Willy wonka crafts for kids

Create a magical birthday party based on the wonderfully whacky story of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, by Roald Dahl, filled with colour, sweeties and crazy invention games! Approximately 5 minutes after Cakie’s 3rd birthday Fairy party last year, she declared that she wanted her 4th birthday party to be “all about Charlie and the...Read More »

The Butterballs love our pretend tea parties so it was no surprise when Tamlyn requested a real tea party as part of her Birthday Bucket List activities. After practicing a lot of the basic table manners during our pretend tea parties, I decided to take it up a notch... think Downton Abbey manners :) First, the Butterballs got to put on their Sunday Best. Then I set the table using my favorite china teapot (eeek!!); my special espresso cups, which were just the right size for the Butterballs…

Pipe cleaner lollipops - These are super simple to make and are great for Candy Land or a Willy Wonka theme party, as Christmas ornaments & Girl Scout Swaps

The trick to deciding what activities to do at your party is knowing your guests, then identifying what kind of party environment you want to create for them. Once known, you can select the party elements that achieve that type of environment. For example, if you were hosting a small neighborho

Play with chocolate! Why not make chocolate slime. We did, and it was so easy and tons of fun using our super simple homemade slime recipe!

I've called these candy templates because I started making them for Halloween, but of course here in the UK we know these as sweets! Either way they make for a useful template, with three different styles. Print them onto coloured card and string them up for a colourful decoration.

Julie L's Birthday / Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory - Photo Gallery at Catch My Party

I would have liked to have had this Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Celebration on February 1st, because that's when the golden ticket tells the kids to go to the factory. Buuuut Tuesdays are our late day and that's when I have all my big shindigs, so January 30th it was. First I adorned the January bulletin board with an Oompa Loompa, and then I got to planning. I wanted an activity to go with each of the characters that visited the factory. Pigskins & Pigtails had a fun idea for Veruca…

This easy candy necklace party craft is fun for kids to make while letting them create their own party favors to take home! Simple step-by-step tutorial.