Atomic Breath vs Birthday Candles: A Godzilla Themed Birthday Party
October 27, 2023 2:16 PM Subscribe
My soon to be 10 year old wants to celebrate his first decade on this planet by inviting his 3 best friends over for a Godzilla movie, snacks, and games. What are some things that I can do, make or buy to make a kaiju-themed 10th birthday REALLY AWESOME?
- we have a basement that doubles as a home theater with a 120" screen and projector, but it's not a fancy dedicated theater or anything, it's still our basement with a bunch of furniture that didn't make the cut for the upper floors and camping equipment on the shelves in the back. We could maybe do some kind of backdrop to cover up the camping equipment. He hasn't yet decided which movie will be the winner but it will be one of the recent ones.
- the kid LOVES to cook. He will get totally into making themed snacks for this if you give me some ideas of what they could be.
- There will obviously be popcorn. Cool ways to serve it?
- a budget of $200 (not including the cake). With only 5 kids (if you include his older brother, which he will) that leaves a lot of room for accoutrements.
- Mom is kind of crafty but has a busy job and so is not able to take on large projects and is also feeling a little creatively bankrupt right now.
Bonus points if you can think of a great birthday present for a kaiju-loving kiddo. He already has some posters.
- we have a basement that doubles as a home theater with a 120" screen and projector, but it's not a fancy dedicated theater or anything, it's still our basement with a bunch of furniture that didn't make the cut for the upper floors and camping equipment on the shelves in the back. We could maybe do some kind of backdrop to cover up the camping equipment. He hasn't yet decided which movie will be the winner but it will be one of the recent ones.
- the kid LOVES to cook. He will get totally into making themed snacks for this if you give me some ideas of what they could be.
- There will obviously be popcorn. Cool ways to serve it?
- a budget of $200 (not including the cake). With only 5 kids (if you include his older brother, which he will) that leaves a lot of room for accoutrements.
- Mom is kind of crafty but has a busy job and so is not able to take on large projects and is also feeling a little creatively bankrupt right now.
Bonus points if you can think of a great birthday present for a kaiju-loving kiddo. He already has some posters.
I love phooky's idea - would birthday kid and his older brother be up for making the little city? We used to have to make mini "cities of the future" for class projects around that age. It seems like shoeboxes, paint and glue could make a lot of this.
posted by queensissy at 2:34 PM on October 27, 2023 [2 favorites]
posted by queensissy at 2:34 PM on October 27, 2023 [2 favorites]
Response by poster: Hm...A little city is probably doable. We have a large amount of cardboard around at the moment.
posted by The Elusive Architeuthis at 3:22 PM on October 27, 2023 [1 favorite]
posted by The Elusive Architeuthis at 3:22 PM on October 27, 2023 [1 favorite]
In my head this works, not sure about implementation. Could you make hotdogs, but maybe decorate the buns like cars or trains and cut hotdogs into pieces and stand them up so they look like little people? I realize Godzilla didn't really eat people, and you might not want hot dogs thrown around the room, but...
posted by Gorgik at 3:41 PM on October 27, 2023 [1 favorite]
posted by Gorgik at 3:41 PM on October 27, 2023 [1 favorite]
I'd rent or buy one of those dinosaur costumes and just as the party is in full swing, make my appearance...
posted by Czjewel at 4:08 PM on October 27, 2023 [6 favorites]
posted by Czjewel at 4:08 PM on October 27, 2023 [6 favorites]
Mini bananas? Kids could hold the banana and pretend to be Kong? Take pictures.
Japanese labeled snacks from the Asian grocery store.
Hard boiled eggs. Are there eggs in the movie?
Wings.
There's red juice in one of the movies.
posted by RoadScholar at 5:27 PM on October 27, 2023 [1 favorite]
Japanese labeled snacks from the Asian grocery store.
Hard boiled eggs. Are there eggs in the movie?
Wings.
There's red juice in one of the movies.
posted by RoadScholar at 5:27 PM on October 27, 2023 [1 favorite]
On this page you'll find simple, printable models of little skyscrapers you can put together. Put them on a cake with a Godzilla toy in the middle, and you'll have a scene of delicious destruction that'll wow the kids.
posted by Ursula Hitler at 7:22 PM on October 27, 2023 [1 favorite]
posted by Ursula Hitler at 7:22 PM on October 27, 2023 [1 favorite]
Godzilla piñata? We had one at one of our parties and it was hit. It was a shame to smash it.
posted by Ashwagandha at 10:37 PM on October 27, 2023
posted by Ashwagandha at 10:37 PM on October 27, 2023
Etsy has Godzilla favor boxes, birthday banners, plushes, cupcake and cake toppers, stickers, cups, stickers etc.
posted by DarlingBri at 4:47 AM on October 28, 2023 [1 favorite]
posted by DarlingBri at 4:47 AM on October 28, 2023 [1 favorite]
Once in the depths of lockdown we devoted a full day to the celebration of Gamera. Couple of things that went down well:
Making and wearing ridiculous party hats, which were decorated with drawings of Gamera itself wearing party hats.
Icing biscuits to look like buildings, a bit like this, and then doing a wee photoshoot with kaiju toys to make it look like they were rampaging through the biscuit city. Then we ate the city. My kids were too young for it at the time but I bet 10 year olds could make an amazing stop motion animation with an app and the biscuit city setup.
Present-wise this Godzilla bank is a thing of great beauty, it plays the theme tune, does the roars and all that. Superb.
posted by Lluvia at 3:12 PM on October 28, 2023 [2 favorites]
Making and wearing ridiculous party hats, which were decorated with drawings of Gamera itself wearing party hats.
Icing biscuits to look like buildings, a bit like this, and then doing a wee photoshoot with kaiju toys to make it look like they were rampaging through the biscuit city. Then we ate the city. My kids were too young for it at the time but I bet 10 year olds could make an amazing stop motion animation with an app and the biscuit city setup.
Present-wise this Godzilla bank is a thing of great beauty, it plays the theme tune, does the roars and all that. Superb.
posted by Lluvia at 3:12 PM on October 28, 2023 [2 favorites]
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posted by phooky at 2:18 PM on October 27, 2023 [5 favorites]