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    Home » Entertaining » Party

    Published: Feb 19, 2014 · Modified: Jun 1, 2022 by Rachel

    Ninja Turtle Party Ideas

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    Yesterday was my son’s 5th birthday and we celebrated at his preschool with a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Party. It was a smashing success! I remember the TMNT movies as a kid and it’s funny how these things come full circle. It is so nice to see your children engage with similar things as you once did. Many of these Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle party ideas can be utilized in other party themes too.

    Might wanna get your sunglasses cause this is bright! This party was for 25 kids.

    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Party Ideas

    Ninja Turtle themed party table with cupcakes, green punch, pizza, masks, swords, ninja turtle paper products, and green backdrop with paper fans.

    Here is a table illustrating all of the little Ninja Turtle party ideas. We had a pizza party (of course!) with “Ooze punch” to drink. The punch consisted of Green Strawberry Kiwi Juice and Ginger ale. And to make it really special, I blasted the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Theme Song

    Ninja Turtles green party fan with Michelangelo in front of green backdrop

    I made these accordion fold rosettes featuring Donatello, Leonardo, Raphael, and Michelangelo. I highly recommend buying the accordion fold hanging Tissue Paper Pinwheel Fans and gluing the images of any party theme in the middle. So easy! Unfortunately, the craft store didn’t have green. I will admit, it was more work than I envisioned. But if you get stuck like me with an idea in your head that you must have:

    I bought 6 pieces of large poster board and trimmed six inches off the long side. Then I cut each piece in half long ways so that each half should measure 28in x 8in. I then folded each piece with my folding board and bone folder at 1-inch intervals. It took three of these pieces to form a completed circle. I glued the three pieces together in a line and then glued them down on a circle backing. Just imagine on a larger scale and with a LOT of hot glue. I used leftover foam core board cutouts from the Ninja Knock Out game below as the backing.

    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle felt DIY masks stacked on green table cover.

    I also made individual felt masks in each of the colors. I cut a template out using my son’s head as a guide and sewed an elastic band to the back of it. You could also just cut out one long felt piece so it ties. I didn’t want to have to tie 25 bandannas to children constantly.

    DIY Ninja Turtle Mask- Orange Michelangelo mask on green table cover.

    Now I needed something to keep the kids busy while I set up (remember I am dealing with 25 five-year-olds). My first instinct was to do a pinata shaped like Shredder’s head. But then I saw a similar party idea to this:

    Ninja Turtle Ninja Knockout game- white board with green and blue tissue paper covered circles and green lettering.

    It consisted of foam core board with circles cut out. Tissue paper is taped to the back side and paper bags filled with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Mega Mix Favors
    are taped behind that. The idea is that a child will punch out the tissue paper to grab the surprise inside. All the fun of a piñata without the chance of kids banging each other in the head!!!!

    Ninja Turtle DIY ninja knockout board-side view with brown paper treat bags attached to holes.
    Ninja Turtle Knockout game board rear with brown paper sacks attached to hole in board.

    And of course, the pride and joy – cupcakes! For the cupcakes, I used this recipe for the ultimate chocolate cupcakes. They were soft, moist, and mega chocolatey. I also made and colored the frosting with a basic vanilla frosting recipe.

    Ninja Turtle Cupcakes-chocolate cupcakes with bright green icing and ninja turtle cupcake toppers on glass serving tray.

    The cupcake toppers were made using images from Turtlepedia. I would love to offer them as a free printable but I am sure the four heroes images are licensed and I do not want to mess with copyright laws.

    I am very happy how my little guy’s fifth birthday turned out. Truthfully, it didn’t cost that much. Not including the pizza, I spent about $60 for everything for 25 kids. And the best part?! In the middle of the everyone sitting down enjoying their cupcakes, my son exclaimed, “Mommy, your the bestest!” for all to hear.

    Have a Cowabunga Day!

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    Comments

    1. Tania Nguyen says

      December 17, 2018 at 9:48 am

      5 stars
      super cute! I’m planning my son’s TMNT party now as he is turning 5 in January. This is perfect and fun! Thanks for the tips : )

      Reply
      • Rachel says

        December 19, 2018 at 11:02 pm

        Thank you and your welcome! What a fun age turning 5 is. That was the same year we had our first big kid’s birthday party.

        Reply
    2. Kunbi says

      May 12, 2017 at 3:23 pm

      5 stars
      Hi,

      Please how did you make the juice? Planning a TMNT party for my 4 year old

      Thanks

      Reply
      • Rachel says

        May 16, 2017 at 7:08 am

        I mixed a big bottle of gingerale and a gallon sized bottle of Hawaiian Punch for the juice. The Hawaiian punch was the only juice I could find that had that slime green color.

        Reply
    3. Sheena says

      June 21, 2015 at 10:08 pm

      5 stars
      Great party!!! We did a super hero punch at my son’s party earlier this year. It was so much fun!!

      Reply
      • Marcelle Kersenboom says

        April 10, 2017 at 2:28 am

        5 stars
        What is a super hero punch game?

        Reply
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