Plan a Children’s Art Party
If you’re looking for something a bit different to musical chairs and pass the parcel, we might just have the ideal solution to help you create the ultimate children’s party. For a fun and exciting party theme, why not let your little ones get their hands dirty with a bit of arts and crafts?
From finger painting to papier-mâché, this is a theme that can be appropriately tailored to suit different ages and levels of ability, making sure everyone gets equally as immersed in the activities. It’s a day filled with colour, texture and excitement, so you should make sure you’re hosting it somewhere that you don’t mind finding residual glitter and poster paints for weeks to come.
As any parent knows, there is little that is more exhilarating for a child than being absolutely coated in paint all the colours of the rainbow, especially when there’s no chance of getting into trouble as they’ll be decked out in painters’ overalls to minimise the mess!
We love the idea of having different zones at a children’s art party: a graffiti wall, a cake decorating table, a mask-making workshop and a jewellery making workshop are just some suggestions but the possibilities are endless. Gone are the days when sticking some dried pasta shapes on to cardboard and spray painting them gold counted as art – we’re talking about miniature master classes in floristry or a chance to create something fantastic out of clay.
Of course, after all the creativity your little darlings are going to be ravenous, so step away from the jelly and ice cream. Instead, have a ‘make your own’ station where children can decorate their own pizzas and make their own ice cream sundaes. There’ll need to be a birthday cake as well of course and nothing says arts party like a spectacular ombre rainbow cake.
Don’t limit the creativity to the day of the party though, you can even have a bit of fun making the invitations. Let your child’s imagination run wild and commission their artwork to be on the front of their invitations. You never know, this could be the start of a promising career…
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