As Seen on TV
Written by Bobbie Whelan
On April 27th Angel Wilkes, the mastermind behind Children’s Party Plus, was seen on the Charlotte Today show. She was asked to come up with a party for ten including a cake, party favors, decorations, and some kind of activity for less than $200. Angel came up with an art theme since it is a gender neutral party, this helps the parents be able to invite both their child’s girl and boy friends.
For the decorations Angel suggested using primary colors, so they can be “green” and used year after year. Angel used blue, yellow, and green paper lanterns as well as scrapbook paper, cut in disc, which can be strung up as garland and hung from the ceiling, chandeliers or anything else you can think of. Using left over scrapbook paper that you have around the house is a great (and cheap) way to decorate! Some other decorations used were large Crayola crayons that can be used on the edges of tables or hung on walls. Also, using plastic see-through paint cans filled with grass paper can also be used as nice decorations for tables and you can re-use those for any kind of party!
Angel came up with three great activities for the kids! The first was sidewalk chalk, which you can make a nice presentation out of by putting in into a clear container with colorful paper grass at the bottom. Most kids love drawing especially on unique surfaces like a side walk! The second fun activity was fuzzy art creations, which come in both boy and girl themes and can be found at almost any store! The third activity was genius-- edible sand art! You take clear bottles and colored drink mix, such as Kool-Aid, and watch kids eat and play!
The party favors were also spectacular! Angel had cookies in the shape of paint pallets, which are fairly simple to make. The first step in making these cookies is to form the dough into an oval then cut out a “V” from the side. Next you use white icing to ice the top of the cookie and you put dots of various colored icing on the cookie to look like paint and draw a simple paint brush with black icing. With the cake you do the same thing, just bigger!
The total cost for this wonderful party was $175. Just remember that by using primary colors and a little creativity you can use a lot of the same things over and over again which can help you save on future parties! If you want to see more about this superb party go to
http://www.wcnc.com/charlotte-today/Kids-themed-birthday-parties-120800164.html.
