A Colorful (DIY) Christmas Party
I am ALL about non-traditional color schemes when it comes to the holidays, so when Astrobrights Papers contacted me about colorizing a party with their papers, I knew exactly what I wanted to do… Something that had a Christmas flair to information technology, but was also mod, fun, and out of the box.
So, I put together this non-traditional Christmas party, filled with DIY projects and crazy colors.
I landed on a color scheme of cobalt, neon orangish, turquoise, and neon green and used Astrobrights Papers to execute all of the DIY projects. The official Astrobrights Papers colors I used are as follows, in case y'all want to recreate this exact expect on your own: nail-off blueish, cosmic orange, terrestrial teal, and vulcan green. And there are 22 other colors to choose from if none of these tickle your fancy. They have THE best choice of colored papers.
Equally for the DIYs… I am now head over heels in love with paper projects, after this shoot. They're fast to recreate, piece of cake to experiment with, and super versatile. Bonus points for the fact that it'south way cheaper to apply paper, for DIYs, than pretty much whatever other supply you can think of. So basically, expect more than paper projects from me in the time to come. Haha.
To create any of the DIY projects beneath, you lot'll just need record and scissors. And if yous don't accept these two supplies at home, we can no longer be friends. JK. Merely seriously though, who doesn't take tape and scissors at their firm?
Alright, then let'due south become down it, with the DIYs…
DIY Folded Wall Art / Photo Booth Backdrop
I created a giant wall art piece, that doubles equally a photo booth properties, using regular eight.5×xi sheets of colored paper. And though it may look complex, it'due south actually super like shooting fish in a barrel to recreate. In fact, I'm going to make another i for our house in the new year, to continue up as an art slice.
To make your own folded paper wall art, all you do is fold a piece of paper at random, in various directions. I folded every slice a little differently, and so no ii pieces are exactly the same, kind of like a snowflake. Then cutting off a couple of the edges at an bending, and so it no longer looks like a rectangular canvas of paper. Then attach to the wall with tape. You'll need quite a few pieces to create a piece that is every bit large equally mine, but information technology goes by super fast considering each piece of paper takes only 30-60 seconds to fold and cutting.
DIY 3D Newspaper Drink Markers
Instead of drink stirrers, I decided to create beverage markers that rest right on the rim of the glass, to save time and the extra expense. All you have to do to create your own is cut and fold small pieces of paper into different shapes (like a triangle or a four pointed star). And then cut a small slit in the bottom of each shape, that is about an 1/viii of an inch wide. Then remainder the shape on the rim of a glass, inserting the rim through the slit.
You tin can write names on each one to claim drinks amongst guests or use a unlike color and shape combo for each person instead.
DIY Recipe for Mint Chocolate Minglers
This was so good. Jeff and I ate our make full of it afterward the shoot was over. If you lot similar chocolate and minty things, this is a tin't lose state of affairs. Both this recipe and the ice cream sandwich recipe are from Kellogg's Snacks. Get the recipe hither.
DIY Patterned Wrapping Paper
At each place setting, there was a wrapped souvenir, which works every bit both a political party favor and a place card, if you customize each present with a guest's proper noun. I merely let the patterns take heart stage for these though. To create the color blocked base, wrap a box in one colour, just as you normally would, then wrap a second contrasting color over the start and secure the ends that are covered with tape. To add the pattern, cut out various shapes from colorful pieces of newspaper and mucilage onto of the already wrapped gift. Easy, correct?
By the way, the design I created for these presents was inspired by an old print from the designer behind Dusen Dusen. They should totally make wrapping newspaper, don't y'all think?
DIY Recipe for Fries Deluxe Ice Cream Sandwiches
And ice cream sandwiches! Who doesn't love those?! The rainbow sprinkles and K&Ms on the cookies themselves made for a colorful treat to go alongside all of the decor. Get the super quick Kellogg'due south Snacks recipe for these ice cream sandwiches here.
DIY Geo Paper Christmas Trees
The geo trees on the tabular array were created very similarly to the folded wall art. Just fold a slice of paper in various widths, all folded toward i corner of the paper. Then, record or glue the two ends together and cutting off backlog at the bottom to create an fifty-fifty bottom for the tree to stand up on.
Side Note: Be sure to proceed those geo Christmas copse for the new year, because they brand dandy political party hats after the Christmas vacation is over. Just attach an elastic string on each side and yous're practiced to get.
Likewise, those cutting outs from the patterned wrapping paper double as party confetti!
And a few more photos for skilful measure…
Photography Kimberly Murray // Assisted by Linda Jednaszewski // Concept and Styling Brittni Mehlhoff
Accept any ideas for how to colorize your own political party, for the holidays and beyond? I'd love to hear your thoughts in the comments below. Or share how you bring colour to parties with the hashtag #ColorizeYourParty.
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