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Raising the Bar on Kid’s Parties
Lisa Tucker
August 28, 2007
With two kids, ages 7 and 11, we attend a lot of birthday parties. My older daughter, Chloe, attended a party this weekend, which got me thinking about how digital photography has really raised the bar on kids' parties over the years.
I remember the first time, several years ago, when I used digital photography at one of my girls’ parties. I took one photo of each child with the birthday girl at the beginning of the party.Then as the kids played outside, I set up my trusty HP compact printer on the picnic table, and started printing out the photos. By the time the party was over, I was able to present each parent with a photograph of their child as a souvenir.The parents and kids loved it! They thought I was so amazing!So crafty! So innovative! I did lots of demos of my hp camera and printer that day – and could probably be credited with selling a few.
That was then.Today’s parties go way beyond that.A simple photograph given out at the end of a party wouldn’t amaze anyone today. Probably no one would ask for a demo, or call me innovative.My once-fabulous idea of giving parents a photograph of their child at the party is now just a party basic. Nowadays people are doing so much more – sending out customized invitations, giving out framed photos, using photo wrapping paper and sometimes even presenting party-goers with a Snapfish photo book containing party photos a week or so after the event. All this innovation is making my job as a cutting-edge mom that much harder.
Fortunately, the HP Activity Center has a ton of ideas for making kids’ parties special. The crafts they showcase are usually pretty simple and don’t require that much skill, which is good, because honestly, I don’t have a crafty bone in my body. I also don’t have much time on my hands, so I need something I can do fast.
Here’s my question - does anyone else have (easy) ideas on how to use digital photography to make parties special? Has anyone done something new and exciting that I can steal and call my own?
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| sgetgood | kid's parties | 4 | Dec 2 2008, 7:21 PM EST by melissa7b | ||
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Thread started: Sep 6 2007, 10:06 AM EDT
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Why not make the party about taking pictures and then seeing their own work. Kids love to take pictures. Take them somewhere fun, perhaps give them a photo scavenger hunt list of things you know they can get pics of and let them sort of loose. They could bring their own cameras or you could provide them.
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| Irishman99 | Something you can steal and call your own!!!! | 0 | Sep 13 2007, 4:01 PM EDT by Irishman99 | ||
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Lisa, I love it! A friend introduced me to a great tool called SendOutCards. With it, I can send out custom invitations, postcards, and greeting cards with photos and graphics for each kid for about a dollar a card, and the company does all the work! They print the cards, address the envelopes, put a stamp on them and fire em out! I can then use the same system to send thank you cards. It is the easiest thing in the world and fun! I don't have a lot of time either, but this is too cool! If you want, you can send a couple cards out on my dime. Just go to www.SendOutCards.com/TryMeFree And you are welcome to call the idea your own too! I wont tell anyone!
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