Decorations: I found sheets of crepe paper at Zurchers (a party store) I got one for each color of the rainbow. The rainbow colors are red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet. (I just used purple for the last two)
I strung balloons in the color pattern of the rainbow and hung them across the windows. One over the snack table and the other over the game table. I just used a needle and thread and strung it through the tied off end of the balloon.
Games: This is what the game table looked like.
We did a carnival style party. For each game played there was a prize in each color of the rainbow. We had bubbles, suckers, slinkies, punch balls, poppers, bouncy balls (everything we got from Zurchers in their bulk bins so we could pick the colors except for the bouncy balls we got at Old Navy because they were 0.25 cents in a huge gumball machine.) puzzles, disk shooters. I randomly picked a prize to go with each game and the winner got to pick out the color they wanted. (I would put the prizes in bowls put up, because even though having them out added to the rainbow theme it distracted the kids. If they had been in bowls then I could have pulled them out after each game and quickly put them away.)
1. To start our party I got withe paper bags from Wal-Mart, rainbow stickers and crayons. Each child was given a bag, a sheet of stickers (From the dollar store) and crayons and was instructed to decorate their bag however they wanted and to put their name on the bag because it would hold their prizes from the games.
2. For our craft we made our own crayons. I went through our bucket of crayons and pulled out all the ones that were extra or flat. We used a razor blade, sliced down the paper and peeled it off. I left the crayons whole but put them into white cups in the rainbow color pattern. I used a muffin pan that I found at Dollar Tree, we used a sharpie to write the kids name around the edge of each cup and let the kids break the crayons and add whatever colors they wanted to into their own cups.Then I put the pan into a warm oven and let the crayons melt. 2 to 5 minutes. If the oven is to high it will separate the wax from the color instead of just melting them together. Let them cool completely or they will break when you try to remove them (this happened and we had to remelt some of the kids crayons)
3. Cloud Scooper. A large bowl filled with cotton balls sits in the players lap. While a short bowl ( we used the plastic microwave covers, you know the ones that you put over your plate so your food doesn't splatter all over.) is held on the person head by a parent helper or your self. The player is given a ladle spoon and one minute. The object is to scoop the "cloud" cotton balls from the bowl on your lap into the bowl on your head. The person with the most cotton balls wins (This game idea I got off of the website: http://www.creativejewishmom.com/2011/08/fun-birthday-party-games.html )
4. Rainbow Toss: I spray painted tin cans white. Then I made bean bags from rainbow colored fabric that I got from Wal-Mart. I had some dried beans in the pantry that I have never used so they went into the bag. All I did to sew them was cut a strip of fabric 3 inches by 8 inches (rough estimate) folded the strip in half and sewed two connecting sides. I filled the beanbag and sewed the third side. I made three of these. We stacked the cans on top of each other in a pyramid and the kids got to knock over the cans with the rainbow bean bags. My husband, who is wonderful and so helpful with parties sat at the end cheering on the kids and restacking the cans.
5. Rainbow Maze. We have a hall that is split in two and about the same distance in length on the two sides. First I taped flags oat the ends of hall, I then taped crepe paper across the hall on each side in different crazy ways. I only used two colors that I had from previous parties but it would have looked a lot cooler if I had used the rainbow colors. The object of the game is one child goes down one side while another goes down the other side. First to get a flag and come back wins. The had to crawl over, under though the crepe paper. We then had a winners battle to decide the ultimate winner.
This can be done in a single hall way, you would just need a stop watch to time the kids.
6. Rainbow Tag. The kids each picked a balloon color and blew it up. We tied it to a string and then attached it to their ankle. Don't do a slip knot it will squeeze tight on their ankle. When I said go the kids all tried to step on each others balloons while trying to keep their balloon safe. Last one with their balloon wins. We played this twice.
7. At the end of the party waiting for parents to come I had rainbow colored pip cleaners and pony beads. We made rainbow crowns.
Cake: This year we decided to go artificial free. Which means no artificial dyes and flavors. Which made doing a rainbow party a little harder to do. But this is what we did for the cake and party snacks.
We did a brownie bottom and whipped cream for the clouds. Different colored fruit made our rainbow. For the kids to make serving easier I did mini brownie cups, whipped cream with a piece of fruit. We also made cotton candy popcorn but didn't use any coloring so it was white and puffy like clouds. Recipe below.
Cotton Candy
Popcorn:
9 oz popcorn
½ c. water
¼ c. butter
2 c. sugar
½ t. salt
1 t. vanilla
Flavoring:
orange, grapefruit, lime, lemon, orange (10 -15 drops or if using other flavoring 1 t. or 1 T. depending on how strong you want the flavor)
Pop popcorn,
set aside. Mix water, butter, sugar, and salt until boiling. Boil for 4
minutes at a constant boil. Remove from heat and add vanilla and flavoring. Pour over popcorn mix
well. Let cool and serve.
*We use doTERRA Essential Oil as our flavoring. In that case you do not need to add the vanilla.
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