Party Ideas

Make Your Own Inexpensive Umbrella Lanterns - DIY Decorating Ideas

2018-04-05T07:10:00-05:00

Sometimes the best way to add a special touch to a party is with your very own style and design. Buying completed decorations for a party is what most people end up going towards but don’t be afraid to get creative with the items you purchase and put your own spin on things. Just because you order an item a certain way does not mean it has to stay the way it came. Plus, when you incorporate some DIY items into your party, you are able to have décor that is all your own and unique while keeping your total cost low.

The Necessities:

Here we are going to go over how to use white paper lanterns and multi colored party parasol food picks to create a cheap and easy do it yourself lanterns that can be interchangeable with many events and parties. The items that you are going to need for this do it yourself craft are some white paper lanterns and multiple boxes of the Party Parasol picks. The amount needed for both items is going to depend on how large of a party you plan on throwing and how you plan on using the lanterns. If you plan to use the lanterns as table centerpieces you will need a lot less supply versus if you plan to string and hang multiple of them as a banner. If you would prefer a color other than white for your lantern, you can certainly switch this up to fit your own personal style and taste.

How It's Made:

Since the lantern is made out of a taunt paper material the picks easily break through the tissue and stay propped in place. To make the item more durable and suitable for using more than once to keep your overall party budget low, the umbrellas can be glued in place with a hot glue gun to ensure none wiggle loose. Designing the picks layout on the lantern is a personal choice. Here we chose to keep the picks close together and overlapping to prevent any white from the lantern underneath from peeking through. You can choose to scatter the different colored picks to create more of a tie-dye effect like we did in this example or you can keep each color of pick clumped together in the same location to make more of a striped rainbow effect. The best part about this party idea is that is completely customizable to you specific party needs.

The Finished Product:

For this example we are going to use the multi-colored pick lanterns and pair it with a luau party as well as a fiesta. The umbrellas are made out of a thin tissue material and are lightly stamped with a floral design. The lantern itself is permeable to light allowing the rays of sun to seep through bringing the colors of the umbrellas alive in the hot, warm, breeze of a beach day. These are great to hang at a party entrance or to place at the base of a table to draw in color and design. The best way to get the full impact of color these lanterns have to offer is by stringing them like a banner and hanging them in the sunlight.

DIY Party Pick Lantern Ideas

There are many different Holidays and events this cheap and easy idea can cover. Try using only red and blue umbrellas for the 4th of July. Blue and yellow umbrellas would work nicely for a nautical party and the pink, yellow, and blue umbrellas would be perfect for welcoming in spring and summer. Using a mixture of all the pick colors fits nicely for a Day of the Dead celebration, a fiesta, Cinco De Mayo, and of course a Luau themed party!

When I look at the lanterns the first thing that comes to mind is tropical flowers. This party décor pairs nicely with some silk ‘n Petals big island leis and the assorted color artificial grass hula skits. Have party guest adorn a skirt and a lei and hula dance into the night with your lanterns swaying in the background. If the party needs to be moved indoors, add some more colorful touches with the Hibiscus clings. These clings are perfect for hanging on a window for the light to cascade through picking up the colors of pink, purple, and orange.

Another way these lanterns can fit into a Luau party, or even a nautical themed party, is by designing them to take on the look of a beach ball. To opt for this design, you are going to want to position the umbrellas in the lantern vertically from the top of the lantern to the bottom. Keep umbrellas of the same color grouped together to recreate beach ball stripes. To make each colored stripe stand out, make the stripes two umbrellas wide. When all the colors are added you are left with beach ball patterned lanterns!

Since this create your own lantern is inexpensive, easy to do, and is flooded with color, it fits nicely with a fiesta event as well. Have the lanterns strung like a banner and swaying above a crowd as the mariachi band plays their upbeat and festive music. To do this, you can keep with our theme of using a mixture of all the umbrella colors or you can make some lanterns sprinkled with certain of colors of your choice. Make some lanterns using all colors, some lanterns with just pink, orange, and yellow, and some lanterns with blue, pink, and orange. When hanging these slightly different, yet closely similar lanterns, you are able to really bring out the colorful aspect of what a fiesta is all about.

The Drop Fringe Garland and tissue flowers match perfectly with these one of a kind lanterns for a fiesta event. All three items paired together create stunning focal points and splashes of color for guests to talk pictures with and dance around. The drink umbrellas used in this project go hand in hand with taking swigs of tequila and dancing until the sun goes down.

For someone who does not call themselves an artist, taking on a do it yourself project can be a big mountain to climb. However, the money saving advantages will have your wallet thanking you. By buying items in bulk and dressing them up yourself, you get quality looking (and unique!) items without breaking the bank versus purchasing the items already complete. The best way to take on a project like this is to gather a team and work on crafting items for your celebration together. Have fun and see what ideas your team members bring to the table! Follow my blog with Bloglovin

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Hot and Spicy Fiesta Flare Celebration! - Summer Fun For Everyone

2018-03-27T15:34:00-05:00

The mariachi is playing, senoritas are dancing, and there are bright colors swirling around you as you walk down the street of the celebratory town of Puebla! You are in the heart of celebrating Cinco De Mayo!

Unfortunately, you may not be in the town of Puebla to celebrate Cinco De Mayo but you can certainly bring the celebration anywhere you are located! Cinco De Mayo stands to commemorate the Mexican army’s unlikely victory over the French empire in the Battle of Puebla marking this day, a day of celebration.

Your Cinco De Mayo celebration needs to be splashed and dripping with vibrant colors. Doused in different shapes, designs and styles, and radiating with festive, upbeat, and fast paced mariachi music. Of course, having a spot of tequila available for guests to indulge in is always a great idea as well.

Since this is going to be a festival of dancing and celebration, party favors and costume pieces for guest to adorn while dancing is not something that can be skipped on. Make a dancing/photo prop station!

The Photo station:

Guest love to be able to capture the fun and memorable nights of a celebration. Taking pictures has become a huge part of today’s lifestyle. Scrolling endlessly through your pictures at the end of the night does not hold the same meaning and remembrance if they all look the same. Give your guests the opportunity to mix things ups a bit with a photo station set aside of props and wearables that can be worn to make dancing and taking pictures an event to remember!

Before setting up tables and other decorating elements, there needs to be a backdrop created. Start by choosing a clean section of a wall to make this on. If this is going to be an outside celebration and there are no walls readily available, you can make one out of chicken wire and some wooden post.

Staying away from a direct color scheme for a fiesta is something you want to strive for. Cinco De Mayo is all about color and flare. Use tissue fans layered together to easily create bold and popping colors for a do it yourself backdrop.

Simply choose the tissue fan colors that stand out to you the most. Open the fans and attach to the wall using the included string. This can be done using your choice of tape or thumbtacks. Make sure to layer the fans together instead of arranging them side by side. You want to eliminate any parts of the wall behind them from peeking through.

On the sides of your tissue fan backdrop, use the drop fringe garland to hide the edges of the tissue fans and make a seamless transition from the photo backdrop with the rest of wall. To do this hang the garland vertically from the top to the bottom of the backdrop edge. If there is access length to the garland, drape the extra garland length and pin in the desired position and location. Once the brightly colored backdrop is in place, it’s time to set up your table for the photo prop.

Cover the table in the fiesta tablecover and wrap it with a black table skirting to hide the table legs from party guests. On the front two corners of the table, tape in place some brightly colored tissue flowers and drape a fiesta streamer across the front of the display. On top of the table place the fiesta photo prop. This prop is great for guests young and old to step up behind and quickly turn themselves into a mariachi band member riding a donkey!

The Party Wearables:

Beside your photo prop, set up another small table for the party wearables. These items can be something that people wear to make dancing a step up from the rest or for wearing in pictures to make lasting memories.

For this table you are going to want to use the same fiesta tablecover that was used before for the photo prop table. Cover your table in the fiesta table cover and again, wrap the legs with the black table skirting. Keeping the same table décor throughout the party helps to maintain consistency with so many colors being used.

If at all possible, find a flat cardboard box to set on the top of the table to display items on. Wrap the box with the fiesta tablecover and band with the fiesta party tape. By adding different levels of height, you are allowing your wearable display to neatly showcase all items to choose from without chances of table top clutter.

On top of your table put together a display of wearables as well as noisemakers. Use the sombrero, felt Spanish hat, and the Piñata headband. Add in the red, white, and green maracas as well as the fiesta fun party maracas to make some noise with! Guests will have a blast with the chili pepper and the margarita Fanci frames as well. For a more delicate touch for the senoritas, add in the fiesta fan and the Day of the Dead flower headband!

With all the dancing, lively music, and photo snapping, guest are bound to get a little hungry and thirsty. It’s a great idea to have a refreshment station set up close by with some water, spicy eats, and of course a bit of tequila! Use the fiesta plates and napkins to keep messes at bay and allow people to move and mingle with the rest of the party crowd while taking a quick snack break. Add in the margarita shot glasses for making a quick swig of something cold easy and festive!

In the middle of the tabletop, add in the tissue chili pepper to warn your guests of the spicy food they are about to eat.There is nothing worse than being caught off guard with a mouth full of fire! Next, on the front of the table display add some fiesta cutouts to give a colorful pop.

With music, food, family and friends, Cinco De Mayo is a party worth celebrating! Don’t be afraid to be bold, and daring. Play around with color, shapes, and different designs to create your own party styles. Adding in color and design is the best way to really capture the festivities of this Mexican holiday!

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