Art Party Goody Bags

I know it's been awhile since I shared anything about the art party, but I still have a few things I wanted to blog about. So next up are the goody bags. I started with white glassine bags.


The goodies included a painted pencil, a glitter glue pen, a mini chalkboard, some white chalk, a piece of sidewalk chalk, a lollipop, a piece of Painterz gum, a stamp and some fun dough.


I found these little chalkboards at Michael's. They are adhesive backed, so they can be used as stickers, but I decided to punch holes in them and string them from some yarn. I wrote "thanks for coming" on each one before putting them in the bags.


Since the white bags are pretty plain, I decided to add some color with paint chips from Walmart.


I chopped off the more pastel colors, so they would be more vibrant and also so they would fit the bags better.


And in the corner of each paint chip, I used a punch to create a decorative "splat".


I didn't want the leftover paint chips to go to waste, so I dug out a round punch and created some confetti for the tables.


To close them all up I folded the tops over and attached the paint chips with some hot glue.

And there you have it! I think they turned out really cute. I like how they're colorful and match the theme, but are still simple.

Linked to: Friday Favs at Naptime Crafters, Weekend Bloggy Reading at Serenity Now, Delicately Constructed Friday at delicateCONSTRUCTION, Friday Favorites at Inspiring Creations, Show & Share Day at Just a Girl, Catch-as-Catch-Can at My Repurposed Life, Friday Favorites at Simply Sweet Home

Punch Paper Table Runner

Sorry about all the party posts back to back! I'm almost done sharing them & hope to have more things to share soon. But in the meantime, here is another.


Have you joined Pinterest yet? It's SO addictive! One day when I was browsing, I saw this picture, and thought I could so something similar for Layla's art party.


And this was simple since I had everything I needed: cardstock scraps, glue & a punch.


I wasn't sure how many I would need, so I just started punching. I somewhat layed them out so I could get an idea of how it would look & how long it might be.



Then I just started gluing. I just did it randomly, whatever looked good.



It was hard to get a picture of the whole thing!


And here it is in use. You can see it above and a little closer below.



It was super simple and a great way to use up some of those scraps I've been hoarding saving.

Oh and I didn't make it past the first round of American Crafter. But maybe it's for the better since I re-started college this past Monday. I was nervous for some reason, but it didn't seem so bad. I'm taking Ethics, and I have it twice a week from 6-9:50. But thankfully he said we will never stay that late! Thanks to those who voted for me.

What have you been up to? Seems like comments have dropped lately.

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Sunday Showcase Party at Under the Table & Dreaming, Sundae Scoop at I ♥ Naptime, Creative Bloggers Party & Hop at Homemaker On a Dime, Show Me What Ya Got at Not Just a Housewife, Too Cute Tuesday at Funky Polkadot Giraffe, Talent Tuesday at Vintage Wanna Bee, Wow Us Wednesday at Savvy Southern Style, Hookin Up With HoH at House of Hepworths, Friday Favorites at Inspiring Creations, Weekend Bloggy Reading at Serenity Now, Friday Favs at Naptime Crafters, Catch-As-Catch-Can at My Repurposed Life, Funky Fresh Friday at KoolBeenz, Ten Buck Tuesday at Young Nester, Weekend Wrap Up Party at Tatertots & Jello

Doily Art

When I saw this post by Meg at Whatever, I knew I wanted to have the kids do this project. But we never got around to it. Then when it came time for Layla's art party, I knew it would be perfect!




All you need is watercolor paint (mine werent as vibrant as I'd like)...

And a stack of paper doilies. Oh, and a sewing machine.

And just let the kids have at it. Although I admit I painted a few myself!

Of course Miss Morgie had to help.

Then just lay them out to dry. I did end up putting them under a heavy book to flatten them out (after they were dry).

Then just stitch them together. After the party, I took this down and still have it with my craft stuff. I don't want to trash it, but I'm not sure yet what to do with it either. I might save it and use some pieces in her scrapbook. If I ever start scrapping again!

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Weekend Bloggy Reading at Serenity Now, Catch-As-Catch-Can at My Repurposed Life, Frugal Friday at The Shabby Nest, Friday Favorites at Inspiring Creations, Friday Favorites at Simply Sweet Home, Sunday Showcase Party at Under the Table & Dreaming, Sundae Scoop at I ♥ Naptime, Market Yourself Monday at Sumo's Sweet Stuff, Too Cute Tuesday at Funky Polkadot Giraffe, Talent Tuesday at Vintage Wanna Bee, Show Me What Ya Got at Not Just a Housewife, Show & Share Day at Just a Girl

Painted Pencils

When trying to decide what to put in the goody bags for Layla's art party, I knew I wanted some sort of pencil. They are inexpensive & duh, you use them to draw! :). Usually I would grab a pack at the Dollar Tree, but I decided to try something different this time. And FREE. (Free as in, I already had everything!).


The pencils were picked up during back to school sales for very cheap. I had the acrylic paints & saran wrap as well.


We squirted each color of paint in random places in the box. (we actually had to switch boxes because the pencils were getting stuck in the middle of that box).


Then Layla dropped the pencils in and shook them!




I laid them on saran wrap to dry since they would be easy to remove if they stuck.




And there you have it! Simple, inexpensive and fun. And the possibilities are endless! You could do red & green for Christmas, black & orange for Halloween, pastels for Easter, pink & red for Valentine's Day... I just the basics since it was an art theme.

And don't forget to enter the Doodlebug Design giveaway!

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Market Yourself Monday at Sumo's Sweet Stuff, Made By Little Hands Monday at delicateCONSTRUCTION, Get Your Craft On at Today's Creative Blog, Too Cute Tuesday at Funky Polkadot Giraffe, Talent Tuesday at Vintage Wanna Bee, Show Me What Ya Got at Not Just a Housewife, Link Party #52 at Tea Rose Home, Whatever Goes Wednesday at Someday Crafts, Whassup Wednesday at Elements Interiors, What's Up Wednesday at Sew Woodsy, Inspired By You Wednesday at Eisy Morgan, Show & Tell at Blue Cricket Design, Look What I Made at Creations by Kara, Hookin Up With HoH at House of Hepworths, Transformation Thursday at The Shabby Chic Cottage, Friday Favs at Nap Time Crafters

Layla's Art Birthday

Finally - the art party is here! I'm going to go ahead and tell you, there are a lot of photos in the post! But I wanted to have it all together as opposed to several seperate posts.

First up, the invitations. You can read more about them here.


And of course, the art party wreath.


The goodies.


Didn't these signs turn out cute? The fabulous stamp came from a shop called Doodlebug Design.

The cake. I decided not to flatten out the layers so it has a rounded top. The adorable cake garland came from Shortcake Party Picks.

Now for specifics on the goodies. We had chocolate covered pretzels.

Pretzel M&Ms.

Gummi bears. (you can also see the punched paper table runner I made)

Jelly beans.

White chocolate oreos.

Pickles! Layla loves these, so I thought it would be cute to have at her party.

Chips of course.

She also loves cheese puffs, so they were included. And the rainbow bowl made another appearance.

Biscuit BBQ cups.


You can't have a party without goody bags. The glassine bags came from Le Box Boutique.


Inside we had a painted pencil, glitter glue, a mini chalkboard (I wrote 'thanks for coming' on each one), chalk, sidewalk chalk, a lollipop, Painterz gum, a stamp & playdough.






I punched the confetti out of paint chips.


I got the idea for the doily banner from Meg. I wish the colors would have turned out brighter, like hers did, but I was still happy with it. And the kids had fun painting it.










This is a $1.00 white tablecloth that I taped to a board and propped against the wall.





They also got to paint 5x7 canvases.





This is what the table looked like when they were finished!


We also had shaving cream painting.








Haha, Morgan. Nice!


And that would be Blake.


I guess with that many boys around it doesn't take long for a nice, simple craft to turn into a mess!

They also played football (they all play in the same league as well).

The water wasn't planned, but it was a nice way to get cleaned up.

A slight twist on the rainbow cake.

We used the painted tablecloth for a backdrop. I let her choose the color for this frame. She bypassed the watermelon color for this! I am going to be posting tutorials for some of the things featured, so stay tuned.

Linked to: Market Yourself Monday at Sumo's Sweet Stuff, Projects in Progress at Ma Nouvelle Mode, Get Your Craft On at Today's Creative Blog, Talent Tuesday at Vintage Wanna Bee, Too Cute Tuesday at Funky Polka Dot Giraffe, Wow Us Wednesday at Savvy Southern Style, Whatever Goes Wednesday at Someday Crafts, Link Party #51 at Tea Rose Home, Idea Sharin Wednesday at Women Who Do It All, What's Up Wednesday at Sew Woodsy, Whassup Whassup at Elements Interiors, Show & Tell at Blue Cricket Design, Inspired By You Wednesday at Eisy Morgan, Look What I Made at Creations by Kara, Weekend Bloggy Reading at Serenity Now, I'm Crafty Party at So You Think You're Crafty, Friday Favorites at Simply Sweet Home, Project Party at Bubbly Nature, Show & Share Day at Just a Girl, Funky Fresh Friday at KoolBeenz, Friday Favorites at Inspiring Creations, Look at Me at It's Fun to Craft, Watcha Got Weekend at Lolly Jane Boutque, Weekend Wrap Up Party at Tatertots & Jello, Sundae Scoop at I ♥ Naptime, Sunday Showcase Party at Under The Table & Dreaming, Think Pink Sunday at Flamingo Toes, Link Party at Bird's Party Blog, 4th Annual Party Party at My Insanity, CSI Project Birthday Party Challenge