My daughter turned 5 in March, and she decided she wanted an art party. We had so much fun planning this party. She loves rainbow colors, so we went with bright, fun colors for everything. She and all her cute, little friends had a blast. Here are some of the highlights. (I took A LOT of pictures, so this is a pretty image-heavy post.)
The invitations using my Box of Crayons Printable Card.
The traditional birthday wall (banner created with my Pennant Banner Template).
Colorful buntings hung over our "art studio" (aka our kitchen table) where the girls painted.Bunting created with my Bunting Template v.2.
We turned our home into an art gallery before the party with our own paintings.
Party sacks, water bottles, plates, and watercolors to add to their sacks to take home.
Aprons for the girls to wear while they paint and take home when they're through.(Less than $1 each from Oriental Trading here.)
Water bottle labels with a spot to write names.
Paintbrushes, paints, and jars (for water) all ready to go!
The birthday girl.
Some of the creations of our budding artists.
Pin the nose on the clown. (No party is complete without Pin the ____ on the ____... right?)
Rainbow cupcakes. (Recipe found on Our Best Bites here.)
Brand new set of watercolors for the girls to take home with their aprons (total party favor cost for both the watercolors and apron was less than $2 each!).
Edited to add: Artist Party Printables are now available in my store at ScrapMatters.
3 comments:
Hi!
I bought the bunting template after I saw this post and I am working on doing one in pink and purple for my daughter's birthday this weekend. What sort of paper would you recommend? I'm currently printing it on regular printer paper just because it is going to use a lot and I didn't want to use up all my cardstock! Will that work okay in your experience or should I use heavier paper? I also bought the pennant one that I plan to do for my son's party next month with NHL logos! Thanks for the cute project and idea!
Me again, I'm also wondering if you've found that larger sizes are more appropriate for outside and the smaller ones for inside. I'm currently doing the standard size and plan to use it outside.
Hi, Dani! I'm so sorry I didn't respond to this sooner. Did you figure it out? For the bunting banners, I personally prefer to use just regular printer paper because it is less expensive and it seems to work well to have the thinner paper for the buntings since you fold it in half.
For things like boxes that need to be sturdier, I use cardstock.
I also think any of the sizes work great for inside or outside... just depends on the look you're going for. I've used small ones inside, but the artist party ones I did were big and I loved the way they looked inside.
Hope this helps! Please let me know if you ever have other questions! You can also e-mail my anytime at simplyjstudio@gmail.com.
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