A Fancy Head-dress Party

Taranaki Daily News, 17 December 1926, Page 4 (Supplement)

A Fancy Head-dress Party

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Christmas wouldn’t seem real without a party, would it? One of the jolliest you can possibly give is the fancy headdress party, and if you can persuade mother to help with it, you and your guests are sure to have a wonderful time. In one corner of each invitation card you might paint a little cocked hat. This will give your guests some idea of the kind of party it is to be. On the great day you must have ready lots of sheets of different coloured crepe paper. Be sure to get the non-inflam-mable variety, then there won’t be so much danger of your setting yourselves alight if you venture too near the Christmas tree candles! You’ll also need several pairs of old. blunt-pointed scissors (one pair between two children), a few little jars of paste, and lots and lots of ordinary pins. When all the guests are assembled, you must’ pair them off, give every couple a supply of papers, and explain that each child must make a head-dress for his or her partner. Allow about a quarter of an hour, or a little longer, for the competition. When time is up, ring a bell as a sign that everyone must stop work. AH the head-dresses must.be kept on during tea. You’ve no idea how jolly everyone will look, wearing sonic gajfc and absurd head-dress. It will make a splendid start to the party, and is a very good way of getting shy children to know each other. After tea comes the judging, and perhaps daddy or uncle will help you with this. There will be onde prize for the most original head-dress, and another for the one which best suits it’s wearer, and finally a prize to be won by the, child who guesses correctly what most of the head-dresses are supposed to rep- j resent. Papers and pencils will be needed for this last competition.

SOME IDEAS FOR HEAD-DRESSES. And now for a few ideas for the head-dresses. One of the easiest and most effective would be that of a Rajah. For this, two lengths of contrasting coloured paper, say, emerald green and red or orange, should be loosely twisted together, and wound round the head, with the ends tucked in and secured with pins. A fringed feather ornament could be stuck on to the front as a finishing touch.

Another good idea would lie to make one like an Egyptian lady wears—with woven bands round the head, and great discs of contrasting-hucd paper to go over the ears. “Jewels” can be cut out of different coloured paper and pasted on, with very good effect. A Dutch cap of white paper would look very pretty, while a chef’s cap, or a dunce’s cocked hat, might be made by the younger children. niHniinilfllifllllilllinilliifllliilllHilillllinilHlllllriiliilijllilllilllllillliliHllflillltllUljnillltlliliilßlP

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