Crafty friday!

Its the party season and what do you do with that kid's table.
I used to hate kid's tables when I was a kid.
I wanted to be with the grown ups, I mean thats where the good conversations where and also the good food.
I always think you should serve the kids the same as you serve the adults.
Don't do the pizza and hot dog thing, give them real food.
Anyway, I came up with this kid's table for Country Living.
You just cover the surface with kraft paper and set out little pots of crayon to tic-tac-toe.
I stamped paper for place cards and used a marker to make place settings.
And the best thing is the cleanup after, just trow away the tablecloth.
Photo by Addie Juell
Have a fab weekend all.

AND BE BACK MONDAY FOR SWEET PAULS FIRST ANUAL PUMPKIN WEEK!!!!!!!!

Comments

[susan crabtree]

love the simple beauty of the brown craft paper

[Suemaaya]

I am a Private Trend consultant from the Middle East I live in the US and travel back and forth , we made a similar idea using tables with tops that are painted with blackboard paint and used chaulk instead of crayons. But I love your idea.

[Karen B]

I did this for a women's event but I used lime green, orange and hot pink markers on white paper. The "placemats" were scalloped and the centerpieces were bright colors also. I loved it. I actually have a cartoon from a tablecloth that a friend drew of my dad when he was speaking in front of a class.

[Monique]

Very cute!!!!And your photos are always so nice.

[Diane]

I really enjoy your blog, you are one talented guy :) Looking forward to your pumpkin ideas next week!

[Ann Martin]

Love this idea, Paul, especially the marker place mats! And I'm on your exact same wavelength about giving kids 'real' food.

[Geraldine]

I love this simple and yet so pretty table ...

[Josefin]

Først og fremst tusen takk for en hærlig blogg - godt det er noen som får det til!!

I en alder av 37 sitter jeg fremdeles på barnebordet hjemme hos farfar, sammen med mine egne barn. Det ble forige gang foreslått å blande litt, men alle vi eldste barnebarna protesterte, da vi på denne måten har muligheten til å snakke bare vi, dog er det en hærlig blanding av generasjonene da jeg som er eldste mann av barnebarna er bare 7 år yngre enn minste onkelen og min eldste er 1 år eldre enn hans yngste - følger du med??
Når farfar nå fyller nå 90 år blir det nok leid et lokale da 5 av barnebarna har fått ektefelle og det også har kommet 7 oldebarn til .....
MEN vi har nå alltid fått den samme maten som de voksne - den består ofte av pølse, som er favoritten til farfar;-)

[Nicole @ Sprinkle with Salt]

so glad to have found your blog...

[cris]

I see no reason for this to be just a kid's table idea - I'd love to be seated at this table! Great idea...anytime I can eat and draw dirty pictures at the same time, I am pleased.

[Jorge]

OMG!!! This is SOOOOOOO cool!!! What a terrific idea!!

[cristina]

love it. Will post on studiofour13.blogspot.com

[beka*b]

This is such a fab and simple idea! I love it and will be doing the same this weekend at my little punk's Peter Pan birthday party. Thanks for the awesome inspiration :)

[Sevenoaks Furniture]

Lovely! It's very simple yet nice to look at.. Thanks for the tips..

[jewelry making]

As your site says, sweetpaul. Indeed you are! I really like it!

[Deanna]

This idea is wonderful!! I linked to you on my blog, http://eventsdee-signed.blogspot.com/

[Jamie says dream]

I think this is fun for adults too! For a relaxed table dinner where I and the guests scrabble on the "paper cloth" during the evening - when we want to explain something, or write down a fun thing that someone says, or just draw.