Spencer has been in love with the PBS show Super Why for awhile now. If you have little kids you've probably heard about the show. If you haven't it's a show about 4 friends (Wyatt, Alpha Pig, Princess Pea, Rolling Red) who live in storybrook and solve problems by reading books. Each character has a super power. Spencer's favorite character is Wyatt because he's blue - go figure!
Super Why isn't the most popular so I knew I'd have to create everything on my own. PBS had a few printables but other than that I created everything from scratch. Hanging from the ceiling I created red question marks to look like the Y writer. I also cut out some of the characters and hung them. For the banner I used printed paper that represented each character. I ordered balloons and hung them around. I kept it pretty simple in the decoration department.
When the kids arrived they got a personalized cape (I made them from adult size t-shirts and sewed their initial on it) with a Y writer (a question mark cut out from red card stock and glued to a red pen). Once everyone arrived we let them know that we had lost the cake. To solve the problem we had to do activities to find letters to add to the reader board. The first game was pin the Y writer on Wyatt. The few kids that got the closest got letters. Then we played musical spots. When the music stopped we had the kids look under their pad and if there was a letter they added it to the board. The last game we did was spell your name with stickers. Once they were done they got a letter to add to the board. It was fun to watch the kids and see their excitement with each activity.
They solved the puzzle and found the cake (actually cupcakes). Long story short I started decorating the cake around 11 pm the night before. It started out fine and then the cake started to fall apart. Instead of starting over I decided to buy cupcakes from the store and put little toppers on them. I had other projects to finish and a baby to feed so I couldn't be concerned about a cake:) To be honest, I don't think the kids cared at all.
After cupcakes and ice cream the kids headed outside for some piñata fun. Everyone got a turn before Spencer cracked it open.
The last activity was opening gifts. Spencer loved all his gifts and wanted to play with them right away. Usually I send home party favors however; for this party I decided the capes and Y writers would be sufficient enough.
Spencer loved his party and is already talking about his next birthday party. So I guess I did something right:) Happy 4th Birthday Spenceman.
Instead of bringing candy or cupcakes to school for his birthday I created the little treat bag. It included 4 Super Why stickers, bubbles, and one piece of candy. I thought they turned out pretty cute.
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