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Thanksgiving Point Annual Pass GIVEAWAY

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You Utah locals looking for the perfect holiday gift? Why not give something that can be enjoyed for an entire year?

Thanksgiving Point Annual Membership offers access to all venues – from the always popular Dinosaur Museum to the award-winning gardens and even $5 movies on the XanGo movie screen. It’s the perfect gift for your best friend and her family, your favorite sister or even yourself.

What could be better than a gift that creates memories for a whole year? One for yourself that doesn’t cost you a dime!

Thanksgiving Point is giving away a one-year membership to one lucky Tipsy reader ($175 value)!

To enter:

  • Leave a comment on this post about how you would use your annual pass
  • Follow A Little Tipsy
  • Blog, facebook, or tweet about this giveaway and leave us the link.

Giveaway closes Wednesday, Dec. 14th. Good Luck!

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Winner of the Halftees giveaway is…

MeenyMoe said…

I so need one of their 3/4 length sleeved black shirts…hey… like you are wearing in one of the photos!

Congratulations!

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Superhero Squad Party Activities

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Of course you need some great superhero squad training activities and we had no shortage. Planning and having everything prepared ahead is key to keeping things rolling smoothly. We had 10 different superhero training camp activities! Each one corresponded with a power from a favorite super hero.
1. Decorate your cape and mask.
  • We used a Walmart cape and mask set (about $5). They come in black, blue, red and green. Target has a cape with a wrap around front with muscles (about $5).
  • Decorate with foam letters. I had each child’s name ready to go, organized in an ice tray to make things fast and easy. All they had to do was peel and stick. No searching for letters or fighting over colors.
2. Web Shooting
  • Spraying silly string on villains from coloring books hung on a plastic tablecloth to protect walls and floor. We hung ours on the sliding glass door, hidden behind the vertical blinds until we were ready to play.
3. Flight Training
  • Playing Space Pop where you levitate to pop bubbles. A game from Kinect Adventures on the Xbox 360.
4. Bat Cave
  • Crawling in to the cave to get a glowing power bracelet.
  • Cover table and chairs with black plastic table cloths and hang strips of streamers from the ceiling (aka bottom of table). Tape glow stick bracelets between the streamers.
5. X-ray Vision
  • Peek behind the brick wall and try to remember all the items behind it.
  • Brick Wall Backdrop-purchased on Amazon

6. Super Strength
  • Pop balloons by squeezing, stomping or sitting on them.
7. Shield Throwing
  • Throwing a frisbee to explode a tower of cups.
  • Transform a dollar store frisbee in to a shield with vinyl or glued card stock.
8. Final Exam
  • Lifting a “barbell” to test their superpowers.
  • Use quick dry craft glue and spray paint to transform two dollar store balls and a rain stick into a barbell. You can also use a dowel and two styrofoam balls, but they are pricey for my taste.
9. Receive superhero name and official training certificate.
  • Certificate designed using one of Microsoft’s free certificate templates.
FREE CERTIFICATE TEMPLATE {CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE AND PRINT}
10. VIP visitors
  • Batman and Robin (cute high school students I met at a Halloween party and hired to come) signed their certificates and helped the kids find their signature superhero pose.
The kids had a blast with all these superhero squad training camp activities!
Want more? Visit our other posts for printable invites and super hero squad decor ideas!

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Super Hero Squad Party Decor

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Decor is what can take your party to the next level. I wanted items that would make the kids feel like they were the characters in their very own super hero squad comic. Also, the birthday boy loves seeing anything with his name on it, so personalization is key.
Outside and Entry
  • Super hero balloons for guests to easily spot the house
  • Welcome to super hero training sign
  • Super Hero balloons in front room
  • Super hero gift bags on table to show where to place gifts
Upstairs
  • Personalized printable skyline from Anders Ruff makes your wall a giant coloring book.
  • Banner using cards from Phase 10 kids. Hang cards on ribbon with mini clothes pins covered with cardstock lightning bolts. Take it down and it doubles as a gift!
  • Personalized 3D origami stars from Origami Delights on tables
  • Vinyl and Cardstock shapes (boom, pow, masks, shields, etc) cut using craft cutter to spread around
Downstairs:
  • Happy Birthday Banner using awesome super hero head shots from artist Michael Myers. Print the art and letters and hang from giant ric rac with tiny clothes pins covered with cardstock lightning bolts.
  • Bat Cave-Cover table with black plastic table cloths and dangle streamers inside. I added chairs and toys to make it look more bumpy, like a cave.
  • Brick Wall Backdrop-purchased on Amazon
And that my friends is how to transform your house in to a super hero squad comic.
Be sure to visit our printable invite template post and coming up later today… food, super hero squad training activities, and party favors!


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