October Activity of the Month: Halloween Scarecrow

Why this activity? Planning for Halloween is very exciting for most children as they get to decorate their house all spooky, carve a pumpkin, wear a fun costume and go trick or treating! Involving children in Halloween activities such as, making a wooden spoon scarecrow craft to decorate the inside or outside of your house can be very entertaining. Children love to show others especially their friends the crafts they created!

Items you will need: A large wooden spoon, wooden shish-ka-bob skewers/coloured pipe cleaners, scraps of fabric (i.e. cotton, felt), construction paper, markers, yarn, 2 googly eyes, pom-poms, feathers and glue.

Where can you buy the items? Wooden spoons can be purchased at your local dollar store or can be found in your kitchen (recycle your kitchen utensils). The craft supplies can be found at Michaels, various dollar stores or any other art & craft stores.

Suitable ages: 5 1/2 years old to12 years old. This craft can be modified to make it suitable for children under 5 years old.

***Please note: Adult assistance and supervision during this craft for children ages 5 years and younger is a must! ***

King City - Private Residence: Wedding Child Care

On August 28, 2010 we had 2 events the same day working with Spectacular Spectacular & Devan Events! One event was held at a private residence with all girls and 1 boy and the 2nd event was at the Gardiner Museum with all boys and 1 girl! Both events were tons of FUN!!! One consisted of lots of arts and crafts and dress-up fun while and the other had car racing competitions and lots of play-dough making...can you guess which event was which???

For the event that was held at a private residence, we were given one room to transform into the children’s room...images are posted below, let us know what you think!

June Activity of the Month - Pet Rock - Craft

Pet Rocks

Why this activity? When you were a child did you ever think about how cool it would be to have a pet monster, monkey, ladybug or even a dog but your parents would never let you? Well guess what? Now you and your children can make your imaginations into reality by using a rock to create your dream pet! It’s fun, creative and most importantly a craft that you can keep forever, while remembering that odd pet faze you went through as a child.

Items you will need: Rocks (various sizes), glue (white glue and possibly glue gun), markers, jewels, glitter, googly eyes, various fabrics (i.e. cotton, felt, foam), feathers, fur material and any other unique items that you would like to use for your pet.

Where can you buy the items? Rocks can be found at any craft store, dollar store or at any beach or park. The craft supplies can be found at Wal-Mart, Zellers, Michaels, various dollar stores and art & craft stores.

Suitable ages: 3 years old to12 years old. This craft can be modified to make it suitable for younger children to engage in.

***Please note: Adult assistance and supervision during this craft for children ages 6 years and younger is a must! ***

LPG's Photo Shoot

Two weeks ago we had the pleasure of working with the talented Jennifer Klementti from Jennifer Klementti Photography for our first LPG photo shoot! Jennifer did a fabulous job capturing what Little Party-Goers is all about! The photo shoot took place at Todmorden Mills Park which is a perfect spot to host a child’s outdoor birthday party or even just have a picnic with your family!

Our photo shoot setup was simple, fun and creative. It included a picnic table decorated exactly the same way as it is for any of our indoor or outdoor events. We had three adorable children as our little model guests who got to engage in various crafts and activities including crown making, bag decorating, bubble fun, flower planting and lastly sweet tooth sugar fun! Now who doesn’t love eating cupcakes, bubble gum, jube jubes, sour keys and gummy bears???? Our little model guests sure did, they all had sugar overload especially after eating those yummy beautiful cupcakes made by Lori Hutchinson from The Cakestress!

We would sincerely like to thank Jennifer Klementti and Lori Hutchinson for their time and talents!

Stay tuned for our upcoming Q&A Feature of the Month with Jennifer Klementti!

Kind Regards,

Maria

THE END....Hope you enjoyed our pictures!!!!

XOXO

April Activity of the Month

T-Shirt Decorating

Why this activity? Who doesn’t like paint, jewels and glue and the freedom to express themselves without being told exactly how? Well, this craft does just that, as children get to be little artists decorating their own shirt(s). There are no rules for this craft...just let the child have fun expressing their creativeness. You will be amazed by what children are able to create. Through their design you will also get a sense of how their little minds work. To modify this craft for children under 2 ½ years old you can have children decorate their shirts by doing finger painting and or hand prints...a perfect keepsake craft!

Items you will need: Plain white t-shirt, glue (fabric glue works best), permanent markers, jewels and fabric paint (various colours available, glitter, glow in the dark, metallic etc...).

Where can you buy the items? You can find the t-shirts at any children's clothing store including Zellers, Walmart, The Bay and Sears. Fabric paint and glue can be found at Walmart, Zellers and or any art and craft sore such as Michaels or Deserres.

Suitable ages: 12 months to 12 years old.

***Please note: Younger children will need adult assistance and supervision during this craft!***

March 'Activity of the Month'

Cardboard Box Theatre

Picture from: Shepherd, N. (2006). My Ultimate Art Class. New York: DK Publishing, Inc.

Why this activity? This craft is fun and very interactive as children learn how to engage in an activity while collaborating with others to create a unique theatre! Children can pretend to be different characters and experiment with their imagination and ideas of reality vs. make belief. Also, this craft can help foster children's social skills by presenting in front of an audience. As a result children may feel a sense of empowerment &/personal accomplished!

Items you will need: Medium or large size cardboard box (varies on the size of the puppets), felt, tissue paper, material (i.e. silk, cotton, suede, leather), yarn/string/ribbon, construction paper, makers, paint, glitter, jewels, clothes pins, glue (hot glue-optional), tape, stapler and scissor(s).

Where can you buy the items? The cardboard box you can get from any grocery store and or any leftover/unused boxes at home!

Suitable ages: 2 ½ years old to 12 years old.

***Please note: younger children may need help by an adult &/an older child when creating Cardboard Box Theatre! ***

February 'Activity of the Month'

Finger & Paper Bag Puppets




Why this activity? This craft allows children to be creative and use their imagination while making any object, person or animal they want. Making a finger &/ paper bag puppet is a great way to get children to use their fine motor skills by cutting, colouring, gluing and using their hands and fingers to move their puppets!

In addition, this activity allows children to interact with others since communicating is a key component to engaging in this activity!

Items you will need: Felt, foam, paper bag(s), glue, scissor(s), paint, jewels, construction paper, stickers, glitter, googly eyes (optional), various types of material (i.e. silk, cotton, suede), tooth picks/popsicle sticks (optional) &/ clothes pins.

Where can you buy the items? Any dollar store or art store (i.e. Michaels or Deserres) and/ recycled home items.

Suitable ages: 2 ½ years old to 12 years old.

***Please note: younger children may need adult assistance with craft!***

Activity of the Month: Keepsake Box

We are happy to announce that we will be posting a new monthly feature called: Activity of the Month!!!

We will be showcasing various activities that we have found children really enjoy, including but not limited to arts, crafts, toys, board games, outdoor & indoor activities, places to visit (i.e. fun parks, theatrical plays, child concerts etc...), and music & dance activities!

We encourage parents and child care providers to try our ‘Activity of the Month’ and share your experience with us by posting a comment on our blog.
We hope you enjoy our new blog feature!

Our ‘Activity of the Month’ for January is: Keepsake box

Why this activity? We have found that children and adults LOVE this activity because it is multi-purposed. Children can use their imagination and create a box that can be used as a treasure chest, jewellery, time capsule and or keepsake box. Children can decorate their box any way they wish....there is no wrong...it’s all about having fun while being creative!

Lastly, this activity will be treasured for a very long time, as it can also be used as a present given by a child to parents, siblings, friends and or family members!

What is this? It can be a wooden/plastic/cardboard/foam box.

Where can you buy this? Any dollar store or art store (i.e. Michaels or Deserres)

Items you will need: -a keepsake box, glue, scissors, paint, jewels, construction paper, stickers, glitter, beads and or dry macaroni (fun to decorate with)

***(please note that the items listed above are optional to use)***

The Wedding Co. Show - Jan. 15 -17, 2010

We would like to thank everyone that came to see us last week at The Wedding Co. bridal show that was held at the beautiful Carlu.

We enjoyed meeting everyone that came to visit our booth including brides, grooms, event planners, graphic designers, photographers, cake decorators, DJ’s and of course all of the talented vendors that were part of the show.

In addition, we had great time exhibiting, while we received lots of positive feedback from people who simply LOVED our services...thank you!

We look forward to working with everyone soon!

Maria

Little Party-Goers booth display

...and some of the arts, crafts & activities we offer!

We can be your life savers...please take a card & contact us!

Me (Maria), Sara Dell (our booth neighbour) & Christina (LPG employee)

If you are looking for an amazing singer for your event, hire Sara Dell, she has an incredible voice!!!

Some more LPG employees...

Thank you for your help!!!

Holiday Corporate Party

This past December we were asked to plan fun winter art and craft activities for 300 children for a Corporate Holiday Employee Party....yes that’s right... 300 children and we were EXTREMELY excited to do so! After brainstorming various craft ideas, while keeping in mind that the company had a winter frosty theme and children ages 18 months to 12 years old attending, we decided upon making snowmen sticks, reindeer ornaments and cookie decorating!
The crafts were a HUGE success, the children loved each one of them especially the cookie decorating...who doesn’t love to get messy and eat icing and sprinkles more than children???

Here are some pictures from the event...enjoy!

Thank you to Shepell-fgi for choosing Little Party-Goers services for their special event!

We had 3 tables set up: 1 for cookie decorating, 1 for snowmen sticks & reindeer ornaments & 1 for toddlers, a modified version of snowmen stick making!

Reindeer and Snowman Area

Set-up of crafts with all supplies.

A snowman stick made by a little guest...so cute!

Cookie Decorating Area

Lots of colourful sprinkles, jelly beans, candy, edible glitter and icing to decorate the tree shaped gingerbread cookies!

Voila the super yummy tree cookies!

MORE SUMMER CRAFT PICTURES...

We recently recieved a few more pictures of crafts that our little guests made this past summer and we wanted to share them with you.

Enjoy!

Maria

Creative sunglasses, a fun craft for the summer!

Building, painting & decorting a spider...great for children ages 8 years and older!

All children, boys and girls enjoy decorating their own jewellery/keepsake boxes!
***(Ideal for children ages 3 years and older)***

LPG Summer Events

I know summer is over and we're now into fall, however there are some pictures from our summer events we had to show you all!

A big thank you to all of the Little Party-Goers staff for your incredible work!

Also, thank you to The Berkeley Church, Great Events and Bliss Events .

A beginner craft that all children love to do is decorate their own take home gift bag.

Each bag is unique and special. Every child gets to fill the bag with goodies and crafts that they have created themselves.

It's really cute, at the end of the night the children are excitedly running to their parents to show them what they have made!

Dress up, imagination and puppet area for Little Party guests...FUN FUN FUN!!!

Picture framed drawings with children's best wishes...a memorable keep sake....not only do little guests get gifts, hosts of the events do to!