Hello!
Thinking about DD’s 6th birthday. One option that fits various aspects of her complex brief (!) is doing decopatch of model animals. This would be for part of the party, then have a few games and stuff and tea.
It’s all girls and nearly all of them will be six by the time the party happens. About twenty attendees.
Questions:
-how long will the decopatch take? Am hoping for it to kill a reasonable amount of time but also recognise that kids have a limited concentration span...
-do I need to provide an “alternative” for bored/finished kids? Am thinking there isn’t something like that when you go to a pottery party or similar, and in some ways don’t want to create an option - ideally they would all sit down and get on with it...
-obviously it will be messy (I will give them aprons and the room is ). Will it be just insanely messy and I should run away? I would give each of them a pre-made animal, a pot of the glue stuff and a paintbrush and provide loads of different paper designs.
Other thoughts/critiques/suggestions? I like it because it is easy and doesn’t involve paint (with all the problems of mixing colours/dirty brushes) and will give them something “quality” to take home.