A Fun Teddy Bear Party - Some Simple Steps
By Annette Yen
A fun teddy bear party is not a difficult thing to pull of with a little creativity and some things that you can find round your house! Here are some quick ideas for making the party "beary" fun!
Invitation ideas
Buy some inexpensive rubber stamps with bear images and let your little one make homemade invitations. Or cut a piece of cardstock into the shape of a bear and write your invitation on that. Free clipart can be found for this purpose in many places on the Internet. Make sure you include the request for all the guests to bring their own bear to the teddy bear party too!
Decoration ideas
When kids think of bears they usually think of honey and bees, so a big hit for decorations is LOTS of yellow and black balloons and streamers. If possible have various teddy bears all around the room as well to tie in the theme.
Menu ideas
When you're hosting a teddy bear party even your menu should be centered on teddy. Here is a cute way to turn Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwiches into a beary fun treat!
Spread your peanut butter and jelly onto eight whole-wheat hamburger buns. Now here's where the fun begins. Cut four of the eight buns in half. On a large tray or covered cookie sheet, arrange the buns into a shape of a teddy bear. For the tummy, put one whole bun and surround that with 4 half buns. Another whole bun becomes the head/face, with two half buns on the topsides of the head for the ears. Two whole buns become the legs and the final two half buns turn out off of the body to make arms. Garnish the face/head bun with raisin eyes and a strawberry slice mouth and you've got a bear! Use a separate tray for additional sandwiches and watch for all the smiles! Mix some honey and yogurt together for a great dip for cut fruit and your menu is complete!
Bear Party - Activities and craft ideas
Crafts with a bear theme abound but here are some quick ideas for your teddy bear party. Make a paper bear chain (paper dolls) that the kids can color and decorate. Use paper plates to make paper bear masks. Bead a bear collar (necklace). Take a picture with all the kids and their own bears and decorate a simple scrapbook page to honor the occasion. Decorate teddy bear cookies with colored icing and various decorations.
Bear Party - Game ideas
Pin the honey pot on the teddy bear - if you have an artist in the family, draw a large teddy bear on poster board and cut out honey pots. Blindfold each child individually and see if they can put the honey pot into the teddy bear's hand.
Hot Teddy Bear - like hot potato only pass the teddy bear to the music. When the music stops, the person with the teddy bear is out.
Toss the honey pot - draw a large bear head with an open mouth on poster board and lay it on the floor. Using yellow beanbags as the "honey" each child throws the bag to see if it will land in the bear's mouth.
Take home gift ideas
Purchase yellow lunch bags (available at party stores) and decorate with bee stickers. Fill with gummy bears, teddy grahams, miniature stuffed teddy bears and fun bear jewelry. Or if you want to go all out, hire a stuffed animal party planner to come and have each child make their own stuffed animal as part of the party.
Annette Yen throws great birthday parties and other fun kid's events. Sign your children up for her free birthday club at http://www.funontheark.com
More Teddy Articles:
Lessons I've Learned from Sewing Teddy Bears - A humorous look at the trials and errors of a new sewer as she attempts to make teddy bears for the first time.
Teddy bear craft book - A teddy bear craft book is a guide that enables you to make soft teddy bears
Teddy Bear Baby Shower Theme - Teddy Bears are used in many baby and kids themes, from nursery to toys. Teddy Bears are a classic baby shower theme that mommy to be will love.
Teddy Bear History - It's hard to believe those cute and cuddly friends, so much a part of our lives, haven't been around forever. The Teddy Bear is younger than the electric light, the motor car, and the telephone.
The Teddy Bear Craze - The golden age of teddy bears lasted from 1903 right up to the start of World War II
The Steiff Teddy Bear Story - In 1847 in a small town in Giengen, Germany a baby girl was born. She was named Margaret Steiff.
Teddy Bears - a Brief History Lesson - It is difficult to trace the history of the teddy bear, because it appears to have been invented independently at around the same time in America and in Germany
The Most Expensive Teddy Bear - Teddy bear collecting is incredibly popular all over the world, with thousands of people amassing collections large and small. Most people of course only collect ordinary teddies which are available for reasonable prices, both new and second hand, but for some very serious collectors, money can be no object.
The History of Teddy Bears - Teddy bears have been around since 1902. The teddy bear came to being when President Theodore Roosevelt refused to shot a black bear held captive by his hunting party
TeddyBears - Did you know? - The original teddy bears are generally considered to come from Germany, where they were made by the Steiff company and exported to the US.
|
