I saw these neat party decorations on Pinterest, and it sparked the idea that I could paint anything on cardboard to make awesome and cheap party decor. See the ideas at Pam's Party Planning.
Anyway, I was able to get the cute little girl I watch to help me paint (it was an amazing distraction for her!) a couple of scenes from The Very Hungry Caterpillar. We are going to add the words from the book that go with each page (In the light of the moon, a little egg.... yes I just wrote that down from heart! and On Sunday, out of the egg...). We are also going to add an ultrasound picture to the left side and a newborn picture to the right side. This will be put up on one of the tables at the party for decoration and so we can all be amazed that he has grown so much in a year!
I plan on making more cardboard decorations, we just did this one today and I was too excited about it to wait to share! Thanks for looking, and I'll be updating it when it's finished.
UPDATE: I finally put the pictures on, it looks great!
2 comments:
When your kids get older they might enjoy painting on thinnish paper with odd painting implements-corks, potato mashers, sponges with tempera then using the paper to make collage like Eric Carle. Did this with kindergarten age kids and they loved it.
That's a great idea, thanks!
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