Orchids are perfect Hawaiian decoration accent pieces.
Hawaiian-themed parties are fun ways to celebrate birthdays, anniversaries and summer breaks. You can make your own inexpensive Hawaiian decorations before your party, or use them as craft projects to keep children entertained and occupied during the festivities. Do-it-yourself paper leis, Hawaiian napkin rings and party mobiles are the perfect craft decoration projects for all ages. Does this Spark an idea?
Paper Leis
Homemade paper leis can be fun party favors to hand out to guests as they arrive or to have the guests make for themselves once they get to the party. You will need several boxes of cupcake liners and drinking straws, scissors, a wide-eyed embroidery needle and fishing twine.
Take a cupcake liner out of its package and bend both sides of the top together. Use the scissors to cut the top into a scalloped-shape flower. Repeat with several different colored cupcake liners. When you have enough flowers to make a lei, cut several drinking straws into 1-inch spacers and cut a small hole into the middle of the paper flower. Thread your wide-eyed embroidery needle with the fishing twine and sew the flowers to the straw spacers. When you have reached your desired length, tie together two string ends to complete the necklace.
Hawaiian Napkin Rings
You can make your own festive and affordable Hawaiian napkin rings to complement your party color scheme. You will need silk tropical flowers, such as birds of paradise, orchids, ginger or hibiscus, bright lime green, pink, turquoise and blue napkins, 1-inch thick bright pink ribbon and a hot-glue gun with glue stick.
First, cut out several 7- to 8-inch pieces of ribbon and hot glue each end together to make a ring. Then, use your hot glue gun to glue one silk flower to the center of each ring. Finally, bend one paper napkin into an accordion-style shape and insert into the napkin ring. You can use one paper napkin per ring or use two different colored paper napkins to create a wider, fan-like napkin.
Mobile
You can make your own Hawaiian party mobile to hang in your party room. You will need silk Hawaiian-style flowers, wooden beads, ribbon, a needle, thread, twine, stapler and beaded garland, cardboard and different sized beads.
First, cut out your desired shape for the top. You can cut out a square, circle or diamond pattern. Then, cut out a hole in the center of the top. You will want the hole to be the same shape as the top. Next, thread your needle and sew alternating beads and flowers onto the ribbon until it gets to be about 1 foot long. You will want to make four to six of these ribbon drops to hang from the top of your mobile.
Next, staple your ribbon drops to the back of the top of your mobile. You can then sew the beaded garland to the top of the mobile to create a draped design. Finally, use the twine to hang your mobile from the ceiling or any other tall space in your party room.
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