Having a slumber party for our daughter's 7th birthday and she wants to do a craft. I am NOT crafty, so I'm not sure what to do. It needs to be something easy to bring home (no delicate pieces) and not require many steps.
Any ideas?
Thanks so much for the ideas! These are perfect. Now I just need to narrow down which one to do! I think I'll ask my daughter when she's home from school. I'm really leaning toward the decorated pillowcase idea because it ties nicely into the slumber party theme.
Beading is always fun... They have kits you can buy or buy the stuff separately. Also, at Michael's, they have those tubes of paint (they are contained enough so that it's not messy) and the kids could make personalized tees.. you can buy the tees at Michael's as well or maybe get them cheaper at Target.. you could buy a package of boys white tees..or oversized men's.. and it could be worn as pajamas..
have fun!
Decorate t-shirts with puff paint? They could dry overnight and be worn home the next day.
Decorate pillow cases. you can get cheap white ones at the hobby store or at walmart. each kid gets a pillow case and fabric markers. you can also get fancy and get iron on decals. we did some with unicorns and some with peace signs
Here is one we did at my daughter's party. They loved making these. Very easy and fun! Just need time to dry.
Spin art
-salad spinner
-light weight white paper plates
-small bottles of paint, sparkly and bright colors work well.
Place paper plate in salad spinner, drizzle several different colors of paint on plate. (Don't use too much paint) Place lid on spinner and spin for about 10-20 seconds.
I like Queen of the Castle's idea. My daughters went to a slumber party recently where they decorated t-shirts with fabric paint. The t-shirts were bright orange (the mom said she got them on clearance somewhere - the kids thought the color was fantastic ;). My daughters love those darned neon orange shirts and want to wear them everywhere!
I was going to say decorate pillow cases too! Fabric markers or puffy paint :)
You could check out Oriental Trading company. They have tons of kits you can buy or look at what they have for ideas. One of the projects I did with my girls when they were around 7 was painting a denim bag. I bought denims bags from the crafts store, bought some craft paint and some puffy paint along with a pack of brushes of different sizes. I also found some stencils they had. It worked out great and they had fun doing it.
Wax paper, crayons and construction paper. Hot iron.
You can make sun catchers.
Shave the crayons.
put the peices between the wax paper.
Put a designed border with the contscutction paper.
Use the iron to melt the crayons.
Durable and enjoyable.
plain pillow cases (white or colored) plus fabric markers. Easy and no dry time. Painting shirts (if you are not crafty) might be more than what you are ready for. They take HOURS to dry. and with inexperienced kids I see it being VERY messy.
-Small suare pillows. Easy to do (get fun fabric, cut into a sm square, sew
3 sides leaving a small opening, buy stuffing.
-Paint pottery at home
-make jewelry w/a bead kit or get one silver plated chain bracelet per
girl & some inexpensive costume jewelry charms. Easy to put on.
-paint wood frames
-get wood letters for each girl that spells out their name & have them
paint them.
-small square canvases they can paint.
-aprons they can paint & put their handprints on w/fabric paint
Just some ideas.
An easy and cheap one is tissue paper flowers in Mom's favorite colors or all colors. Check Internet for directions.
In the past, my daughter has done the pillowcase decorations, t-shirts, picture frames (and a picture of the party girls was in the frame), painted ceramics... (Michael's .. piggy bank, coffee mug, etc)
Jewelry, tie dyed shirts.
Enjoy
