Planning a Transformer Themed Party
Aug 24 2007

TRANSFORMERS.  MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE. TRANSFORMERS.  ROBOTS IN DISGUISE. TRANSFORMERS. THERE’S NO PLACE TO HIDE.  HERE THEY COME TO SAVE THE DAY! PLUS WHATEVER ELSE THEY ARE AND DO.

I have noticed that since my post about our son’s Transformer birthday party, that I’ve had a lot of people view the blog using search terms like “transformer party, how to throw a transformer party, transformer party ideas, transformer party stuff, etc.”  There are more people out there looking for ways to put on a Transformer themed birthday party than I would have imagined!  So I figured I’d share with the world how I went about hitting the stores last minute planning his party.

I first went to HEB plus and oddly could not find any transformer party stuff.  I spoke to my best friend a week before the party and she said she could get the stuff for me at a HEB store near where she lived if I couldn’t find it here.   I think they didn’t have it because the store near us is undergoing a serious layout/design change.  I did find 24 packs of HEB brand crayons for 15 cents each!  Yes 15 cents each!  I couldn’t believe it so I bought 30 packs.  I also ordered his transformer cake, a fruit/veggie tray, and some small bottled waters from HEB plus.


That same weekend, we rushed into a Party Pig (oh I love that name.  I chuckle every time I say it) on our way somewhere (I can’t recall where) and they were out of the transformer stuff.  I just learned that Party Pig was acquired by Party City (which explains why I can’t find a website for Party Pig).  Party City is where I ended up finding what I wanted two days before the party.  I got transformer themed:

• table cloths
• cake plates
• big cups to hold the party favors
• napkins, and
• a pinata

I also got:

• #5 candle and some extra candles
• a bag of Smarties candy
• pinata stuffing stuff (plastic straws, yo-yo’s, and other miscellaneous plastic stuff – my husband and son put the Smarties in the big cups before I could tell them those were meant for the pinata….at least all the kids got one.)
• coloring books (dinosaurs and sea animals) for something like $5.95 for 8 books!  They made great party favors.

My husband and son set up the big cup favors and put a package of crayons and a Smartie into each of them.

On the day of the party, I went to HEB plus to pick up the cake, veggie tray, and a bag of ice (for the water bottles and Gatorade Propel water – no red juice was allowed).  I wasn’t sure if the cake would be enough so I also picked up 2 dozen already prepared colorful cupcakes and it was a good thing I did!

The kids swam for about an hour, then we had cake, and then we let the kids hit the pinata (of course no blindfolds at this age).  We had to make sure no little ones were in the way of any big swinging sticks.  We forgot the stick at our house, so the people at Emler let us use the handle part of a broom they had!  Thank goodness.

The kids had a blast.  I had fun even though as hostess I didn’t have to get in the water.  My husband went in so he could watch our 2 1/2 year old.  Personally, I thought it was one of the more successful birthday parties we’ve held primarily because we went home with NO leftover cake and only 4 cupcakes (i.e., less for me to be tempted to eat)!

I hope this info is helpful for all of you trying to plan a transformer party for your kids!  Our son also got a ton of great transformer gifts (his favorite one is a cool medium-sized Bumble Bee that makes noises and shoots out his hands), but that will probably have to be the subject of another post.  😀

Author: Aruni | Filed under: Just For Fun | 9 Comments »

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