As each guest arrived, they were transformed into "real" scientists. This of course meant donning safety goggles - you can purchase these for a little more than a dollar here...
...and white lab coats, along with personalized name badges, that you can purchase at the lowest prices I could find here...
The invitation was a little involved. I first created a basic invitation on vellum paper with a background image that was printed on regular printer paper. By the way, the background image is an Erlenmeyer flask - interesting fact #1 that I learned while planning this party.
I then rolled up the invitation and put it inside a giant test tube that I found here. Interesting fact #2: these plastic tubes are actually used to create two liter soda bottles - who knew? The really cool "caution" labels were created by Amy Locurto - you should check out her blog when you get a chance.
The last part of the invitation was a direction card - the party was held in a kind of obscure location, so I played the role of GPS. I might have mentioned that I get a little obsessed with themes, so when I started typing up the directions this happened - another white lab coat!
Here are some pics from the actual event - if the smiles were any indication of their satisfaction, I think the kids had a great time.
I wanted to have a little fun with the food, so I drew inspiration from the movie "Honey I Shrunk the Kids". The basic premise of the movie is that a crazy scientist invents a machine that miniaturizes things, including his kids. For the party I altered the original movie poster and served all miniature food - sliders, mini tater tots, bagel bites (which looked like mini pizza),baby carrots, etc...too fun!
So the last interesting fact that I learned from planning this party is that science is pretty cool - I'm off to pick up my own lab coat right now!
4 comments:
So fun! I love the invitations in the test tube! And I know several budding scientists that might love this party.
Love the lab coats with the name badge, this idea adds a lot of authenticity to your MAD SCIENTIST PARTY THEME. Would love to know the activities. It looks like you were constructing molecules and possibly slime? It's a superb way to inspire a career in science. Did you do anything with dry ice? We have some tips for handling dry ice.
Thanks Kendra...the extra postage to mail the invitations was well worth it - the kids loved the test tubes!
Hi Christine! I conducted what I called a "Scientist Readiness Course" that included creating molecules out of marshmallows, guessing elements from the periodic table and reciting famous scientific formulas. I would love to take credit for the experiments (you called it - slime and dry ice), but I hired an incredibly cool company that specializes in science parties - they are here in GA, but I've heard about similar companies in other states. One other fun thing I set up was an "Invent Your Own Sundae Bar" - needless to say this went over big.
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