Elizabeth loves art so when it came to deciding what she wanted to do for her birthday party it was pretty easy! We went with an art theme and rainbow colors. I'm warning you now - there are a ton of pictures!!
I made an apron for each of the kids to help keep their clothes clean during the party.
The next few pictures are of the decorations. (sorry for the scary looking Phineus and Ferb on the TV!)
Here's the art studio where the kids did their art work.
The big 7 year old, so excited to start her party!
She also decorated a shirt for all her friends to sign.
When the kids arrived they signed a book for Elizabeth, signed her shirt, and colored in the dining room.
After everyone arrived we headed to the art studio. Elizabeth's Auntie Jessica was our art teacher. I found a lesson online on how to teach 1st graders how to draw an owl so Jessica did a great job teaching this to the kids. They first drew it on a piece of paper, then did the same picture on a canvas. After they drew their owl they painted it.
Elizabeth and Grandma B!
As the kids finished painting they joined me on the floor and we played pictionary, is that what it's called? We split into 2 teams and the kids had to come up one at a time and draw what was on the card.
After the game we headed to the kitchen to eat all rainbow food. The party was from 2-4 so we didn't have lunch, so we just had rainbow colored snacks. Rainbow twizzlers, rainbow goldfish, rainbow m&ms, and rainbow sixlets. (really healthy stuff for our party!)
The kids sang and enjoyed a surprise inside the cake...
a rainbow!
After eating we went to the family room to do some present opening.
Here are the finished owls - don't they look awesome!!
I love them!
The present pile. She got so many great things - and so many art kits! We are saving them all for this summer!
An hour later we did it all again with our family.
We had so much fun with this party, it was exactly what Elizabeth loves to do. We also got some new, cute artwork for our walls!
