Birthday Crafts
Birthday crafts can decorate a party or work as favors. You can give a craft project as a gift. Assembling crafts is a fun activity for kids or adults at birthday parties. If you are looking for a gift for the person who has everything, make an unusual craft project.
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Birthday Card Crafts
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Birthday cards can accent a gift. If your friend lives across the country or you have a small budget, a custom birthday card shows that you put effort into the birthday. Cut words or letters out of a magazine to personalize the birthday message. For a child's birthday make a lion card. Cut out simple circle shapes from brown and yellow paper. Glue yarn or feather pieces onto the card to work as the mane and add texture.
Birthday-card crafts can work for all ages and still be elegant. Pick up metal scrap booking tags. These tags have a paper pattern in the middle of a metal frame. Place several different sizes and colors of tags in a row on the front of the card. Put a ribbon bow on the front of each tag so it looks like a birthday present. Use scalloped scissors to cut out a rectangle with your birthday wishes on it.
Birthday Favor Crafts
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Party favors thank your guests for attending your birthday party. Create the favors yourself so you can get the exact color and theme of your celebration. Favors can be a part of your overall party decoration. For an outdoor celebration, give your guests a gift of flowers in a crafted vase. You can find small paper lanterns at craft stores. Place a glass vase inside the lantern and fill the vase with water and colorful flowers. The small arrangements form a larger centerpiece but your guests can take them home after the party is over.
Gift Crafts
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Birthday gifts don't have to be generic or expensive. Use craft projects to give everyday items a custom look. Celebrate his birthday by personalizing a tie. Trace a monogram onto the bottom of the tie. Keep the monogram small and in a masculine font. You can just use the letter of his first or last name. According to Martha Stewart, trace the stencil onto the tie with a disappearing-ink pen. Use thread that is close to the same color as the tie so it doesn't stand out too much. Then you can embroider inside the letter for a one-of-a-kind craft gift that he can wear to the office.
Make one-of-a-kind salt and pepper shakers if the birthday girl just got her first apartment or home. Dip a pencil eraser in glass paint and apply to plain shakers. Use the tip of the pencil to create smaller dots around the central dots.
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