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Games for a Balloon Birthday Party
I wanted to share the games we did for my daughter’s Balloon Birthday Party. I love looking at Pinterest for inspiration of how to decorate for parties. I like coming up with a theme and colors for a party. It helps me organize my thoughts. I also really like the idea of having a decorated table for a party. I feel like if I have one nicely decorated table I don’t feel like my whole house needs to be covered in decorations. I have a Pinterest board for Balloon/ Hot Air Balloon Birthday Parties if you would like to see my inspiration. One thing I had a hard time finding on Pinterest was ideas for what to do with my little party animals at the party. Do they just run wild for hours? I can’t handle that, nope I need order, I needed a plan, I needed activities for these kids to do. I’m listing all of the games and activities I had on my list and there are even some that could be considered Pinterest fails (I’ll note them). I didn’t even have time to do all the activities (which was good- I wanted to be over prepared rather than run out of things to do).
By the way, I got the cute hot air balloon free printable from Classy Clutter. The photo of my daughter was taken by Butterfly Chaser Photography.
Continue after the jump to see the list of games/activities for the party.
Jumbo Painted Easter Eggs
A prop I was really excited to have were these jumbo painted Easter Eggs. This is a little DIY as part of five easy photo-session ideas for Easter. I liked them because they stand out in the picture. I looked at several craft stores and couldn’t find giant eggs for a good price and with colors I wanted. While browsing through Target, I saw giant Easter Eggs. They were perfect and only $3 per egg. They were right next to a sticker decorating kit but I chose to paint them. The colors I picked were coral, robin egg blue and lavender all with white polka dots. Some of the paints I already had and some I bought at Jo-Ann Fabrics.
I fished around my house for a small circular object to trace and found small circle stickers. For two of the eggs, I traced them with pencil and painted around the circles. This worked pretty well. Since, these were accessories for my photos I wasn’t too worried about the shape of the circles. The last egg I put a bunch of stickers on the egg. I painted around the stickers first then after the paint was mostly dry I painted the stickers white. These circles were perfectly round and gave the egg some texture and definition. I actually painted these with my daughter one afternoon. It was a fun craft to do together.
These jumbo painted Easter Eggs are very light weight which made it easy for me to carry. The downside to being light weight is they are easier to tip over. So, I had to set them up and reset them up a lot. Overall I am quite pleased with how they turn out and plan to use them again.
Bowties/Suspenders c/o: Mae & Jane; Tutorial for the Yarn Tassel Garland.
Yarn Tassel Garland
This yarn tassel garland was an easy way to add color and texture to my Easter bowtie photo session. This would also make a great party backdrop or addition to a mantel. I’ve made a lot of tissue paper tassels. However, I wanted something that was a bit more sturdy and something I could save year to year. I also thought it was easier to make and to find the colors I wanted in the yarn rather than the tissue paper. I purchased the yarn from Michaels with a coupon. I chose colors that I felt would compliment the bowties and that were Easter colors. I just ripped off a piece of cardboard from the flap of a box from amazon. I had scissors and I had some white ribbon to attach the tassel’s to. I made 32 tassels. It took me about an hour from start to finish. This was also a great craft my four year old was able to help me with.
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