Thread: Heroes & villains theme - brainstorm

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After much debating, I have decided to do a theme this year. It'll be my first year theming my party & wasn't sure how our guests would feel.

I want to use some of my usualy decorations, but incorporate some themed ones. I am hoping some creative minds on here can help with party ideas to fit this theme. My husband & I are both fans of movies based on comics (Iron Man, X-men, Transformers, Hulk...) But costumes aren't limited to comics. Could be Disney characters, mobsters, service men, classic monsters, pirates, anything really.

My costume idea: Sassy Deluxe Ninja Turtles Costume - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Costumes

I plan for the invitations to look like a comic book cover. Categories for the costume contest will be best villian, best hero & best couple/group.

Any ideas for a couple food dishes, or decor? We are also moving into a new house this year so I have more rooms to cover.

Great theme!! I really like that a lot.

The first thing that popped into my mind? Remember in the TV show Batman, when there was a fight they would have the cartoony looking words pop onto the screen...like BAM!!! or POW!! like this....

http://www.ozoux.com/eclectic/archiv...ges/batman.jpg

You could paint them on paper and put them up on the walls, or paint them on cardboard and make them free-standing.

That's all I got for now, but I'll think on it some more. Good luck!

will you be doing this on Halloween night? Do a Superhero, Villain scavenger hunt. Put your party in groups then for around 1 hour or so you guys go to different bars parties n stuff and see how many people you find dressed up in superheros and villains each group has a digital camera or phone and has to take pictures with (to prove you saw the superheros, villains) the superheros or villains. The group with the most pictures wins I know you didn't ask about any games but this came to mind.

P.S. Or make a list of specific monsters that you need to take pictures with like skeletons zombies witch n so on.

That is the same Theme we are doing this year!

For a food Idea....Hero sandwiches!

We will also be having a few games that we will play that will have Heroes VS Villians to see if Good or Bad ultimatley wins.

My Sister told me today she wants to come as Me because I am her Hero...Gag!

I don't have my notebook in front of me, but as I remember ideas we have had (My 'Crew' had our first 'meeting' Valantines weekend) I will let you know.

Thanks for the help guys. Unfortunately a scavenger hunt probably wont work. We live in a smaller city without may bars. But I may be able to think of a scavenger hunt of items in the house. We do an in home party with decorations, food, drinks, & costume contest. We have air hockey, fooseball & darts as activities.

MHooch, love that idea. I will definitely be doing that.

Natascha, we'll have to share ideas. Hero sandwiches is good. I saw an idea online for calling a veggies tray "superhero sticks" & labeling each item "for super strength", "for x-ray vision"...

Originally Posted by MHooch

Great theme!! I really like that a lot.

The first thing that popped into my mind? Remember in the TV show Batman, when there was a fight they would have the cartoony looking words pop onto the screen...like BAM!!! or POW!! like this....

http://www.ozoux.com/eclectic/archiv...ges/batman.jpg

You could paint them on paper and put them up on the walls, or paint them on cardboard and make them free-standing.

That's all I got for now, but I'll think on it some more. Good luck!

Those word bubbles would make for a great photo op!

I can see batman and the joker posing under one. Would make for some interesting combos and photos lol My guests are all hams so they would totally get into it and create some crazy comic scenes under those words.

MsM

This is on my short list of themes to do "someday" also, I can't wait to see what you come up with.

Ditto on the "speech bubbles" - you can expect a lot of awesome crazy photos from that. Along the same lines, you could cover a wall in rolls of white paper and paint in your own comic book panels, just backgrounds and speech bubbles that people could pose in front of - it would bring the hand drawn aesthetic of comic books into the background of the party, as well as be great photo opportunities.

Anyone else have any great ideas? We have found someone to do our invitations for us. She is the sign maker at my husband's work & draws comics as a hobby; very talented. Maybe she would be willing to do a scene on the wall as well.

That's awesome, HP, that you have someone that you know to do that for you, I can't wait to see how they turn out.

Your guests had such great costumes last year, I'm really looking forward to seeing what they come up with this year.

How about having some sort of trivia game about various villains and heroes: What planet was Superman from? What was Spiderman's Aunt and Uncles names? Who was Sherlock Holmes' arch enemy? Etc, etc....maybe you could make it like the "fate" game and put the questions in balloons, have people pop them and if they answer correctly, get a prize (or a shot, or whatever ) and if they are wrong, they have to do something embarrassing or silly.

I REALLY REALLY like this theme the more I think about it. What fun!!!

Ooh, I love the superhero trivia game idea. Appeals to my nerd sensibilities.

How about superhero cupcakes? These don't look TOO hard to pull off and are pretty cool-- and since they're bats and spiders, they also fit a Halloween theme:

Spidey and Batman on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
(sorry, photo's "spaceball" and won't show here)

I would also say that star-shaped, lightning bolt-shaped, etc., cookie cutters would be a big help when it comes to your food. You could do cookies, yes, but also cut out pieces of lightning cheese, star watermelon pieces, little talk-bubble finger sandwiches, etc.