Set the mood and create visual impact on the night
It’s about the costumes, the venue, and the people. But it’s also all in the details that make parties memorable.
With some careful planning, big doses of creativity and even a dash of DIY craft, superhero costume party ideas into reality, and make your superhero costume party one to remember.
By invitation only
1. Set the party mood from the beginning with
cleverly themed and personalised invitations.
2. Creative types can DIY with
free online tools like Canva to design and print your invitations. As if they aren’t going to want to come!
3. Why stop there? Companies like Paper Diva can also make
gift tags, lolly bags and thank you cards if you want to go all out.
4. If you want to go paperless, try a
free e-invitation website that has superhero and
comic book themes.
Tantalising morsels
This is where our favourite superhero costume party ideas come to play. An exceptional host always makes sure their guests have plenty to eat. It’s worth noting on the invitation that superheroes and villains will have their bellies filled.
5. Create a table of tempting treats that will be hard for them to resist.
6. It’s amazing how many websites are dedicated to making
standout superhero cake and cupcake creations. No cake decorating experience is required. You can create some spectacular effects with M&Ms or use
edible cake toppers.
7. For the health conscious guests how about these
Hulk Spinach Muffins.
8. Or fruit skewers and chopped up vegetables make
for healthy entertainers too.
9. Blueberry and green smoothies are a colourful and filling treat.
10. Easy to make
Thor Hammer Treats (you can use cheese cubes or marshmallows).
11. Separate jelly beans, Skittles, Smarties and M&Ms into single colours. Captain America/Spiderman red and blue, Ironman yellow, Green Lantern/Kryptonite green etc. Put them in clear jars for a block colour effect.
12. If you want to get
superhero cookie cutters, they are cool to shape sandwiches, pizza slices, and fruit
13. Easy DIY snack holders. Parcel up potato chips, popcorn, nuts or sweets in homemade cones. Easy and effective! You could use comic book pages or themed wrapping paper. To hold the cones upright, try an upturned shoe box or cereal box. Cover it with wrapping paper, then pierce a pattern of holes approximately 5 centimetres in diameter in the cardboard to hold the cones.
14. Sports drinks come in cryptic colours. They make for great refreshments and blocking them together in same colours is a neat way to keep your theme on point.
15. Cordial in a
glass drink dispenser makes for superhero punch and keeps your party goers hydrated.
16. Another trick is to cover food and drink labels with cutouts from photocopied comic book pages or superhero wrapping paper.
17. Jelly cups are a simple dessert to make, and again they come in primary superhero colours to boost the theme.
18. Add your Smarties, M&Ms or sprinkles
into popcorn for extra colour and flavour.
19.
Any food can become part of your theme!
A poppin’ table
20. Hit up stores like K-Mart, Target and
Big W for the latest superhero memorabilia to decorate your table.
21. Use coloured plastic tablecloths in combinations of blue, red, yellow, green and black for a sophisticated block effect.
22. Superhero phone booth. A bit of effort required for this one. You’ll need to source a leftover refrigerator box. Paint it red to convert it into an
old style phone booth. This
YouTube video helps shows you how (view from the 1:30 mark). If it’s large enough, it could double as a photo booth. You could also make it jail for the bad guys. Either makes for a great party feature and backdrop for photos.
Decorations
23. DIY bunting - Photocopy your comic book pages if you don’t want to use them on their own.
Cut them into triangles and attach them to lengths of ribbon or string.
24. Paper lanterns always add
ambience to a party. Even more so in yellow, red, blue and white for the superhero feels. Go all out with these
printed with comic quotes.
25. Check out
these colourful action cutouts for walls, tables and even put them on the ceiling!
25. Put some plastic contact over the cutouts above, or print them on adhesive paper you’ve got some floor decals
26. Some cardboard, scissors and a little effort and you can make some striking
table centrepieces like these.
Superhero party games
27.Put your superheroes through their paces and generate some healthy competition (and laughs).
28. If you went with the photo booth idea, it could double for a game of costume change relays.
29. No superhero costume party is complete without target practice with Nerf guns.
30.Toss the batarangs into the box
31. Lasso, well, anything! A statue in the backyard, a post, a chair, a person.
32.
Superhero trivia. Test everyone’s knowledge with a prize for the person with the most right answers.
Lights. Camera. Action!
33.Think of your superhero costume party like a movie set. All the details count for making the theme and the scene come to life.
34.Candy bowl holders
Spiderman, Thor and Iron Man, can greet your guest and tempt them with lollies on arrival, or be a part of the spread on the table.
35.
Captain America’s shield can double as a wall hanging. So can
an assortment of Batman’s batarangs or
Wonder Woman tiaras. These are also handy for the people who turn up without a costume and get them to join in the antics.
36.Creating mystique and elements of supernatural superpowers, check out this Flashing beer mug.
37.Since superheroes are all about the movies, what about this
Hollywood clapboard.
38.Use silly string to
recreate Spiderman’s webbing spray on tables and hanging from window and door frames.
39. Snapchat users can
create superhero filters for your party pics. The perfect touch.
Adults only - cocktail menu
No superhero costume party is complete without the themed cocktails.
40.We borrowed these fitting cocktails from
Geekologie:
41.Captain America: in a shot glass pour one part grenadine, one part creme de cacao, one part blue curacao
42.Iron Man: one part grenadine, one part Scotch, one part Drambuie, one part orange juice
43.The Hulk: one part Midori, one part Absynthe, one part lemonade or Sprite
44.The Black Widow: one part Kahlua, one part vodka, two shots of espresso
Show stealing superhero costume party ideas
Marvel and DC have created a continuous saga of battle and adventure with their superhero movie creations. Their popularity across all ages shows you are never too old for a superhero costume party.
45.Shop for
superhero and villain costume ideas today.
1. Set the party mood from the beginning with cleverly themed and personalised invitations.
2. Creative types can DIY with free online tools like Canva to design and print your invitations. As if they aren’t going to want to come!
3. Why stop there? Companies like Paper Diva can also make gift tags, lolly bags and thank you cards if you want to go all out.
4. If you want to go paperless, try a free e-invitation website that has superhero and comic book themes.
This is where our favourite superhero costume party ideas come to play. An exceptional host always makes sure their guests have plenty to eat. It’s worth noting on the invitation that superheroes and villains will have their bellies filled.
5. Create a table of tempting treats that will be hard for them to resist.
6. It’s amazing how many websites are dedicated to making standout superhero cake and cupcake creations. No cake decorating experience is required. You can create some spectacular effects with M&Ms or use edible cake toppers.
7. For the health conscious guests how about these Hulk Spinach Muffins.
8. Or fruit skewers and chopped up vegetables make for healthy entertainers too.
9. Blueberry and green smoothies are a colourful and filling treat.
10. Easy to make Thor Hammer Treats (you can use cheese cubes or marshmallows).
11. Separate jelly beans, Skittles, Smarties and M&Ms into single colours. Captain America/Spiderman red and blue, Ironman yellow, Green Lantern/Kryptonite green etc. Put them in clear jars for a block colour effect.
12. If you want to get superhero cookie cutters, they are cool to shape sandwiches, pizza slices, and fruit
13. Easy DIY snack holders. Parcel up potato chips, popcorn, nuts or sweets in homemade cones. Easy and effective! You could use comic book pages or themed wrapping paper. To hold the cones upright, try an upturned shoe box or cereal box. Cover it with wrapping paper, then pierce a pattern of holes approximately 5 centimetres in diameter in the cardboard to hold the cones.
14. Sports drinks come in cryptic colours. They make for great refreshments and blocking them together in same colours is a neat way to keep your theme on point.
15. Cordial in a glass drink dispenser makes for superhero punch and keeps your party goers hydrated.
16. Another trick is to cover food and drink labels with cutouts from photocopied comic book pages or superhero wrapping paper.
17. Jelly cups are a simple dessert to make, and again they come in primary superhero colours to boost the theme.
18. Add your Smarties, M&Ms or sprinkles into popcorn for extra colour and flavour.
19. Any food can become part of your theme!
20. Hit up stores like K-Mart, Target and Big W for the latest superhero memorabilia to decorate your table.
21. Use coloured plastic tablecloths in combinations of blue, red, yellow, green and black for a sophisticated block effect.
22. Superhero phone booth. A bit of effort required for this one. You’ll need to source a leftover refrigerator box. Paint it red to convert it into an old style phone booth. This YouTube video helps shows you how (view from the 1:30 mark). If it’s large enough, it could double as a photo booth. You could also make it jail for the bad guys. Either makes for a great party feature and backdrop for photos.
23. DIY bunting - Photocopy your comic book pages if you don’t want to use them on their own. Cut them into triangles and attach them to lengths of ribbon or string.
24. Paper lanterns always add ambience to a party. Even more so in yellow, red, blue and white for the superhero feels. Go all out with these printed with comic quotes.
25. Check out these colourful action cutouts for walls, tables and even put them on the ceiling!
25. Put some plastic contact over the cutouts above, or print them on adhesive paper you’ve got some floor decals
26. Some cardboard, scissors and a little effort and you can make some striking table centrepieces like these.
27.Put your superheroes through their paces and generate some healthy competition (and laughs).
28. If you went with the photo booth idea, it could double for a game of costume change relays.
29. No superhero costume party is complete without target practice with Nerf guns.
30.Toss the batarangs into the box
31. Lasso, well, anything! A statue in the backyard, a post, a chair, a person.
32. Superhero trivia. Test everyone’s knowledge with a prize for the person with the most right answers.
33.Think of your superhero costume party like a movie set. All the details count for making the theme and the scene come to life.
34.Candy bowl holders Spiderman, Thor and Iron Man, can greet your guest and tempt them with lollies on arrival, or be a part of the spread on the table.
35.Captain America’s shield can double as a wall hanging. So can an assortment of Batman’s batarangs or Wonder Woman tiaras. These are also handy for the people who turn up without a costume and get them to join in the antics.
36.Creating mystique and elements of supernatural superpowers, check out this Flashing beer mug.
37.Since superheroes are all about the movies, what about this Hollywood clapboard.
38.Use silly string to recreate Spiderman’s webbing spray on tables and hanging from window and door frames.
39. Snapchat users can create superhero filters for your party pics. The perfect touch.
No superhero costume party is complete without the themed cocktails.
40.We borrowed these fitting cocktails from Geekologie:
41.Captain America: in a shot glass pour one part grenadine, one part creme de cacao, one part blue curacao
42.Iron Man: one part grenadine, one part Scotch, one part Drambuie, one part orange juice
43.The Hulk: one part Midori, one part Absynthe, one part lemonade or Sprite
44.The Black Widow: one part Kahlua, one part vodka, two shots of espresso