Washi Tape for Crafts

I have been captivated by the washi tapes and its variety of colors and styles. It is difficult to select one, because all are beautiful. Those washi tapes can be addictive and more for those girls who are good at crafts, just tell them, beware do not buy all them and end ruined, but surely happy with those adorable washi tapes of colors and charmers prints.

I have long bought my small collection of Washi Tapes and now I am as the sculpture of Rodin's Thinker, I am waiting find an idea to use my adorable Washi Tapes.

My small collection of Washi and Fabric Tapes



Washi Tape or Rice paper ribbons, are rolls of decorated adhesive paper. Also known as Japanese tape.The word washi is originally from Japan, it refers to a type of very resistant rice paper, made from ancient times and the word tape, refers to the adhesive. It is usually 15 mm wide and 10 meters long. But there are wider and infinite designs. The washi tape is easily cut, without using scissors, has an adhesive face to join objects and on the other it look colors and prints that make it a very attractive tool for the accomplishment of crafts, in addition it can be written on her, because it's a paper.

After entering fully into the world of washi, I discovered that there are also tapes of other materials: 

• Masking tape, is any tape that serves to mask areas that should not be painted, the traditional painters tape.

• Fabric Tape, Fabric ribbons that also come in rolls of 15 mm wide and 5 meters approximately and offer many designs and prints with a better quality in terms of the sharpness of their colors.
• Lace Tape, Lace with an adhesive strip inside, and we can also find them in different colors, shapes and widths.

On the internet we can find ideas to use our washi tapes. We can use them to highlight an object in our candy bars, decorate gift bags, water bottles, wood letters, cutlery at parties, make mini pennants, and many more ideas.

Birthday Party Favors in beautiful packages

In the market we can find plenty of bags and boxes to wrap party favors. You can use gift bags, or you can buy beautiful boxes with prints according to the theme of de birthday party. If you are more daring you can design your own bags and boxes with personalized decoration. 



Little Red Riding Hood Party

Handmade cloth bags with drawstring to give away to the children in the party. we can put into the bag a toy, candies, or cookies, in this case we put puppets related to the theme of the party.


Tinker Bell Party

Other good option to deliver a gift is wrapping it with transparent paper simulating a bag, you can decorate it with ribbon and a perzonaliced card with the name of each child.

Baptism

Special cardboard boxes for this type of gifts. We can find them in variety colors, shapes and designs for different events like birthday parties, baptism, weddings, communions, holidays like Halloween and Christmas, among others.

Sofia Princess Party

We can find bags of different materials in the market with designs and details that fit with our decoration of the birthday parties, saving us a valuable time in the preparation of the gift for the children and even saving budget because they are not expensive.

Mickey or Minnie Mouse Party

When the theme of the birthday party is about a famous caracter, we can find them in many parts. These gift bags are special for this occasion, we must take advantage of them for those details that we want to give the children at the party and if we find them in their two versions Mickey and Minnie Mouse much better because you can give both boys and girls.

Special bags for Birthday Party

Plastic bags with prints according to the theme of the party. Although they are commonly used to pick up toys from the piñata, We can use them also to give a present to children at the end party.

Souvenirs for a Baby Shower Party

The best way to thank friends attend our parties is giving them a beautiful souvenir that allows them to remember the event. The souvenir or memories is a small detail that makes the invited person happy. We can do the souvenirs with our own hands to make it special and unique, however in this case, when I saw this little doll in a store, I thought that it would be the best souvenir for a girl baby shower party.

Cute souvenirs in a white basket



The reason for the party is to welcome to a new baby that will be born soon. What better than this little doll to represent it. The truth is this doll has its history. "At the beginning of the pregnancy, baby´s father bought a musical star. The musical star would be heard by her little baby every night. Mommy would put the musical star in her belly and the baby could hear the melodies. When I saw in the store this little doll with a star, the first thing that came to my mind was that this little doll is my baby".

Chocolate and a thank you card to complement the gift



Souvenirs were part of the decoration candy table



Souvenir is a small detail that makes happy guests at the party

Hello Kitty made ​​with Eva Foam

Create craft things for children's parties is a fun challenge. On this occasion, a Hello Kitty  designed with Eva Foam to entertain kids in the party.

Eva Foam (Ethylene Vinyl Acetate), is used in educational and creative techniques in schoolwork and crafts, among its features we can mention that is resistant to climate change, low water absorption, can be recycled, is not toxic, it is washable, easy to paste, cut and paint.



Elements used to make a flat and basic Hello Kitty

Eva Foam in colors like Pink, green, white, yellow and black. (In this case I chose these colors because the party decor is pink and green).

Scissors.

Cold Silicone.

Brushes , tempera or acrylic paint (in case you want to emphasize the edges of the figure).

Procedure

1.- I made the mold by my hand and although I did not stay perfect. It is  Hello Kitty, the cat. (You can get a mold by internet).

2.- Cut out the pieces ( head, eyes, nose, whiskers, hands, sleeves, collar, dress, tie and feet).

3.- Place with cold silicone the pieces on a basis of Eva foam as if it were a puzzle. The base may be in pink or black. The cardboard can also serve as base.

4.- The lasso will not be sticked because for the game which it was done will be the children who will  place it in the right place, at the Hello Kitty's head.

The kids have fun playing the game "Putting the lasso to Kitty"

We can include in the children's party a small detail made in Eva Foam, for example a brooch that we can assign to the children. In this case the green one for boys and the pink for girls.

This small detail can apply to children's parties with different thematic