Arts and crafts were truly the staple of my childhood… so many fond memories of bright-colored construction paper, beads, Elmers glue, and an obscene amount of glitter. So as a throwback to my formative years, here are some tips to throwing a fantastic craft-themed birthday, from Fisher-Price.com.

Invitations:
Stencil invitations: Cut out your own stencil or buy one from a craft store. Fold a piece of paper in half and stencil the design on the front. Write the information for your crafts party inside. Keep the design simple.

Decorations:
Set up a room for kids to do arts and crafts; cover the floor with plastic or newspapers. Or, host the birthday party outside.

Provide easels, tables and white paper for creating artwork and crafts, along with lots of craft materials, such as markers, safety scissors, glue, fabric scraps, sequins, glitter, stickers, colored paper and so on.

Hang the birthday boy’s or girl’s arts and crafts projects around the party room at child’s eye level.

Decorate the party table with art and craft supplies.

Make placemats for the party guests that look like artists’ palettes.

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