We can't believe our grandson is one already! His parents are having a big first birthday celebration for him and asked for some help with it. One thing they asked for was a handmade highchair decoration just to have it be a little more special than one they could buy. We are always excited to be able to help especially because we are snowbird grandparents and can't be there to help on a day to day basis.
But even though we are snowbird grandparents we don't miss out on any of our grandson's special moments. Our son and daughter-in-law make sure we don't miss a thing. Thanks to them, videos, photo sharing and FaceTime, we watched him roll over, begin to crawl, heard his first belly laugh, everything. We also appreciate how our grand baby's parents make sure to plan lots of get-togethers with us, either at our house, their house or meeting on vacation.
We are very happy with how this first year went and even happier to be celebrating our little guy's number one birthday with him.
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Materials
Glue
Scissors
Edging Scissors
Edging Scissors
Black Marker
Stapler
Instructions For Characters
1. Find royalty-free clip art of characters. (There are a number of places you can find them.) Copy them on a to blank Word document.
2. Resize your clip art, if needed, to the size you want. (About 5 inches in diameter as shown.)
3. Print your picture (Elmo) in black and white on white card stock.
4. Staple your print (anywhere but on the character's face) to a piece of black card stock and cut along outline of entire head. Stapling the pieces of card stock together helps the pieces not to move so that you can have two identical pieces when you are done. Put black piece to the side for now.
5. Take the print and cut out the mouth and cut off the nose and eyes.
6. Trace the face piece onto red card stock and cut out.
7. Glue this piece over the black cutout.
8. Cut out the eyeballs of the eye piece, trace this piece onto white card stock then glue in place on top of the black cutout.
9. Trace the nose onto orange card stock and glue in place.
8. Outline face and features with black marker.
Follow these instructions for Cookie Monster minus the nose!
Instructions For Number Circle
1. Print number on card stock and cut out.
2. Cut out 5 circles, using cups and bowls of varying sizes, with the biggest being about 5" in diameter.
3. Use scissors or edging scissors to create interesting edges.
4. Glue number on smallest circle and then glue circles on top of each other.
Instructions For Banner
1. Cut out six 1" wide strips lengthwise from an orange piece of felt.
2. Use the fabric adhesive to glue 3 pieces end to end, overlapping about a 1/2 inch. Repeat with the other 3 pieces to wind up with two 30+ inch strips.
3. Cut out three 1 1/2" wide strips, the length of the felt piece, of each color: red, yellow, blue, green and orange.
4. Use the fabric adhesive to glue these strips to one of the long strips.
5. After all the strips are glued in place, take the second long strip and glue it on top of first strip, hiding the edges of the hanging strips.
6. Use stick-on velcro to attach character pieces and number circle to banner. (It makes it easier to transport if the pieces can be removed from the banner.)
7. Use velcro to attach the banner to the highchair.
This idea can work with any birthday theme. Just print the characters or pictures that work for your party and coordinate the banner with colors to match.
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Instructions For Characters
1. Find royalty-free clip art of characters. (There are a number of places you can find them.) Copy them on a to blank Word document.
3. Print your picture (Elmo) in black and white on white card stock.
4. Staple your print (anywhere but on the character's face) to a piece of black card stock and cut along outline of entire head. Stapling the pieces of card stock together helps the pieces not to move so that you can have two identical pieces when you are done. Put black piece to the side for now.
5. Take the print and cut out the mouth and cut off the nose and eyes.
6. Trace the face piece onto red card stock and cut out.
7. Glue this piece over the black cutout.
8. Cut out the eyeballs of the eye piece, trace this piece onto white card stock then glue in place on top of the black cutout.
9. Trace the nose onto orange card stock and glue in place.
8. Outline face and features with black marker.
Follow these instructions for Cookie Monster minus the nose!
Instructions For Number Circle
1. Print number on card stock and cut out.
2. Cut out 5 circles, using cups and bowls of varying sizes, with the biggest being about 5" in diameter.
3. Use scissors or edging scissors to create interesting edges.
4. Glue number on smallest circle and then glue circles on top of each other.
Instructions For Banner
1. Cut out six 1" wide strips lengthwise from an orange piece of felt.
2. Use the fabric adhesive to glue 3 pieces end to end, overlapping about a 1/2 inch. Repeat with the other 3 pieces to wind up with two 30+ inch strips.
3. Cut out three 1 1/2" wide strips, the length of the felt piece, of each color: red, yellow, blue, green and orange.
4. Use the fabric adhesive to glue these strips to one of the long strips.
5. After all the strips are glued in place, take the second long strip and glue it on top of first strip, hiding the edges of the hanging strips.
6. Use stick-on velcro to attach character pieces and number circle to banner. (It makes it easier to transport if the pieces can be removed from the banner.)
7. Use velcro to attach the banner to the highchair.
This idea can work with any birthday theme. Just print the characters or pictures that work for your party and coordinate the banner with colors to match.
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DeleteWhat a cute project! Happy birthday to your adorable grandson....
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DeleteSuper cute! A king on his throne. Thanks for sharing at the Weekend Blog Hop at My Flagstaff Home! --Jennifer
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