Jo-Ann Fabric and Craft Stores

Birthday Parties

on a Budget

You may be keeping a sharp eye on your budget, but that doesn’t mean your child has to go without a fabulously fun birthday party. This year, cut back on non-essential birthday party items and splurge on creativity! At Jo-Ann Fabric and Craft Stores, you can throw a party that kids will love on an affordable budget. Jo-Ann will lead the party. Kids can craft & play. You enjoy the moment.

The birthday child and their seven closest friends can have some creative fun while crafting and decorating treats with one simple inclusive price. Jo-Ann will turn a child’s favorite theme into a crafting project that all the kids will love! The children can also experiment with food-crafting in Jo-Ann’s space, and not your kitchen! Sprinkles, frosting & decorating tools are supplied to embellish sweet treats.

The only items required to bring to the party are treats, beverages, and decorations. Jo-Ann provides:

• All crafting & treat decorating supplies
• An instructor for all activities
• Complete use of a party room
• Party invitations
• Set-up & clean-up

If a crafting party doesn’t fill your birthday needs, Jo-Ann is still a budget friendly resource to help plan the perfect party. From pirates to princesses, supplies are available to create & customize invitations, decorations, party favors, and more. Jo-Ann even has a wide variety of cake decorating items. Don’t limit yourself to just balloons, Jo-Ann has lots of fun ideas to explore on-line and in-stores .

Try these projects with your birthday guests:

Pirate Hat & Eye Patch

SUPPLIES & TOOLS:
• Foamies® craft foam: pirate hat, eye patch, pirate stickers
• Gold metallic rickrack, medium width
• Glitter
• Tacky glue
• 5mm red rhinestones

DIRECTIONS:
1. Refer to photo. Glue rickrack on hat and eye patch.
2. Peel and stick foam shapes to hat.
3. Brush desired areas with glue, dust with glitter. Shake off excess.
4. Glue rhinestones to hat and eye patch.


Princess Tiara

SUPPLIES & TOOLS:
• Cricut items:
Personal Electronic Cutter Cartridges:
o Happily Ever After
o Walk in My Garden
• Cuttlebug items:
o Die Cutter and Embosser
o Olivia alphabet dies
o 2"x2" dies: Spring Floral, Stamps
• Cardstock: light pink, pink, dark pink, light green, light blue
• Rhinestones: various sizes and colors
• Scotch Quick-Dry Tacky Adhesive

DIRECTIONS:
1. Using Cricut machine, Happily Ever After cartridge, and light pink cardstock, press Icon feature and cut one 6-1/2" to cut tiara.

2. Using Walk in My Garden cartridge and dark pink cardstock, press Border feature and cut one 2-1/4" . Using pink cardstock, cut three 1-3/4" . Using light green cardstock, press Shift and cut four 3/4" . Adhere flower border and flowers to tiara. Adhere leaves to light blue cardstock and cut out. Adhere leaves next to flowers.

3. Using Cuttlebug machine and Stamp dies, cut out two oval stamps: one from pink cardstock and one from dark pink cardstock. Adhere pink outer oval and dark pink inner oval to top of tiara.

4. Using Cuttlebug machine and Olivia alphabet dies, cut out desired letter from green cardstock and adhere to layered pink ovals.

5. Using Cuttlebug machine and Spring Floral die, cut out three flowers from dark pink cardstock. Adhere flowers to top of tiara.

6. Embellish tiara with rhinestones.

7. Cut two strips of 1-1/2"x9" light pink cardstock. Adhere one strip on back of each side of tiara. Cut one 3/4" slit on each end of strip -- one side starting at the top, the other side starting at the bottom -- at desired length to fasten ends together.

For more information on the Make it a Party program, log on to Joann.com/stores.