Spring is the perfect time of year to throw a kite party. This little kite invitation isn’t just cute, the little kite actually works! You can keep it in your bag for impromptu kite flying. These fun little invites are really easy to make. Just build a few small kites out of tissue paper and then attach them to a piece of cardstock that includes all the party information. Presto! Every guest is sure to feel special from the moment their invitation arrives in the mail.
Click through for instructions.
Materials: Colored Tissue Paper, Flat Hobby Wood(from art store), Colored Cardstock, Quick Dry Tacky Glue, Scissors, X-Acto Knife, Spool of White Thread
Step 1: Using an X-Acto knife, split your hobby wood in half so that it’s in very thin strips.
Step 2: Trace out the shape of a small kite and a triangle on a piece of tissue paper. Cut both shapes out.
Step 3: Cut on three thin strips of tissue paper (this will become the tail of the kite.)
Step 4: Measure and cut 2 thin strips of wood down to the size of the kite so that they reach from top to bottom and side to side.
Step 5: Glue down the longer piece of wood from the top point of the kite to the bottom point of the kite.
Step 6: Glue down the shorter piece of wood from one side point of the kite to the other.
Step 7: At the top of each thin strip of tissue paper, place a small dot of glue and attach them together to make a tail.
Step 8: Glue this tail to the bottom of the kite.
Step 9: Fold over a thin strip along the bottom of the already cut tissue paper triangle. Place a few dots of glue along this strip.
Step 10: Attach the triangle to the top of the kite (the side without wood.)
Step 11: Place a thin line of glue to the side of this triangle and attach a very long piece of thread.
Step 12: Wrap the thread around the invitation to secure the kite in place.
Step 13: Send in the mail for your friends to enjoy!
Photography by Aubrey Trinnaman for Oh Happy Day
Art Direction by Jordan Ferney
Produced by Stacy Wichelhaus
Crafting by Jessica Heywood
Styling by Caitlin Barker
Becca / A Good Good Day
May 14, 2013
Jordan, you’re crafts and party ideas are so inspiring! I can’t wait till my nephew’s a little older (or I have kids of my own- eep!) so I can make them with him, or decorate for his birthday parties!
Can’t wait to hear how your blog grew into the beautiful site it is today in your Case Study with Alt on Friday too! (It’s my first Alt and I’m anxious but excited!!)
Anastasia
May 14, 2013
Wouldn’t this be a cute graduation card as well? The “sky’s the limit?”
Kate
May 14, 2013
These are fun! Love the colors you chose.
rhiannon
May 14, 2013
how adorable!
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Meg
May 14, 2013
I love when things are dual purpose!
Love!
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Bliss-ologie
May 14, 2013
Super cute! and sooo Fun!
PARIS BEE kids blog
May 14, 2013
Fun! I want to throw a kite party!!!
xoxo PARIS BEE kids blog
Jessica @ Stay at Home-ista
May 14, 2013
These are so cute! I think now that the weather is nicer the SF Kite Company will be going back kite flying (with free loaner kites!) on Marina Green on the weekends. I took my kids last year and they loved it! We live in the perfect city for kites:)
Jessica
Marie
May 14, 2013
Great idea and it doesnt look that complicated! Love this! I really like your blog! I would love if you could check out mine and say what you think! http://www.thestyletographer.com/ THANKS
Xo from Mexico!!!
Kayleigh
May 14, 2013
These invitations are absolutely adorable! You come up with the most creative and inspiring ideas!
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uncustomary
May 14, 2013
Extremely cute 🙂
Jenna
May 14, 2013
This is the cutest idea ever! I definitely plan on buying some tissue paper and trying this out myself in different colors. 🙂
xo, Jenna
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Tipper Mary
May 14, 2013
Cute invitations, Like the design.
dorette
May 14, 2013
I like the colours you had used.
Kacie
May 15, 2013
Your party invites and projects always make me wish I had more parties to throw!!!!!!
Kacie
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Amanda
May 15, 2013
Great idea! Fun and whimsical and would bring out the inner child in all of us 🙂
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Adriana
May 18, 2013
So adorable!! And such a great, unique idea. I really love kites, and I can easily say that I still love flying kites – it’s just so much fun. Would love to make these for a Spring get-together of family and have a BBQ so all the kids (and adults like me) can fly our new kites. 🙂