| HOLIDAY FUN |
The Party Zone
Since they’re not exactly big on small talk, gourmet canapés, or relaxing
with a cocktail, the youngest of your esteemed guests may start getting
antsy before the bird gets carved. To keep the potentially squirmiest seated
and happy sans screens, serve up activities so tempting, adults may ask,
“Exactly how strict is the age limit at the kids’ table?”
1 | Check Mates
Turn a linen runner into
Activity Alley with fabric
paint and game stencils.
Paint or number wooden
rounds for the pieces.
THE DETAILS: The Stencil-
smith game-board stencil,
10", $13.50; and tic-tac-toe
stencil, 10", $16, thestencil
smith.com. ArtMinds wooden
disks, 1" and 1.5", from $2 for
6; and Martha Stewart Crafts
multisurface satin acrylic
craft paint, in Ink Blue,
$2.50 for 2 oz., michaels.com.
Jacquard Textile Colors
fabric paint, in Brown, $4.75
for 2.25 oz., dickblick.com.
2 | Action Figures
Top kids’ napkins with
wooden dolls (aka proto-
Legos) wearing acorn-
top berets and ribbon
scarves, and set out
markers so they can fill
in the details.
THE DETAILS: ArtMinds
Mom & Dad dolls, $2 for
a pair, michaels.com. Linge
Particulier linen napkins,
in Brown Gingham, $15 each,
shopthemansion.com.
3 | Better Letters
Make “place cards” from
alphabet tiles that kids
can swap, spell with, and
take home as souvenirs.
THE DETAILS: ArtMinds
wooden alphabet tiles,
$6 for 60, michaels.com.
4 | Bead Brigade
Fill bowls with necklace- or
bracelet-making supplies
for junior jewelers.
THE DETAILS: Factory
Direct Craft assorted round
wooden beads, $5.75 for
45, factorydirectcraft.com.
Creatology wooden alpha-
bet beads, $7.50 for 150; and
Bead Landing faux-suede
cording, $7.50 for 12 2-yd.
bundles, michaels.com.
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30 NOVEMBER 2019
