How to Make Dance Recital Day Special
Make Free Fancy Cards, Theme Cookies, Personalized Art
Dance recitals are a happy, exciting spring tradition for many young girls. A dance student has practiced her routines for months, and is now about to perform in front of an audience. A recital is a big deal! Parents of dancers can make the most of dance recital day by adding some flourishes such as invitations, themed cookies and a unique, framed memento for the dancer.
Create Recital Invitations With Free Pattern
A nice prelude to the dance recital is to send printed invitations. An invitation form can be downloaded for free and printed on cardstock, available at office supply and craft stores. The printed cards can then be embellished with craft store staples - glitter glue and/or adhesive-backed rhinestones - for more pizazz.
Plan an After-Dance ReceptionMany families traditionally take their dancer out to eat after the recital. But after a long recital, the dancer may be tired. Plus, eating out can be costly. Instead, it's easy to plan a simple get together at home, with punch, sandwiches and themed cookies. Dance-shaped cookie cutters generally are hard to find in retail stores, but can be ordered through a website that caters to dance related items.
Cookies can be made ahead of time using a simple, sturdy sugar cookie recipe, then iced with a frosting of confectioner's sugar thinned with milk and a drop of food coloring - the choice of color depending on the dancer's outfit.
Create a Personalized Wall MementoParents snap away at dance recitals, taking photos that are later relegated to a scrapbook that sits on the shelf. Instead, proud parents can create a framed scrapbook page that can be hung in their daughter's room, or even the family room, for all to admire.
To make the page especially appealing with little effort, special themed dance stickers can be used, along with photos. There are easy to follow techniques for effective sticker use in scrapbooking.
Plastic frames designed specially for 12-by-12 inch scrapbook pages are widely available where scrapbooking supplies are sold. The frames require no assembling; the creative parent simply designs the scrapbook page, then places it in the frame.
Here are the tools needed:
Framed Scrapbook Page
- free scrapbook paper (in colors that coordinate with dancer's recital outfit)
- dance stickers (ballet stickers are common; check SandyLion for jazz stickers)
- 3-4 good photos (try for different angles, to add variety to page)
- glue sticks, fine-tipped pen, scissors
- plastic, 3D scrapbook frame
Assemble graphic elements on page, add notes, Insert scrapbook in frame.
Dance recitals are big, exciting events for a girl. The dancer's family can make the day even more special by creating special invitations, refreshments and a framed wall memento of the unforgettable day.
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