A great way to decorate for the party. Hang buntings on the walls of the kitchen, dining room or lounge (or all three) and maybe in the windows or on the outside wall to let the whole neighborhood know there's a birthday happening.
You'll need:
Construction Paper (preferably in various colors)
Crayons or Marker Pens
Scissors
Glue, Tape or Staples
A long piece of yarn or string
How to make:
1. Choose a subject for your bunting. Ideas include flowers, leaves, flags, stars, and letters (to spell out a name).
2. Decide how long your bunting needs to be and cut a suitable length of yarn.
3. Let's say you've chosen stars. Draw a star on the construction paper but make a narrow rectangle (a stem) at the top. This is for folding over the string when the time comes to hang them paper on it.
4. Cut out the heart. Repeat this step as many times as needed to fill up the chosen length of yarn.
5. Decorate each star with colors. You can also add glitter, sequins, and beads if there are any handy.
6. Glue, tape or staple each star to the string and you have your finished bunting.
A Rubber Band and Cardboard Box Guitar
All children love to make a noise so playing musical instruments are at the top of their lists of fun things to do. What could be better than giving each their own guitar, especially made and decorated by the birthday boy or girl?
You'll need:
An old shoe box (a sturdy tissue box can also work)
Six long rubber bands
The cardboard tube from a roll of paper towel
Scissors
A pencil
Tape or glue
Markers
How to make:
1. Take the box and cut an oval hole in the top.
2. Decorate the box using the marker pens.
3. Stretch the rubber bands over the box so that they fit snuggly right around the box.
4. Put the pencil underneath the rubber bands on one side of the hole.
5. Tape or glue the paper towel tube onto the end of the box.