Plywood Board / White Spray Paint / Gold Paint Pens
I knew I wanted some activities for all the kids (and adults, too) to keep them occupied and to not be bored, so I decided to set up different stations with some different activities. Always a good idea to give the kids something to focus on! Here’s what I did:
“Decorate your own guitar”
Plywood Boards / White Spay Paint / Gold Paint Pens
“Music Area”
Wood Hoop / Bells / Fabric / Maracas (painted) / Party Blowers
“Photo Booth”
Plywood Boards / White Spray Paint / Gold Paint Pens
I made these signs for each area to block off the different areas. I usually design these on the computer and then make a template. I buy plywood boards from a craft store (I got these from Joann’s) and paint them. For these I just used a gold paint pen to write out the lettering.
Plywood Board / White Spray Paint / Gold Paint Pens
Decorate you own guitar:
I found you could buy cardboard cutouts of guitars on Amazon, so I ordered them, stapled some ribbon to be the “guitar strap” and put out stickers and markers and let the kids go to town. I think they really enjoyed customizing and decorating their own guitars. Buy the guitars here.
Cardboard Guitars
Cardboard Guitars / Music Note Stickers
Music Area:
I also wanted a music area where everyone could channel their inner rock star or get out some of that energy created by all the sugar. I found the “paint your own” maracas on Amazon – does Amazon have everything you’d ever need???? Order them here.
I also made these super cute tambourines. See above.
What you need to make your own tambourine:
embroidery hoop – I used 6” (order here)
fabric of your choice – I got mine from Hobby Lobby
jingle bells (order here)
glue – I used super glue (order here)
spray paint of your choice
Step 1: Spray paint embroidery hoops.
Step 2: Cut fabric into squares a little large than your hoop.
Step 3: tighten the fabric onto the embroidery hoop and cut off excess fabric.
Step 4: Glue bells on the outside of the hoop.
How easy is that? The kids were able to take these home with them as favors, too.
Photo Booth Area:
Every party needs a photo booth area. What would you post to Instagram without one??
At the last minute, I cut out circles with all the leftover paper from the other crafts I made for the party and taped them to yarn. I tied them to a chain and then hung that on the wall. I also printed out musical instruments from cardstock to use as props. See pic below:
Chain / Circle Cutters
I decided to just use some card tables and paper plates and plastic cups to do a ‘table setting’. Links below:
Big plates: PaperBoy
Small plates: Shop Sweet Lulu
Cups: Party City
Straws: Target
Tablecloths: Amazon
Napkins: Target
Enjoy some more pics of the party and my squishy-legged baby below:
Gold Letter Balloons
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