Daphne wanted her birthday party to be about Frozen and butterflies. We translated that into a few kids' science experiments, which was (thankfully!) a great success.
As each child came in, we gave them butterfly wings from the dollar store.
First, we made chromatography butterflies. I got the instructions from Buggy and Buddy. The kids were really into coloring their coffee filters and seeing how they transformed in water. After the filters dried, we used pipe cleaners to make them into butterflies.
Next, we asked the kids to release butterflies from ice. The day before, we emptied a package of toy butterflies into two big plastic bowls of water, and froze them. We put the blocks of ice with butterflies trapped inside in large plastic trays (due to the rainy weather, we were stuck inside) and talked to the kids about how they could get the butterflies out. They decided on salt and warm water, and kept going until all the butterflies were free.
We had planned to make "icy orbs" (a project from our trusty Smithsonian Maker Lab book). We filled balloons with water and froze them. We were going to cut off the balloons and give a ball of ice to each child to decorate using salt (to make holes in the ice), watercolors, and glitter. But we ran out of time. (It's always best to have too many activities!)
Then the kids worked on bursting an Olaf pinata, and we ended with pizza and decorate-your-own cupcakes. I find organizing my kids' birthday parties oddly stressful - but it was a very happy time.
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