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DIY Batman Party Game

January 20, 2014 By Erica Deuel 11 Comments

DIY_batman_party_gamePersonalized gifts are some of my favorite to give and receive. For weeks I have been wanting to show you this Batman game that Matt and I made for our Jeremiah’s birthday. It was a team effort, and our J loved it!

We got pretty into the detail of our board game, but you can take the idea and make a board that fits to you and your time frame.

We started with a simple piece of Purebond scrap wood that we had left over from our planked wall. I spray painted the board black with a little Rustoleum spray paint and painted a gray curvy path with simple acrylic paint and a paintbrush. I then came back and used a sharpie and a ruler to outline my path and to mark it off into boxes.

making a game boardAt this point I jokingly asked Matt if he would like to paint Gotham City for me as I had a birthday to do list a mile long that I still needed to do. To my delight he said YES! He far surpassed my idea. He not only painted Gotham City, he painted fun elements along the board and gave a “purpose” to the game in getting Batman from his Batcave to Gotham City.

The game has a Candy Land feel. J loves Candy Land. He will play a dozen times in a row, so we were wanting to give that type of game to him with his absolute favorite guy, Batman. I think Matt nailed it. He penciled the designs and then painted them in.

drawing batman city

painting_a_cityHe would Googled pictures on his phone as he replicated his own. He did a great job painting the elements, but you could also print them out and use glue and mod podge to attach them to your game board.

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batman_party_gameOnce he was done painting the game board, I used my Rustoleum clear shiny spray on the entire board to act as a protectant. Matt came up with the cards on his own. They are fun and funny. I love to play this game!

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batman_gameboardJ had a wonderful birthday. I think this game (and playing it back to back to back) with him made him feel loved and put a huge smile on his face!

batman_birthday_boyHe still enjoys playing it all these weeks later! Have you ever made a game board before? I actually hung a little hook on the back of this game board and keep meaning to find a place to hang it up as “art” when it’s not in use.

friendsFor more Batman party inspiration, you can see the invites and Batman garland I made here.

Thank you so much for stopping in! I hope you all had a great weekend! Please come back tomorrow to check out my new Spoonful Tribe craft kit! I am beyond excited to share these crafts with you! There are some beautiful elements that work for Valentine’s Day or really any time of the year, and just like this month I will ship the kits out to you so you have every supply (including my tutorial videos) to create them as well!

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Batman Birthday Party

November 20, 2013 By Erica Deuel 4 Comments

Do you have a family birthday that falls right smack in the middle of the holidays OR it might even be on a holiday!? Somehow we ended up having all our kids around a holiday. Not sure how this happened, but I won’t work too hard trying to figure it out either. 😉

Sometimes our Jeremiah’s birthday falls on Thanksgiving day. This year it falls on the Sunday before. I am probably overly cautious that he feels celebrated, valued, and loved when it comes to his birthday. I don’t want him to ever feel like it is an after thought. I’m making lots of crafts to help celebrate his day and I thought you’d enjoy seeing them too!

personalize_party_invitesSince it is a busy holiday week, I always feel bad asking people to add another thing to their schedule. It’s the people pleaser in me. Lucky for me, J is still young  and oh so sweet. When asked who he wanted to invite to his birthday party, he named all family. You know I am from a big family, and whenever we are all together it is a party. Lucky for him, we have my out of state sisters coming in town for Thanksgiving (who will now be able to be at his party too). There are some good aspects at having holiday birthdays, right!?

I made these Batman party invites to mail to my family to announce our little party. The steps were easy enough.

1. I cut a bunch of card stock paper (with fun scissors on the bottom)

2. I stamped them with the party details and made sure my cut paper would fit in the envelopes I had on hand.

3. Next, I printed off a bunch of sweet pictures of my J and cut them to fit on the card stock. I used pretty washi tape to hold them in place.

4. Next, I got cheap bat stickers (since we are having a Batman party)  and placed one on the invite. I also stamped “you’re invited” at the top

5. Finally, I cut out Batman from a roll of $1 store wrapping paper and glued him on the back of my invites.

6. My last step was filling out the information and sending them off!

DIY_Batman_invitesThese invites were easy, and I made them while watching a few shows one night. I love the personal touch of these invites. I think allowing him to create a “theme” that he adores and using his “picture” were two simple ways I could show him how much I value him. You could easily switch out the sticker, tape color, and Batman wrapping paper character for your party theme.

Batman_garlandAnother craft I created was a simple felt Batman garland. You know I am obsessed with felt, and I haven’t created with it since my felt flowers. It was time to bust it out again. I love how this garland came out. This is another craft that you could modify the idea to create a personalized garland around your own character, symbol, or shape.

Here is how I made this felt garland:

1. I printed off a Batman logo the size I liked, and cut it out to use as a pattern.

2. I then placed the cut logo onto my felt.

3. I held the logo in place and cut my felt around it. You could easily pin your paper cut out to the felt to help make this step easier.

4. I did step two and three a lot…fifteen times to be exact.

5. I then sewed the logos together by placing them one at a time, back to back to go through in an assembly line with my sewing machine.

Batman_party_decorationsThat was it!  J is so excited! He is already saying he wants to hang it above his bed after the party. I love that he loves it so much.

Batman_party_decorWe don’t usually pull out the birthday decorations till the night before their birthday. That way they wake up and it’s a fun, exciting surprise. This year is different. I’m slowing building up to his birthday cause after his birthday it will all come down quick for our Thanksmas (Thanksgiving + Christmas) party here with all my family in a week!

Do you have holiday birthdays and can relate to my J? How do you feel valued or celebrated in the midst of it?

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