Kids Parties at Home - Two Great Kids Party Art Projects
Here are two great kids party art projects for your next party.
Custom Wood Gliders and A Garden Party Custom Air Planes For a party of 10 What You Will Need 15 Balsa Gliders ready to assemble.
They cost about $1 and are available at most 99 cent shops and craft stores.
They are fragile so I recommend buying extra to have on hand.
Permanent Markers I recommend buying (if you don't already have them) 3 packs of 10 or 12.
What to Do Have the children decorate the parts with markers.
Assemble the planes, and take them outside or to the big room and let them play.
Let them decorate their party bag or give them a brown paper lunch sack to decorate and take their custom glider in that.
Garden Party for 10 What you will need: 13 Plastic plant containers about 3" diameter (extra on hand is always a good idea) 5 lb bag of potting soil 2 Packages of your favorite herb or flower* 3 boxes of adhesive foam shapes** 25 Dinner sized paper plates 5 Small paper lunch plates or bowls Scissors Spray bottles What to do: Before the children arrive, fill the small plates or bowls with the seeds.
Lay out a set of 3-4 paper plates so two guests will share one set.
Spread out the self adhesive foam shapes, one variety per plate.
The extra plates can sit in the middle of the work space to collect the backing protecting the adhesive.
Set out one plastic pot in front of each child's' seat.
When they are ready to craft have them peel and stick on the foam shapes, in a nice tight pattern, covering as much of the surface as possible.
If they use flower and animal shapes, have them fill in between with the smaller geometric shapes to create a dense all-over pattern.
The foam can easily be trimmed to fit inside the tight spaces.
These look best when most of the surface is covered.
Have them press the shapes down well.
They can wrap their hands around the pot and gently squeeze to help the edges adhere.
When they're done decorating, one at a time with another pot or scooper, fill their pots just about 1 inch from the rim.
Show them how to tamp or press the soil lightly, and gently press a few seeds into the pot covering them lightly.
Taking turns with the spray bottles, they lightly spray their newly planted seeds.
* Herbs make the hardiest window gardens, basil, rosemary, thyme; common kitchen herbs and they can survive much.
If you choose a flower, choose ones that don't require extensive care.
A hardy variety thrives indoors and will give the children a great sense of accomplishments.
** Foam shapes are available in self-adhesive and non-adhesive types.
The come in a wide variety of shapes and sizes.
Each comes in small packages or large buckets.
I recommend the 1/4 pound boxes which sell for about $7.
00 each.
Custom Wood Gliders and A Garden Party Custom Air Planes For a party of 10 What You Will Need 15 Balsa Gliders ready to assemble.
They cost about $1 and are available at most 99 cent shops and craft stores.
They are fragile so I recommend buying extra to have on hand.
Permanent Markers I recommend buying (if you don't already have them) 3 packs of 10 or 12.
What to Do Have the children decorate the parts with markers.
Assemble the planes, and take them outside or to the big room and let them play.
Let them decorate their party bag or give them a brown paper lunch sack to decorate and take their custom glider in that.
Garden Party for 10 What you will need: 13 Plastic plant containers about 3" diameter (extra on hand is always a good idea) 5 lb bag of potting soil 2 Packages of your favorite herb or flower* 3 boxes of adhesive foam shapes** 25 Dinner sized paper plates 5 Small paper lunch plates or bowls Scissors Spray bottles What to do: Before the children arrive, fill the small plates or bowls with the seeds.
Lay out a set of 3-4 paper plates so two guests will share one set.
Spread out the self adhesive foam shapes, one variety per plate.
The extra plates can sit in the middle of the work space to collect the backing protecting the adhesive.
Set out one plastic pot in front of each child's' seat.
When they are ready to craft have them peel and stick on the foam shapes, in a nice tight pattern, covering as much of the surface as possible.
If they use flower and animal shapes, have them fill in between with the smaller geometric shapes to create a dense all-over pattern.
The foam can easily be trimmed to fit inside the tight spaces.
These look best when most of the surface is covered.
Have them press the shapes down well.
They can wrap their hands around the pot and gently squeeze to help the edges adhere.
When they're done decorating, one at a time with another pot or scooper, fill their pots just about 1 inch from the rim.
Show them how to tamp or press the soil lightly, and gently press a few seeds into the pot covering them lightly.
Taking turns with the spray bottles, they lightly spray their newly planted seeds.
* Herbs make the hardiest window gardens, basil, rosemary, thyme; common kitchen herbs and they can survive much.
If you choose a flower, choose ones that don't require extensive care.
A hardy variety thrives indoors and will give the children a great sense of accomplishments.
** Foam shapes are available in self-adhesive and non-adhesive types.
The come in a wide variety of shapes and sizes.
Each comes in small packages or large buckets.
I recommend the 1/4 pound boxes which sell for about $7.
00 each.
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