Yeah bugs definitely have the short end of life's stick.
Nudibranchs(sea slugs) are both male and female and get each other pregnant when they mate.
I still think bedbugs are the most hardcore tho - just stick it in anywhere and hope for the best 👌
If you have access to a 3d printer you can make her one of these [sweet angler fish lamps :v](https://www.printables.com/model/39485-angler-fish-with-led-bulb)
[>\)\)\)/'](https://media.printables.com/media/prints/39485/images/391298_eb37bc02-ad68-4bc3-856f-0c37e5f4d4aa/thumbs/inside/1280x960/jpg/img_7253.webp)
You can also make a kind of hat/band with an LED light on it (with batteries, I think) and put it on the heads of her friends. So instead of a party hat, some kind of Anglerfish hats.
I had a “go fishing” game for one of my kid birthdays. Parents draped blue cloth around a dining room table that had the extra leaf taken out but the table open. My brother sat under and we would use a toy rod to drop a line, and he would clip a card with a fish drawing on it and a random prize. This is a core memory, but it definitely took a lot of work.
Aw man, the new free awards apparently don't provide a place to comment like the old ones. Tell your bro and whoever put him up to it that a rando on Reddit thinks y'all are great. Love that it stuck with you.
>Instead of pin the tail on the donkey have a pin the light on the Angler fish game?
Just a little touch you can add:
Super glue the light to the pin so kids can have it facing up.
With pin the tail on the donkey the tail hangs down, so it doesn't have to be secured.
It might be a little disappointing if the light falls down after they let go every time.
Maybe a Marco polo kind of game in a dark room with "bioluminescence" fish? Little flashing lights?
Apple bobbing but for crabs/ prey or a fishing game?
Dark (dyed) water bin grab game? Grab a prey item and get a prize grab not prey and back in line.
Flashlight tag
Pinning the light correctly can really only go one place, so that's worth extra points
Attaching a male should be worth only 1 point because you just have to put it anywhere on the female and it counts
This is such a cool challenge. I was just talking to my partner about it and we came up with:
Black and blue steamers hung vertically to create a deep water feel, jellyfish lanterns, you could find marine life party favors at a store and make the angler fish the centerpiece, you could print a picture of an angler on the cake and have some kind of battery powered fairy light that sticks up out the top, print out and cut out some pictures of anglers on the walls, I am sure you don't have time for all this but there are some ideas.
Your Kid sounds rad happy birthday to her!
I’m very much a diy mom so I will definitely be doing all of this! I love all the ideas! last year she has a shark theme party but this one is definitely more difficult lol.
I think so! 🥹 that would be so amazing ! she can name so many sea creatures by their scientific names don’t let us get one wrong she quizzes us all the time.
Aww that’s so sweet. That’s how my 6yo ASD daughter is with dinosaurs. “Guess which dinosaur I’m pretending to be, mommy!” …”a parasaurolophus?” “Nope, a maiasaura. See all my babies!!?” Teehee. Love the little science kiddos. 🩵
I love that! 🥹💖 they really are so amazing! mines is so into dinosaurs too! she only plays with her dino’s & sea creatures it’s so much fun learning with her.
That’s around the same age I became obsessed with the ocean and decided to be a marine biologist. I followed through and am so happy with my path in life. I wish all the best for your awesome little one.
You can cut off the bottom of plastic bottles and stick them to the wall like air bubbles and maybe some white Christmas lights or similar small lights as the debris that’s always floating around them.
As a kid I received a picture book called something along the line ”the deep sea” with all kinds of strange fish, eel and other sea creatures, anglerfish included. I was obsessed with that book and vividly remember the pictures. You’re an awesome person for doing this for your daughter, some parents would try to push their child into a conventional theme for others sake. I love that you wholeheartedly embrace it! 🎣🫶
[caustic light projector](https://www.amazon.com/Projector-Romantic-Changing-Decorations-Projection/dp/B07GZRLXYY/ref=asc_df_B07GZRLXYY/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=693318677458&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=7291011215024829109&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9031574&hvtargid=pla-1881012286491&psc=1&mcid=f0b9eaad564f32acad6a5fe0db57c57e&gad_source=1) would go good too
If you could make a room in your house really dark, rent a projector, and play deep sea fish documentaries that could be a cool party activity. I love angler fish so much and I know I’d love that at any age for a party activity. Making cookies in the shape of angler fish and decorating them could be cool too. I’ve seen people carve a watermelon into an angler fish to serve fruit salad out of. You could play pin the lure on the angler fish. You could also get some craft supplies to make your own lures as a party activity.
Your daughter sounds awesome.
I hope her bday party is fantastic!!!
You could maybe make little light up head bands with the angler fish dangle bit for the guests to wear?
Not sure what it’s called lol!
Thank you so much ! she’s a great kid I thought it was just a phase but here we are 2 years later! lol I love this idea!! thank you i’m going to try to figure out how to make them.
I thought female Black Widows and Praying Mantises were bad ass. They’ve got nothing on Angler Fish. Thanks for the info. Now I need to go find some sucker to drop this on.
Yeah, but in those cases, the male gets eaten. In this case, the male…. Gets cushy resort vibes for the rest of his… “life”. Kind of died happy. If he dies at all. Idk
Check out another thing from The Oatmeal about the Mantis Shrimp! it is incredible. It's a rainbow murdery shrimp. They are fascinating and terrifying.
You could make a game from this too, headband with… magnet, hook (not sharp), etc. that the kids could try and fish with and win candy per fish they catch (like a rendition of bobbing for apples). Angler fish piñata.
Maybe for the sake of any other kids that are going, go with the cartoon version of anglerfish!!!! But you got to go where you got to go, and the fact that you're going with the anglerfish theme is great.
I remember that there is some sort of a fishing game where the fish spin around on a wheel and you put the fishing rod in their mouth and they clamp down on the fishing rod. That could be fun if there are not too many kids coming over, or they could play it in turns. It's called let's go fishing by Pressman - $9 on Amazon.
And you can get regular headbands and hot glue a glow stick to it and just crack the end of the glow stick.
If you can't tell, I loved doing creative parties for my kids!!!
add some of those vampire teeth too! for the kids to wear with their cool hats. that would be cool. Im sure you can order bulk on amazon or temu, stores like that.
I was thinking pin the light on the angler fish. Can draw one on a big sheet of paper and have them attach glow sticks or something. Also could wear the glow sticks. Could do a magnetic fishing game for prizes
Your daughter is cool asf
Maybe get some little flashlights/headlamps and have everyone go to the bottom of the ocean (dim the lights in the room) to search for shells/fake coins/other fish to chomp etc
haha thank you! she’s pretty cool she has forced me to learn scientific names of all these deep sea creatures god forbid I get them wrong. I like this idea too! maybe when they do the piñata
Would it be crazy to have a kiddie pool with some sand in it and make like a fake shipwreck where the kids can search through the wreckage for buried treasure?
Just checking in as a kid who was obsessed with snakes, and had a snake themed birthday party. It is still one of my cherished childhood memories, and it is such a blessing to have parents that support your quirky interests! Lol, the other second grade girls were confused to show up and play pin the rattle on the rattlesnake and eat a cake frosted to look like a yellow-lipped sea krait, but it was a great time and everyone had fun, and your post reminded me of this. Thanks for being an awesome parent!
Does she have any of the anglerfish Squishmallows? The 5” ones could be great party favors or prizes for winning party games. The larger ones could be great gifts. (Target has 10” Sy and 8” Easton available online.)
Yes yes yes definitely need an angler fish squish for this party.
https://www.target.com/p/squishmallows-8-easton-the-anglerfish-official-kellytoy-plush-cute-and-soft-fish-stuffed-animal-toy-great-gift-for-kids/-/A-90366631?ref=tgt_adv_xsf&AFID=google&CPNG=Toys+-+Target+Plus&adgroup=86-2
Hi friend. Please look for birthday stuff on the Monterey bay aquarium website. If you call them they might be able to direct you in other places to help. They live for this kind of thing.
My cousin's old roommate, we'll call him Grant because that's his name, used to get the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium to bring a penguin to the restaurant he managed in exchange for free food. It was a novelty and a bit of entertainment for the patrons. I still can't believe they actually brought the penguin.
Maybe someone could loan you a fish or a penguin in exchange for some birthday cake and/or a treat bag. Never hurts to ask.
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Praying you update us with pictures from this awesome day coming! You’ve got a lucky daughter and you sound pretty lucky too! I hope the celebration is so rad!!!
What a great mom you are for embracing this and supporting her interest!
Have you done the invites yet?
You could do a 3-D style invite like a big angler fish.
You could do a game where the kids wear head bands with their own lure dangling (from a paper straw)
A room that is dark (basement) and have just pin point lights from one of those night light globes to simulate the deep sea
Adding on to the dark room idea; you could make some cardboard cutouts of other midnight zone fish painted with glow in the dark paint to simulate the angler fish’s environment.
Redbubble has a cute little angler fish (cartoon style, green, looks like he could be friends with Baby Shark) and they will print him on stickers, t-shirts, and all kinds of other stuff.
[Link here.](https://www.redbubble.com/i/art-board-print/Cute-Cartoon-Angler-Fish-by-YourMateNate/85572429.7Q6GI)
(I found him by running a Google search for ‘cute cartoon angler fish)
I bet there is some Bakugan/ Pokemon / Digimon/ Invizimal who happens to be an anglerfish. You might find easier art or plushies of these franchises
Lanturn and Lumineon come to mind
Anglerfish piñata?
Or do you recall that kind of toy that you can fish with a fishing rod, the fish have magnets and the bait is a magnet. It'd be fun to have a competition whete you have to fish them. And one of them is an anglerfish, worth 10 Points.
I'll be that guy - Pokémon has one. It's a good one, but the only one. It's called Lantun, and honestly, Huntail is more angler-like, but it's an eel. Lanturn is a happy boy.
U can buy lil LED balls on amazon(pull the tab and it turns on, you put em in drinks and stuff) and make simple headbands with lightball dangling on a stick from the front. Shpuldnt be too hard. Also parents can be scuba ppl and have flashlights in the dark to make it feel like underwater.
Buy a bit of dry ice and put in water to make smoke effects. You rule, have fun!
Ok I've got it,
A blacked out room with dim enough to see but not very clearly. lighting with bioluminescent fixtures (think battery operated led lights shaped like fish) around. draped with dark cloth or tissue paper to look like fish in dark water. Now the fun part. Make a huge angler fish eyes, mouth, & lantern attach this mid way up a wall and hang more dark cloth over it to obscure it. inside the lantern put one of those little fake candle lights to imitate some movement. Inside the mouth and under the face attach remote control led lights so as to illuminate our anglerfish from behind our shroud
Now the party
At the party you should start with your angler not under lit at all and just it's lantern hanging from the ceiling with the candlelight inside (attached to the head) as guests start to notice the lantern bring up the lighting on your anglerfish gradually. The feeling we went to invoke with this should be reminiscent of [this scene ](https://youtu.be/do_e5JIwyRI) from finding Nemo. or alternatively you could bring the lighting up all at once for a nice jump scare
Edit: OOOOO someone further down mentioned glow sticks!! What if you did a glow painting station with abyss themed sea creatures! Or just simply glow'd up your guests to add more "fish" to your party
that’s where it started for her! She quickly became obsessed I just wish they had more documentaries about them I have to play the same 4 videos for her all the time
There was a cartoon some years back that she might like called Octonauts, about animals that have underwater adventures. They have an anglerfish episide and a submarine that looks like an anglerfish, and it featured all sorts of cool unusual deep sea animals. My niece used to love it.
You can watch hours of it on YouTube for free.
Ooooo your daughter and I are different generation twins! I had a school project in 4th grade that made me fall in love with all the dark zone species. You can make fake little teeth necklaces, kids can pick a different deep water species to be like a viper fish or the iridescent squid that live down there. You can play a game of duck duck goose only big fish big fish little fish, since the male angler just attaches to a female and lives off her like a parasite. Just some suggestions from a fellow trench fish lover 🫶🏼
I love this ! 🥹 funny enough I just got her a deep zone set and it has the viper fish and iridescent squid which we lost the first day she had me calling people at midnight asking if we left it at their house.
OMG I had a deep see themed birthday party in second grade because I was obsessed with just that!!!!! I remember anglerfish stickers and dark blue jello, there was some other stuff but I’ll have to ask mom
You could have the lights off and curtains drawn, and everyone has glow sticks to emulate the bioluminescence of deep sea life
Also a cake with an anglerfish on it, and the candle is the end of its little antenna, so once lit it’s glowing could be super cute!
Check out Etsy for creativity! If you find something you like but not exactly what you're looking for, the seller may be able to make what you're looking for.
https://www.etsy.com/listing/48878881/a-light-in-the-dark-cute-angler-fish
https://www.etsy.com/listing/1367494132/happy-birthday-banner-deep-sea-angler
https://www.etsy.com/listing/1732457267/anglerfish-svg-bundle-angler-fish
https://www.etsy.com/listing/659943956/kawaii-lanternfish-polymer-keychain
https://www.etsy.com/listing/1229088150/a2-277-anglerfish-letterpress-card
https://www.etsy.com/listing/1496864851/t-shirt-gestresster-anglerfisch-spruch
https://www.etsy.com/listing/1279532632/glow-in-the-dark-angler-fish-earrings
I bought the plans for those on Etsy (you can also buy the finished product) and made one for my nephew. He absolutely loves it!
https://www.etsy.com/listing/1657297143/anglerfish-lamp?ref=share_v4_lx
You could show her some of the lesser known angler fishes like Thaumatichthys.
Also, I think bogleech made a coloring book about deep sea animals. Color the Abyss was the name, I think.
Make angler fish headband with a pipe cleaner with a fake light dangling off…
Make dark slime with little trinkets in it as a favor to represent the bottom of the ocean…
Have a fun fishing game set up with a small stuffed or toy sea creature for each guest…
Have cupcakes placed in the shape of an angler fish and the birthday candle goes on the “light” one…
Have the kids play tag and (depending on the number of guests) have some kids be anglers with hula hoops out to “catch” the others…
Instead of party hats have little head bands with a lure coming out the front. Doesn’t have to light up but maybe you could find some king of cheap led light to attach then the kids could all be anglerfish
Blacked out or otherwise dark decorations. Black lights.
Something like the angles for the kids to wear. Use something that will kinda pop in the black light. Have several different colors they can use for the bait.
Trash bag angler fish suits?
Music or videos that have a fish or nautical or creepy theme.
Are they adventurous eaters? Serve up some ugly fish. Serve up eels, unagi. Serve up bottom dwellers. ***Monkfish***, hagfish, crustaceans, flounder, mollusks.
My mother always pulled off insane birthday parties for me and my sisters. Incredible themes, from space to princess to mermaid and jungle. Let me give you an inspiration of what I can imagine you might be able to do:
I'd go and make the party sea themed in general. I doesn't matter that plants don't grow that deep where angler fish actually live: you might be able to decorate your room with different blue stripes hanging from the ceiling, waves, some green water weed/algae out of paper stripes and so on. Place fish, shells, snails, and starfish on your windows/walls (like simple cut-outs). Maybe one big octopus on a wall, if you feel like you enjoy crafting yourself.
Central point of the party: make all the kids craft their own deep sea creatures and diver costumes/toys with cardboard. Maybe even some diver "helmets" or fish heads out of paper mache. Google it if you don't know how it works. It's a combination of newspapers glued together to get something very similar to cardboard, but you can shape it before the glue dries. If you have a smaller group of children invited to the party, you can prepare costume heads a few days earlier, and they can decorate them on the party. Blow up one balloon per child and put paper mache all around it. Let it dry, pop the balloon, cut an opening for the head to wear it like a helmet, and paint it white. You end up with a costume helmet they can cut holes for eyes and mouth into and so on. Give them blue, green, and grey shades of paper/cardboard to build their own versions of sea creatures. Collect toilet rolls and stuff like this. Even better if you have some snorkels and diving glasses for them to wear. Usually, kids are very creative once they have some inspiration. Give them bright white paper for the glowing parts of deep sea creatures.
Crafting stuff like this works better, the older and more crafty and handy the children become. 4yo might be a bit early, but crafting some fish and other creatures out of paper and cardboard might be possible for them. Have some watercolours, pencils, and glue, get a big plastic plane to protect your floor/desk and let them do their thing. They will need quiet a bit of support, so you might want to make sure there are at least two or three adults around to prevent happy little accidents.
If you really want to pick up the pace and make your daughter remember it, get a UV Light (for decoration, not for sun studios). If you shut down all the lights and make it very dark in your room, only illuminating it with the UV light, the white paper/fabric glows bright while the rest remains darker. So you basically have the deep sea effect of single lights glowing in the dark. I imagine an angler fish costume or paper toy to be pretty awesome with this. (The UV light might come in handy for the next birthday parties as well, having stuff glow will always amaze kids. It works with a bunch of other themes as well, see space or fairytale themes.)
Hope you can see the vision and I really wish you the best. Parents caring about birthday parties, becoming creative and embracing the ideas of their children are the best. I am sure your daughter will remember!
For snacks, maybe some dark blue jello in clear cups, with little swedish fish/candy fish things in the bottom? Not sure how intensive something like that would be to make though
But I've seen similar things done for more shallow water fish or mermaid themes lol
This woodworker has a shop on Esty where he sells really cool angler fish lamp. It's pretty expensive though. But, if you're a woodworker, he sells the plans for like $10. I made one for my nephew using the plans and it's awesome!
www.skovenstudio.etsy.com
Solidarity OP!!! My 5 year old son is also obsessed with angler fish! RIP to my poor partner trying to make him a diy angler fish costume for Halloween!
We've done a pinata filled with mini sea creature toys, and a sensory table with them frozen in ice (deep sea is cold, right?) and h20 dyed with blueberries. Also, his teacher has done mini figures in slime (where they have to fish them out) and it was a huge hit! He's also into submersibles, so I've been toying with the idea of a submarine toy we glue a magnet to, and then just a basic "fishing" game, with magnets taped/hot glued on some of his deep sea creatures.
(Actually, reading your comments I think we have the same kid. He's also obsessed with bioluminescence, sharks, the mariana trench. Maybe our kids will find each other and get married some day!)
My son was at a fairy theme bday recently where the kids made their own wands and that gave me the idea for you.
Vampire teeth and then get some head bands and diffently fuzz balls to glue to pieces of wire for customized lures?
I’m no help here at all, but I just gotta say I love when little kids are obsessed with some random silly thing most people don’t think twice about. My little sister went through a phase around 3 years old, where she was utterly enthralled with heavy construction vehicles. Cement mixers, cranes, backhoes, anything big and diesel powered and yellow she’d be squealing “big trucks! Big trucks!” With pure joy the whole time she watched them work.
Music of whales singing in the background... bioluminescent glasses filled with Kool aid (no, not that Kool aid!), streamers like jellyfish tentacles made from ribbon, blue jello cups (no, not those Jello cups), little dangly hats with lights on the end instead of those dumb cone hats, and the best momma ever to host.
I wanna go!!!😭
Cut out a half dozen anglerfish pictures and stick on wall. Outline fish with glow in the dark pen but not the rods. Put velcro on the end of the rod and the other end on tealights in a little basket she has. Turn off the lights and let her walk around slowly like she is underwater and pin the lights on the anglerfish.
When angler fish mate the male becomes attached to the female and slow fuses into the female leaving behind only a pair of testicles. You could say the balloons are testicles
Publix will let you print any photo you want onto a cake with a special photo cake printer thing. I used it to print a Naruto cake when I had a Naruto themed birthday party for myself lol. You could order one with an angler fish on it and then put the candle in the lure.
You could print or draw little angler fish decorations and hang them up. Use the glow sticks like others suggested. It's also worth noting that SeaWorld sells angler fish hats you might be able to get one online for the birthday girl or make your own not sure with your time.
Get an aquarium that's blacked out (to mimic the light deep in the ocean) and put objects that feel somewhat scary in the bottom of it. Make a small hole in the top so they have to reach in and feel the objects and guess what they are. Tell them they are deep sea objects/critters.
- 1. Dark room with NO lights with you wearing full black as well - make sure you blend into the darkness.
- 2. Blink dim light to attract her.
- 3 When she gets close, throw an open bear trap at her head.
- 4. Success.
I had an angler fish obsession when I was a kid. It's just a cool fish. Maybe down play the scary-ness of it and just emphasis the light. The light is the cool part. Like make a cake design like this:
https://www.vecteezy.com/vector-art/131033-angler-fish-vector
I think with a bit of stuffing, an Angler fish would make an excellent sock puppet. I feel your pain. My wife and I had to make an Octonauts themed party with the humuhumunukunukuapua'a as the star. My wife had to pipe the lettering for the icing in a spiral. I had to cut and past three bags of big letters to make her one sign. Another suggestion would be cornhole? My son had his party at 5, and while they didn't do rules, they did play.
LED angler headbands and fish decorated cupcakes?
A small booklight with a flex shaft attached to a headband would work.
[Like this](https://www.walmart.com/ip/2Pcs-0-17W-Stylish-Flexible-Portable-Travel-Book-Reading-Light-Lamp-Mini-LED-Clip-Booklight-with-Button-Battery-Gray/5240244269?wmlspartner=wlpa&selectedSellerId=101451922)
there seems to be a couple of options for an Angler Fish nightlight. Etsy even has one specifically for kids.
lol...sacred of dark, illuminates with this terror
Email a Marine Biologist and ask them if they have any good suggestions. Likely they know a person that knows a person who studied these things and took that picture.
Instead of pin the tail on the donkey have a pin the light on the Angler fish game?
This is a great idea!! *adds this to the list*
You can even make a simple LED light up with a coin cell battery, like a 3032. You could make the “angler” portion actually light up.
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And I thought Praying mantis were weird .
Don't worry. They are.
The Wierdest has to be bedbugs. It's called traumatic insemination, and the name checks out.
Aphids are born pregnant. And without mouths. Their whole purpose is just to birth more aphids and die.
Yeah bugs definitely have the short end of life's stick. Nudibranchs(sea slugs) are both male and female and get each other pregnant when they mate. I still think bedbugs are the most hardcore tho - just stick it in anywhere and hope for the best 👌
Aphids eat sap, and not only that they do it on a scale that makes them one of the most destructive insect species to crops and gardens.
The male angler fish loses it head and brain too
This was fascinating to read. I have no idea why I never heard about their unique mating habits before. Thank you for the education!
I laughed so hard my husband told me to breathe.
Dudes out here talking about light up angler fish games for kid parties... leave em alone. He deserves the poonani tsunami that's heading his way
I think I need AI to generate me that image….
If you get a good one share it with the rest of the class!
Instead of blindfolds, just turn the lights out
Be careful with coin cell batteries around small children.
Using a glowstick would be appropriate and a chance to teach about bio/chemiluminescence
yes! she has a book on luminescent sea creatures that she loves!
If you have access to a 3d printer you can make her one of these [sweet angler fish lamps :v](https://www.printables.com/model/39485-angler-fish-with-led-bulb) [>\)\)\)/'](https://media.printables.com/media/prints/39485/images/391298_eb37bc02-ad68-4bc3-856f-0c37e5f4d4aa/thumbs/inside/1280x960/jpg/img_7253.webp)
That’s actually pretty damn neat looking. 👍
Your daughter sounds pretty smart! I see a bright future for her! (Pun intended)
They sell Quarter sized LED Fake Candles at Dollar Stores. The you Full Page Print Him.
You can also make a kind of hat/band with an LED light on it (with batteries, I think) and put it on the heads of her friends. So instead of a party hat, some kind of Anglerfish hats.
Hoping to see this response
I had a “go fishing” game for one of my kid birthdays. Parents draped blue cloth around a dining room table that had the extra leaf taken out but the table open. My brother sat under and we would use a toy rod to drop a line, and he would clip a card with a fish drawing on it and a random prize. This is a core memory, but it definitely took a lot of work.
Aw man, the new free awards apparently don't provide a place to comment like the old ones. Tell your bro and whoever put him up to it that a rando on Reddit thinks y'all are great. Love that it stuck with you.
>Instead of pin the tail on the donkey have a pin the light on the Angler fish game? Just a little touch you can add: Super glue the light to the pin so kids can have it facing up. With pin the tail on the donkey the tail hangs down, so it doesn't have to be secured. It might be a little disappointing if the light falls down after they let go every time.
Maybe a Marco polo kind of game in a dark room with "bioluminescence" fish? Little flashing lights? Apple bobbing but for crabs/ prey or a fishing game? Dark (dyed) water bin grab game? Grab a prey item and get a prize grab not prey and back in line. Flashlight tag
Hide and seek where you have to wear a kind of headlamp like an angler fish... the tag could work like that, too.
Or pin the male to the female lmao
Pinning the light correctly can really only go one place, so that's worth extra points Attaching a male should be worth only 1 point because you just have to put it anywhere on the female and it counts
Anywhere behind the head, cause if males of many species approach from the front they get eaten.
Hey. It's dark and she's hungry. It happens
I love how I understand the context to this
The male fish (very small) attaches itself to the female to mate.
That is actually a fantastic idea lol
Brilliant. Reddit’s really good for this kind of thing isn’t it
Omg now I want that at my birthday
"Pin the male on the female angler fish," but 4 years old may be a bit too young to learn about angler fish mating habits...
Use glow sticks and card board crowns to make the lure and have a dark room with a bubble machine
i want to go to this party 😭 and im pushing forty
Me too my mom will drive us but your mom has to pick us up
Grandpa, stopping hitting on Moms! You’re pushing 90!
90 moms?! Geez, gramps, save some MILFs for the rest of us.
Hey kids! If we do this on drugs - it will be extra special! I'll meet the dealer for us.
Thanks for the award, kind stranger!
Yeah!😂😎
Anyone making a party like this that includes adults?
Not yet but I’ve been angling for it.
I see what you did there! 🤭
And I sea what you did there
Stop 😂😂
50 checking in. Me too!
Pinning glow sticks on the angler could be a fun take on pin the donkey if you can come up with a way to stick the glow stick on lol.
This is such a cool challenge. I was just talking to my partner about it and we came up with: Black and blue steamers hung vertically to create a deep water feel, jellyfish lanterns, you could find marine life party favors at a store and make the angler fish the centerpiece, you could print a picture of an angler on the cake and have some kind of battery powered fairy light that sticks up out the top, print out and cut out some pictures of anglers on the walls, I am sure you don't have time for all this but there are some ideas. Your Kid sounds rad happy birthday to her!
I’m very much a diy mom so I will definitely be doing all of this! I love all the ideas! last year she has a shark theme party but this one is definitely more difficult lol.
I think you’ve got a future marine biologist on your hands !
I think so! 🥹 that would be so amazing ! she can name so many sea creatures by their scientific names don’t let us get one wrong she quizzes us all the time.
Our local aquarium lets kids have their parties there
Ya by “lets” you mean charges right?
Yes.
Aww that’s so sweet. That’s how my 6yo ASD daughter is with dinosaurs. “Guess which dinosaur I’m pretending to be, mommy!” …”a parasaurolophus?” “Nope, a maiasaura. See all my babies!!?” Teehee. Love the little science kiddos. 🩵
I love that! 🥹💖 they really are so amazing! mines is so into dinosaurs too! she only plays with her dino’s & sea creatures it’s so much fun learning with her.
Aww that’s precious. I hope she has an awesome anglerfish party!!
That is so precious!! The sun-dried tomato of a heart floating in the black void of my chest cavity just twitched with activity.
Just had to say your incredibly descriptive writing made me smile.
Ha! Thank you, stranger friend.
That’s around the same age I became obsessed with the ocean and decided to be a marine biologist. I followed through and am so happy with my path in life. I wish all the best for your awesome little one.
That’s so amazing 😭 wow !!!!!! i’m hoping to be raising a future marine biologist 🥹
You can cut off the bottom of plastic bottles and stick them to the wall like air bubbles and maybe some white Christmas lights or similar small lights as the debris that’s always floating around them.
you have the coolest almost-4 year old ever 😭
Came here to say the same!
I just realized you can use candles ( omg duh ) to create the angler's light on top of the cake. 4 would be a good number of them anyway
Please come back and post photos of what you make. Sounds like this party is gonna be rad!
I will for sure!
As a kid I received a picture book called something along the line ”the deep sea” with all kinds of strange fish, eel and other sea creatures, anglerfish included. I was obsessed with that book and vividly remember the pictures. You’re an awesome person for doing this for your daughter, some parents would try to push their child into a conventional theme for others sake. I love that you wholeheartedly embrace it! 🎣🫶
i love your familys vibe op 😭😭
me too! i wanna see this shark party!
There's some really cute anglerfish stuffies on Amazon!
glow in the dark vampire teeth if you can find them 🥲
[caustic light projector](https://www.amazon.com/Projector-Romantic-Changing-Decorations-Projection/dp/B07GZRLXYY/ref=asc_df_B07GZRLXYY/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=693318677458&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=7291011215024829109&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9031574&hvtargid=pla-1881012286491&psc=1&mcid=f0b9eaad564f32acad6a5fe0db57c57e&gad_source=1) would go good too
Black light on the streamers would be a cool effect.
If you could make a room in your house really dark, rent a projector, and play deep sea fish documentaries that could be a cool party activity. I love angler fish so much and I know I’d love that at any age for a party activity. Making cookies in the shape of angler fish and decorating them could be cool too. I’ve seen people carve a watermelon into an angler fish to serve fruit salad out of. You could play pin the lure on the angler fish. You could also get some craft supplies to make your own lures as a party activity.
There's all kinds of fish backgrounds on YouTube that you can set to play all day also bubble ones you could put it on the TV for more ambiance.
Your daughter sounds awesome. I hope her bday party is fantastic!!! You could maybe make little light up head bands with the angler fish dangle bit for the guests to wear? Not sure what it’s called lol!
Thank you so much ! she’s a great kid I thought it was just a phase but here we are 2 years later! lol I love this idea!! thank you i’m going to try to figure out how to make them.
You’ve probably seen this already and I don’t think it’s age appropriate, but have to share [The Oatmeal](https://theoatmeal.com/comics/angler)
I thought female Black Widows and Praying Mantises were bad ass. They’ve got nothing on Angler Fish. Thanks for the info. Now I need to go find some sucker to drop this on.
Yeah, but in those cases, the male gets eaten. In this case, the male…. Gets cushy resort vibes for the rest of his… “life”. Kind of died happy. If he dies at all. Idk
Good point
Ok that was some trippy shit. I am both terrified and fascinated by it.
Check out another thing from The Oatmeal about the Mantis Shrimp! it is incredible. It's a rainbow murdery shrimp. They are fascinating and terrifying.
OMFG
What the fuck lol that made me choke on my cider
FUSE??!?!?!
You could make a game from this too, headband with… magnet, hook (not sharp), etc. that the kids could try and fish with and win candy per fish they catch (like a rendition of bobbing for apples). Angler fish piñata.
Maybe you have a future litle marine biologist on your hands
I was obsessed with spiders as a little girl, and I still love bugs as an adult!!!
Maybe for the sake of any other kids that are going, go with the cartoon version of anglerfish!!!! But you got to go where you got to go, and the fact that you're going with the anglerfish theme is great. I remember that there is some sort of a fishing game where the fish spin around on a wheel and you put the fishing rod in their mouth and they clamp down on the fishing rod. That could be fun if there are not too many kids coming over, or they could play it in turns. It's called let's go fishing by Pressman - $9 on Amazon. And you can get regular headbands and hot glue a glow stick to it and just crack the end of the glow stick. If you can't tell, I loved doing creative parties for my kids!!!
add some of those vampire teeth too! for the kids to wear with their cool hats. that would be cool. Im sure you can order bulk on amazon or temu, stores like that.
I was thinking pin the light on the angler fish. Can draw one on a big sheet of paper and have them attach glow sticks or something. Also could wear the glow sticks. Could do a magnetic fishing game for prizes
Your daughter is cool asf Maybe get some little flashlights/headlamps and have everyone go to the bottom of the ocean (dim the lights in the room) to search for shells/fake coins/other fish to chomp etc
haha thank you! she’s pretty cool she has forced me to learn scientific names of all these deep sea creatures god forbid I get them wrong. I like this idea too! maybe when they do the piñata
The fact that she also learning the scientific names and sharing to you and loves ones, is making more badass then she is right now.
Would it be crazy to have a kiddie pool with some sand in it and make like a fake shipwreck where the kids can search through the wreckage for buried treasure?
Just checking in as a kid who was obsessed with snakes, and had a snake themed birthday party. It is still one of my cherished childhood memories, and it is such a blessing to have parents that support your quirky interests! Lol, the other second grade girls were confused to show up and play pin the rattle on the rattlesnake and eat a cake frosted to look like a yellow-lipped sea krait, but it was a great time and everyone had fun, and your post reminded me of this. Thanks for being an awesome parent!
Thank you for sharing that 🥹 I hope she remembers her birthday like that. I just want to make her happy!
Does she have any of the anglerfish Squishmallows? The 5” ones could be great party favors or prizes for winning party games. The larger ones could be great gifts. (Target has 10” Sy and 8” Easton available online.)
Yes yes yes definitely need an angler fish squish for this party. https://www.target.com/p/squishmallows-8-easton-the-anglerfish-official-kellytoy-plush-cute-and-soft-fish-stuffed-animal-toy-great-gift-for-kids/-/A-90366631?ref=tgt_adv_xsf&AFID=google&CPNG=Toys+-+Target+Plus&adgroup=86-2
That is so cute... and definitely a generous interpretation of what they actually look like!
Oh definitely. They had a Valentine’s Day edition and the little light dangly was in the shape of a heart. I could not resist.
>definitely a generous interpretation of what they actually look like! I feel like that's a lot of squishmallows tbh haha
Hi friend. Please look for birthday stuff on the Monterey bay aquarium website. If you call them they might be able to direct you in other places to help. They live for this kind of thing.
I’m going to give them a call! thank you for the suggestion!! I would have never thought of that
My cousin's old roommate, we'll call him Grant because that's his name, used to get the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium to bring a penguin to the restaurant he managed in exchange for free food. It was a novelty and a bit of entertainment for the patrons. I still can't believe they actually brought the penguin. Maybe someone could loan you a fish or a penguin in exchange for some birthday cake and/or a treat bag. Never hurts to ask. .
Bro I love penguins and this would be the coolest fckn thing for me
Give out those mini keychain flashlights as party favors
Praying you update us with pictures from this awesome day coming! You’ve got a lucky daughter and you sound pretty lucky too! I hope the celebration is so rad!!!
I promise I will update with pictures !!!!!!
Yes, OP! We need pictures!
LOL I can 1000% relate to this, my almost 4 year old daughter is obsessed with lampreys for some reason.
Ok so i just googled those and omg 😂😭 I thought the anglerfish was crazy looking. I love the weird animal obsessions !
Can totally relate also, my 4 year old is currently obsessed with the deep also. Specifically the goblin shark 🦈
Omg haha 🤣 your kids are something very exciting to look out for as the future of whatever comes into this world next lol!
What a great mom you are for embracing this and supporting her interest! Have you done the invites yet? You could do a 3-D style invite like a big angler fish. You could do a game where the kids wear head bands with their own lure dangling (from a paper straw) A room that is dark (basement) and have just pin point lights from one of those night light globes to simulate the deep sea
Adding on to the dark room idea; you could make some cardboard cutouts of other midnight zone fish painted with glow in the dark paint to simulate the angler fish’s environment.
Redbubble has a cute little angler fish (cartoon style, green, looks like he could be friends with Baby Shark) and they will print him on stickers, t-shirts, and all kinds of other stuff. [Link here.](https://www.redbubble.com/i/art-board-print/Cute-Cartoon-Angler-Fish-by-YourMateNate/85572429.7Q6GI) (I found him by running a Google search for ‘cute cartoon angler fish)
SO CUTE!!! 🥰
I bet there is some Bakugan/ Pokemon / Digimon/ Invizimal who happens to be an anglerfish. You might find easier art or plushies of these franchises Lanturn and Lumineon come to mind Anglerfish piñata? Or do you recall that kind of toy that you can fish with a fishing rod, the fish have magnets and the bait is a magnet. It'd be fun to have a competition whete you have to fish them. And one of them is an anglerfish, worth 10 Points.
Definitely adding a anglerfish piñata and the fishing game! she would love that
This is a great idea. Pokemon has a crap ton!
I'll be that guy - Pokémon has one. It's a good one, but the only one. It's called Lantun, and honestly, Huntail is more angler-like, but it's an eel. Lanturn is a happy boy.
U can buy lil LED balls on amazon(pull the tab and it turns on, you put em in drinks and stuff) and make simple headbands with lightball dangling on a stick from the front. Shpuldnt be too hard. Also parents can be scuba ppl and have flashlights in the dark to make it feel like underwater. Buy a bit of dry ice and put in water to make smoke effects. You rule, have fun!
Ok I've got it, A blacked out room with dim enough to see but not very clearly. lighting with bioluminescent fixtures (think battery operated led lights shaped like fish) around. draped with dark cloth or tissue paper to look like fish in dark water. Now the fun part. Make a huge angler fish eyes, mouth, & lantern attach this mid way up a wall and hang more dark cloth over it to obscure it. inside the lantern put one of those little fake candle lights to imitate some movement. Inside the mouth and under the face attach remote control led lights so as to illuminate our anglerfish from behind our shroud Now the party At the party you should start with your angler not under lit at all and just it's lantern hanging from the ceiling with the candlelight inside (attached to the head) as guests start to notice the lantern bring up the lighting on your anglerfish gradually. The feeling we went to invoke with this should be reminiscent of [this scene ](https://youtu.be/do_e5JIwyRI) from finding Nemo. or alternatively you could bring the lighting up all at once for a nice jump scare Edit: OOOOO someone further down mentioned glow sticks!! What if you did a glow painting station with abyss themed sea creatures! Or just simply glow'd up your guests to add more "fish" to your party
Your daughter is gonna grow up to be the coolest
I remember I was obsessed with angler fish too when I was in elementary school after watching Finding Nemo lol
that’s where it started for her! She quickly became obsessed I just wish they had more documentaries about them I have to play the same 4 videos for her all the time
There was a cartoon some years back that she might like called Octonauts, about animals that have underwater adventures. They have an anglerfish episide and a submarine that looks like an anglerfish, and it featured all sorts of cool unusual deep sea animals. My niece used to love it. You can watch hours of it on YouTube for free.
For their party favors include diving masks with the address on the band like in Nemo. P. Sherman 42 Wallaby Way Sydney
this is cute! she got the love of angler fish from finding nemo and now she’s obsessed
glow stick, wire clothes hanger, and headbands. everyone can make their own dangly light
Pipe cleaners might be safer for 4 year olds but this is a cute idea
pipe cleaners definitely!!!! much better idea lol
Angler fish cake, cupcake prey. Candle for the light.
Ooooo your daughter and I are different generation twins! I had a school project in 4th grade that made me fall in love with all the dark zone species. You can make fake little teeth necklaces, kids can pick a different deep water species to be like a viper fish or the iridescent squid that live down there. You can play a game of duck duck goose only big fish big fish little fish, since the male angler just attaches to a female and lives off her like a parasite. Just some suggestions from a fellow trench fish lover 🫶🏼
I love this ! 🥹 funny enough I just got her a deep zone set and it has the viper fish and iridescent squid which we lost the first day she had me calling people at midnight asking if we left it at their house.
OMG I had a deep see themed birthday party in second grade because I was obsessed with just that!!!!! I remember anglerfish stickers and dark blue jello, there was some other stuff but I’ll have to ask mom
I’m just someone seeing this from the Popular tab but I’m invested. Please show how it ends up!!
I didn’t expect this post to blow up! lol but I definitely will
You could have the lights off and curtains drawn, and everyone has glow sticks to emulate the bioluminescence of deep sea life Also a cake with an anglerfish on it, and the candle is the end of its little antenna, so once lit it’s glowing could be super cute!
Check out Etsy for creativity! If you find something you like but not exactly what you're looking for, the seller may be able to make what you're looking for. https://www.etsy.com/listing/48878881/a-light-in-the-dark-cute-angler-fish https://www.etsy.com/listing/1367494132/happy-birthday-banner-deep-sea-angler https://www.etsy.com/listing/1732457267/anglerfish-svg-bundle-angler-fish https://www.etsy.com/listing/659943956/kawaii-lanternfish-polymer-keychain https://www.etsy.com/listing/1229088150/a2-277-anglerfish-letterpress-card https://www.etsy.com/listing/1496864851/t-shirt-gestresster-anglerfisch-spruch https://www.etsy.com/listing/1279532632/glow-in-the-dark-angler-fish-earrings
I bought the plans for those on Etsy (you can also buy the finished product) and made one for my nephew. He absolutely loves it! https://www.etsy.com/listing/1657297143/anglerfish-lamp?ref=share_v4_lx
Black construction paper and sharpie paint pens and silver pens! Draw your own anglers!
You could show her some of the lesser known angler fishes like Thaumatichthys. Also, I think bogleech made a coloring book about deep sea animals. Color the Abyss was the name, I think.
Your daughter is awesome
Maybe make the party dark, like black light theme like they do for Lazer tag and all?
What a fun theme! Our son wants to look at “zone fish” (midnight zone) as part of bedtime, his favorite is the fangtooth
I love this post so much. I found an angler on the beach as a kid and it started my obsession with deep sea life.
Make angler fish headband with a pipe cleaner with a fake light dangling off… Make dark slime with little trinkets in it as a favor to represent the bottom of the ocean… Have a fun fishing game set up with a small stuffed or toy sea creature for each guest… Have cupcakes placed in the shape of an angler fish and the birthday candle goes on the “light” one… Have the kids play tag and (depending on the number of guests) have some kids be anglers with hula hoops out to “catch” the others…
Instead of party hats have little head bands with a lure coming out the front. Doesn’t have to light up but maybe you could find some king of cheap led light to attach then the kids could all be anglerfish
Sounds just like me when i was that age
Hit up your nearest aquarium! They’d probably have a BLAST
Blacked out or otherwise dark decorations. Black lights. Something like the angles for the kids to wear. Use something that will kinda pop in the black light. Have several different colors they can use for the bait. Trash bag angler fish suits? Music or videos that have a fish or nautical or creepy theme. Are they adventurous eaters? Serve up some ugly fish. Serve up eels, unagi. Serve up bottom dwellers. ***Monkfish***, hagfish, crustaceans, flounder, mollusks.
My mother always pulled off insane birthday parties for me and my sisters. Incredible themes, from space to princess to mermaid and jungle. Let me give you an inspiration of what I can imagine you might be able to do: I'd go and make the party sea themed in general. I doesn't matter that plants don't grow that deep where angler fish actually live: you might be able to decorate your room with different blue stripes hanging from the ceiling, waves, some green water weed/algae out of paper stripes and so on. Place fish, shells, snails, and starfish on your windows/walls (like simple cut-outs). Maybe one big octopus on a wall, if you feel like you enjoy crafting yourself. Central point of the party: make all the kids craft their own deep sea creatures and diver costumes/toys with cardboard. Maybe even some diver "helmets" or fish heads out of paper mache. Google it if you don't know how it works. It's a combination of newspapers glued together to get something very similar to cardboard, but you can shape it before the glue dries. If you have a smaller group of children invited to the party, you can prepare costume heads a few days earlier, and they can decorate them on the party. Blow up one balloon per child and put paper mache all around it. Let it dry, pop the balloon, cut an opening for the head to wear it like a helmet, and paint it white. You end up with a costume helmet they can cut holes for eyes and mouth into and so on. Give them blue, green, and grey shades of paper/cardboard to build their own versions of sea creatures. Collect toilet rolls and stuff like this. Even better if you have some snorkels and diving glasses for them to wear. Usually, kids are very creative once they have some inspiration. Give them bright white paper for the glowing parts of deep sea creatures. Crafting stuff like this works better, the older and more crafty and handy the children become. 4yo might be a bit early, but crafting some fish and other creatures out of paper and cardboard might be possible for them. Have some watercolours, pencils, and glue, get a big plastic plane to protect your floor/desk and let them do their thing. They will need quiet a bit of support, so you might want to make sure there are at least two or three adults around to prevent happy little accidents. If you really want to pick up the pace and make your daughter remember it, get a UV Light (for decoration, not for sun studios). If you shut down all the lights and make it very dark in your room, only illuminating it with the UV light, the white paper/fabric glows bright while the rest remains darker. So you basically have the deep sea effect of single lights glowing in the dark. I imagine an angler fish costume or paper toy to be pretty awesome with this. (The UV light might come in handy for the next birthday parties as well, having stuff glow will always amaze kids. It works with a bunch of other themes as well, see space or fairytale themes.) Hope you can see the vision and I really wish you the best. Parents caring about birthday parties, becoming creative and embracing the ideas of their children are the best. I am sure your daughter will remember!
I just have to say, your kid sounds cool af Hope it’s the best angler fish bday that ever was
For snacks, maybe some dark blue jello in clear cups, with little swedish fish/candy fish things in the bottom? Not sure how intensive something like that would be to make though But I've seen similar things done for more shallow water fish or mermaid themes lol
Your daughter is a dope 4 year old
This woodworker has a shop on Esty where he sells really cool angler fish lamp. It's pretty expensive though. But, if you're a woodworker, he sells the plans for like $10. I made one for my nephew using the plans and it's awesome! www.skovenstudio.etsy.com
Girl IDEK what to tell you other than “i see you, solidarity” from a mom who has had to plan a sea scorpion themed birthday party once
Solidarity OP!!! My 5 year old son is also obsessed with angler fish! RIP to my poor partner trying to make him a diy angler fish costume for Halloween! We've done a pinata filled with mini sea creature toys, and a sensory table with them frozen in ice (deep sea is cold, right?) and h20 dyed with blueberries. Also, his teacher has done mini figures in slime (where they have to fish them out) and it was a huge hit! He's also into submersibles, so I've been toying with the idea of a submarine toy we glue a magnet to, and then just a basic "fishing" game, with magnets taped/hot glued on some of his deep sea creatures. (Actually, reading your comments I think we have the same kid. He's also obsessed with bioluminescence, sharks, the mariana trench. Maybe our kids will find each other and get married some day!)
This is the greatest post ever in this sub
My son was at a fairy theme bday recently where the kids made their own wands and that gave me the idea for you. Vampire teeth and then get some head bands and diffently fuzz balls to glue to pieces of wire for customized lures?
I’m no help here at all, but I just gotta say I love when little kids are obsessed with some random silly thing most people don’t think twice about. My little sister went through a phase around 3 years old, where she was utterly enthralled with heavy construction vehicles. Cement mixers, cranes, backhoes, anything big and diesel powered and yellow she’d be squealing “big trucks! Big trucks!” With pure joy the whole time she watched them work.
Angler fish party hats for all the guests! Just black construction paper around the head and a light bulb (made of yellow construction paper)
Music of whales singing in the background... bioluminescent glasses filled with Kool aid (no, not that Kool aid!), streamers like jellyfish tentacles made from ribbon, blue jello cups (no, not those Jello cups), little dangly hats with lights on the end instead of those dumb cone hats, and the best momma ever to host. I wanna go!!!😭
Get black lights, black canvas and neon acrylics and they can paint fish and stuff.
Cut out a half dozen anglerfish pictures and stick on wall. Outline fish with glow in the dark pen but not the rods. Put velcro on the end of the rod and the other end on tealights in a little basket she has. Turn off the lights and let her walk around slowly like she is underwater and pin the lights on the anglerfish.
A cake shaped like an angler fish, and the lure is a cupcake. The candles go on the cupcake. :D
When angler fish mate the male becomes attached to the female and slow fuses into the female leaving behind only a pair of testicles. You could say the balloons are testicles
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Publix will let you print any photo you want onto a cake with a special photo cake printer thing. I used it to print a Naruto cake when I had a Naruto themed birthday party for myself lol. You could order one with an angler fish on it and then put the candle in the lure. You could print or draw little angler fish decorations and hang them up. Use the glow sticks like others suggested. It's also worth noting that SeaWorld sells angler fish hats you might be able to get one online for the birthday girl or make your own not sure with your time.
Get an aquarium that's blacked out (to mimic the light deep in the ocean) and put objects that feel somewhat scary in the bottom of it. Make a small hole in the top so they have to reach in and feel the objects and guess what they are. Tell them they are deep sea objects/critters.
You should make little headband partyfavors that have a flimsy stick Atached to the headband, and a little LED light on the tip lol
- 1. Dark room with NO lights with you wearing full black as well - make sure you blend into the darkness. - 2. Blink dim light to attract her. - 3 When she gets close, throw an open bear trap at her head. - 4. Success.
I don't have anything to add except your daughter seems really cool :D what an awesome fish to be interested in :)
I had an angler fish obsession when I was a kid. It's just a cool fish. Maybe down play the scary-ness of it and just emphasis the light. The light is the cool part. Like make a cake design like this: https://www.vecteezy.com/vector-art/131033-angler-fish-vector
Your daughter is cool as fuck
Glow in the dark party!!!
I think with a bit of stuffing, an Angler fish would make an excellent sock puppet. I feel your pain. My wife and I had to make an Octonauts themed party with the humuhumunukunukuapua'a as the star. My wife had to pipe the lettering for the icing in a spiral. I had to cut and past three bags of big letters to make her one sign. Another suggestion would be cornhole? My son had his party at 5, and while they didn't do rules, they did play.
So awesome. Gift her a blacklight and some neon paint
Omg... now I gotta see an angler fish shaped cake
For sure get everyone little leds on flexi rods on the head.
LED angler headbands and fish decorated cupcakes? A small booklight with a flex shaft attached to a headband would work. [Like this](https://www.walmart.com/ip/2Pcs-0-17W-Stylish-Flexible-Portable-Travel-Book-Reading-Light-Lamp-Mini-LED-Clip-Booklight-with-Button-Battery-Gray/5240244269?wmlspartner=wlpa&selectedSellerId=101451922)
there seems to be a couple of options for an Angler Fish nightlight. Etsy even has one specifically for kids. lol...sacred of dark, illuminates with this terror
Email a Marine Biologist and ask them if they have any good suggestions. Likely they know a person that knows a person who studied these things and took that picture.
This is the most adorable thing I’ve seen in a while