Object of Maya*ffection: TRY it THURSDAY BATMAN Birthday PARTY DECOR

Sunday, June 9, 2013

TRY it THURSDAY BATMAN Birthday PARTY DECOR

THIS Try It Thursday is ALL ABOUT thinking outside the box!! I wanted budget friendly decor that could be used again AND didn't look like the party store threw up in my house!! SO the search began for Batman decor - because that was my lil guy's theme...of course I didn't start until 2 days BEFORE the party (I know, I know - last minute Nellie). I wanted a BLACK birthday banner...I went to the Dollar Store and got this...

A Pink Pretty Pretty Princess Banner....PERFECT for a Batman party don't you think?!??!

I was looking for a black banner - SO I KNEW I was going to spray paint it myself....So I wanted something with simple shapes that once painted it was sleek and black...I also knew I needed something I could easily take apart (for example removing the crown from the center of the banner)

So I busted out my can of spray paint....and got to work

I also picked up some paint chips from Home Depot - I was SHOCKED I found black

I cut out bat shapes from a notepad my lil guy had....this was to become my template...

I also grabbed yellow paint chips while I was there...to go with my black and yellow them....I cut them into penants....added the black bat cut out....

...and here is the beginning of my Batman theme birthday banner (that I can remove the penants and reuse the black "Happy Birthday")

Ta-DA!! Here is the Banner complete....

(for the kids birthdays I like to put up pics from years past - it's always fun to reflect and see how they've grown and changed)

I carried the decor into the kitchen....I am dealing with limited space BUT still wanted to have decor since that's where everyone gathers! I used my paint chips in coordinating black and yellow penants...I added bats to the ends and a number "8" (from an old address plaque kit) in the center...