Hey Ferb! I Know What We're Gonna Do Today!

I promised to come back with pics from the Phineas and Ferb Party, so here I am.  I think it turned out rather well, for a theme that was incredibly hard to find party supplies for.  I went to our local bakery, our local cake maker's supply store, Party City, Michael' and no one had any Phineas and Ferb themed supplies.  I finally found the plates/napkins/table covers at Affordable Treasures, which is why I'm going there first from now on.  I paired orange & blue streamers (Phineas) and purple & yellow (Ferb) and bought a bazillion ballons in the same colors for decorations.  But I was still left without a plan for a cake.  I was going to attempt to make a Perry the Platypus cake myself, but the day before, my friend Charlie offered to help.  Charlie is an amazing cake artist.  So the night before I baked a sheet cake, then the morning of the party, Charlie transformed it into a teal platypus.

Pretty cool, eh?  I planned three activities for the kids, based on the show.  The first was "The Shrink-inator" in honor of Dr. Doofenschmirtz, the bumbling evil scientist who is the nemesis of Agent P, AKA Perry the Platypus.  I bought sheets of Shrinky Dink plastic, traced multiples of the main characters and cut them out in circle shapes.  Then I left out permanent ink markers and let the kids color them and then we shrunk them in the oven.

 I made sure to use a hole punch before I baked them, so the kids can make neckalces out of them, or use them as ornaments.  The next game was "Where's Perry?" a question asked at the beginning of every show by Phineas.  I printed out a couple different pictures of Perry the Platypus as a secret agent, cut them out, laminated them and put them on tongue depressor sticks.  Then I taped a prize on the back of each.  We "hid" them all over the back yard, some more hidden than others.  They got to keep the Perry puppets and the prize and put them in their bag.

 

The last game was the most fun, at least from the perspective of a person viewing the chaos.  That last game was "You're Busted!" in honor of Candace, the big sister who is always trying to bust her brothers. I inserted different small sticker sheets into balloons before inflating them, and I had these balloons kept aside until it was time for the game.  I cleaned out the playroom of any decorative balloons, then dumped the game balloons all over the floor.  The object was to pop the balloons by sitting on them.  The key to the fun was underinflating the balloons.  So the kids mostly bounced on the balloons, as they didn't pop right away, and some needed the extra weight of an adult foot.

Lastly, here is a picture of the birthday boy, opening presents and wearing his Phineas hat.  He also got a Ferb hat, which is just as awesome.  Both hats were made by my girlfriend Jen, who happens to be married to Charlie, the cake artist.  Yeah, Mr. and Mrs. Martha Stewart.  Only nicer.  =)

 

If you are looking for unique and fun hats, she has started a business and you can find her on Facebook.  Her page is called Pineapples N' Coconuts.  She is also an amazing professional photographer, if anyone in the area is looking for one.  You can find her page on Facebook as well, Jen Webster Photography.  Check out the newborn photos.  If I weren't so old, I'd have another baby just so I can have her do the baby pictures.

So another birthday party under my belt. On to Valentine's Day!