Themed birthday – Decor Craft Design

How to make a themed birthday party for your kid in tight budget? I have a few tricks and tips on that, since I always make themed birthday party for my kid in budget. And this year the theme requested was Super Mario Bros. Let’s see all my tricks and tips to prepare my Super Mario Bros birthday theme in budget.

1. Self-Decorated Super Mario Bros Themed Cake

I bought a regular chocolate cake or you can baked your own birthday cake if you’re a baker. I ordered a plain white creme chocolate cake and I bought a set of Super Mario Bros mini figures. I also prepared a Super Mario mystery box to give some height for Super Mario mini figure, so it would served as the focal point. Placed the rest of Super Mario mini figures surrounding the cake and you got yourself a Super Mario Bros themed birthday cake. This would save you more money and time. And also your kid can play with the mini figures after the birthday party.

2. DIY Super Mario Bros Topper For Cupcakes Or Snacks

I made Mushroom and Flower Power cupcake topper and printed Super Mario cupcake topper. It’s a craft project you can make with your kids whom love Mario Bros, especially The Mushroom and The Flower Power. Easy and cost you less, great to keep your themed birthday in budget. You can find out how to make Super Mario Mushroom and Flower Power cupcake topper my way here.

3. DIY Themed Backdrop That Can Be Used As A Board Game

Designed a themed birthday backdrop and have it printed. It’s easier and cheaper than having a lot of decorations. But it would be such a waste to have the birthday backdrop thrown away or ended up at the storage forever. I designed a birthday backdrop that can also be used a board game. It would be great if we can re-use the backdrop and most of all your kids can enjoy the themed backdrop even after their birthday party has finished. So, I designed the Super Mario Bros themed birthday backdrop as a street board game.

4. Super Easy DIY Mario Bros Star Bunting

This Mario Bros Star Bunting is the easiest and fastest bunting I have ever made. I used yellow oil paper; I folded it into rectangle shapes in zig zag folding. Then I cut a star shape but didn’t cut the left and right of the star to have each star connected to each other by the time you open the origami. For final touch, draw a pair of eyes to each star with black marker.

I didn’t prepare any goodie bags since I didn’t invite any kids but only adults family to celebrate with. I only prepared a Mario Bros themed mug as souvenirs. If I prepared goodie bags, I would make simple paper bags and glued the front with the printed Super Mario topper, handmade mushroom and flower power topper (of course without the toothpicks). Easy and cheap!

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I designed a birthday backdrop that can also be used a board game. It is such a waste to have the birthday backdrop decorations thrown away or ended up at the storage forever. It would be great if we can re-use the backdrop and most of all your kids can enjoy the themed backdrop even after their birthday party has finished. The cool birthday backdrop would make the party continue on the playing room.

I love to plan and do my kid’s birthday party in theme. This time I made Super Mario Bros birthday themed party as my kid has requested. I designed a very simple board game which is streets and buildings to play Lego and Hot Wheels at the same time or just Lego. But still has Super Mario Bros theme all over the board game.

These are some tips you need to do to make a themed birthday backdrop as a board game :

Gathers all the free characters’ images involved in the theme, especially the main character. For Super Mario Bros, the main character is Mario, then Luigi, Toad, Yoshi, Goombario and many more.
Find the free themed font for the birthday greetings and your kid’s name on the backdrop. Super Mario has its distinguished font, I used it for the Happy Birthday, the date and my kid’s name on the backdrop.
Identify the colors for the theme. I used red, yellow and green on the backdrop as the dominant colors from Mario bros theme.
Design the board game. I used the easy idea which is making streets and buildings board game.
Used the characters of the theme all over the backdrop board game. I showed Mario as the main character by giving him the biggest and top position of the backdrop. The rest of the support characters are placed here and there to make the festive look and the feel of the theme.
Have it printed in banner. And don’t forget to use your creativity!

If you follow those tips, I’m sure it would be easier for you to design your own themed birthday backdrop that can be used as the board game to your kids. To compose the backdrop template, I used Corel Draw by the way. You can use other easier apps to make it, as it is for personal use, you don’t need super precision template. But, I consider Corel Draw is easy for graphic purposes. Well, have fun designing and making your own themed birthday board game backdrop!

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