W
ith the Incredibles’ re-
turn to the big screen, a
new generation of kids
have the opportunity to fall in love with
the Parr family and their super friends.
From the moment kids hear the Incredi-
bles theme song, they are hooked. They
want to be an Incredible, too! If that
sounds like your child, why not throw
them an Incredible themed birthday
party this year? Have no fear, Mom
and Dad! We have some ideas to get
you started! up the kids into teams and let them cre-
ate the best new superhero costume they
can come up with. Don’t forget to give
your new super a name!
GAMES CRAFTS
5) Find Jack-Jack’s Cookies
Make Jack-Jack’s cookies by add-
ing “chocolate chips” with markers on
white mini Frisbees or bottle caps.
Hide them around the room or yard
and send the kids out to find them. Add
numbers to the backs of each cookie for
prizes to add to their goody bags.
1) Trance Tic Tac Toe 1) Make your own Incredimobile
Purchase two pairs of swim goggles
and blacken the lenses so the players
cannot see out. In this game, Screen
Slaver will control a Tic Tac Toe game.
Players are both fitted with goggles and
use two different colored cotton balls to
fill in a Tic Tac Toe game (similar to Pin
the Tail on the Donkey). Since the play-
ers are hypnotized by Screen Sla-
ver, he will tell players where
to put the cotton balls. Cardboard cars are a forgotten art.
Buy a 12 x 12 x 18 cardboard box for
each party guest. Supply colored paper,
fabric, or felt, glue and scissors to help
them create their own Incredimobile.
Use paper plate to make tires. Add ropes
strung through the cardboard to wear
the car on their shoulders so they can
“drive” around the room.
2) Race Like Dash in
Mr. Incredible’s Shoes
Hot glue inexpensive
flip flops into the middle of
a large shoeboxes. Players
slip on the shoes and race
to the end of the course and
back like a relay race. You can
add ropes on the sides of the
shoeboxes for players to
hold to help them from
stepping out of his big
shoes.
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— by Pam Molnar
3) Frozone Finds
This game can be played two ways.
For the first version, freeze small items
(to fill your goody bag) in ice cubes.
Similar to hot potato, let the kids
pass around the ice cubes in
warm water cups to try to
melt the ice and reveal
the prize. The other
way is to fill a small
pool or bucket with ice
and plastic toys and
let the kids fish them
out with their hands or
feet.
4) What Would E Do?
Pull out the dress up clothes,
hats, masks and any other super-
clothes you have around the house.
You can also add craft supplies like
papers, ribbons, and other bling. Break
Breakfast is always a kid crowd
pleaser and can be served at any time of
the day. Create a breakfast bar with Incredible
scrambled eggs, red velvet waffles, black berries and a variety of red fruit.
Make a simple orange juice punch with equal parts of orange juice, white
grape juice and 7-Up.
For dessert, set up an ice cream bar with vanilla ice cream. Offer top-
pings that complement the Incredibles logo — cherries, raspberries, straw-
berry syrup, colored sprinkles, bananas, pineapples, peaches, mangos, but-
terscotch topping, Reese’s Pieces, chocolate chips and chocolate syrup.
2) Elastigirl in a Jar
For this craft you will need a 6-oz.
Red Elmer’s glitter glue, ¾ teaspoon of
baking soda and 1 tablespoon of
contact lens solution. Pour en-
tire contents of glue into mix-
ing bowl. Mix in the baking
soda and then add the contact
lens solution. Mix as well as
possible with a spoon and then
pick up with hands to finish mix-
ing. It will be very sticky at first and
the more you work with it, the less
sticky it becomes. Fits nicely into a
5.5 oz. snack cup.
3) Violet’s Disappearing Ink
Mix an equal portion of water
to baking soda. On a blank sheet of
paper, let kids trace over a free print-
able of the Incredibles logo, going over
the lines of the picture with a cotton
swab. Let dry. Then, using a solution of
lemon juice and red food coloring, let the
kids paint over the “invisible ink” to re-
veal the logo. You can prepare a birthday
message ahead of time so the kids can see
how it works before they make their own.
Pam Molnar is a freelance writer and
avid party planner. Follow her on Etsy
at Pam’s Party Printables.
January 2019 WNY Family 15