Mazlow's 2nd Birthday Party: Crafts

In between the games and lunch we had 2 crafts set-up for the kids to do:

After they arrived and were checked-in we sent the kids to the back porch to be "fingerprinted". I had printed out a poem onto a sheet of card stock, and the kids dipped their hands into paint and laid their paw prints onto the paper with the poem. We hung them to dry during the party so they were ready to go home with the kids at the end.

The second craft was a huge hit... we made Necktie Snakes.

I bought 25 random cheesy neckties at local thrift stores, gently ripped the seams open at the large ends, and then my mom sewed small squares of red felt to the bottoms to create an open mouth. The kids picked out the "snake skin" (AKA necktie) they liked and then stuffed it with fabric stuffing. We then attached googly eyes and a ribbon tongue and my mom sewed them closed for the kids.

Even the adults got into stuffing the snakes.

They turned out really cute and the kids loved the 3 foot long stuffed creatures.