Monday, October 7, 2013

A Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Birthday Party

Caedmon (who is never shy to ask for EXACTLY what he wants, no matter how big or small) always comes up with these elaborate ideas for his birthday. We've done StarWars, a camping trip, and this year it was the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Those turtles were quite popular when I was in middle school, then seemed to hide out in the sewer for many years, and are now making a major comeback. Welcome back, boys. Welcome back.


I now know each turtles' name, color mask, and weapons of choice. Important stuff, I tell ya.


Dirt cake...because life in the sewer is pretty dirty.

The amount of food coloring and artificial ingredients in these cupcakes makes me cringe. I felt guilty for serving them, but they turned out pretty cute. And most importantly, Caedmon loved them!



As the kiddos arrived, they were given the opportunity to make their own numchucks (or as Caedmon likes to call them, non-jocks). Some foam tubing, orange duct tape, and some orange ribbon was all that was needed. It got a little crazy in our living room as more and more kids had weapons to hit each other with! A 7 year old boy's dream!!


Once all the party guests had arrived, they (just like the Ninja Turtles) were exposed to some toxic green goo (green jello) which mutated them into Ninjas. Mutation is underway in the picture below.

Our mutated ninjas with their weapons. Also, Spiderman decided to randomly make an appearance?

Now the ninjas were ready to undergo their first training exercise with Master Splinter Andy. They practiced throwing punches, kicks, and some very funny spinning moves.

After their training session, they were ready for their first mission: an invasion of the Foot Clan. Their ninja skills were required to destroy the evil Foot Clan before they could continue to spread.


Sammy discovered that numchucks were not nearly as effective as biting. I couldn't stop laughing as he'd go from one balloon to another, piercing it with his teeth until in blew up in his face!

Everyone knows that Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles love pizza. So the next order of business was delivering 15 pizzas at a time in the form of a relay race. Pizza boxes were flying everywhere!


Our last activity was in honor of Michelangelo, the silly turtle who just always wants to have a good time. We had a silly string war, which was a ton of fun. My back patio may never be the same again!







Our "goodie bags" went home in the form of pizza boxes. I just found those pictures online, printed them on full page label paper, and stuck it right on the pizza box. It was pretty simple and turned out really cute!

The good news is that Sammy decided he ALSO wanted a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle birthday party (at the end of October). At first I thought, "You can't do that. You have to choose something special for you." But then I thought, "Hey, that's a fantastic idea!!! Thank you, Sammy!" 

So all of my left over supplies will be put to good use. No more searching on Pinterest for party ideas or stressing over gathering materials. No more dreaming about Ninja Turtles or planning games. This exact same party will get an encore presentation later this month for a group of 4 & 5 year olds!

Booyakasha! Have a Turtle-Power kind of day, Dude!

16 comments:

Ginger M said...

Where did you find the foam tubing for the num chucks? Love your ideas!

Stacie said...

Ginger, I got the foam tubing from Lowe's. It's in the section with piping.

Anonymous said...

This is awesome,,,,!, I have a party to plan for next month sure will use some of these amazing ideas thanks,,

Unknown said...

Where did you the pizza boxes with the labels on them

Stacie said...

Keevia, I got the pizza boxes from Amazon. Try this link: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008WCTIH4/ref=oh_details_o05_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Rhonda said...

This is great! Planning my guys birthday party for next month. At first I was lost on game ideas, but you have been a huge help!

Karin said...

Im inspired! Planning a TMNT party for my 5 and 6 year old. Brilliant ideas. Im borrowing them!! Thank you! What did you put in the pizza boxes for a give away? The ideas are endless!

Stacie said...

Hey Karin, the take home goodies were super-simple, store bought things from Party City. I think they included a couple stickers & tattoos, a small container of green ooze, and a TMNT shooter toy. Have fun!

Alissa said...

Where did you get the stickers for the boxes and what size?

Stacie said...

Hey Alissa,
The stickers are whole sheets of sticker paper bought at an office supply store. Then I just found a picture on the internet that I liked, copied into a Word document, and enlarged it to be slightly smaller than the top of the box. After printing the picture on the sticker paper, I cut the sticker paper to the right size and then stuck it on the box.

Unknown said...

What font did you use for the side of the pizza boxes? I absolutely love that whole idea and I really want to do it.

Stacie said...

The font was Chalkboard size 48 for the "Thanks for coming, Dude!"

Megan said...

Can you tell me the rules for the pizza box relay? Thanks!

Stacie said...

Hey Megan, We just kept it super simple...2 teams, each had a stack of pizza boxes, one team member at a time had to run down to the end and back and then pass off the pizza boxes to the next person in line. The first team that got all their team members down and back were the winners. You really could do it any variety of ways. My main suggestion is to keep it simple and focus on the fun as opposed to the competition. :-)

Unknown said...

How did you do the cupcakes?

Stacie said...

Latarshia, any type of cupcake will work. I mixed green food coloring into white icing. For the eye masks, I found icing in tubes that was already colored those colors. The eyes were in the cupcake decorating section of the grocery store/party store. And I drew the mouth on with a black edible marker. Though I'm sure you could use some type of black icing as well. Have fun!