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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

This is face painting anyone can do, and this simple idea makes young kids feel ‘beary’ special.  Use a black face paint pen (or soft black eyeliner) to draw this simple teddy bear nose and mouth on guests as they arrive for your teddy bears’ picnic party.  They will then be ready to dance to teddy bear tunes, or to march in a teddy bear parade.  Don’t forget to snap a photo of each child, and send it as a thank-you to guests after the party.

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!

I made these picnic baskets as goodie bags for Charlize’s Teddy Bears’ Picnic.  I loved how they turned out, but making them sure isn’t for the faint hearted!  My intention was to buy some small baskets and to top them with a piece of checked fabric - but I could not find small, reasonably priced baskets anywhere!  Once I had the idea in my head, I couldn’t give it up, so I stubbornly decided to make the baskets.  They were time consuming to make, but they were cheap!!!  I made them from weaving together “reeds” I had made from brown packing paper.  To make a “reed” I cut a piece of brown paper, then starting with a long edge, tightly rolled the sheet into a tube. I flattened the tube and used a glue stick to secure the open edge.  If weaving these together sounds a bit daunting, you could always make baskets from small boxes or cartons - or even plastic containers.  Or maybe you’ll have better luck than me at locating some real baskets (you might have luck around Easter time!).

I made a platter of strawberry mice for Charlize’s Mickey Mouse party, but they went so quickly that I didn’t have a chance to take a photo!  Luckily, I had placed one strawberry mouse on the cheese platter, so I do have a photo to share.

For each mouse, remove the hull of a strawberry and slightly trim the side of the strawberry so it sits flat.  Push two almond slivers into the top of the strawberry for ears.   For a tail, use a skewer to make a small hole in the back of the strawberry and push a piece of licorice lace into the hole.

Alternative:  You can add a face to each mouse by pressing a mini chocolate chip or currant into the tip of the strawberry for the nose, and by using an icing tube or currants for the eyes.  Also try cutting a thin strip from a fruit strap or dried paw paw for the tail.

It has been lovely getting your feedback about our blog, and hearing from those of you that have tried out our ideas or used our templates.  Here are some of the ideas that have proven to be popular.

1. Tiny Teddy Cars
2. Handmade Mickey Mouse Invitations
3. Easy Teddy Bear Cake
4. Ladybug Plates
5. Secret Agent Bomb Invitation
6. Cucumber Crocodile
7. Rubber Ducky Goody Bags
8. Frog Eye Drink
9. Rainbow Cupcakes

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• lego party invitation
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• jelly pumpkin heads
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I have seen kids eat slices and slices of this popular Australian party food - and they still go back for more!!    Spread slices of white bread evenly with butter or margarine (don’t spread too thinly as you want the sprinkles to stick), then sprinkle with Hundreds and Thousands. Cut into triangles and then arrange on a plate.  You can make the fairy bread up to four hours ahead, just cover with cling wrap.

Alternatives

• Cut the crusts from the bread
• Use chocolate sprinkles
• Cut the bread out with novelty shaped biscuit cutters

Kids can test their balance with this classic picnic game.  Have all the kids line up with an egg and a spoon each.  When you say go, the kids must place the egg on the spoon (and older kids should place their other arm behind their back), and then race as quickly as they can to the finish line - without the egg rolling off the spoon.   If the egg falls, that child should sit out.  The winner is the child that crosses the finish line first, with their egg still balanced in their spoon.

Alternatives:

• Use synthetic or hard boiled eggs, or ping pong balls
• Allow younger kids to put the egg back on the spoon if they drop it
• Set up an obstacle course - things for the kids to step over or manoeuvre around
• Don’t make it a race, but rather a challenge - every guest can receive a small prize when they reach the finish line  (or make it one challenge in a set of challenges and the guests receive a prize upon completion of all challenges)

Sack races are an oldie but a goodie!  And don’t despair if you don’t have a pile of hessian sacks lying around - you can use the eco fabric shopping bags as an alternative.  The kids can climb into the bags and hold onto the handles, or you can cut the base off of a bag and sew it to the top of another.  Much cheaper than making them from scratch.

Hold sack races as a stand alone game, or use the sacks to tie in with other games.  For example, at the dinosaur party, I read a letter to the kids telling them we needed to go on a dinosaur hunt, but the only way to get there was with “dino” sacks.  The kids were only too keen to climb into the sacks and jump their way to the imaginary destination!  This is a good way to eliminate the winning/losing scenario that younger kids don’t always deal with too well!

Sacks can even become cocoons for a butterfly party or mermaid tails for a mermaid party!

These straws add a sweet touch for all kinds of insect and garden parties.  Simply cut a leaf shape from green card and attach an insect sticker.  We found these ladybug stickers at a variety store.  Put a hole in your leaf and push it through a straw.

These straws can also be good to label the kids’ drinks.  Write their names on the leaves and you’ll know which drink belongs to whom!