If a summer party is organized in kindergarten, the decoration must be well thought out. It should fit the occasion and be child-friendly and, above all, colorful and cheerful. Ideally, the children even help with the preparations in advance, which is why simple craft ideas are welcome.
Decorations for the summer party in the daycare make a big contribution to the atmosphere and should only be trumped by the delicious food. A few lively craft ideas with instructions are certainly just the thing!
Party hats as decoration for the summer party in the daycare center
Not just at children's parties, but at parties in generalParty hats are definitely not missing, don't you agree? And it gets really summery with a summer fruit that is popular with young and old, namely the watermelon.
- red or pink paper
- green pom poms
- black paper + teardrop-shaped motif punchorScissors; alternatively black marker for recording
- Glue
- Template for a cone
- Gummi
You can make the pompoms yourself from wool or buy them ready-made. Felt balls are also suitable.
- Print and cut out the cone template and trace the outline onto red/pink construction paper.
- Cut out the shape again, form a cone and glue the two straight sides together.
- Now decorate the cone with watermelon seeds. You can cut these out freehand or use a punch and stick them on or you can simply draw them on with a black marker.
- Now glue green pompoms around the bottom edge of the hat. If you want, you can also decorate the tip of your hat with it.
- Poke small holes in the paper at two opposite points at the bottom edge, to which you tie a piece of rubber, which should better fix the hats on your head. Alternatively, hairbands also work.
Place the hats on the children's and parents' plates, or place them on a separate table so everyone can grab one if they want.
Wind turbines as table decorations or for beds and flower boxes
Wind turbines are particularly fun for small children, and that hasn't changed to this day. With them they canDecorate tablesor you can stick them here and there in suitable places in the yard in the kindergarten. The beds or flower boxes and pots, for example, are well suited.
The watermelon motif is particularly suitable for summer:
- light green paper
- red paper
- black marker
- dark green marker
or:OurPrintable templatesfor the green side and for the red side with the seeds
- Glue
- Scissors
- punch
- Thumbtacks
- Paper straw
This is how easy it is to make decorations for the summer party in the daycare center:
- Option 1 would be to print out our templates and cut out any front and back side for the wind turbine and glue them together. In this case, fold the square twice diagonally so that you get an X and go with itPoint 7further.
- If you don't have a color printer, you can also take normal construction paper and stick the two colors together.
- Then take one corner and fold it over to the other edge of the paper, creating a diagonal fold. Cut off the free strip. If you now open the paper, you will get a square.
- Draw the melon seeds with a black marker.
- Fold the paper diagonally in half again, but this time at the other two corners. You should now see an X when you open the paper.
- In dark green, scribble four stripes along the folds to imitate the pattern of the melon rind.
- Cut the paper about two-thirds deep along the diagonal folds.
- Always punch holes in the paper to the left of these cuts. So you always leave out one of the newly obtained corners before punching again.
- Turn the paper over so the red side is facing up and poke a hole through the center.
- Poke a hole through the top of the straw.
- Now fold the corners with the holes towards the middle of the paper square and collect them there by pushing them through the thumbtack and then through the middle hole and the straw and bending them apart.
Cool tip:You can also leave out the straw and use the pinwheels instead to create aMake party garland.
Garland of T-shirts with what you have learned
A garland is not difficult to make and can consist of numerous motifs thaton the topic “Summer”fit. Depending on the age of the children, you can write down what they have learned so far: the numbers from 1 to 20 or short words, the days of the week and names of the months, seasons and so on.
- Print out the templates and cut out the t-shirt of the desired size. (PDF file here)
- Use the template as a template to transfer the motif onto construction paper.
- Cut out the designs and label them.
- Punch holes in them in two places and thread a ribbon through them to make the garland or stick the designs directly onto the ribbon.
If you would like other summer motifs, take a lookin this templateand look for something.
More cheerful ideas for homemade children's party decorationscan be found here.
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