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spiderman birthday party
I'm not sexist, I hope. My 3 year old daughter wants a spiderman
birthday. If this was my older daughter, I wouldn't be worried at all. Unfortunately, it is my younger daughter who loves to wear dresses and have her hair curled. We have actually asked a number of questions to find out why it is she wants a spiderman birthday. Her only exposure to spiderman is a birthday party at the local gymnastics facility a year ago (she was not quite 2 at that time) and a little boy at a party that wore a spiderman costume. We did check to see if she was wanting a gymnastics party with spiderman like the one she had been to. No, she wants a spiderman birthday at home. Thoughts on how to handle this? I don't want to make a beautiful spiderman cake and get all of the paraphenalia for a spiderman birthday only to see her face fall and tell me it is yucky. Should I try to interpret spiderman in a more feminine way? Ironically, she does want a curly bow on her birthday hat. We did that for my older daughter's Tinkerbell birthday party. Thanks, Karen G |
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spiderman birthday party
"Karen G" wrote in message
... I'm not sexist, I hope. My 3 year old daughter wants a spiderman birthday. If this was my older daughter, I wouldn't be worried at all. Unfortunately, it is my younger daughter who loves to wear dresses and have her hair curled. We have actually asked a number of questions to find out why it is she wants a spiderman birthday. Her only exposure to spiderman is a birthday party at the local gymnastics facility a year ago (she was not quite 2 at that time) and a little boy at a party that wore a spiderman costume. We did check to see if she was wanting a gymnastics party with spiderman like the one she had been to. No, she wants a spiderman birthday at home. Thoughts on how to handle this? I don't want to make a beautiful spiderman cake and get all of the paraphenalia for a spiderman birthday only to see her face fall and tell me it is yucky. Should I try to interpret spiderman in a more feminine way? Ironically, she does want a curly bow on her birthday hat. We did that for my older daughter's Tinkerbell birthday party. I can see your quandary. I think I'd be tempted to take her shopping for the party favors/decorations that require theme stuff a week or two before the birthday [starting with the invitations maybe]. I'd show her the spiderman stuff as well as the other stuff and simply ask her to pick out what she likes the most. I think I'd also probably ask her what she'd like her cake to look like, even if she does go with the spiderman theme. She may want a simple angel food cake for all we know! [My DS does odd things like that out of the blue so I've really learned to ask!] And, who knows, she may love spidey! -Aula -- see my creative works on zazzle at http://snurl.com/38oh |
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spiderman birthday party
Karen G wrote in message ... I'm not sexist, I hope. My 3 year old daughter wants a spiderman birthday. If this was my older daughter, I wouldn't be worried at all. Unfortunately, it is my younger daughter who loves to wear dresses and have her hair curled. We have actually asked a number of questions to find out why it is she wants a spiderman birthday. Thoughts on how to handle this? I don't want to make a beautiful spiderman cake and get all of the paraphenalia for a spiderman birthday only to see her face fall and tell me it is yucky. Should I try to interpret spiderman in a more feminine way? Well... (watch, kids! I'm going to go into Geek Mode! g) there is a Spider Girl (IIRC, an 'alternate universe' type thing where she's Peter Parker's daughter), whose costume isn't too far off from Spidey's, so she could be Spider Girl. You could also toss in some of the women in Spidey's life, like Mary Jane Watson (a firey redhead and the love of Peter's life), Gwen Stacy (his first girlfriend who unfortunately died).... Maybe take her to the party goods store and show her some of the Spiderman items and see if she really likes those....let her have the costume and let her be Spider *Girl*... Have things like Spiderman coloring books with crayons as party favors...do a red and blue color theme (which lets you kind of get away from doing *all* the decorations in Early American Spiderman g. FWIW, I was, to a big extent, a 'girly girl' when I was very young, and I adored superheroes (still read comics, actually), and most of the characters I liked were male, and it didn't really contradict my 'girly girl' self....if that helps. I mean, your daughter can be a 'dresses and curls' type and still groove on Spiderman. HTH Leah |
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