For Elliott’s last single-digit birthday, he chose Pokemon as the theme. The YMCA provided the perfect space for the kids to run around and I didn’t have to worry about possibly being rained out.
I arranged to have the kids play Protect the Pokemon (a.k.a. King Pin) and made cut-outs of Pokemon characters from wall decorations and some cardboard. This was followed up by running an obstacle course since I figured that’s what Pokemon trainers would do.
Almost two hours of non-stop play later, it was time for cake. I used
this cake for inspiration and made the fondant Pokemon using
these tutorials from Roart I found that used polymer clay.
After cake, we ended with a
Pokeball Punchbox. I decided not to make it a trivia game, but that’s option if you need a longer activity. The trading of figures that took place after will eat up some time as well.
The little Pokemon figures in the punchbox became part of their goodie bags, which included a Pokemon shirt, Pokemon stickers and Pokemon gum.
