I have a super fun summer boredom buster idea for you! Make a paper craft pop up shop for pretend play! It could be a fruit stand, or lemonade stand, or cupcake stand... anything to get the kids creative and playing. My way of making this darling stand is super easy. You'll be shocked how quick and inexpensive it is! The key ingredient to making this stand is a Elmer's 36 x 48 Tri-Fold Foam Board and a few other Elmer's products! Spray Adhesive might just be my new best friend for large scale projects. Let's start from the beginning. Using a ruler, mark the interior cut of the board, leaving roughly a foot at the top. Basically you're cutting the center out of the board. This area is perfect for your new storefront's name. I made this board for my sweet eight year old ... [Read More]
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art activities for kids
Looking for art activities for the kids?! When we photographed my art birthday party supplies collection for the store we came up with these kid crafts ~ have the kids make cupcake art with supplies including: cupcake liners (cut in half), tissue paper, pom poms, felt, ribbon and more! Included in the art party supplies we designed four whimsy frames for the kids to create on: red/blue, orange/yellow, purple/chartreuse and black/white. We also created "award badges" that you can give to each guest. They say things like most creative, best in show, most artistic, best design, most colorful and best color palette. A great way for every child to feel special. The awards are rectangle tags and then we created the crepe ribbon backer. (You can see how to create a similar ... [Read More]
kid craft: red bird handprint art
My boys crafted red bird handprint art canvases for a Christmas gift for their grandmothers. Aren't they fun?! The perfect kid craft! And you should have heard the responses. What mom, grandmother, dad, grandpa doesn't want handprint art gifts from their little ones? Well none in my family and I'm obsessed a bit with capturing their little hands anyway before they get any bigger. Just imagine your little person's hand smothered in paint... okay and maybe their little bottoms buckled to the chair {smirk}... but the outcome is adorable. My mom's absolute favorite is the cardinal bird. Here in Ohio I see them everyday in my backyard. Such beautiful birds! These handprint red birds (or any color) would be perfect for kid crafted Mother's Day gifts too... just saying! By the ... [Read More]
old school dinosaur shadow boxes
[pinit count="vertical" url="http://blog.thecelebrationshoppe.com/2012/08/04/old-school-dinosaur-shadow-boxes/" image_url="http://blog.thecelebrationshoppe.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/The-Celebration-Shoppe-Dinosaur-Shadow-Boxes.jpg" description="DIY Dinosaur Shadow Box ~ perfect craft to get kids coloring, cutting, glueing and using their imaginations!" float="right"] Do you remember in grade school when you made shadow boxes for art class or for some school project... or just so your Barbies had a place to hang out?! Yes I did! Well... she couldn't always be in the dream house, or at her pool, or in her convertible...! {smirk} So my crew hasn't slowed down much this summer with swim lessons, tennis lessons, baseball, playdates at the zoo... and on and on, but there have been a few ... [Read More]