Back in October our sweet son turned 5 - I'm still trying to process that. Just like we have done over the past several years we had a little DIY party for him. This year he chose the theme - he wanted a backyard campsite, a fire with marshmallows and a tent. That sounded super fun to us so we went with it and came up with several easy and fun DIY projects for the day! Here is a little recap and some ideas for hosting your own backyard campsite party (or any diy party)...Welcome to Camp Silas!
For his parties I try and make several things, reuse other party items and purchase just a few new ones. The DIY elements included some wood slices, a few chalkboard items, his pallet board campsite sign and a rustic tent.
Since I was making a lot of things for his party and reusing a bunch of things (like the striped banner and little crepe lanterns) I didn't mind splurging a little on this deer. Now that I'm thinking about this, besides the food and paper products I didn't spend anything on decorations besides this deer. I stalked it at Target for a while until it went on sale and now that the party is over it has found a permanent place in our spare room - so I felt ok with it.
This was just a simple painted pallet board sign we made - so easy but so cute!
The red buffalo check table covering is just a blanket I already had. This was a last minute thought but I loved it. I just walked around the house looking for things that might work (this is pretty much what I do every time I do any sort of party planning). Always use what you already have first!
So probably our favorite thing was the simple tent Justin made. How precious did this turn out? Silas and Justin went on a hunt for the tree branches and he used a simple canvas painting tarp we already had. Justin secured the tent with some heavy duty rope/twine. I was not really involved in the making of the tent process so I really don't have a how-to for it. But it came together fairly easily.
The kids loved it and was a great place to play, eat and laugh together! We added a little lantern and a string of lights, oh and a little slice of wood turned chalkboard sign...such a fun spot!
So we had lots of different food options but we did this fun little make your own trail mix station inside. I bought some blue paper bags and cut them almost in half for a cute little "grub" on the go snack. It was nothing fancy and as you can see I used a various selection of bowls and jars - it didn't have to match or be perfect. The kids loved choosing and making their trail mix (and the adults loved it too).
It was such a sweet and fun night celebrating Silas and as a family we had a blast planning and doing it together. Silas has already picked a theme for next year and we have been talking about different ideas we could come up with. Its so fun to get your kids involved and encouraging that creativity inside of them. Thanks for visiting today! If you are looking for more easy diy party ideas you can check out Silas' dinosaur party, race car party and safari party! I also have some ideas for hosting a sweet 16 party , a "tweens" pirate party and global themed going away party. Go grab some ideas!
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