Marvel Avengers Age of Ultron - in the bedroom

Bedtime has never been very straightforward with Freddy. We have clocked up hundreds of nights of bed sharing and suffered more than our fair share of sleep deprivation while our little boy worked on the technicalities of slumber.  Now at almost six, he has only recently mastered the art of sleeping through the night in his own bed. One of the biggest factors in having him happy to go to bed was making him a bedroom that he loved.

Freddy loves superheroes. He knows all their names, their super powers and the villains they fight. So a superhero theme was the perfect choice for his own personal space. His bedroom has an ace Avengers mural on the wall and he has lots of Iron Man and Captain America toys on display. So when Character World sent Freddy a brand new Marvel Avengers - Age of Ultron duvet cover and cushion for his room, I had one very happy little lad!

Character World is the UK's leading manufacturer of licenced bedroom accessories, and has a huge movie inspired range, which will delight fans of Disney, Marvel, Star Wars, LEGO and DC Comics. The bold, bright designs are created with kids in mind, and help create a bedroom that children will love being in and they will hopefully enjoy sleeping in all night!

The Marvel Avengers Age of Ultron Single Duvet Set and cushion feature realistic, life like images of the superheroes Hulk, Ironman, Thor, Captain America, Black Widow and Hawkeye. The duvet is double sided featuring a repeated print of Avengers symbols and logos on one side and the assembled Avengers on the other. The pillow features the Avengers logo on both sides on a sky background. The cushion is very soft and squidgy and has the same print on it as the duvet cover.

The Avengers - Age of Ultron duvet cover and cushion look fantastic and are also made to a high quality. The design is really impressive with sharp, colourful printing. The Character World range is available to purchase from Argos, Asda and Littlewoods. You can also find it online at Amazon.

Having his brand new bedding and cushion has made bedtimes easier as Freddy jumps into his bed and snuggles up with his cushion. They go really well in his superhero bedroom. Marvel is such a great iconic brand and I think it is brilliant to be able to bring it into children's room in such a fun way. The design will appeal to older kids, teens and young adults too.

A Superhero Birthday Party

Freddy is four years old tomorrow.  My baby boy is growing up fast!  To celebrate, we had a family party yesterday with a Superhero theme. Superheroes are one of Freddy's favourite things and he can regularly be seen wearing his Superman cape and zapping baddies with his powers. We were blessed with glorious sunshine that made a most welcome appearance and Andy Murray was kind enough to add to our entertainment by winning Wimbledon, but my own little superhero Freddy was the star of the show!

We had a lovely day with a veggie barbecue cooked up by Superdad Ian, served with an assortment of salads and plenty of cakes including my Captain America birthday cake.  I had been torturing myself by looking at the most amazing birthday cakes on Pinterest featuring the Avengers, but I put my feelings of inadequacy aside and designed something that was within my capabilities.  I created a three tiered cake with red, yellow and blue layers and decorated it using frosting and ready made coloured sugar paste. Seeing Freddy's face as he saw his cake (finished off with an impressive giant sparkler) made all my hard work worthwhile!

Ian and his sister made a pinata using a lidded box which had been filled with goodies, taped up,  then decorated using tissue paper and some printed Superman logos.  It was a big "hit"!!  Freddy and his cousin Addy took turns in beating it with sticks until they managed to get to the sweets inside.

We had photo booth props that were a lot of fun and provided a lot of photo opportunities!

The little ones had loads of fun and particularly loved all the bubble making toys that we had. Freddy received a giant bubble making set from his Auntie Paula and the kids made some huge bubbles!  They also made their own superhero eye masks and tested out their super skills bouncing on the trampoline.

We really had a great day which Freddy absolutely loved.  We rounded off the day with a 3D viewing of Wreck It Ralph which was a present from his Nanny Margaret and he played with his new garage and cars that he received from his Auntie Debbie and his Nanny and Grandad from the Isle of Man.

Freddy had a superb day and the Superhero theme worked really well.  It was fun to make bowls of Kryponite (lime jelly), Superhero Swords (grape kebabs), Power Up Pills (M & M's) and jugs of Superhero Juice.  I decorated the gazebo with balloons, an inflatable bat, an Iron Man mask (Freddy's present from Ella's friend Jake) and other themed accessories to make our own Superhero Hide Out.  We did some pavement art on the patio to make some Super Freddy symbols and strung bunting on the fence.

I may not be able to make the world's most amazing seven tier avengers cake...but I know how to throw my little lad a party that he absolutely loved!!!