One of my favorite summer party ideas is to have a neighborhood parade with kids and all their vehicles: bikes, tricycles, wagons, and even strollers. Set up a decorating station before the parade so kids can decorate their rides with streamers, balloons, and ribbon. I used a pack of those luau leis to create handlebar streamers for AmazingMoms. Did you know that if you unravel plastic leis, you get huge, long, colorful streamers? I’m sure we can come up with some other great projects to use those streamers for (crochet? decorating fused plastic?). If you want to deconstruct some leis, now is the time to purchase them at the dollar store. I bet the luau stuff will be phasing out pretty soon. [click here to find out how to make handlebar streamers]
Project Estimate:
- 2 leis, (pack of 6 for $1), $1
- a piece of curling ribbon, on hand
Total: $1
4 Comments
Sue at nobaddays
Delurking to say that I love your site. I also wanted to show you the bike streamers we made for my son’s bike birthday party. Made from the $1 plastic table cloths and pipecleaners … all also available at dollar stores (I think I got them at Big Lots actually).
http://www.flickr.com/photos/daveandsue/3981353253/in/set-72157622367352740/
And here is the full birthday set – we also made number plates from craft foam for the kids to decorate – enjoy! http://www.flickr.com/photos/daveandsue/sets/72157622367352740/
heather
@Sue, thanks! I love your idea to make bike streamers out of plastic tablecloths & pipecleaners – those are even better materials than leis because they’re available year-round and you get a lot more material for your $1. Nice!
Sue at nobaddays
Thanks – kudos to my mom who was visiting and spent DAYS making them! She is a perfectionist, as you can see!
Sue at nobaddays
Feel free to share my pics BTW.