Looking for something different than the old run of the mill birthday parties? Why not have a Bricks 4 Kidz® party? A 4 ®party provides an unforgettable and unique experience for Boys and Girls ages 4 and up. Young LEGO® fans will have fantastic time building models with gears and motors as well as participating in games and challenges that parent and the Birthday child can help choose from our extensive list. A Bricks 4 Kidz® Party Package includes 1.5h party for up to 10 children held at your location or let us help you find a space. $240 – up to 10 kids ($15/child additional for more than 10 kids) Includes the following: Additional child (over 10) – $15 per guest Additional 30 min – $50 Please Note: A Non-refundable deposit of $100 is required at the time of booking to secure your date. Food and paper goods are the responsibility of the birthday childs parents. Serving Park Ridge, Glenview, Des Plaines, Northbrook, Mount Prospect, Arlington Heights, Niles, Morton Grove, Wilmette, Glencoe, Wheeling, Prospect Heights, Buffalo Grove, Palatine, Northfield, Winnetka, Skokie, Norridge, Elk Grove Village.
Team Tips: Cool Clothing There are many many sites that now doSome sites will do dark shirts front and back, others willSome will print on sleeves, andWe suggest you look at a few, create a sample shirt to get an idea of costs, the pick the one that works best for you. Shirt Sites for Direct Printing Totally Cheap Tees (Online): 800-858-3040 to call them (White Mountain) and ask for Brandon Bewildering array of items and clothing. How to Get Cool Team Clothing You've worked hard to prep your team. paid your fees, made your plans, spent hours inWhy not look like a million bucks? Look at the photo albums from our past years (drop down above) to see how cool it looks to have full color shirts or CLICK HERE for some samples. Production Options for Team Clothing Use a Direct Print Vendor: These vendors can print you logo and customization to each shirtThe process is direct print in which they inkjet with permanent
ink directly onto your item. hundreds of items that can be customized PROS: One design can be applied to many items. Each item can be customized without penalty (for example, we make a shirt for each person withOnline system is easy toQuick turnaround (2-4 days). quality garments (even our shirts from 4 years ago are still going strong). can open a free store if you want just one one of each item (no customization) Basic stores (unlimited items) are aboutBut you can close the store after the season.A typical shirt will cost $14-17 or more but you only have to make what you need (no minimums). a sponge print template for custom shirts. This year our FLL teams are going to use generic t-shirts and use sponges and brushes to color their logo. To do this you need to use a local sign shop that can digitally cutThe key is that you cannot have any floating elements (like the centerYou have to connect them.
will create similar shirts that are each Do it Yourself: Using any number of iron on materials from a variety of vendors you can make great shirts yourself. There are now iron on transfers for lightThe key to getting these to work is to FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS. PROS: Do it at home, can be done in a night. in color (any thing you can design). customized (since you are printing a graphic for each shirt). than you would expect (materials, ink,You will spend, between ink, iron-on, and the shirt, at leastProne to error (which means you typically have to discard the garment). Relatively short wear life (may break up or fades after a few washings. consuming (doing 10 shirts will take you WHERE TO FIND SUPPLIES: Your local Staples, BestBuy, Office Depot, etc. will have the iron on inkjetShirts can be purchased from local sports stores or Wal-Mart/TargetShirts should be 100% cotton for best results.
Use a Silk Screen Vendor: Silk screening is a process that uses inks pressed through screens into the garment. The screens provide a mask for the design. PROS: Relatively low cost in 1 or 2 colors. Can be put on almost anyShops will offer a wide range of garment choices (which effects cost) Extreme garment life (image will rarely fade or crack). quantities (48+) this is a very affordable way to make shirt. often go to full color screen printing CONS: Limited colors (fixed shirt is the same). Typically must be ordered in large quantities to be affordable (24 Set up fees are typically charged. Delivery time is typically 10-14 days for WHERE TO FIND VENDORS: Start in your local area. screen shops in almost every town and it's good to buy locally. Tips for graphic design Designing good graphics for your team's shirts is not difficult. Each site provides templates for each item (or class of
Here's our suggested tools. Buy Adobe Photoshop Elements: This is Adobe's basic image editing software and it can be purchased for less than $100 (it is often bundled with Premier Elements for $150. very good video editing package). available at almost any Create Graphics at the Actual Size at 300 dots per inch (pixels per inch) in RGB (Red/Green/Blue) colorCafe Press offers templates for each item that you just need to open in Photoshop and then add your graphics. Understand the limitations of the typically can only use solid colors. The more colors, the more expensive. Also, not all colors you see on your screen can be printed with inks. Check with your vendor for color For Direct Print On Light Shirts remember that your shirt color is your 'paper color.' are used to designing on whiteHowever, your shirts will typically not be white so the colorsThat is, for example,
yellow color in a light blue shirt will produce a greenish tint. anything that is "white" in your art will be transparent (hence the shirtSo it best to create a mockup by putting the logo on a sample shirt graphic and removing all white from your logo. For Direct Print on Dark Shirts you can almost do by putting down a white mask and then printing on top of it. few issues to consider: The shirts are not as durable as direct print to light The printed areas don't breath and become hot or sweaty They are typically more Make sure you have good starting graphics: You can download Postscript version of the FIRST logos ps, eps, and pdf extensions) can be converted to images at any For your team's Logo: Ideally it should be created in Illustrator or Freehand as a postscript, vector based graphic. This will let you apply it to any item at any size and allows for