| Homemade Sesame Street invitations is the place to | | | | - Cut a large oval from shiny red cardstock for his |
| start when creating that very special 1st birthday party. | | | | head; cut a small circle from shiny orange cardstock to |
| Your little one will thank you for taking a walk down | | | | create his nose; and cut an open-shaped mouth from |
| one of their favorite streets - Sesame Street that is! | | | | either shiny black cardstock or black felt. |
| SESAME STREET INVITATIONS - FEATURING BIG | | | | - To create Elmo's face, glue orange nose and black |
| BIRD | | | | mouth to red oval and finish up by gluing large goggly |
| - Cut 8 1/2" x 11" shiny, orange cardstock into 4 pieces. | | | | eyes above his nose. |
| - Type or hand-write your party details in calligraphy on | | | | - Put the party details on the reverse side. |
| a piece of light tangerine scrapbook paper, that has a | | | | INVITATIONS - FEATURING YOUR BABY |
| faint complimentary pattern. | | | | - Cut 8 1/2" x 11" shiny, yellow cardstock into 2 pieces |
| - Cut each finished piece of scrapbook paper with | | | | and fold in half. |
| decorative scissors so they measure 3" x 4 1/2" and | | | | - Using decorative scissors, trim the edges of a photo |
| glue to the 4 pieces of cardstock. | | | | of your baby in their favorite Sesame Street |
| - Decorate the corners with Big Bird stickers and | | | | character costume, so that the photo is slightly smaller |
| embellish the edges with yellow glitter. | | | | than cardstock. |
| - On the reverse side, decorate with Big Bird stickers | | | | - Glue the photo to the front of the invitation. Put |
| and die cuts of letters and numbers. | | | | "Come Celebrate My 1st Birthday!" above the photo. |
| SESAME STREET INVITATIONS - FEATURING | | | | - On decorative paper (finished size 4 1/2" x 7 1/2") |
| COOKIE MONSTER | | | | either type or hand-write in calligraphy the party details. |
| - Make or buy extra-large chocolate chip cookies and | | | | EMBELLISH READY-MADE INVITATIONS |
| wrap each one in blue cellophane. | | | | Buy ready-made Sesame Street invitations featuring |
| - Type or hand-write in calligraphy, party information on | | | | Big Bird and embellish the picture. Add wiggly eyes, |
| large adhesive labels. | | | | yellow feathers on the body, and red felt for the |
| - Put a label on each cookie, and a large Cookie | | | | mouth. |
| Monster sticker on the reverse side. | | | | Add Fun Wording To Your Invitations: |
| - Hand-deliver your cookie invitations. | | | | (Baby's Name) Birthday Is Brought To You By The |
| SESAME STREET INVITATIONS - FEATURING | | | | Letter (first letter of baby's name) And The Number "1. |
| ELMO'S FACE | | | | |