My son loves math & science so for his 8th birthday party we decided to do a Mad Science theme. Entertainment was provided by Mad Science of Toronto. It was great. Dr. Dynamo kept each & every kid (7 8yr. olds & 2 5yr. olds) riveted & engaged for an hour plus they LOVED making their take home silly putty. For the table I decorated it in a colorful molecule theme using a table cloth & package of napkins that had circles on them & blue paper plates. I also threaded black thread through dollar store bouncy balls to make a molecule centerpiece which hung from the chandelier. For drinks the kids had Green Goo (Hawiian Punch Strawberry/Kiwi & w/the lable taken off )& fun glowstick straws to drink it with. Other decorations included an red/black angry birds space foil balloon and custom "Dr. Ethan's Laboratory of Birthday Fun" signs & "No Princess Zone" posters which I ordered a PDF file online to print them out. As I do each year for my kids, I made the cake & cupcakes...a gumball molecule cake (my son LOVES gum) with an edible Dr. Ethan sign I had printed out on top (Foodland or Metro Bakeries will do this for you) & some mad scientist cupcakes (cupcake wrappers from Spaceships & Laser Beams). Last but no least ..the Lootbags. They were yellow paper bags which I added "Hello My Name is..." stickers to. On the stickers I wrote either Dr. or Professor and each kids name. For the loot bag contents each child got a package of Dinosaur, Bug or Sea animals grow capsules, a Laffy Taffy or Nerds easter egg and their take home silly putty from Mad Science. All in all the decorations were easy & not too expensive & the kids & the birthday boy had a great time.
*Mad Science Show (Mad Science of Toronto)
http://www.toronto.madscience.org
*Tablecloth, Napkins, Angry Bird Balloon, Yellow Paper Loot Bags (Perfect Party Place)
http://www.perfectpartyplace.com
*Bouncy Balls, Paper Plates & Glowstick Straws (Dollarama)
http://www.dollarama.com
*Printable cupcake wraps, Custom sign/posters (Spaceships & Laser Beams)
http://www.spaceshipsandlaserbeams.com
*Cake & Cupcakes (My Pink Cupcake)
http://www.mypinkcupcake.weebly.com
*Sea Animal, Dinosaur & Bug Grow Capsules (Michael's Arts & Crafts)
http://www.michaels.com
*Hawaiian Punch Drinks, Laffy Taffy & Nerds, Name Stickers (Walmart Canada)
http://www.walmart.ca
*Mad Science Show (Mad Science of Toronto)
http://www.toronto.madscience.org
*Tablecloth, Napkins, Angry Bird Balloon, Yellow Paper Loot Bags (Perfect Party Place)
http://www.perfectpartyplace.com
*Bouncy Balls, Paper Plates & Glowstick Straws (Dollarama)
http://www.dollarama.com
*Printable cupcake wraps, Custom sign/posters (Spaceships & Laser Beams)
http://www.spaceshipsandlaserbeams.com
*Cake & Cupcakes (My Pink Cupcake)
http://www.mypinkcupcake.weebly.com
*Sea Animal, Dinosaur & Bug Grow Capsules (Michael's Arts & Crafts)
http://www.michaels.com
*Hawaiian Punch Drinks, Laffy Taffy & Nerds, Name Stickers (Walmart Canada)
http://www.walmart.ca