KPop Demon Hunters

Rujinu

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Jinu and Rumi, in all their patterned glory, stopped by the booth. I love that it’s post-acceptance of herself Rumi with the colourful patterns. (Although I just noticed her contacts, so maybe it’s right before What it Sounds Like?)

Couch Mira

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KPop Demon Hunter cosplays were the ones I was looking forward to seeing the most this weekend, and I wasn’t disappointed! I wasn’t able to grab a Bobby cosplayer, much to my disappointment, or a Baby Saja, but I got the rest of the main characters, starting with the awesome @princessofthenorth as Mira ready for the “couch couch couch!” And yes, she made all those delicious treats from scratch. No, you may not eat them, they’re not actually food!

A KPop Demon Hunters themed birthday party

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When your child gives you just over two weeks to plan a birthday party, and decides to make the theme that of the hit movie of the summer (the one that Netflix has yet to put out any merch for), you don’t panic.

You plan.

I hope that this helps you if you find yourself in a similar situation, whether by using the templates or getting inspiration.

This party had four parts: craft, dance, food, free play. (Note that we were in a park.)

All links are affiliate-free. Canva links contain all free items. The image background for the badges is from NASA.

Initial setup

Invitations and Thank you card templates on Canva (both French and English are included)

Badges (lanyard from chasingartwork, ID card holders from Amazon, badge – front and back template on Canva)

Child’s name protected by the white bar

Please note that if you need any assistance with the Canva templates, you can contact me through our contact us form!

Craft

Needed:

  • mirrored compact, plastic (Amazon)
  • emery board (Amazon)
  • stencil (or you can free-hand it) (Canva template)
  • nail polish (whatever brand you like)
  • spray sealant (Walmart)
Note that the kids didn’t use the inverse stencils. They also didn’t use the lion head.
example/test run

Optional:

  • nail polish remover and q-tips/paper towels
  • Exacto knife (if you’re cutting out a stencil like I did) and cutting board – do this in advance! It’ll take longer than you think.

Steps:

  1. Rough up the surface of the plastic with the emery board, just a little bit. This allows the paint to adhere better to the plastic.
  2. Tape the stencil in place so it doesn’t move around.
  3. Use very little nail polish to paint your design. Too much will leak underneath the stencil. Experiment! Different polishes will give you a different result.
  4. Remove the stencil immediately so that it doesn’t stick to the nail polish.
  5. Let it dry for a few minutes.
  6. Spray with the sealant. (outdoors)
    • Note: Don’t touch the sealant until it’s completely dry!

Dance

We had my sister to teach “Soda Pop” to the kids. If you don’t happen to have a trained dance teacher on hand, here’s a tutorial so that you can teach it. I might recommend “Golden” instead – it’s a little slower.

Food

We had popcorn from Papa Jack’s Surprise Box (like Zoey and Mira cry after seeing Abby’s abs) and juice boxes (generic) to snack on.

We made cupcakes, added blue food colouring to the icing, to look like the top of Derpy (the tiger)’s head. Then we printed out tiny images of Sussy the bird and taped them to toothpicks (you can search for these. I didn’t do anything special to them).

Free Play

Note that it is a good time to get everyone together for a picture before you release them to play.

We gave out gymnastic ribbon wands (Amazon) (to represent the honmoon) and played the soundtrack. They danced around waving the ribbons, and it looked super cool! Sorry I can’t share the picture – too many kids’ faces. Believe me when I say that it looked amazing.

Loot bags

We had to get creative with these as well, since there’s no merch yet!

Obviously, they got to bring home their painted mirrors and the ribbons. We taped up the popcorn bags if they didn’t eat it all, and put them in the bags too.

I forgot to add the popcorn bag to the picture

We considered adding mini microphones, but I didn’t like any of the ones I found.

We also considered doing facepaint as an activity, but decided against it.

I hope you enjoyed this post and found something useful to help you in your party planning! Feel free to reach out with any questions!

KPop Demon Hunters – JenEric Movie Review

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Hello Cinephiles,

Today we’re talking about the 2025 film KPop Demon Hunters.

Story

The story, like everything in this movie, is a clever combination of tropes, story structures, and character archetypes. It does something that most animation targeting children doesn’t: it creates a world with loose ends that can be explored later or just by the fans.

Score: 1

Characters

The characters take a lot of influence from Kpop personalities with a dash of fantasy archetypes and some mythological references. The design, the costumes, the movements, everything is intentional and recognizable to multiple different audiences.

I do wish we’d found out a little more about the other boys in the band, but I understand that would have bogged down the story.

Score: 1

Dialogue

So quipy and irreverent it was great. The dialogue that is said for drama purposes hits so much harder because of the humour in the rest of the movie.

Score: 1

Visuals and Music

Seen as a whole, the movie was stunning. There were a few times where they went lower resolution and the characters looked like claymation from adult swim. I’m not a fan of that style, but the rest of it is absolutely gorgeous.

The music was spectacular and is playing on repeat in our house.

Score: 1

Fun

My first time watching it, I was stressed for the characters and loved all the little twists. It’s a movie with a lot of layers. The second watch really showed how much detail they put into everything.

Jen and the kids are obsessed (as are a lot of other people). It’s a fun and heartwarming movie that doesn’t shy away from the dark.

Score: 1

Overall

Every detail matters and the movie has rich storytelling and fantastic music. The worst part of the movie is how epic a world they built and how we have to wait for more.

Final Score: 5 Stars out of 5*

*A 5 star review doesn’t mean the movie was perfect nor that it is perfect for everyone but it is a movie I believe is as close to perfect as possible.