This was a very impromptu party I put together last minute. It was a "get together" for a group of children. Their ages ranged from three to nine. Oh, yes and we had a 3 1/2 month old baby join us, as well. She wasn't able to make a wreath, of course, so we made one for her!
I got the idea for this craft from my garden club. Our club organizes crafts for a local nursing home throughout the year and the member of the club in charge of these activities always comes up with some really neat ideas. So, I stole this one and used it for some of the little ones in my life.
To make the wreath shape I traced two dinner plates, one smaller that the other (the smaller one inside). The colors of the wreaths were supposed to match kids' favor colors.
I also purchased Easter themed foam stickers. The idea is to arrange the stickers on the wreath form to make a colorful
and fun Easter Wreath.
I added some regular stickers to the mix for
creativity!
I was going to have the kids decorate these egg shapes
also but, I quickly found out that elderly ladies have
a much longer attention span than young children do. The kids
were done after about five minutes!!
I even added a decorated Easter Tree to create a
festive atmosphere but, by this time, they were
drawing pictures on the chalkboard I have in my basement!
Here are some of the
wreaths the kids (and parents) made.
We hot glued a ribbon to the top for hanging.
I think in the end, everyone had fun. Next time I might have to try to think of other ways to keep the kids entertained, however!
