It's always like this with children: they can make any occasion unforgettable, infecting us with their enthusiasm and their ability to surprise us. Would you like to organize a carnival party for children at home? Then we will present you with a few ideas on how you can...Decorate your home for carnivaland what fun games you can prepare for the children. The following suggestions are suitable for older children between 5 and 8 years old.
Carnival party for 3 children: How to decorate the house for Carnival?
To host an unforgettable carnival party at home, you first need to decorate the room where the children will play so that they can immerse themselves in the carnival atmosphere.
Sometimes you only need very little: colorful onesPaper carnival garlands, attached to the window frame or a wall, the whole room will look very colorful! They also provide a great backdrop for photos.
Make simple garlands out of construction paper
Let's start with a colorful onePaper garland made of XXL confetti. It's very easy to make and will instantly add a touch of liveliness to the party room and make everything more festive.
Choose cheerful shades, for example: sunny yellow, golden yellow, fuchsia, blue, green and orange. Using scissors, cut out circles of different sizes: small, medium and large. Precision is not a must here. If you have circle punches, the work will be significantly sped up.
Once all the circles are cut out, start creating long garlands: simply sew them together with white sewing thread until the desired length is reached. This is how it works:
- Poke the needle through the paper circle, not too close to the edge.
- Then lock the thread with an overlock stitch.
- Poke the needle through the middle of the circle and make another overlock stitch.
- Now take the next circle and repeat the steps.
Alternative to sewing? You can use thin tape or colored washi tape.
Would you like to simplify this task even further? Glue the colorful circles on a large white cardboard and let the children do it: this is also a creative activity that you can propose at the party to entertain the children. The backdrop would also be perfect for photos.
Table decoration for the carnival party: pompom plate and DIY cake stand
The carnival decorations are wonderfully colorful and also put you in a good mood on the table. If you want to serve the children's snacks on paper plates, you can brighten them up with colorful pompoms.
Using a very small amount of gel glue, stick the pompoms along the edges of the plate and let them dry overnight. Be careful not to dirty the inside of the plates. This is also a task that we can assign to the children to involve them in preparing the decorations for the carnival party.
Also DIY cake stands, e.g. forCarnival muffins, can be made extremely inexpensively: stick the plates onto upside-down colorful plastic cups using adhesive pads. You can then take everything apart again at the end of the day to avoid wasting the dishes.
Instead of a tablecloth, you can simply use colorful tissue paper and also spread some colorful paper circles on the table.
DIY carnival masks for the children
For children there is no carnival without a costume: be it a funny mask for fun or to put on a little theater show.
The easiest Mardi Gras masks ever are made from colored paper and glue. This would be a great idea for a creative workshop at a carnival party for children. For example, you can provide each child with a craft kit that they can use to create their own mask and then take it home.
You can put the materials and tools you need in gift bags.Get a few neutral-colored paper bags and decorate them with lots of colorful dots - in the same color palette that you previously used for the garland. Glue the dots onto the bags and fill them with the stencils, sheets of colored paper, glue stick and scissors.
Each child can find out what kind of animal they should make from the materials provided and create their own carnival mask. To make this task easier for the children, you can also put a photo of the animal in question in the bag.
Here are a few ideas for 3 children:
- A koala with cheeks made from tissue paper confetti
- A lion with a paper mane and pompom cheeks
- A fox with golden fur
Let the children get creative and add the details to their mask by gluing different decorations on it or drawing the facial features with colored markers. You can also offer the children decorations such as tissue paper balls, rhinestones, colorful pompoms and beads.
Of course, an adult must definitely help if it is necessary to cut the eyes out of the mask, as this must be done with the cutter and on the cutting mat (so as not to ruin the table and so as not to injure yourself).
Masks for storytelling
One of the most fun games to play with children at the carnival party is to let their imagination run wild and hear what stories they can make up.
To do this, create cardboard frames depicting different characters, for example with a fairy tale theme. Princesses, pirates, unicorns, fairies, kings and queens and knights are perfect. You can also take inspiration from a famous cartoon or a farm. Then suggest that the children create a short play.
For crafts you will need a few sheets of corrugated paper. They can be easily cut with a cutter and are also very stable. Using a white pencil, draw the chosen subject, keeping in mind that you will have to remove the part of the face where the children will put their faces. Don't go without a cutting mat so you don't damage the table.
When you are happy with the result, start painting with bold and bright colors. Simple school paints are opaque enough, so it is not necessary to paint everything white first. To paint, line the table with newspaper.
Finally, when the paints have dried, emphasize the contours of the figures with a black felt-tip pen. In this way, the portraits can be recognized more clearly later and can also be seen from a distance.
All the children have to do is choose a character, place their face in the frame and interpret their character through jokes and attitudes.
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Creative snacks for children
A great carnival party cannot be complete without snacks. Here are some ideas for cute and colorful food to match the overall theme of the party.
You can also make freshly squeezed juices or, as an exception, offer the children drinks with colored syrups: lemon, strawberry, elderberry, mint, cherry, aronia, etc. The colors of the drinks come out beautifully in glass bottles. Vegetables, tomorrow!
Hand painted sandwiches
Prepare cute sandwiches that the children can paint with food coloring. To do this, get new, clean painting brushes. Dissolve the food coloring with water in cups and have the children draw rainbows, dots, stripes or stars on the slices of toast. The food colors can also be replaced with natural colorings, e.g. E.g. turmeric, strawberries, red cabbage. You can choose which fruit or vegetable is used for which colorread about it in this article.
Once the colors are dry, you can brush the bread slices with a layer of honey. Ham, tuna mousse and cream cheese are ideal for the salty version.
Decorate cookies with icing
Cookies are always well received by children. Prepare a simple shortcrust pastry and cut out the cookies using a medium-sized glass. Bake them for a few minutes without browning them too much.
Then there are two options: you can decorate the cookies before the little guests arrive, or you can let the children decorate the cookies themselves to give them a creative workshop that will liven up the party and keep them busy for an afternoon.
In both cases, it is recommended to prepare a frosting without raw eggs. Simply mix powdered sugar, a few drops of food coloring and add very little water, about a teaspoon. The icing needs to be quite thick so that it doesn't run off the cookie before it dries.
Dip the cookies in the colored icing and have the kids sprinkle sugar confetti, sprinkles, or beads on top. Allow the cookies to dry for about half an hour before tasting them. You can also serve warm milk with this.
Funfetti Cakes
Last but not least, a confetti cake would be a worthy end to the carnival party for children. Simply bake a yogurt cake or choose another simple cake base recipe that has always worked well for you.
Before pouring the batter into the baking pan, add the colored sprinkles. When the cake is baked, use a bowl to cut 3 circles: we want a three-layer cake, but not too big!
Prepare the cream by beating a packet of mascarpone with powdered sugar in a 2 to 1 ratio. A few drops of lemon juice would add a refreshingly light touch to the cream. This glaze is very rich but definitely contains less fat than thatclassic American buttercream.
Now you have to assemble the cake. Layer the mascarpone cream alternately with the cake layers. As soon as the third cake layer has been placed, spread the cream all over the cake, including the sides. Finally, sprinkle the cake with the colorful sugar sprinkles, both on top and on the sides, and place it in the fridge for half an hour before serving.
Important: The contact rules still apply
Organizing a carnival party for children at home is not that complicated with good planning! Especially with such a small number of guests because of Corona. Think about a rough outline of the party and adapt the ideas presented to your child's preferences. It's best not to invite more than 1-2 children to play and, if possible, not ask their parents to come along. It is best to find out about the contact rules in your federal state. The basic rule is: limit contacts to as few households as possible.
