With that many kids you might set up three stations and have them rotate every 15 minutes like they do at school.

We did a build a bear type thing with all different stuffed animals - you can buy the kits on Amazon and they were pretty inexpensive

Anonymous wrote:For my DD's 7th we made small decorative bird houses. They came in 3 styles in kits where you slotted the sides together and put on the roof and tied a piece of string to the top. We ordered these from Amazon - they may still have them.

Then the kids could color them, paint them, put stickers on them, write on them etc.

It was a big hit.

Forgot to say - these were wood.

For my DD's 7th we made small decorative bird houses. They came in 3 styles in kits where you slotted the sides together and put on the roof and tied a piece of string to the top. We ordered these from Amazon - they may still have them.

Then the kids could color them, paint them, put stickers on them, write on them etc.

It was a big hit.

As a parent who's had her kid come home from a lot of art parties this year, I'd vote for a project that either results in something tiny or edible.

We just don't have room to hang all of these things up in her room and she's been sad to let some pretty cute canvases and whatnot go. She still has things like bracelets and necklaces that she beaded at one party, and she loved the set of cookies that she was able to frost and decorate how she wanted at a cookie party.

Puppet making!! They can have a puppet show afterwards, too....

each gets her own canvas (they sell multipacks on amazon or in art supply stores)

- have an adult lead them in creating a painting like their own version of a classic painting

- or set them up with random supplies to decorate their own canvas - paints, jewel stickers, clip art, glitter markers, metallic markers - I recommend avoiding the foam and plastic tidbits

- kids this age will mostly zip through this project in 10 minutes tops and will want to move on to something else

Anonymous wrote:Just put out random materials so they can make whatever they want!

Scissors
Glue Sticks
Popsicle Sticks
Pipe cleaners
Origami paper
Crayons
Markers
Paper plates
Stickers
Sculpty clay
Paper bags
Paper plates

I wrote paper plates twice (oops!) And sent too early.... other items to include; Google eyes pony beads, recyclable materials, dot paint pens, old magazines, foam stickers, ribbons, stencils, rubbing plates, computer print outs of fun shapes and things, etc

Just put out random materials so they can make whatever they want!

Scissors
Glue Sticks
Popsicle Sticks
Pipe cleaners
Origami paper
Crayons
Markers
Paper plates
Stickers
Sculpty clay
Paper bags
Paper plates

Jewelry making.

Fabric markers and canvas drawstring bags

A bunch of brightly colored hand mirrors and a couple huge bags of foam stickers.

I bought square canvases and paint at Michaels. It was a huge hit and took up a big chunk of time.

We only had 8 girls, but we just got a couple of mini play dough collections at target, put a big plastic cover on the kitchen table, and had a play dough sculpting "contest" based on the party theme. (Dragons). About half the girls tried and half did their own thing. All had fun.

I'm thinking it might be too hectic with 15 girls but I imagine that's the case with any craft.

Please recommend the best arts and crafts projects you've done or from a party your child attended that we could pull off at a home party for 7 year old girls (around 15 of them).

Tips and tricks appreciated!

Thank you!!