This painting party for kids is such a fun activity! Everyone gets to go home with a one-of-a-kind party favor—a painting for their bedroom! This post contains affiliate links.
Kaylee wasn’t sure what kind of birthday party that she wanted to have last year. She is super creative so I suggested maybe having another painting party! I frequently see my adult friends post about the painting parties that they go to and they look like a lot of fun. A painting party for kids sounded perfect and was super easy to plan. A trip to Hobby Lobby and an order to Amazon. Done.
The canvases doubled as the birthday party activity and the party favor at the same time!
We called it a “Pastries and Painting Party”. Kaylee wanted donuts instead of a cake which I was totally down with. She also saw this darling unicorn at Hobby Lobby and it matched the paints that she had picked out for the canvases. So that was a no-brainer. I love that she was completely involved with the planning.
Painting Party for Kids
Supplies:
Canvas (11×14″ pack of 7 $9.99 at Hobby Lobby)
Table Cloth ($1 at Walmart)
Acryllic paint: $.77/each at Hobby Lobby
Set up was super easy:
I set out a plastic tablecloth and paint pallets for each girl. I also ordered sponge brushes and aprons.
I cut out the first letter of each of their names in vinyl and had the canvases all ready to go. The goal was to fill up the entire canvas with color, then remove the vinyl letter after the paint dried!
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Aren’t these colors perfect? They were so pretty and totally coordinated with the unicorn piñata.
At one point the house was absolutely silent. My husband and I couldn’t believe it. 10-year-old girls NOT TALKING. They said they were too busy concentrating on their paintings.
Each painting turned out so unique! Some of the girls used only the round sponge brushes. Others used the foam brushes. By the time the party was over the paintings were dry, making it easy to transport them to their homes.
Their paintings are now proudly displayed in their bedrooms. She is already talking about doing another painting or craft party this year. I can’t wait to see what she decides on!
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This party was so easy to plan! A friend of ours came and taught the girls a short routine that they performed for their parents when they came to pick them up! Stop by and see the darling luncheon that we served!
When your daughter’s favorite animal is a pig, a pink piggy party is a must. Come see how we put this party together, including how to make pink piggy ice cream cones and the cute barn boxes that we ordered!
What type of vinyl did you use on the canvas before they painted it? Did you have to do anything to the canvas for the vinyl to stick and then be removable? I’ve read different things. Thanks for any help!
Hi Sherri! I used cricut vinyl for the letters, but you could also use contact paper. I didn’t have to do anything to it for it to be removable, it came right off!
Hey where did u get the letters from
Hi Sherri! I cut the out of vinyl (contact paper) using my cricut. You could also cut them with scissors and a template!
Hi Brandy,
What size did you make your letters? Thank you
Hi Stephanie! The letters were 7″ tall. Have a great day!
Did you prime your canvas? And did each girl end up using all their own paint or was there left over ?
I didn’t do anything to the canvas and the 6 bottles of paint were enough for all of the girls with plenty left over. Probably only used 1/2 of each bottle.
How long did it take for the canvas to dry so you could remove the letters? Just trying to take that into consideration to plan other things to do to give enough time.,
Hi Deb! I removed the vinyl while the paint was still a little tacky. I used tweezers to pull the vinyl up. MOST of the canvases were dry by the time the party ended, after allowing them to sit for 45 minutes or so.