Crafty Kris: A Penguin Party

Friday, March 7, 2014

A Penguin Party

These cupcakes were a hit!

My dear daughter turned 4 in January and we had a penguin party to celebrate! Here's how the party played out!
1st the Decor:

This banner was really easy! It's a long black plastic tablecloth from the dollar store gathered in the middle. The bow is a long white plastic table cloth tied into a bow. I just draped it and pinned it up over the living room window.

These penguins were made out of black poster paper, white poster paper, orange (for the noses) and marker drawn eyes. I just drew the shape of it and cut them out. (Layer two papers on top of each other to get two identical penguins). The triangles in between are also white poster paper, cut and pinned. I drew the zig zags on top with the happy birthday message.

The food table. The Happy Birthday in the window is from the dollar store. The penguins are my daughter's. The goodie boxes were a super-cute find from Michael's. Inside were Hello Kitty pencils and stampers, some bracelets, a couple of chocolates and a few other treats.


This penguin is a black piece of poster paper with the white shape cut out and taped on top. Same with the orange beak and eyes. This little guy would be the basis for feed the penguin game later on.

Let's get this party started!

We had a little craft to colour while everyone was arriving. These frame kits I found at Michaels.

This is the "Eat the Doughnut off the String Game". My daughter apparently just wanted to play by her own rules and used her hands. We had another string of doughnuts set up in between our kitchen and dining area.

My favorite moment from the party. O's friend J tried and tried and just couldn't get the doughnut so she held the string and said, "I'll help you J". So Sweet!

Penguins eat fish, so here's another food game with no hands. Each child had a plate of Sweedish Fish to eat. My daughter once again used her hands, but the rest played along and thought it was fun.