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Ana’s Power Ranger party

~ PARTY

Our girls have been into Power Rangers as of late so it was no surprise when Ana asked for a Power Ranger birthday party.  I’ve always told my daughters that there are no such thing as “girl toys” or “boy toys”, and if you like playing with trucks or tools, go right ahead.  If you like princesses and dolls, go right ahead also.  I tell them to not let anyone tell you what’s weird or appropriate to play with if that’s what you’re interested in. So I was more than happy to plan this birthday party for Ana.
rice krispies sushi as a party favor
power ranger cupcakes
fruit swords
spam musubi
healthy veggie & fruit juice
sandwich sushi w/ pickles, ham & cheese
rice krispies sushi on a platter
After everyone ate lunch, we started a Power Ranger training camp.  There were 5 training courses, each course representing a member of the Power Ranger and their strength/talent.   In order to become an official Power Ranger, they had to complete each course.
Training course #1 was STRENGTH which is the green Power Ranger, and they had to compete in a tug of war to prove their strength. 

I forgot to take pictures of the next two signs because I was too busy running the party but training #2 was LOYALTY which is the blue Power Ranger, and a bad samurai came to the party to recruit any bad
guys/girls to join his team.  All the trainees had to prove their loyalty and pick which side they were on.  Fortunately, they all picked my side(the good side of course;), and threw water balloons at the bad samurai to chase him away.
his appearance alone made two little girls cry and they wanted to go home.  oops….
he would catch some of the water balloons and kept throwing them at me! bad samurai!  
but in the end we conquered.

Training #3 was LEADERSHIP which is the red Power Ranger, and for this game we played Simon Says.

Training #4 was POWER which is the yellow Power Ranger and a sensei came and taught the trainees some karate moves.  He had a little helper too.

Training #5 was LOVE which is the pink Power Ranger, and not pictured, but for this course they had to complete an obstacle course.  They had to climb under a chair, then grab a ball that was sitting on the chair which they had to kick or hold while they ran to the trampoline.  Once they got to the trampoline, they had to jump as high as they could 10 times, then climb up and down two slides in a row, then run to the kitty pools that were filled with water floating with many “bad guys”.  There was one “good guy” that was drowning in the water and they had to find it and save it by scooping it up with a net.
after they completed the training camp, each trainee received a Power Ranger certificate, a sword & a belt.
then time for some cupcakes!

For the kids birthday parties I always set a budget of $100, and I went $30 over the budget with this party due to the high number of attendees(every single person we invited came to celebrate with us, all 15 of them!).  But I tell myself since I bought bulks of ingredients to make the food and snacks at Sam’s Club with lots of left over ingredients that we will use, it winds down to roughly $100. 😉  

Ana’s sister Adi told me after the party that for her birthday party she wants a yellow Power Ranger birthday party.  So I might be doing this same exact party all over again, but in yellow!

Links/tips: Rice krispies sushi, sushi green grass from ebay, sushi box from a friend who owns a sushi shop, power ranger cupcakes from Walmart, sandwich sushi.

*disclaimer: I googled “power ranger certificate” and found an image that I just printed for the certificate and the training camp signs my husband made with Photoshop.  I no longer send the certificate because I have no copyright of the image and feel dishonest if I send it out.  I get emails frequently about this and I had to turn down every single one, so please understand and I apologize about that!

Comments

  3. Kristin says

    What fun! I had no idea what to expect when I saw the title, but I am so impressed and a little jealous of Ana's party!

  4. See V. says

    It looks like the kids had SO much fun!!!! You win the award for most creative birthday party of the year. Great job!!!

  8. Erin says

    Oh my gosh I LOVE it! You are so awesome, Sarah. The bad samurai throwing water balloons at you made me laugh out loud.

  9. Julia Forshee says

    I am SOOO impressed. I cannot imagine how much time you have vested into making such a special day. I LOVE the sushi for kids. I will do those rice crispie treats next time we have real sushi 🙂 I know our readers would love to see this, too! Our Weekly All Things Thursday Link Up party is going on now at allthingswithpurpose.com, and we would LOVE for you to join us with this post and/or any others you'd like to share 🙂 Hope to see you soon!!

  11. Pearl says

    That's an awesome bday party…Where do you get all these ideas…When are my girls going to be able to come to one of your bday parties… wish we lived closer..

  14. Sarah says

    I got the ideas from other moms mostly! haha so I'm not the creative one! And I wish everyday we lived closer! 🙁

  20. Sunja says

    Wow! You did a fantastic job on this party! 🙂 The sushi sandwiches and rice krispies are super cute and creative.

  23. Sandhiya Krishnan says

    Sarah, Can you please please send me the printable too? I am hosting the same birthday party for my son. He would love this.
    Please send it to my email id.

  29. Sarah says

    hi! I stopped emailing the certificates to the people that asked because it's not my image. If you google "power ranger certificate" the picture should come up. good luck!

  30. kmap111 says

    So amazing. Looks like they had a blast!!

    I'm planning my son's 6th bday too and I was wondering how you did the belts and what materials you used for it. I'm running out of time and I was hoping to do the belts too but I haven't been able to find an inexpensive way to make them 🙁

    I love all of your ideas especially the sweet and the sandwich sushi 😉 and I can't :-/ believe you spent so little money on all that!!. I always go over budget for some reason.
    It's worth it when you see their happy faces though 🙂

  33. Lisa Choo says

    Hey just found your page with all the cute ideas! Well done! Planning my girl's yellow samurai party right now. Where did you get the Power Ranger Rings for the cupcakes? Also, do you mind emailing me a copy of the certificate? Too cute!

  35. Ty Parker says

    This party was AMAZING!!!! I have searched and searched for the certificate without any luck. Can you please email me a copy of it, it would be greatly appreciated by me and I know the kids would LOVE to have them as a party favor. Thank you in advanced. [email protected]

  36. Myla Capilitan says

    Great party! My son wants a blue Power Ranger party for his 7th bday next month! And you've got lots of great ideas so thanks for sharing! Looks like all the kids (except for the two that went home) had fun!

  39. Jenny Statham says

    Wow, what brilliant ideas! Can't wait to plan my son's party now that you've inspired me! 🙂

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