Despicable Me Party: Games and Favors

{ the games }

Minion Bowling 
The kids each got two turns to hit down all of the pins with a regular ball purchased at Wal*Mart.

I took 6, 2 Liter bottles, washed them out and glued the lid onto them.  Then spray the top with yellow Krylon Fusion spray paint, I bought mine at Wal*Mart (it sticks to plastic with no prep).  Then spray the bottom blue.

You can use painter's tape to make the line between blue and yellow sharp and precise, but quite frankly, I ran out of time and decided to not freak out about it.  Next download my printable goggles.  Print two sheets to get the 6 pairs needed.

Next, follow these steps....

Pin the Goggles on the Minion.
I once again hit up my local print shop for this poster. 

I had it printed to 24" by 36" for around $3 in black and white. Color printing is very expensive, so the girls and I had a great time coloring the overalls blue and the bodies yellow before the party.  Crayons = free.  I'm just sayin'.  Click here to download...note: this is a very large file!   UPDATE: Somehow Mediafire managed to delete my file. I will try and make a new one to replace this, until then...sorry! *DON'T EMAIL ME AND ASK FOR THE FILE OR ASK WHEN THE FILE WILL BE AVAILABLE!*

Next download these goggles which fit perfectly onto the blank space on the poster.  Print onto card stock, cut around the goggles cleanly...i left the scraggly edges on there on purpose to make it easier to get a clean cut. Add a small roll of tape on back before guests arrive. Click here to download this file for printing.

Blindfold kids and let them go at it!   

Carnival UFO Game.
Print a copy of the carnival space ship by clicking here. 

Mount on foam core and cut out.  If you want to make it a larger target to hit, simply cut off the bottom stick before mounting to foam core and cut the foam core an inch or two around the spaceship.  I turned a party cup upside down and cut a slit in the bottom.  Then slid the space ship cut-out in and let the kids have at it...and the parents!

Nerf guns served as the perfect carnival blasters.  Children each got 4 rounds (that's how many ball;s are in the chamber of our nerf gun) to try and knock down the space ship.

{ the favors }

For the girls:

Tutus with Customized Tickets.

You can make your own tutus for inexpensive by following a tute like this one (via Make It and Love It).  But I decided to go easy and purchased tutus at the Dollar Store.  Then I designed these tickets to look just like the tickets to the Swan Lake ballet recital from the movie.  You can download my layered Photoshop File of the ticket for easy customizing by clicking here.  The font I used for the customizable type is Bebas (download for free here).  Attach with cotton twine and a mini safety pin.

For the boys:
Squid Launcher

Vector comes up with a number of great gun ideas during the course of the movie, but my favorite is the Squid Launcher. I made these graphic labels to add to any store bought water gun.

First download my graphic here.  Then purchase label/sticker paper in a  full size sheet.  You can buy the sticker paper at Wal*Mart or any big box office supply store.  Run it through your printer and then trim to fit your water gun.  I got these cool shaped water guns in packs of two at Dollar Tree.

 Download label sheets (with easy cut lines) by clicking here.

Whew!  And that does it!

I hope this inspires you to throw you're own Despicable Me party 

and have as much fun as we did!

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