It´s A Tape Party!!

 

I meant to post this earlier but life with 3 kids under 5 years (at that time) can come in your way...

In November my little boy turned 3. He clearly remembered his sisters Fabric Craft Party and wanted something as fun as that. Well, with 3 year old boys you might want to choose some quick and easy crafts instead. So I turned to Washi Tape for help (and I always wanted a reason to get all those beautiful tapes anyway...)

Some ideas for craft projects I found on Pinterest as always.

And here is what we´ve done: 

 tape flags for cupcakes

tape candle wrapper

tape people made of craft sticks

tape city - streets, cars, tracks, trains...

tags and cards

straw labels

Crafty Tea Party for a 5 Year Old

We like to keep the kids´ birthday parties small but craft intense. After last years Fabric Craft Party it took me a while to come up with a new theme... but finally I had the idea to make it a Tea Party with cake decorating and dish towel stamping. For not getting to messy while stamping, I also made aprons for all kids to take home afterwards. 
This idea initially came to me because my kids like to play that the playroom is their house, so I thought why not make it look like a house and invite their friends over for a tea party. 

I´ve created a Pinterest board where I´ve collected some neat ideas that go with the theme. 

And here are some impressions about how it turned out: 

Tea cup invitations

 

Fabric curtain for playroom door

 Aprons from dish towels

Dish towel stamping

This was my own stamping version

Bake pop decorating

Happy Birthday to my not so little 5 year old girl!!

Kids Fabric Craft Party

For my daughter, her 4th birthday was the first one she really cared about. She had strong opinions about who to invite (and who not to invite), she requested a special cake (which was actually not a cake but a gingerbread house) and she was excited about picking a theme / activities for her party. 

All that put me in the situation of not having full control, but after some negotiations and compromises I am very happy with what we came up with: 

A Fabric Craft Party (without gingerbread house craft)

These were our invitations: 

button tutu inviations

sewn paper envelopes with fleece patches

First fabric craft project: Super Hero Capes (from men´s t-shirt)

  

men´s t-shirts from thrift store

cut off the back of the shirt including the neck

decorate your cape as you please

so much creativity!

Second fabric craft project: No-sew tutu (see older post)

pre-cut tulle stripes

I like to wrap the elastic around a chair while working on the tutu

lots of litte ballerinas

Even if all the moms and dads had to lend a helping hand here and there, we had a blast and my daughter had the "best birthday party ever!" 
Happy Birthday - my big little girl*