Arts and Crafts Ideas for Parties

Flower pot Pens

You will need green floral tape, pens, silk flowers, and ribbon.  Gather ribbons and flowers in various bright colors.  You will also need mini terra cotta pots with some floral foam, and some moss.  Cut down flower stem to about 2 inches from the flower.  Attach flowers to the end of the pen using floral tape.  Wrap the entire pen until the tip.  Tie off the bottom of the flower with a pretty ribbon with optional place card tag.  Stick into floral foam and place inside the pot.  Cover with a bit of moss.  You may need to hot glue the moss in place.  Another easy option is to purchase these  flower pot pens ready made.  This flower pen is a beautiful table decor and can be a take-home favor for the end of the party.

Making and Decorating Your Own Tea Bag

A great favor and craft for your next tea party would be to provide some loose leaf tea and to have your guests make a tea bag of their choice to take home.  Simply cut out the template and provide various stamps, ribbons, coloring pens, and other craft supplies to decorate the tea bag.  Fill with your favorite tea bag or loose leaf tea.  http://www.stampin.com/tips/teabag.htm

Decorating Candles

This is especially fun when you are having a tea party with close friends or a Friendship Tea Party.  Ask each person to bring several small, flat items in their household with them to the party.  Fun items could be pictures, stamps, coins, dried flowers, pins, buttons, silk flowers, etc.  Have them exchange items with their friends during the beginning of the party.  This is also a great icebreaker and conversation starter.  Provide each guest with a 4-6" white or cream pillar candle.  Heat the candle slightly with a hair dryer.  Press object with some glue into the candle.  Tie with a beautiful organza ribbon.

Making Your Own Candles Instead of buying your own, why not make them?  Rolling your own beeswax candles is a fun, rewarding and incredibly easy craft. This candle kits contains twelve square sheets of sweet-smelling beeswax in rainbow hues, plus 6 yards of wicking, and detailed instructions with decorating ideas.  After you are done with making the candle, you can use leftover sheets and use small cookie cutters to cut out different shapes.  Stick on to the outside of the candle you just made.  With some pressure and heat (see craft above) the shapes will stay on nicely.