Oriental Trading is one of my favorite destinations for kids crafts, party goods and beading supplies. They’ve got the greatest selection ever and pretty decent prices too! You can subscribe to their catalog and order through that or you can order online.
I wanted something fun for the kids to do for Spring and Mother’s Day, so I chose the Happy Bug Sun Catcher Garden Stakes for my review. I thought they would look adorable in my garden and my Mother in law might appreciate one too.
Of course, you can’t make sun catchers without the paint, but luckily Oriental Trading carries a few different Sun Catcher Paint Sets. They even come with paint brushes too!
We had some friends and their children over this weekend, so we all got to work at the backyard table. We spread out newspaper, grabbed some paper plates {to squeeze the paint onto} and got right to it!
Just getting started |
Lil Man chose to make a bee |
The kids really enjoyed painting the sun catchers. They were all getting quite creative with their masterpieces. It was such a relaxing activity for a gorgeous Sunday.
It took us a little while to figure out how much paint to use, as it is not like regular paint. It’s special paint just for sun catchers. It dries quickly and goops up, so you need to make sure you do one are at a time. It seems a little thin, so I think next time we might just do two different coats of paint color.
Here’s the butterfly that I made |
The Happy Bug Sun Catcher Garden Stakes turned out great. The kids were excited to either take them home to their moms or give them to us right then and there.
When I was finished with mine, I took it to my garden once it was dry so that I could stick it somewhere. I thought the butterfly planter that I just planted seeds in would be perfect!
Oriental Trading has so many different awesome craft ideas plus so much more. If you are not familiar with them, I highly encourage you to check them out. I’m sure you will find some great ideas for Father’s Day, graduation and just plain summertime fun!
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Buy It!
You can buy the Happy Bug Sun Catcher Garden Stakes for $4.99 and the Sun Catcher Paint Set for $14.
I received a sample product for this review. All opinions are my own and/or my family’s, take it or leave it. Click here to view my whole disclosure policy.