Putting the ART in pARTy!

I couldn't resist doing a rainbow art themed party for my little artist!

She wanted a rainbow pony unicorn party. We compromised.

Cake courtesy of Pink Princess Cakes

Food:

Paint brush Pretzels and Rainbow Chips Ahoy

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And to drink:

(get it colorless watercolors?)

Last minute I thought of how to add the unicorn theme to the food:

We had hot dogs (because kids love hot dogs and they are super easy!) 

(you see what I did there? a rainbow of condiments)

These basting brushes were 2/pack for just over $1 at the grocery store

We also had a rainbow fruit tray and veggie tray. 

For the kid's cupcakes, I got little pallets and set out a rainbow of sprinkles and plain frosted cupcakes. 

Kids loved decorating their own. 

I didnt get a picture, but we also had Scribblers popcicles instead of ice cream. 

Besides the cupcake decorating, we had other artistic activities. 

The table runners on the tables were blank papers and the centerpieces were buckets of crayons and markers. 

As each kid arrived, they picked an apron to wear and keep. 

(there were 2 of each color lined up in rainbow order)

We had 3 easels, 3 had paint and 2 had chalk on the back sides. 

Once the aprons were gone/moved over, we hung paintings to dry. 

The aerial view of the room:

You can sort of see the food table back drop in this picture, the paint splatter table clothes were only big enough for the top of the table, so I did a rainbow effect of solid colored table clothes on the fronts. Behind the table is a crepe paper rainbow backdrop. 

a few more pictures of the decorations:

 
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at first I couldnt figure out how to "hang the paint cans, then I just draped a table cloth over a broom/mop/random stick and topped with the paint can, sort of at an angle:


For a "guest book" I drew the number 4 on a canvas and provided fabric markers for each person to add to the masterpiece:


For party favors, I wrapped rainbow washi tape around a water color set with a thank you tag. Kids also kept the paint pallet from the cup cakes and their aprons.

The babies got a little horse and the toddlers got finger paint in leftover gift bags from the curious george party.