Lego Party Inspiration

We are always on the look out for interesting party themes for our little ones and this month we decided to inspire you to do a boys Lego party theme. With this theme you can really use your creativity to make the props and party packs. This does not have to cost you the earth and is quite fun to put together.

The Party Packs:

You can take old Consol jars, paint them yellow and draw the Lego man's face on them. These jars you can fill with sweets, Lego crafts and pics to colour in. You could also take normal gift bags. Buy them in the standard Lego colours, i.e. red, blue, yellow and green. Cut out circles from coloured paper in the same colours and stick the circles on the bags to make them look like Lego building blocks. You can fill these with sweets and party accessories.

 

The Table Setting:

The below pics make the perfect Lego party table setting with Lego Cup cakes, Lego building blocks, Lego men and Lego cookies.

 

Snacks & Cakes:

We love this Lego cake, so colourful! One can make Lego cookies with Lego blocks as icing.

 

T-shirt Gifts:

This a lovely memorabilia to give the little guests. You can trace a Lego man on t-shirts and get them to paint the t-shirts at the party.

 

DIY Recycled Plastic Bottle Gift / Party Box

For years I have seen these cute gift boxes made from recycled 2l Coke bottles and have always wondered how to make them, so I stumbled across step by step instructions illustrated by Crafty Corner. Below are the steps and pics of how to make them. This is a nice holiday craft idea for the younger kids.

What you will need:

• Clean, 2l plastic Coke bottle
• Craft scissors/knife
• Paintbrush
• Scissors
• Modge podge
• Marking pen
• Serviettes

Step 1

Remove label & cut off the top section of the Coke bottle just above the bottom section where the label was.

Step 2

Draw archways from one groove, over onto another groove & down another using your marking pen. The groove that gets left in the centre of the panel is what makes the gift box snap closed & stay down. Essentially you will be drawing a straight line up one groove, then curving it with the peak of the curve on the next groove, and then straight down the next groove.

Step 3

Cut out your arches with a strong scissors. You might need to cut the walls that go down to the part where your two archways join a bit wider so they don't catch onto each other when you try fold them closed.

Step 4

You need to cut all your arches to the same height. This helps to keep the gift box closed naturally. When cutting down, it is important to make sure that you stop cutting before the bottle starts to taper out, otherwise the flaps will not stay down.

Step 5

Choose a serviette that you like to use to decorate your coke bottle gift box with. Separate the two parts of tissue so you only have the printed sheet.

Step 6

Place your serviette around the gift box to plan how you would like it to look.

Step 7

Start painting modge podge onto the serviette which you should be holding against the Coke bottle with one hand. Now very gently apply the modge podge as the serviette is easily torn!

Make sure you cover the entire area of the Coke bottle with modge podge! Paint directly onto the tissue paper and the glue will soak through and glue itself to the plastic.

Step 8

Let the Coke bottle stand on its arches & leave it to dry for 3 hours. When it is dry you can cut away the excess tissue paper with a scissors.

Your beautiful Coke bottle gift box is now ready for use! They also make wonderful and protective tea light holders for the garden or patio.

 

Credits: www.craftycorner.co.za

Eco-Friendly Wedding Favours

These days more brides are trying to have a greener eco-friendly wedding. There are so many ways to bring the Green theme into your wedding however we have decided to focus on Eco-friendly wedding favours. Although the wedding favours are not the focus of the wedding it is perfect for making a statement and to impress the guests. When we got married 6 years ago I wanted the guests to get a gift that will remind them of us and that was Eco-friendly. I searched all over until I found someone that made seeded paper. I ordered a selection of herb seeded paper and started the fun journey of making our wedding favours. Ours consisted of flower shapes cut out of the seeded paper and then attached to a little card with a photo of us, a thank you note and instructions to plant the flower paper, nurture and care for it and watch how the little plant grows together with our love for each other on this new journey of marriage. The guests loved the little gift and enjoyed growing their little herb plants.

This is only one Eco-friendly favour idea. Below are a few more from small indigenous plants to birdseed heart shapes, to magic beans, mini herb plants and little succulents. All of these are original and not expensive. Your guests will definitely remember your wedding day for months in the future.

You can either make your favours or you can order them online. The mini indigenous trees you can order from Samgro in the Western Cape.

 

Written by: Paula Janse van Rensburg, Founder, Dial-a-Picnic SA, www.dialapicnic.co.za