Thursday, October 22, 2009

Blues Clues Party Supplies For Your Child's Special Day

By Rand Fortescue

If Blues Clues is your preschooler's favorite show on TV, that's your first clue to organizing a fun themed party with plenty of Blues Clues party supplies. Blue loves a party and her best friend Joe always has lots of ideas to make parties special. You can too, with Blues Clues party supplies available online or you can 'think, think, think' and make your own.

Your child's friends will be singing Steve and Joe's favorite song when the mail arrives. "We just got a letter.. We just got a letter...". Make your own "pawty" invitations by using 3x5 cards. You can draw or stamp a big blue paw print on each one. Write "here's your first clue! We're having balloons and lots of cake, too !" Use a colorful marker to write out party details on the other side.

Just like Blue, your child will be thrilled when all his or her friends come to the party. Imagine walking into the room with big blue and white balloons, each stamped with Blue's famous paw print. Purchase streams and table ware and stamp paw prints all over them, but don't stamp the middle of paper plates where the food will be placed. For a fun centerpiece, purchase blue and white helium balloons and tie them on a Blues Clues stuffed toy.

If you have plenty of lead time, make Joe's house out of a large appliance box. Cut out the doors and windows, paint the roof red and the walls orange. For Blue's party favors you can make simple ones using some of Blue's favorite activities and accessories.

Everyone needs a handy dandy notebook to write clues in. Purchase small, spiral ring notebooks for each child and you can all decorate them together. Have plenty of markers, stickers, bits of fabric, ribbons and glue sticks. Have them sit in their thinking chairs and think. Pail and Shovel are two friends that are always waiting in the back yard to play with Blue. Small pails and shovels, similar to what you'd take the beach, can be purchased inexpensively. Draw faces on them with permanent marker.

Blue's ears can be great Blues Clue party supplies. These can be made very easily out of blue felt. Trace long, doggie-type ears on blue felt, cut them out and staple, sew or glue them to a white hat with a peak, such as a ball cap or painter's hat. Use red felt to cut out a little tongue and draw Blue's face on the hat.

When planning out food and other Blues Clue party supplies, dog cookies can be fun to make as treats for everyone. Well, not real dog cookies, just pretend ones. Bake sugar cookies in the shape of a dog paw or bone and decorate with blue icing. All it takes is a little imagination and a few clues from Blue herself.

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