Need Craft for DD6 birthday party

[laura&fam]

My DD6 wants to have a Disney birthday party for her 7th birthday. There will be 6-8 year olds there, mostly girls but some boys. She told me she doesn't want to do a paper craft (she does that with me all the time).

Any ideas? If it's not paper I am out of my element. Any ideas would be appreciated. I thought about polymer clay, but I've never used it before.

 

[tashasmum]

I think it's called FLOAM.Comes in bright colours and you can mould it, build with it, stick it on paper. It resembles little polystyrene balls that you stick together.

 

[DisneyMommyMichelle]

at my DDs/Dss birthday party 2 weeks ago, we did make your own crowns.

At the craft store they have foam crowns in different colors (blue/pink) and we bought glue and jewels and pre-sticky foam pieces and all that fun stuff and the kids made crowns.

The gals also made wands.

Ours was DIsney Party too

 

[laura&fam]

I've seen that FLOAM stuff and don't know much about it. What I was thinking of was actually Sculpty brand, which I also don't know much about.

My daughter did a princess party 2 years ago and we made wands, so I don't think crowns or wands would fly this year. Thanks for the idea though.

 

[DisneyMommyMichelle]

I use a polymer type clay and i can't remember the brand now, but i think it was sculpy. At HOBBY LOBBY they have the blocks with the instructions on them! and they have the cutters and cool stuff to work with too!

this is what i made

the black mickey mouse head

 

[hezreck]

My DD likes doing Perler beads for her Birthday parties. You know the beads you iron and they fuse together. It's quick, cheap and not messy! Everyone can make a couple and take home. You can buy a large kit of them for about $10.00 and it comes with 5 or 6 boards. We have many sets, so we have about 12 boards so no one has to wait for others to finish.

 

[zoemurr]

when they arrive, you can bake them while they play games and they can string them before they leave.

 

[laura&fam]

Thanks for all the advice. I think I will let them make something out of polymer clay that they can bake the ring thing into.

I might also let them make a second strand of beads if they want. I just don't want to mix the beads and clay because I don't want do deal with if the beads can bake or not. Then I'll give them a back pack clip to put them on.

Hopefully it will be as simple or complicated as each child wants to make it. This is especially helpful since one child has severe disabilities and another has no fingers on one hand.