How to Throw an Awesome Adult Superhero Pajama Party

Let’s start by being realistic: being a grown-up is hard, and it’s stressful, and sometimes you just need to let your inner child run rampant and let loose. A good way to do that is to throw on your favorite superhero pajamas and let loose. As someone who has a shameful amount of those, I think it can be a fun way to unwind and release some of that stress.

Firstly, the basics for throwing any kind of a sleepover, because let’s face it, that’s what this is, is to have not only a good idea of who’s coming, and making sure you have the space for them, but also things like whether or not it’s coed or same-sex. Though I think as adults having a boy-girl party wouldn't be too taboo but hey, to each his/her own.

Secondly, you want to make sure there is a place that’s quiet for whoever wants to go fall asleep first. Not everyone falls asleep at the same time, so make sure there’s a spot where they can drift off. Let’s also remember the tried and true rule: don’t fall asleep with your shoes still on or you’re just inviting people to mess with you while you’re sleeping. Rules are rules.

Thirdly, decide whether or not you’re planning on serving food and especially breakfast. You don’t want everyone waking up and being upset because they were expecting you to feed them and you had other plans.

Lastly, alcohol. It usually goes without saying that any kind of adult party is going to have copious amounts of alcohol, so make sure you have plenty. Though to keep it classy and fair, you should make sure you have at least one non-alcoholic drink in the house, but I would hope any self-respecting adult would, even accidentally, have some kind of beverage in there house that doesn’t have alcohol in it. If not, then you should probably stop reading this and get help of the professional variety.

So you've got your basics down, awesome. You've also decided to go with a superhero theme, and I know I don’t know you, but that makes you awesome in my book. How do we continue to run with it? You may just want to draw the line at the superhero pajamas and that’d be fine, but if you want to take it further you have options.

With the boom in popularity of superhero movies, Marvel and DC counterparts to classic board games have been popping up for years. Guess Who often gets turned into a drinking game, so why not do that with Marvel Guess Who?

There are also great video games based on the worlds of comic books and let’s not forget the movies themselves. Whether you want a movie to have playing in the background, or a game or activity to take the spotlight, there’s plenty of opportunity as it seems like nowadays you can get a superhero version of everything. To illustrate that, I own a pair of Captain America socks. Captain. America. Socks. They’re fantastic.