Even though Mary’s birthday is in late November we’re having her party in early October. Last year she had a generic Halloween party (with the worlds best spider pinata).
She’s going to be 4 this year and she’s got a lot of opinions now! I loved having her help planning the party this year. She decided on a spider party, with a blue cake. What can I say? The kid loves Halloween! Mary has also been waiting impatiently to make some spider invitations.
I wanted to come up with something easy, that she could help with but that wouldn’t require a lot of time. I’m not a huge fan of my hand writing and I’m lazy so I printed out the info and glued it inside the invitations. We hand delivered our invites because time management isn’t my forte we liked the personal touch
Supplies:
? Ultra fine tip black sharpie
? Small dish
? Printed party info
Instructions:
1. Set aside any expectations
2. Pour a small amount of paint onto a plate or cottage cheese lid
3. Hand 3 year old paint dabber and allow chaos to happen. I’d recommend demonstrating what should happen at least once but they won’t listen
4. Allow paint to dry completely
5. Use the sharpie to draw lines from the top of each circle to the top of the card
6. Add legs to each body with the marker
7. Find child again (follow the sound of the Frozen microphone) and let them stick on the googly eyes
8. Remove googly eyes from your hair, the dogs hair and the toddlers mouth.
9. Print out invite information, cut apart and glue dot into the cards
10. Add any information to the envelope before you add the card, the raised eyes make things wonky
Mary is in preschool now and she has an awesome teacher who does all sorts of arts and crafts with her class. She has always enjoyed painting but now shes getting good with scissors and she’s also a lot more patient.
I can’t wait to come up with even more ideas she can help with. To make it even more adorable she sings the teamwork song from Wonder Pets whenever we work together!
Check out my Halloween page for more ideas or start here:
Ashley says
What a fun way to celebrate a October birthday! I normally don’t like spider stuff but this is cute.
Alecia says
Thanks! These guys are pretty harmless 😉
Alicia Taylor says
Wow! These are so easy, and they look so cute! I absolutely love them! The googly eyes are a perfect touch.
Ashley S says
These are just too cute! I love this idea, and it’s absolutely perfect for October. Thanks for sharing 🙂
Emily says
These are so cute! I like how simple they are to make, my kids can help! We actually have a Halloween party every year, I have never made our own invitations. This would be easy to do!
Rebecca B. says
Those are too cute. I love all things Halloween. What a fun way to personalize your invites.
Nicole Aguilar says
Such a cute idea! I love personal little touches like this.
Rachee says
These are cute for Halloween but I think I am going to save these for a spider storytime! This makes a great craft!
Kristin says
These spiders are so cute! I’m going to give these a try with my preschooler!
Katie/Celebrating With The Bug says
What a fun idea! I love how easy to make they are, perfect for my kiddos! 🙂
zim says
These are so simple and yet capture the spirit of Halloween. I also holiday seasons in general, although Halloween never materializes beyond watching scary shows here in South Africa.