With the popularity of James Cameron’s Avatar film, many children may be requesting this party theme for their next birthday celebration.  I just received word yesterday that officially licensed Avatar party supplies are scheduled to be released in April 2010.  I will post all of the information here once the party supplies are available.   In the meantime I will feature other Avatar party supplies and ideas here that would work wonderfully for your birthday party.

You can start off your party planning with a personalized Avatar invitation which can be purchased on Ebay.  The trendy ticket style invites pictured below are sold by Creations by Meily. If you are short on time, she even offers a print at home option.

You could also make your own Avatar Movie invitations.   I would suggest using heavy blue cardstock to coordinate with the look of the Na’vi people of Pandora.     You could embellish your Avatar Movie invitations with clear jewels  to depict the facial features of the Na’vi movie characters.   Another idea would be to print out Avatar movie images from the Internet and glue those onto your invitations.    Ebay seller twistedtia offers custom Avatar images which you could also use for your invitations.  These images are printed on high quality photo paper.

I would continue the blue color scheme into your party decor and accent it with black.   There is Royal Blue decorating kit  that would work nicely for your Avatar party decor.  You can then add in some black decorations  to complete the look.  Mix and match the royal blue, light blue and black colors for your Avatar party plates, napkins, cups, utensils, and balloons.

Then purchase some Avatar movie posters to decorate the party room.  Ebay seller NYC Printz sells a wonderful selection of large Avatar vinyl movie banners that would be great for your birthday party decorations.   If your child has any Avatar toy figures, you could use them to decorate the party table.    If they don’t have any Avatar toy figures, you could purchase them and they could double as a birthday gift as well as a party decoration.

Ebay sellers offer a large selection of Avatar edible cake images which would be perfect for the birthday cake.  These cake toppers can be personalized with your child’s name.    There are edible cupcake toppers available as well.  Cake images are simple to apply to any home baked cake and look awesome when finished. You can visit The Party Works  for a large selection of Avatar cake decorating supplies including blue icing, frosting, sprinkles, jimmies and more. 

Another birthday cake idea would be to bake a cake and then decorate it with blue icing.  Then top the birthday cake with Avatar toy figures.  You could also print out Avatar images from the Internet, attach them to toothpicks or lollipop sticks and insert into your cake or cupcakes.

For your Avatar party favors, Ebay sellers offer a nice selection of custom items including bookmarks,  magnets and buttons. You could also hand out Avatar movie posters as party favors.   Roll up the poster and tie with blue and black curling ribbon.  Attach a thank you card and a few candies. 

If the birthday party guests are girls, you can use these Avatar bottle cap images offered by Ebay seller twistedtia that I mentioned above to make Avatar bottle cap necklace favors.  If you have never made a bottle cap necklace before, please visit my How To Make a Bottle Cap Necklace  page for complete instructions and supplies.   You could also purchase the Avatar necklaces pictured below from Ebay seller fickle-studios for your party favors. 

Candy Warehouse carries a huge selection of blue candy including gummy candy, candy sticks, hard candy, jelly beans, lollipops, mini chocolates, M&M’s, licorice laces, and much more.   You could purchase a fun mix of blue candy to include in your Avatar party favor bags.   This blue candy would also be great to serve during the party.  Set up a snack table with an assortment of blue candies for the party guests to snack on during the party.   Another great party snack for an Avatar party, would be to serve blueberry Jell-O or blueberry Jell-O  jigglers. 

You could place all of your Avatar party favors in the Blue Lightning Favor Box pictured above. This blue favor box will coordinate with your color scheme and the lightning is a great representation of the bioluminescent nature of the Na’vi people.

Fun Avatar party activities include:

• A Pinata Activity:  Purchase a Customizable Drum Pinata and attach a large blue plate to the front of it.  Then decorate the plate with Avatar images printed off the Internet.
• Draw the Avatar Characters:  Dragoart  features many Avatar how to draw tutorials including Neytiri and Leonopteryx.  You could print out the pages and hand them out to the party guests with some sketchbook paper.  *Party note:  These Avatar How-To-Draw pages would also make nice party favors.  Print out the pages and attach a construction paper cover and back.   You can decorate the cover with a thank you message as well as Avatar images. 

• Avatar Movie Trivia Game:  There are many sites on the Internet the have Avatar movie trivia questions.  Compile a list of questions and host a Avatar Party Trivia Game.    You could even create a Jeopardy board with the questions to add more fun to the game.  I did something similar with my daughter’s Jonas Brothers party and it was a big hit.  Check it out!

Finish off your Avatar party planning by purchasing an Avatar shirt
for your child to wear on the party day.   You could also have your child wear an officially licensed Avatar costume during the party which you can purchase from Ebay sellers Memorbilia Mine and costumes2U.   The costumes and accessories available include Neytiri’s wig, Jake Sully vinyl face mask, Navi hair bow, Jake Sully wig, Jake Sully deluxe costume, Avatar make-up kit, Jake Sully overhead latex mask, and Neytiri costume.

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