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You don’t won’t to be sent “quackers” when preparing food for your party - so consider this simple idea for a Rubber Ducky themed party.   Fill a punch bowl or large salad bowl with bright blue Jelly (make according to packet directions), then pop some small rubber duckies on top.  You can also place clean plastic leaves and flowers on top to resemble lily pads.

This could also be a substitute for a cake - you can even buy rubber ducky candles to place on top.

This beary cute invitation is so easy to make!  You will need:

• brown craft fur
• light brown felt
• spray adhesive or craft glue
• black felt
• googlie eyes
• permanent black texta
• ribbon
• A4 paper or card

Download our handmade teddy bear invitation template and use the first page as a template for your fabrics.  Cut the bear head outline from your fur, and ears and face from light brown felt.  Attach felt to head using spray adhesive or craft glue.  Cut out nose from black felt and attach to face.  Draw mouth using black permanent texta.  Attach googlie eyes with craft glue.  Using ribbon colour of your choice, tie a small bow and attach with glue (or sew) to head just below face.

For the back of the invitation, use the second page of the template and customise your text.  Print on paper or card of your choice.  Simply cut around the outline and glue on the back of your teddy bear head.  Beary special!

Linking to:

Life as Lori: Get Your Craft On

Making the World Cuter

The Girl Creative

My lovely rellie, Gill, just held a Rubber Ducky party for her son Oliver - and I wish I could have been there to see the “Pluck a Duck”  game she organised.  She filled a large container with water that she had tinted with blue food colouring.  She bought a rubber duck for each guest and then wrote numbers on the bottom of each duck with a permanent marker, and then sat them in the water.  She also bought a variety of prizes and popped each one into a paper bag, and wrote a number on each bag that corresponded to each duck.  Each guest had to pluck a duck from the water, and were then awarded a paper bag with the number that matched (and got to keep their duck).  Whilst the little kids could use their hands to grab a duck, the bigger kids had to use their teeth!!!  You could also add another level of difficulty by blindfolding the kids.

This game would be a good lead into the “Rub-a-Ducky” game.  Get the kids to place their duckies somewhere, and whilst they are distracted (with a different game, or food), smother the duckies in honey, vegemite, icing or whatever you have in the pantry, and then exclaim “Oh No!  What have these little duckies been up to?  We need to clean them before you take them home!”  Give the kids some soapy, bubbly water and a face washer - you’ll be surprised how much fun the kids have cleaning their ducks!

This goodie “bag” was made from a round cardboard craft box (they come in a variety of sizes), and simply painted red.  Then I used a black marker to draw a line down the middle and to add the head  - and the spots, of course!  I actually used a correction fluid pen for the whites of the eyes, before drawing in the pupil with the black marker pen.   Coat with a sealer, if desired.  You can write each child’s name on the base or side of the box, or tie a ribbon around the base with a small tag attached.

Alternative:  Paint the boxes prior to the party, and then have the kids decorate them as an arrival activity (have a completed box as an example).  Provide them with black marker pens, black dot stickers, googly eyes,  glitter pens, black pipe cleaners and glue.

Have a look at this wonderfully creative idea I spotted on Cap Creations’ blog.   I had to look twice when I came across it - it’s not a real fish in a bag - it is soap!  What a wonderful idea for a prize or party favour for an Under the Sea theme.  Check out the tutorial on how to make these at Cap Creations.

Let these bunny footprints lead your guests to the Easter celebration, or use them for an egg hunt.  Print our Easter Bunny Paw Prints onto card (or paper and then laminate) and cut out.

Alternative:  Create an egg treasure hunt, and write clues on the back of the bunny  paw prints.

Small bottles of bubbles make great party favours, or are great to have on hand for an activity at your Easter party.  Simply print the appropriate bunny bubble mixture label, cut out, wrap around small bottles of bubble mixture, then glue the ends of the label together. I was lucky enough to find bubble mixture containers that matched the colour scheme of my party, but if you can’t, don’t worry - the labels still look fantastic on an array of coloured containers!

For smaller bottles of bubble mixture, use our Bunny Bubble Mixture Label - small (label height is 2.2 cm), or for larger bottles, use our Bunny Bubble Mixture Label - large (label height is 4.5cm).  These are set to print out on A4 paper, but should fit on Letter sized paper - let us know if it doesn’t!

This is a fun touch to add to your Easter party. Print the bunny straw decoration template onto card (or paper, then laminate).  Cut around each bunny, then use  a stanley knife to make a 1.5-2cm slit horizontally under the bunny’s teeth.  Slide a straw through the slit, then use a piece of sticky tape to secure the straw to the back of the bunny.

My kids and I had fun creating these bunny biscuits in preparation for Easter.  We simply used Arnott’s Tic Toc biscuits, marshmallows or milk bottle lollies for the ears, mini m&ms for the nose, and tubes of white chocolate and dark chocolate fudge writing icing (I used the Queen brand) to draw in the eye, whiskers and cheeks.  Use the icing to also secure the noses and ears.

Tilly decided that we needed a background to put them on, so she drew this scene and lined up our creations.  Cute, no? 

These are simple and delicious treats to make for your Teddy Bears’ Picnic party. Purchase some milk chocolate marshmallow biscuits  (I used Arnott’s Milk Choc Royals) and some milk chocolate buttons (I used Cadbury’s Chocolate Buttons).   Boil your kettle to make the sides of it warm and simply rub your milk button on the side to slightly melt the ears before sticking on the biscuits. Use a white fudge icing pen to draw the whites of the eyes, then use a chocolate fudge writing pen to add dots to the eyes and the inner ears, then draw the nose and mouth.  Bearry yummy!