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Painting Themed Birthday Party for Kids – So Fun

January 22, 2014 FindingDebra

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Painting Themed Birthday Party

For my daughter’s 6th birthday party, we tried something a bit different – and LOVED it. We hosted a Painting Themed Birthday Party.

Now, to be brutally honest, we held it at a local pottery place.

There were many advantages to hosting it away from home:

  • Very little set-up to do when we arrived
  • No clean-up (LOVED THIS)
  • They provide all the supplies needed (except for food) – pottery, paint, brushes, etc.
  • The goodie bag gifts for kids are really the finished product (although we did add something)

IF you keep your guest list small, I think you’ll find you won’t spend any more than you would if you held the same type of party at home (maybe even less). We had 8 children – it was just the right size.

Painting Birthday Party Supplies

To make things easy, we pre-selected pottery pieces in our price range to reduce the decison-making needed the day of the party. We also pre-selected paint colors to make it easy at the table while painting. We made sure to have several options for both boys and girls. Most of the girls loved the flower piggy banks we picked out.

Painting Birthday Party Goodie Bag

While the experience and finished pottery was certainly enough of a “goodie bag”, we knew that kids wouldn’t get to leave with anything that day. It does take about a week to get the pottery fired and completed. So, we opted to hand out paints for our goodie gifts – inexpensive and needed for many on their school supply list anyway.

Rice Krispie Birthday Cake to Paint

It was a painting party, right?

So, why not paint the food too?  🙂

I made a 3-tiered mini size birthday cake for the birthday girl out of Rice Krispie Treats.

Once all the craft painting was done, we cleaned up and it was time to do a second round of painting.

Painting Birthday Party Rice Krispie Treats

Guests were provided a single layer flower-shaped Rice Krispie treat to paint as well.

Painting Birthday Party Dessert Paint

Here was the fun part – PAINTING their own dessert!

For the paint palette, we had the following options:

  • Hershey’s Chocolate Syrup
  • Caramel Syrup (we couldn’t find the strawberry at our store)
  • Edible food gels – in variety of colors

NOTE: I thought about frosting, but the gel was much easier to use with a paint brush.

Yes, we bought paintbrushes just for the desserts!

Rice Krispie Treats Rectangle 2 Lb package

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To make the treats for painting, we bought a 2 pound Rice Krispies Rectangle package – pre-made, softer than homemade, and large enough to use with my larger cookie cutters.

WHERE TO BUY: Walmart has these 2 pound Kellogg’s packages, but you’ll have to call ahead or ask the bakery staff. They do not typically have these out on the floor, but in the back storeroom.

You can also find them On AMAZON – Rice Krispies Treats The Original Supersheet, 32-Ounce Package.

Painting Birthday Party Girl

Someone couldn’t have been more excited for her special birthday cake – so unique!

And then it was time to paint them!

Painting  Birthday Party

So fun – we’d definitely do this again!

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  1. KIM says

    July 5, 2014 at 3:02 pm

    That birthday looks so much fun. I know your little girl had so much fun. I love that place…we had our son’s 4th birthday there two last Nov.

    • A Frugal Friend says

      July 5, 2014 at 3:20 pm

      It’s such a great locations to host a party!

  2. Michele says

    June 1, 2014 at 7:00 pm

    Such an awesome idea and it looks like she had a fabulous time! I might have to borrow this idea from you!

    • A Frugal Friend says

      June 1, 2014 at 7:37 pm

      Oh Michele, feel free to steal the idea! 🙂 It really was so much fun for everyone – especially painting the treats and birthday cake! BTW, it was so much fun meeting you here in Dallas….I’m almost done with my blog post about meeting you and everyone from Sprout!

  3. Marla Zickefoose says

    May 19, 2014 at 9:44 pm

    Love the no clean up aspect and it looks like your daughter had a wonderful birthday!

  4. Barb @ A Life in Balance says

    January 25, 2014 at 7:15 am

    Awesome idea! I pinned your post to my Birthday party board, and I’m sharing your idea in next week’s newsletter. My dd7 would get such a kick out of doing this with her girl friends!

  5. Rajean says

    January 24, 2014 at 10:35 pm

    Painting parties are so fun for adults and kids, but I really love the idea of painting the Rice Krispie treats. I’m sure the kids did too! Kudos.

  6. Gina says

    January 24, 2014 at 1:01 pm

    I love the idea of painting your own Krispie Treats! Love how your party turned out.

  7. Nichole says

    January 24, 2014 at 9:33 am

    What a cute party! I love the tiered Rice Krispies treat cake.

    • A Frugal Friend says

      January 24, 2014 at 9:42 am

      Thanks Nicole!

  8. Sweetie Berry says

    January 24, 2014 at 9:21 am

    Darling ideas. I love how the theme even included the food. Nicely done and so allowed the children to be children and creative without boundaries of expecting it not to be what it is!

    • A Frugal Friend says

      January 24, 2014 at 9:25 am

      Thank you so much!!!

  9. Pam L says

    January 22, 2014 at 4:32 pm

    This looks to be the best party ever. The children must have had the time of their lifes, you had wonderful ideas keeping the kids busy with fun activities.

  10. Beth @ TheAngelForever says

    January 22, 2014 at 9:22 am

    What a great party idea! It looks like your daughter had a blast with her friends. Painting the treats looks like such a fun project even for a snowy or rainy day.

    • A Frugal Friend says

      January 22, 2014 at 9:30 am

      Oh Beth, it was so much fun. And yes, I highly recommend painting the Rice Krispie Treats just at home for fun – why didn’t we think of this before, right? Kids love it!

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