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Decorate a Diary
This is a great activity for the beginning
of your party so the glue will have time
to dry before guests go home.
You will need:
4 pieces of 8 x 11-inch paper per guest
1 piece of 6 x 9-inch lightweight cardboard
per guest
Various pieces of colored paper, scraps of
fabric, lace, or ribbon
Quilt batting for padding
Silk flowers
Glue, a stapler, and several pairs of scissors
Tell your guests to cut each piece of paper
in half, so that each child has eight pieces
of paper. Fold all eight pieces of paper
in half to form the inside pages of the diary.
Set the pages aside.
Fold the piece of cardboard in half to form
the cover of the diary. (Don't staple in
the pages yet! First, decorate the cover
of the diary, so that the pages won’t
get any glue on them.) Cover the cardboard
with quilt batting, tacking the batting to
the cardboard with a few dots of glue. Then,
cover the batting with fabric, folding the
fabric over the edges of the cover to make
a neat edge. Glue the folded-over portion
of the fabric to the inside of the cover.
(For a neater look, glue another piece of
fabric over the open edges for a smooth finish.)
Add lace, ribbons, silk flowers, glitter,
and any other decorations you have to make
the cover look pretty.
After the glue has dried, staple the pages
inside. Use three staples along the spine
of the diary to fasten everything together.
Personalize the diary by writing the owner’s
name neatly on the inside cover, or on the
front page.
Decorative Fans
This activity make a great party favor,
and kids will have fun creating their own
fancy fan! All you need are crayons, felt
tip markers, colored paper, glitter, and
tape, along with a few creative minds. Draw
pretty pictures on one or both sides of the
paper. Then, fold the paper accordion style
and fasten one end with tape to create the
handle. Gently spread out the other end for
a beautiful personalized fan!
Tea-Time Talk
This is a fun game to play
at tea-time when guests are already seated
together. The birthday
child thinks of a message and whispers to
the next person, and so on. When the message
travels all the way around the room, the
last person tells the message out loud. Compare
it with the birthday child ’s original
message and expect the unexpected. The final
mixed-up message will bring giggles from
the whole tea party!
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