Superman Party Supplies

Weekend Spotlight: July 7-10, 2011

Short takes on arts and cultural events of interest:

July 7

Reel Discussions — Screening begins at 6 p.m. Discussion follows. Movie is “Babette’s Feast.” Martina and Philippa, the beautiful daughters of a devout clergyman, sacrifice youthful passion to faith and duty, and even many years after their father’s death, they keep his austere teachings alive among the townspeople. But with the arrival of Babette, a mysterious refugee from France’s civil war, life for the sisters and their tiny hamlet on the desolate coast of Denmark begins to change. For more information, call (585) 343-9550 or go to www.batavialibrary.org Richmond Memorial Library 19 Ross St. Batavia, NY 14020

Classic Film Series — Classic films are shown 7 p.m. every Thursday. The free screenings typically include two feature films or feature films and collections of shorts. For a complete schedule, call (585) 237-3517, e-mail info@artswyco.org , or go to www.artswyco.org . Arts Council for Wyoming County 31 South Main Street Perry, NY 14530

Cowlesville Summer Concert Series — Thursday concert series opens 7 p.m. July 7 with The Fratterigo Family playing bluegrass, country and folk music in the Historical Society’s Gazebo. Future concerts (7 p.m. Thursdays July 14-28) move to Pine Tree Park on Lapp Road. For more information, call (585) 937-7230. Bennington Historical Society Museum 211 Clinton St. Cowlesville, NY 14037

Full Swing Band — Free concert begins at 7:30 p.m. Epworth Hall 46 Wesley Ave. Silver Lake, NY 14549

July 8

Geneseo Summer Festival — Kids, teddy bears and parents assemble on the grounds of the Episcopal Church at 10:30 a.m. July 9, then march the length of Main Street in the festival’s Teddy Bear Parade. Food vendors in the village park include Geneseo Rotary, local churches and Teresa House. Main Street businesses have sidewalks sales. Arts and crafts vendors are on Main Street and in the park. The park also hosts a free concert featuring the Skycoasters at 7:30 p.m. Saturday. Downtown Geneseo Main Street Geneseo, NY 14454

World Travel Friday @ the Movies — Special Friday movie screenings for children in first through sixth grades. Films are scheduled from 1 to about 2:30 p.m. Fridays July 8 to Aug. 12. Registration required; limited to 25 children per movie. Call (585) 768-8300. The schedule: July 8, “Up”; July 15, “The Chipmunk Adventure”; July 22, “A Little Princess”; July 29 “Around the World in 80 Days”; Aug. 5, “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe”; Aug. 12, “The Neverending Story.” Woodward Memorial Library 7 Wolcott St.

Planning a Super Strength Superman Party!

A lot of people will agree that Superman is the super hero of all the super heroes kryptonite aside. If your kid is in love with Superman, it is natural that he or she would want to have a Superman themed party. In other to successfully host a pleasantly unforgettable Superman themed party, you need to plan ahead, here are some pointers to help you plan and put together a cool party.

Invitations

Here are two invitation ideas you could use:

i. You can use a clip art of the famous Superman logo which of course is the big S on Superman’s chest. You can make a note invitation card using the logo as the cover, then place the party details inside. In order to give it some dramatic effect, you can attach a red fabric to the back of the invite indicating a cape.

ii. If you can make invitation cards that look a lot like a Superman comic. The front of the invitation card can look like the cover of the comic, and the inside will have comic boxes that will be used to show the party details.

Decoration Tips

Whether you are choosing to use a Superman themed party supplies or just basic colours, ensuring that you personalize the party decor in order to suit you personal taste and style will sure take some effort.

Superman colours are blue, yellow and red. If you are buying crepe, balloons or streamers, make sure that you get a mix of these three colours. An easy decoration is to take all three colors (or two colors) and braid them together then attach them to a chair and the ceiling.

The adventures of Superman take place in a Metropolis. You can create a city skyline using cardboard or poster board.

You can also create or rent a faux phone booth and add it to the party area it will represent Clark Kent’s changing room.

If you really want a dramatic effect to the Superman theme party, you can build Superman’s lair. You can achieve this look using Styrofoam and shape them into icicles and icebergs in order to simulate this wonderful super hero’s arctic lair. You can check out Superman movies for references.

Fun Activities

Save the day you can encourage invited to dress up like their favourite super heroes or villains. Create scenarios for superheroes to save the day.

Super hero dance contest

Movie marathon this is a great idea for birthday party sleepovers younger children can watch the Superman animated series.

Every kiddie theme party is not complete without a pinata a Superman pinata is just great!

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