Clifford Party SuppliesParty Themes To start, delegate your party’s color theme. This will help you in the rest of your party planning and tie everything together. Your main color scheme should be Clifford’s primary colors: red, yellow, and blue. This goes for anything: crepe paper streamers, balloons; napkins; cutlery; party favors; etc. This theme should be reflected in your party details from start to finish. If you are making cupcakes, try frosting them in these colors using food coloring, for example. Decorations Decorating for your Clifford party will be an exciting adventure for you and your birthday child. Have her help by coloring pictures of Clifford to post around the party area, or choosing some books to lay out for guests to read. Some decorating tips include filling latex balloons with helium which you can tie to each guest’s chair, use as a centerpiece, bundle and hang from corner posts or your mailbox, or simply use to fill the space on the floor. You can even hand them out at the end of the party with each guest’s name written on one. Use crepe paper to decorate the ceilings, twisting any two of the primary colors together and attaching to each corner of the room, crisscrossing the two strains. Purchase or create a Clifford banner to hang in a doorway or on a wall in the main party area. You can also hang streamers around this or behind it, place Clifford dolls and books around, and have the children take a group picture in front of it. For the entrance to your house, you can outline the doorway with a fake doghouse entrance, so that when guests enter, it will seem as if they are entering Clifford’s dog house. Invitations/Thank You Cards Both your invitations and thank you cards should have the same design. This will help a) because it will save you a step in the designing process, and b) keep the guests engaged in the party details, making them more likely to respond or appreciate the gesture. They can be interesting, fun, unique, or anything else to suit your child’s fantasies. Some ideas for invitation and thank you cards are Clifford’s face, Clifford’s dog house, a big read paw, a tri-fold card in which the front is the back half of Clifford while the rest of him can be seen by opening the card, a dog bone, or a picture of your child next to a dog dressed up like Clifford. Party Favors Just as their name suggests, the gifts you give your guests should favor the party they are attending, i.e. your party favors should be Clifford related. They should be something to remind the guests about what a fun time the party was and can be simply momentums or something they can use later. Clifford likes to promote creativity and fun, so combine the two by having the kids make bookmarks or write their own books. For either, all you need is paper, coloring utensils like markers or colored pencils, and any other decorating tools, such as stickers or stamps. Make sure you cut the bookmarks out of paper before the party so they are ready to go for the kids. For story books, all you need to do to prepare the “books” is to cut and fold computer paper to make little 6-page books: take three sheets of computer paper, cut them in half width-wise, and fold in half, giving you two books. Staple each book up the middle seam to secure the pages together. Then, when it is time to let the children get busy on these projects, you can let their creativity fly. They will be able to take their creations home after the party. You can also simply prepare goody bags for the children to take home after the party. These can consist of candy, Clifford stickers, bookmarks, gift cards for book stores, etc. You have a very wide range of options for goody bags. For a Clifford party, you can make them “doggy bag.” Activities You can have the children write a story together. Simply have them sit in a circle and pass around a sheet of paper and a crayon. Each guest will add a single sentence to the story. When it has completely gone around, the birthday child will read the entire story from start to finish. You can also create a “Paw Hunt,” in which several different sized paws are hidden around the party area, each with a different point value. Send the kids off searching for Clifford’s paws. Reward each player a prize after all paws have been found. Pin the tail on Clifford is a new take on a classic game and works to get kids riled up every time. The Cake Make your child’s day by creating a fantastic Clifford-style birthday cake just for her. You can make a simply sheet cake with Clifford saying, “Happy Birthday!” on it with frosting. If you really want to get creative, you can cut the outline of Clifford out of a sheet cake and decorate him as a 3-dementional object. Since Clifford is that big red dog that your child just loves, why not give her a celebration as big as your love for her is. These Clifford party supplies ideas are just a few drops in the water dish but provide a great big start for an even bigger celebration. |
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