bubble fun

This morning we had some fun with bubbles.  There are lots of ideas on the web but this one looked easy.  I picked up some bubbles at the dollar store and added about six drops of food coloring to each bottle.  I kept the colors true to the bottles so the children would know exactly what color was inside.  I had a canvas lying around and used that to let them blow the colored bubbles onto it.  My daughter liked it so much she asked if she could make another one to hang in her bedroom.  The colors were quite muted so next time I might try it with paint or add more food coloring.  The kids had a blast and I got a new piece of art work for the play room!  This would also work well as an activity for a summer birthday party.

that's a wrap

Sorry about the lack of posts - we were out of power for three days due to Hurricane Irene! 
This was a gift for a five year old girl who loves art.  We gave her an over sized coloring book, this book, a new box of crayons and a paint can filled with miniature art supplies.  I love how the wrapping paper picks up the colors on the crayon box and the combination of b&w stripes and polka dots pulls the whole thing together.
Our schools have been delayed until next week, but we have been counting down the days until kindergarten with some fun activities.  I will try to post about them soon.
I'm hoping all of our readers are safe and with power. 

paint cans

Since the children would have a few items to take home at the end of the party I stamped some plain white bags with an Eiffel Tower and attached tags with each child's initials. In each paint can I put two chocolate crayons, clay, paint, mini crayons, play doh, and (since they all were covered in paint by the end of the party) some bath gel in the shape of a crayon.

I am thrilled that my Monet party is featured on Party Perfect today. Thanks Sara! Check it out here.

let them eat cake

Since this party was from 1:30-3:30 I only served snack foods. You can see my daughter running through the first picture with a handful of popcorn! I offered chips, pretzels and popcorn which I served from large white paint cans (I added some ribbon detail to the bottom with a glue gun). I kept the decorations for the cupcakes simple by making paper flags with scrapbook paper, and attempted to make Eiffel Tower shaped sugar cookies which were a challenge- but, tasted pretty good! I also had some fresh strawberries and water and lemonade.