Wednesday, October 04, 2006
Thanksgiving Invitations
A Thanksgiving theme party can easily take advantage of the autumn colors and atmosphere to accent the event, so why not also create fun and memorable Thanksgiving invitations.
The Fall Leaf Invitation is fun and you can create it for both children’s parties and adult’s. Your kids will love going outside to gather up the prettiest looking leaves for their invitations.
You’ll need:
• Colorful leaves
• Wax paper
• Iron
• Paper towels
• Cardstock
• Glue
Go outside and collect as many leaves as you need to have one leaf per invitation. When you have your specimens gathered prepare to iron them between the wax paper. The average invitation should be about four by six inches. Cut out two pieces of wax paper and one piece of cardstock per leaf.
When you have the Iron hot enough place the leaf between the two sheets of wax paper and iron them together. Be sure to place a sheet of paper towel on the top and bottom so that melted wax doesn’t soak into whatever you are ironing on. Once you have each of your leaves ironed into their respective wax paper sheets you can begin attaching them to the cardstock.
Cut out enough pieces of cardstock for each of your wax paper sheets. These should also be four by six inches. Carefully lay out a continuous bead of glue along the outside rim of the cardstock and line up one of the wax paper sheets on top of it. Press firmly and let dry. Once this is dry you have the perfect fall leave invitation. Write your invitation information on the back of the cardstock.
You can pick out a pretty colored cardstock to match your bright colorful Thanksgiving decorations. The optimal colors would be more pastel versions of the vibrant reds, oranges, yellows and browns that you would normally see in your fall leaves.
The Fall Leaf Invitation is fun and you can create it for both children’s parties and adult’s. Your kids will love going outside to gather up the prettiest looking leaves for their invitations.
You’ll need:
• Colorful leaves
• Wax paper
• Iron
• Paper towels
• Cardstock
• Glue
Go outside and collect as many leaves as you need to have one leaf per invitation. When you have your specimens gathered prepare to iron them between the wax paper. The average invitation should be about four by six inches. Cut out two pieces of wax paper and one piece of cardstock per leaf.
When you have the Iron hot enough place the leaf between the two sheets of wax paper and iron them together. Be sure to place a sheet of paper towel on the top and bottom so that melted wax doesn’t soak into whatever you are ironing on. Once you have each of your leaves ironed into their respective wax paper sheets you can begin attaching them to the cardstock.
Cut out enough pieces of cardstock for each of your wax paper sheets. These should also be four by six inches. Carefully lay out a continuous bead of glue along the outside rim of the cardstock and line up one of the wax paper sheets on top of it. Press firmly and let dry. Once this is dry you have the perfect fall leave invitation. Write your invitation information on the back of the cardstock.
You can pick out a pretty colored cardstock to match your bright colorful Thanksgiving decorations. The optimal colors would be more pastel versions of the vibrant reds, oranges, yellows and browns that you would normally see in your fall leaves.
