When the girls walked in, I painted their faces to look like their favorite animals. Most picked dogs and cats, but Devon was a wolf and Sabrina and one of her friends were foxes. We took a purple ribbon, cut it to size, put on a jingle bell and stick-on velcro as a closure and let them decorate their own "collar." They also got to decorate their party bags, in suitable neon colors.
Next, we worked on Make-It Bake-It kits. Each girl had a cat frame that she filled with colored plastic beads. We put them in the oven and baked them during the other activities. When they came out, they each had a beautiful sun catcher!
While the suncatchers cooked, we next went to the "Pet Shop Pick-Up" game. Rob his behind a sheet with goodies. The girls through a fishing rod (a dowel with an alligator clip tied to some string) over the sheet, and Rob would attach either a bracelet, a pack of goldfish, or a pack of bone-shaped graham crackers back to them. Rob made different strange animal noises during the proceedings.
We then played the "Animal Acoustics" game, where I gave them a list of possible animals and they had to figure out which animal's call I was playing on the pc. While some of them were easy, like a cat, dog, or frog, the giant anteater and hippo were a bit challenging.
Of course, it's the details that really make parties fun!
Afterwards came cake, shaped like Littlest Pet Shop paws, ice cream, and opening the presents! We all had a great time!
