Party pictures by: Brook Andreoli

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For this car party I wanted to make the ordinary party hats a little cuter. I just made up my own way of adding these tissue paper pom-poms.

directions:

1. You will need: scissors, thread, tissue paper, tape and a party hat.
2. Using one sheet, cut the tissue paper into long, thin strips. Since the tissue paper was already folded, I didn’t need to fold it. But if your tissue paper isn’t folded, folding it will make this step easier.
3. I tied a long piece of thread around the middle of the tissue strips, making sure the thread is long enough to feed all of the way through the hat. After the strips were tied together, I cut all of the ends of the tissue paper strips to make the pom pom effect.
4. Then I fed the thread through the top hole.
5. I pulled the thread tight and then taped it to the inside of the party hat. Then I trimmed the thread so that it wouldn’t show out the bottom.
6. Here’s what it should look like when you’re done.

Then I fluffed each of the pom-poms. Ta Da!

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One easy way to start out your party activities is to have a treasure hunt, no matter the ages of your guests. Your clues can rhyme, or not. Either way it’s fun. At the end of the “hunt” your party guests can find cupcakes to decorate hidden in the oven (not turned on of course) or some bracelets to put together wrapped up like a present. You can also use a treasure hunt at the end of the party to divert attention and get some extra energy out as you are trying to wind things down. And then the party goers could find the party favor instead. For the party in this photo the kids found a half of a car picture at each clue spot. Each child got one as we went along and then after the treasure hunt the kids found the other child with the match and they put their simple puzzles together.

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