Adorable Art Birthday Party
January 24, 2012 by Aimee • 29 Comments
This weekend Little B and I had a fun time celebrating my sweet niece’s birthday! My sister-in-law made a FABULOUS art pallet cake. Isn’t it DARLING! She’s SUPER creative!
Running the length of the dining room table was a huge display of acrylic paints…and in keeping with the theme, she had an assortment of paint swatch samples hanging from the chandelier! As we awaited the arrival of all the guests, she had pictures of different famous artists and passed these around to the girls and together they discussed different elements in the art samples and special touches that made each artist unique. The conversation was way more in depth than I expected! So impressive!
Once the girls all arrived, they each gathered around the dining room table and found a blank canvas awaiting an artist to express amazing creativity! As the girls layered the white canvas with their favorite color, we found that the background spread much easier when the sponge applicator and/or brush was a bit damp.
My sister-in-law had to wrap up the painting after an hour to make sure there was time for the rest of the party! I’m pretty sure the little girls would have painted for at least another hour! Each canvas was totally unique and expressed their little personalities perfectly! I was totally amazed by their abilities! The party also included, a darling bookmark craft using paint swatches, beads and cording! And a fun activity where the girls lay down on their bellies in a circle and as my sister-in-law instructed, they passed their papers with their names on them around the circle. With each pass of the papers, the girls would draw the next feature of their friend on the paper in front of them. For example, they all drew the nose on the paper in front of them, then they’d pass the paper two times and had a different friend’s paper. This time they all draw the eyes on the paper in front of them. And so on and so forth until each little girl had a portraits drawn, with each feature having been drawn by a different artist! There were LOTS of giggles during this cute game!!!
Little B was so proud of the sweet card she made for her little cousin! And her precious cousin totally appreciated the artwork, afterall, her cousin is totally into art {hence the art-themed birthday party}.
Little B picked out a best friend necklace and a Webkinz Glamorous Gorilla
This was such a fabulous party for girls of any age! And not only did they get to take home their beautiful masterpieces, they also had a goodie bag filled with a little notepad, pencil and eraser, essential pieces for every little artist!
What a cute idea! I would have LOVED a party like that as a little girl!
As an art teacher I LOVE this idea!
I’ll have to show my 13th year old to see if she might want to do this for her upcoming birthday!
Dee Dee
What an adorable cake! I love it.
How sweet! I am actually going to share this idea with a girlfriend of mine who is debating on what to do for her daughter’s birthday!
Love, love it! How sweet! I wondered when you did all of your blogging! Nap time is the best time of day, ever!! Hugs!
xoxo
What a great idea and the finish artworks are wonderful
What a fun idea! I would have LOVED this when I was little. Thanks for sharing!
Allyson
http://cupcakescandycanes.blogspot.com
What a cute idea! I love seeing so much creativity from such young girls! So sweet!
Cute cute cute! Such a fun idea for little ones.
Such a cute cute party! Love that cake! We painted at my daughter’s 5th birthday party- it was awesome, except for the one girl that got paint all over her sleeve, I felt bad.
Love it! My daughter wants a “rainbow” party this year and this palletee cake would be perfect. I’ve “pinned” it – thanks so much for sharing it!
So sweet! I love children’s artwork!
Sherry’s Bees Nest
how cute!
We just hosted an art parrty for our sassy seven-year-old this weekend! It was the best party we ever threw (and we’ve had some great ones!) I would love for you to take a look and share some sass!
http://sassypantsstudio.blogspot.com/2012/01/every-child-is-artist.html
Aimee, this is a GENIUS theme for a party, I love it! I can’t wait to dream up a party like this for one of my kiddos! Oh, and thanks for the thoughtful feature, I’m so flattered! XOXO! ~Jen
this is so fun thanks for adding it to my What We Wore and Made party
What a fun party!! And, you’re daughter and niece are very cute!
Thanks for linking up!!
Oh Aimee!!! I gotta {heart} your creativity!
Great new project and set of photos
Visiting from Hookin’ Up With HoH #84 linky party
Thanks for sharing with us!
~Smiles, Suzanne in NW Illinois
Thanks for the sweet post about the artsy birthday party. I hope all the girls had as much fun as the birthday girl did. Thanks for being there to capture it so beautifully in pictures. ~Nici
Awww…you’re the sweetest thing EVER! My first family member to leave a comment! My heart skipped a beat!!! Thanks so much Nici! It was the BEST party EVER! Not surprising because you’re so incredibly creative!!! Tight hugs to you and the birthday girl!!!
XO, Aimee
This is such a fun idea for a party. I love seeing different ideas so I can use them in the future. I have a little niece, but she’s too young for something like this just yet.
-Lauren
Great idea! I can’t wait to throw my little girl some theme parties. She’s only had one so far. Anyway, I’ll be following you, feel free to stop by blog Launch Party Giveaway, enter and leave me some expert advice. Thanks!
This looks like such a cute party! Love the painting ideas! And I love that cake! how cute!
Thanks for linking up at Inspired Honey Bee (and making me desperately want a piece of chocolate cake)!! I’ll be featuring this project as well on Monday on our blog! xoxo Debbie
What a fun birthday party idea!
Love an ART party!
thanks for linking up to Make it MOnday! I will be sharing on the Brassy Apple FB wall and Twitter page too
how cute love it
Super cute party! Thanks so much for sharing at the Tuesday To Do Party!
Smiles!
Jami
http://www.blackberryvine.blogspot.com
That cake is so fun! WHat a great idea
Love for you to share this at JAQS Studio Linky Party:
http://www.jaqsstudio.com/2012/01/made-by-me-16-linky-party-and-features.html