My tutorial for making a cheap, sturdy, free-standing Egyptian sarcophagus out of foam board and paper maché, with stenciled hieroglyphs.
Egyptian Party Ideas to explore for a kid birthday party with games and activities, decorations and resources.
My Millie girl just turned 7! (Can you believe that?!) And it's a good thing for birthdays or I might never get around to updating my blog! Shortly after her rock star party last year, Millie became intrigued by ancient Egypt and declared that her next party would revolve around that theme. Years ago, luckily for me, I had clipped and saved a Child Magazine article, "Fit for a Pharaoh" party of the month. It gave me lots of ideas and I came up with a few of my own. For the invitation we set out to find some papyrus-looking paper and raffia but came away with this golden textured paper and hieroglyphic-adorned ribbon. Then I downloaded a hieroglyphic-inspired font, rolled up the invites like a scroll and voila! For Millie, the most important aspect of the whole party was decorations! Gold decor is harder to come across than you might imagine, but I did my best. Guests arrived to a play list including "Walk Like an Egyptian", "King Tut", and the theme songs from Aladdin, and Prince of Egypt. Then we put the girls to work making Egyptian masks. Next we gave each girl a wooden box that had been spray painted gold (thanks Mark!), and some jewels and glue. The boxes then became useful as they filled them with buried treasure . . . or ancient artifacts from an archaeological dig in a sandbox. Before the party I buried rubber snakes and frogs along with jewelry and typed up a list of what they needed to find. Then they used paint brushes to carefully search for treasures in the sand. And no Egyptian party would be complete without wrapping a mummy! After all that activity we took a break for a snack of hummus and cucumbers. They liked the cucumbers but the hummus? . . . Not so much. Then we opened gifts, Millie got so many nice things! Then everyone was ready for cake and ice cream! Millie had requested a honey cake, so Mark did his best and made this carrot-honey cake, with cream cheese, butter and honey frosting. As far as healthy-ish cakes go, it was divine! Then we gave each girl a box of pyramid-shaped Toblerone chocolates and an encrypted hieroglyphic thank-you message to decode at home. All my idea . . . pretty proud of myself. :) After the party, Millie's primary teachers stopped by with a card and an adorable hand-made headband. And her grandma Barbara came by with a beautiful framed photo of her mother whose name, Maurine, Millie shares as a middle name; and a monogram necklace bearing the letter "M". After all that partying I was too exhausted to think about dinner so we headed out on the town. Couldn't think of anywhere that serves Egyptian fare, so we went with the next best thing, Indian food! Millie and I were both so pleased with how everything turned out! I hope she remembers it for the rest of her life. Happy Birthday Millie!
This gorgeous CLEOPATRA + EGYPTIAN THEMED BIRTHDAY PARTY was submitted by Dolores Lopez of Mario Lopez Photography. The Egyptian culture has always been so fun and fascinating to me, so this party theme is something I adore! I love the cute decor pieces and items adorned in Egyptian symbols and hieroglyphics; they're absolutely fantastic! I also love all of the cute and creative desserts and sweets! This party theme is sure to be adored my any little Egyptian princess/goddess! The Cleopatra + Egyptian party ideas and elements to look for from this fantastic birthday celebration are: The darling Cleopatra/Egyptian inviation The fantastic Egyptian themed fondant cupcake toppers The fun white chocolate pyramid candies The awesome hieroglyphic and Isis Goddess backdrop The fabulous stenciled muslin favor bags The cute Egyptian themed sugar cookies The beaded Egyptian necklaces The dazzling gold painted dip jars and vases and MORE!
3rd graders finished their Egyptian sarcophagus', Egyptian self evaluation, and then made these toilet paper Egyptian cuffs! I told the students DO NOT CUT the toilet paper roll UNTIL it's completely dry. The reason being it will loose it's shape and just flatten out on it's own. So simply paint with metallic gold, decorate and glue with sequins, and let dry. Then give it a spiral cut for the cobra cuff or just s single cut for the normal cuff. Students finished working on teamwork skills and their tableteam, patterned, life-size sarcophagus', complete with heiroglyphic cartouches, gold metallic paint detail, and then cut them out. We drew straws for who got to take the treasure home!
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These ancient Egypt paper crowns are great for a school craft project. These crowns are an easy costume ! Buy once and print as many times as you need. These paper crowns are ready to be printed, cut, and enjoyed. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Your file will be available directly after payment. If you run into any problems with getting access to the files please let me know and I will send them to your e-mail. Please note that this is a DIGITAL download of the files. You will need to print and cut them out yourself. Suggestions: * Use a thicker/cardstock type of paper for a more durable/quality crown! * Add glitter and rhinestones for extra sparkle All paper crowns are for personal and classroom use only. Do not resell, redistribute or alter these crowns in any way for profit! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Get the set which includes versions for coloring: Ancient Egypt paper crowns set ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Want more Ancient Egypt crafts (colored)? Ancient Egypt paper masks set (colored) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out all our paper crowns! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other paper crowns sets (colored): pirate hats paper crowns set (colored) Australian animals paper crowns set (colored) farm animals paper crowns set (colored) woodland animals paper crowns set (colored) (set nr.1) woodland animals paper crowns set (colored) (set nr.2) Asian animals paper crowns set (colored) African animals paper crowns set (colored) ocean animals paper crowns set (colored) Astronomy paper crowns set (colored) community helpers paper crowns set (colored)
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