Artist Party Theme

by Caroline Simpson
(Boise, ID)

Because my daughter is so creative and loves anything art, we decided to have an artist party. To let everyone know the theme, I made some artist party invitations in the shape of an artist's pallette.

Some of the artist party ideas that I used to make the room more artsy were: I covered a wall with butcher paper and had everyone draw and color onto it. I used lots of balloons and streamers throughout the room. I hung pretty pictures of flowers on the walls. I also had the kids "paint" with water into those paint with water books. This way they got to paint and I didn't have to worry about that much of a mess.

I turned cake time into craft time. I made some white cupcakes and let the kids decorate them with various frostings and toppings. To protect the kids' clothing I cut neck and arm holes out of plastic garbage bags and tied them around the waist with a pretty ribbon.

For some fun favors, I gave everyone an assortment of crayons, markers, fingerpaints, stickers, and a paint with water book.

My daughter was in art heaven. She loved the party and thought I was the best mom ever!