Jungle Girl's "Arty Birthday Party"

This past Friday evening,

we hosted an

"Arty Birthday Party"

in our church's Fellowship Hall for...

...Jungle Girl and her friends.

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A couple of weeks before the party,

I whipped up some simple invitations...

 

 ...which included a paintbrush

to get the kiddos into the theme of the party.

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 While waiting for all the party guests to arrive,

the kiddos got creative with a little...

 ...butcher paper drawing.

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After most of the guests arrived,

we headed over to the painting tables...

 ...which this lovely young lady had helped me

set up earlier.

(Wasn't she creative with the painting utensils?)  :0)

I let the kiddos paint whatever they wanted to...

...and the results were beautiful!

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For some colorful snacks at the party,

I made sure the birthday buffet was stocked up on...

 ...Rainbow Goldfish Crackers,

Rainbow Chip Chips Ahoy Cookies, and

..."Rainbow Colored Arranged" chips.

The "cherry on top" for the party eats was...

...THIS rainbow cake I discovered

via Pinterest.

I should not have doubled THIS cake batter

for the Rainbow Cake layers

because...

...the cake had some issues standing 

after it was cut.

Oh well-

it was still yummy... :0)

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Before we ate,

the kiddos played a couple of games

that were centered around 

the art theme...

1.  "Twisted" Painters Palette

Haven't you ever envisioned a Twister Game Board

to be like a painter's palette?

No?

Well, I was stretching for a game to relate to our

art/rainbow colored theme,

so the basic colors of the Twister Board

inspired this game.

(Click HERE for more details about the game...)

2.  A Modified Version of Pictionary

The kiddos drew their pictures on an

Art Easel to add more 

"artistic flair" to the game...

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Jungle Girl handed out goody bags

to her friends when the night came to a close.

The bags each contained:

Skittles

("Taste the Rainbow")

Starbursts

(more colorful candy)

Rainbow colored mini gel pens

(courtesy of the Target Dollar Spot)

Rainbow stickers

and

Mini Paint-swatch Notebooks

(Tutorial can be found HERE) 

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I do believe Jungle Girl 

had a lovely time at her 

"friend" party...

A lovely party

for the loveliest 10 year old I know...