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Tie Dye Party Theme Ideas: Tie Dye Birthday Supplies

sarita — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:17:18 +0000

We love craft birthday parties for kids, in part because it helps to focus kids’ attention. Tie dye is a festive and colorful kids’ birthday party activity for boys and girls. The needed materials are relatively inexpensive, and kids make their own handmade tie-dyed creation to take home.

What do you need for a tie-dye birthday party? First you need the items you want to tie dye. You can ask kids to bring their own item such as a pillowcase, socks, or a t-shirt. It just needs to be all (or nearly all) cotton. (Just have some extra items on hand for those who forget). Or, a package of white cotton t-shirts is relatively inexpensive way to provide shirts to everyone. You could also tie dye a piece of fabric to create a banner to remember the occasion. This could be a wall hanging a child could hang in their room.

Tie dying patterns are created using string or rubber bands. When you bunch up an area of a piece of fabric with a rubber band and then dye it, you’ll create a starburst pattern. We’ve used Rit dye which you can find in many colors in any craft store. Other t-shirt decorating markers and pens are optional.

Finally, pick up a large several gallon bucket for each color of dye. Be sure you have a protected workspace by laying down newspapers or garbage bags as some spillage is inevitable. Rubber gloves, clothespins for drying and plastic bags for transporting wet tie-dyed items will also come in handy.

Tie dye birthday party decorations are widely available as well. We’ve found tie dye plates, cups and balloons like in this Tie Dye Fun Basic Party Pack. For some heavy duty tie dye project inspiration Rit wrote the book. Check out To Dye for: The Rit Book of Creative Dyeing Projects

Where the Wild Things Are 1st Birthday Party: Wild Rumpus Birthday!!

sarita — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:27:19 +0000

We’ve been so thrilled by the gorgeous home birthday parties we’ve been seeing lately for both kids and adults. This one, from the Hostess With the Mostess (hwtm) blog really stood out as an adorable first birthday party idea beautifully executed. Using Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are as a party theme, she combined purchased reusable paper decorations, homemade items and a sweet costume from Etsy. We loved the colors and the creativity involved from decorating fallen tree branches with die cut leaf decorations and pretty wrapping paper as a table runner. She had a delicious array of kid-friendly healthy foods like cut fruits, apple sauce and popcorn balls.

REAL PARTIES: “Wild Rumpus” Birthday.

Yo Gabba Gabba 1st Birthday Party Supplies, Ideas

sarita — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:01:21 +0000

We loved this at-home 1st birthday celebration featuring a Gabba pinata with fabulous handcrafted decorations. They used cost-effective but colorful solutions throughout the party that really brought the Yo Gabba Gabba theme to life.

“The centerpieces were made with plastic disposable cups filled with pinto beans and covered in colorful Gabba colors and balloons.”

Check out Cristian’s party pics: Cristian’s First Birthday! | Gabba Friends.

Also, we came across a nice selection of Yo Gabba Gabba birthday supplies over at Celebrate Express.

We think the Yo Gabba Gabba! Invitations (8) are really cute and festive.

Also getting rave reviews are the Yo Gabba Gabba! Giant Wall Decals. What’s fabulous is that they’re easy on and off the wall. You can decorate for a party and then reuse them as decorations in your child’s bedroom.

Finally, these Yo Gabba Gabba! Sticker Sheets (4) are a nice addition to a party favor bag, as decorations, or game prizes. They’re highly colorful and of course stickers are always a hit.

Kids Birthday Breakfast or Morning Brunch Party

sarita — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:39:29 +0000

The Frugal Momma has some great recipe suggestions (after the link) for a kids’ birthday breakfast or brunch party. It can be so much easier and less expensive to coordinate a morning birthday event, and the timing usually works out well for little kids’ schedules.

“I think birthday parties at brunch hours are ideal for entertaining because brunch food is so inexpensive and children are so much happier during the earlier part of the day. You beat all of the grumpiness that happens closer to the nap hour and you also get the rest of the day to kick your feet up and just relax after all of that planning. If I had my choice, I would always do birthday brunches because of those very reasons.”

The Mother Load: Ask Frugal Momma: Brunch Birthday Ideas? – The MomAdvice.com Blog.

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Make Birthday Candy Sushi – Birthday Party Activity and Favor

sarita — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:58:58 +0000

What do you get when you combine rice krispie treats, fruit rollups, gummy worms and twizzlers? (Besides sick). You get candy sushi, a super fun, inexpensive birthday party activity for a family or group of friends.

Here’s a great demo of how to prep and roll candy sushi. Instead of traditional sushi rolls that are made with steamed white rice, these use thin layers of rice krispie treats. Inside each roll is a colorful combination of fruity, chewy treats. You simply roll the ingredients together and slice into pieces to resemble sushi.

The writer remarked:

“The sushi was inexpensive and easy, more importantly the kids had fun. One child told me it was the best party she’d ever been to. I’m not quite sure if she’s been party deprived or an ass-kisser, but she certainly scored points with this mommy.”

Find great details and photos here:

Candy Sushi – how to make | mommyknows – a mommy blog.