{"id":858,"date":"2009-01-10T19:11:09","date_gmt":"2009-01-11T02:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dollarstorecrafts.com\/?p=858"},"modified":"2010-09-22T10:09:38","modified_gmt":"2010-09-22T17:09:38","slug":"throw-a-panda-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dollarstorecrafts.com\/2009\/01\/throw-a-panda-party\/","title":{"rendered":"Throw a Panda Party"},"content":{"rendered":"

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My son celebrated his first birthday this weekend in Panda style! The color scheme was black and white<\/strong>, and the theme was panda in honor of this stuffed panda E got for Christmas and instantly fell in love with. I got the party supplies (black table cloth, napkins, plates, plastic silverware) at the dollar store.<\/p>\n

I like to have a dress-up component<\/strong> to the 1st birthday party (my first son’s 1st bday was a pirate dress up party) and so dress code was black & white and I purchased striped black and white scarves for all the party attendees at the DS too.\u00a0 We also provided panda badges for party goers to wear.<\/p>\n

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I wanted to make most of the decorations and try to use what I had on hand<\/strong>, or find what I needed at the dollar store.<\/p>\n

\"pandas\"<\/a><\/p>\n

My sister and I made the panda badges<\/strong> out of felt. We hot glued the features on, and used fabric paint for the white panda eyes. It cost about $1<\/strong> to make them all, as felt squares are about 25 cents at the local craft store.<\/p>\n

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I made some black and white birthday pennant-style flags<\/strong> to hang up as decorations. All the fabric for these was already on hand (the gingham was from a reycled shirt, the white fabric was from old curtains). I sewed the pennants onto a candy garland I crocheted<\/a> for holiday decorations.<\/p>\n

\"pandanose\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Since my two boys were the only kids attending the party, we made a simple game appropriate for a 2-1\/2 and 1 year old to play: Pin the nose on the panda<\/strong>. I used recycled diaper tabs<\/strong> on the back of the noses to make them stick to the felt. Both boys enjoyed the game, but E played it multiple times. We didn’t bother with blindfolds since the boys are so young!<\/p>\n

\"panda-cakes\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I made panda cupcakes<\/strong> (actually not cake – no bake Oreo dessert) with mini oreos.<\/p>\n

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And panda rice balls <\/strong>with sushi rice and olives.<\/p>\n

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There are some more party photos in the gallery:<\/p>\n\n\t\t