Four easy birthday crafts for your child

How do you usually celebrate your child’s birthday? You probably invite their friends over, cut the cake, and so on? While those parties are fun and traditional, how about we help you introduce a few crafts for kids to make the lead-up to the birthday celebrations and make the pre-party as fun! 

Here are a few  DIY crafts that both you and your child can show off on their birthday. It has the added advantage of teaching your child a few skills along the way. If you usually buy birthday props and decorations, you can actually make them from scratch! Below are a few DIY birthday crafts they can hang around the house when their friends come over.

It can allow them to learn something new while having fun.

Pre-party crafts for kids

Cupcake Flowers

Collect a few cupcake liners and let your kids paint or draw on them as they wish. Now take two cupcake liners, fold them to resemble a flower, and glue them to a paper straw. That’s it. Your child can now put these flowers made of cupcake liners in jars.

Birthday hats

Birthday hats are really simple to make. All you need is some cardstock, a pair of scissors and some tape. Cut out a circle roughly 9 inches in diameter, a large dinner plate can be used as a template. Find the circle's center and draw a line from the center to the edge. Use a pair of scissors to cut along that line. Form a cone out of the circle, place it on your child’s head and use a piece of tape of secure it in place. There you have it! You can make customized hats for everyone present at the party if you cut out several circles of paper in advance. 

Birthday Masks

All you need is some colored paper, an elastic band, and scissors. Look for mask templates online, and teach your kid to cut the colored paper in the shape of an eye mask and make holes for the eyes, nose, and mouth. Now attach the elastic band on opposite sides of the mask. Your kid’s mask is ready!

Cute lanterns

If the birthday party is in the evening, this craft idea could add to the party's vibe. Get some empty jars or bottles, and let your kid glue stickers or paint or draw on them as they wish. Now put battery-operated fairy lights inside the jars, and switch them on. If you make multiple, you can place them all over the room for the ambiance. Switch off the lights just before the cake is cut and switch these fairy lights on, making the room really warm.

Note: Please ensure you are always supervising these activities, especially those that require scissors, staples, and lights.