat Cave by painting large boxes to resemble computers, screens and other gadgets. Place the boxes surrounding the party area. Enlist a talented teen to make cartoon sound effect bubbles just like in the old shows or comic books featurin gthe words, "BAM" and "POW"!
BIRTHDAY PARTY GAMES AND ACTIVITIES
Little Caped Crusaders
When the children arrive for the party give every child a cape and mask. To make the capes, cut large rectangles (about 45"x35") from black non-fraying, fabric and simply tie two corners together. Enlist another adult or teenager to face paint masks on each child. A simple mask outline will do.
Tip: Use Pinking shears to cut the fabric. This will prevent the fabric from unraveling during the party.
Follow-the-Joker
Have the children take turns wearing a court jesters hat and leading the other children for a game of follow the leader.
Bat Planes
Provide black paper, batman® stickers and gel pens for making Bat Planes. Later the children will use these for a game.
Batman® to the Rescue
Make a Bat Signal on a large piece of butcher paper, white sheet or cardboard. Have the children take the Bat Planes and form a circle around the signal. When you say "POW," the children will throw their planes towards the bat signal trying to land on it. Play this several times giving everyone a candy or small prize when the game is over.
Batman® Training Course
Being a super hero takes strength and agility. Develop those skills with a fun obstacle course. It's best to have an obstacle course game in a large room or outdoors. Use household items such as chairs, pillows, sleeping bags, hula hoops, old tires or anything you can find to create a challenging course. Show the children how to run the course from beginning to end to avoid chaos. Place exciting music and off they go. Every time they reach the end of the course they get a sticker, candy or small prize.
Pass it On Relay
This is another game that will develop super-hero skills among your guests!
Separate your guests into teams and provide each team with a medium sized ball. To play, each team will form a single-file line. Give the first person in line a ball. When the game begins, the first person will pass the ball over his/her head to the player behind him. That player passes the ball between their legs to the next player. This passing pattern continues - over, under over under, until the last player in line receives the ball. Then the play reverses back through the line to first person. The first team to pass the ball from front to back and back again wins!
TIP: We always play fun music when playing games like this.
BIRTHDAY PARTY FOOD
Treats for Hungry Super Heroes
Depending on the time of your party you may not need to serve a meal but just in case, enlist a friend to dress in a tuxedo like Alfred and have him help serve the food.
Poison Ivy Floats
Make ice cream floats with green (kiwi or lime) Italian soda, club soda and vanilla ice. Serve in clear glasses so the children can see the green color. Top with whipped cream and a drizzle of the green syrup.
Bat Sandwiches
Make sandwiches with kid's favorite filling like PBJ, ham, turkey, etc. Use a bat-shaped cookie cutter to cut the sandwiches. Serve with fruit or carrot sticks and dip.
BIRTHDAY PARTY FAVORS
Fill a Batman® plastic drinking cup or favor bag with Batman® stickers, toy bat-a-rangs, comic or coloring book, Batman fruit snacks, and other related toys.
