Make Your Own Spider-man Birthday Invitations

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We are approaching Big Kidlet’s 4th birthday this year and he requested a Spiderman theme.  I like making the invitations every year and this year was no different.  (Last year his came out of a box because I was weeks away from graduation and I just wasn’t happy with it.)  I was so pleased with the results I thought I would post the template and instructions on here for anyone who wanted to partake of it.

What you will need:

• 8.5 x 11 cardstock in royal/navy blue
• 8.5 x 11 cardstock in red (both are usually in primary color stacks.)
• 8.5 x 11 cardstock in a light color such as cream, white, light gray.
• Some type of spiderweb paper for the background.  You can usually find this by 12 x 12 sheet at your local craft store.  The paper shown in this demonstration was purchased at JoAnn’s Crafts on clearance for $0.50 a sheet, then cut down to size .
• A Fiskars large squeeze punch (SQL-7424), 2″ across, not necessary, but I personally wouldn’t want to hand cut out all the Spiderman faces.
• Acid free crafting glue stick
• White paint pen/markers for crafts and fabrics. I really liked Elmer’s Brand.
• Thin black ribbon
• Scissors or a paper-cutter
• Documents I have attached
• A home printer

Step One:

l would start by cutting the navy paper in quarters, making the dimensions 4.25″ x 5.5″.  (You could also buy pre-cut card stock, but I was making this with what I already had on hand.)

Step Two:

Cut the 12 x 12 spiderweb paper into dimensions that are 1/2″ smaller than the navy backdrop.  In this instance that would be 3.50″ x 4.75″.

Step Three:

Glue the spiderweb paper onto the navy cardstock evenly.   I eyeball this.

Step Four:

Save the attached word document, print it out on the red 8.5″ x 11″ paper.  You will need one for every invite, there is 16 per page.  I saved the leftover strips at the margins for later steps, just to make use of all the paper, but if you are a messy cutter, it’s ok.

This is the word document:

https://pageturnershollow.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/spiderman4.docx

Step Five:

Paint the eyes of the Spiderman faces white.  You will need to do two coats.  I thought about doing white paper eyes and gluing them on, but that seemed even more time-consuming. 

Step Six:

Use the Fiskars punch to punch out the Spiderman faces cleanly.  This is really satisfying to me that it’s so easy!!

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Step Seven:

I took the scrap strips of red paper and glued them horizontally across the middle of the paper.  They are 1/2″ wide if you need to make more.  I trimmed them to fit the paper after gluing.

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Step Eight:

Glue the thin ribbon on top of the red strip, using the same method.

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Step Nine:

Glue on the Spiderman face as pictured below:

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Step Ten:

Fill out the appropriate information and print out the Powerpoint document below.  You can do it on any color, but I do recommend you do it on a lighter cardstock.  I did mine on some cream color left over from my wedding.

Powerpoint Document:

 https://pageturnershollow.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/dailybugle1.pptx

Step Eleven:

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 You’re done!!  That’s it!!

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 I put each child’s name that was invited at the top of the newspaper and stapled some Spiderman stickers we got at Dollar Tree to each invite to give them each a treat.