Nail Polish Painted Utensils

     Jazz up plain cutlery with nail polish.  I just brushed polish over the handle, but if you're skilled at nail polish designs, you could do all sorts of neat decorations.

Caution: do not paint the whole utensil.  You only want to paint parts that people will not eat off of.  If your partygoers are at an age where it's likely they will try chewing on the handle, it's best to save this craft until they're a little older.

Materials:
*Plastic cutlery
*Nail polish

Directions:
*Paint the handle of your cutlery with nail polish.  You can always add glitter or small sequins too for some extra sparkle.

Here's my original design for the party.  I thought those stat sequins might get in the way too much or be uncomfortable to hold, so that's why ultimately I went with the other design.  With smaller star sequins, though, this might work well for a slumber party or star/space party.

Glitter "Dipped" Cups

     Give your next party some extra sparkle with these easy to make glitter cups.

Materials:
*Paper cups
*Glitter
*Mod podge
*Sponge paintbrush

Directions:
*Cover your workstation with newspaper or something that will similarly protect it from stray glitter and glue.
*Dip your paintbrush in Mod Podge and carefully move the brush around the cup, marking out where you want the glitter to end.
*Fill in the area below this line with a thin layer of Mod Podge as well.
*Pour glitter over the cup.  Set aside to dry.
*Once dry, shake off excess glitter and then pour the excess glitter back into its container.

DIY Starry Sky Streamers and Garland

     Starry streamers are a perfect decorations for sleepovers (or un-slumber parties), space themed parties, and many more.  They are inexpensive to make, but a bit time consuming (it took me hours to glue on all those stars), so be aware of the time investment before you get started.

Starry Sky Streamers

Materials:
*Black streamers
*Silver star sequins
*All purpose adhesive
*Scissors
*Tape measure
*Tape

Directions:
*Measure the width of your door and the width of your streamers and divide the width of the door by the width of the streamers to figure out how many streamers you'll need.
*Measure the height of your entryway and cut out streamers that are approximately this height.
*Glue on stars.  Originally I was gluing on diagonal stripes of three, one star at one side, the next higher up and in the middle, and the last still further up and at the other side.  However, this proved to be very time consuming, so I switched to alternating stars from one side to the other spaced as far apart as I thought I could get away with.
*Let dry.  Tape finished streamers above the entryway.

Star Garland

Materials:
*Silver glitter cardstock
*Pencil
*Scissors
*Black ribbon

Directions:
*Find a star template online, resize to the desired size, print, and cut out.
*Trace the template onto the back of the glitter cardstock to create as many stars as you'd like for your garland.
*Glue the stars to the ribbon.  Let dry.

DIY Slumber Party Photo Booth Props

     Photo booth props make most any event more fun and DIY ones cost little to make.  With sleep masks and nail polish bottles, plus fun favorites like crowns and star glasses, these props are bound to be a hit at your next slumber party.  If you have a Silhouette CAMEO, load the templates into Silhouette Studio and you'll finish these props in a flash.

Materials:
*Cardstock in various colors
*Bamboo skewers or wooden dowels
*Scissors
*X-acto knife
*Rhinestones
*Duct tape
*Pencil
*All purpose adhesive

Directions:

*Resize and print out the templates given below:

*Cut out the templates and trace onto colors of cardstock of your choosing.

*Cut out and glue together the pieces of each prop.

*For the crown, once you've cut out the crown shape, glue on some rhinestones.

*Attach the bamboo skewer using duct tape.

Nail Polish Roulette Slumber Party Game

     Here's a fun sleepover party (or un-slumber party) game.  If you already have a collection of nail polish, you have the bulk of what you'll need to make the game (and if you don't, you can pick up bottles at Dollar Tree for $1 each or buy multi-packs after Halloween and Christmas at steep discounts).  If you're buying new bottles rather than digging into your personal collection, you could even give away some of the bottles as party favors.
     My version of the game requires 20 different nail polish colors, but you could easily play with fewer bottles by using a six-sided die instead of a 20 sided one or using a game spinner (Brian suggested using a spinner from the game of Life and matching nail polish colors to the colors on the spinners.  I've also seen several variations of this Spin the (Nail Polish) Bottle game, which generally use 8 colors but which could be modified to use more or fewer).  Also, although I thought my game board was a nice touch, you can easily make a variation of this game using only nail polish, a die, and some way of numbering your nail polish bottles.

Materials:

*20 bottles of nail polish
*20 sided die
*Painter's or masking tape
*Marker
*12x12 sheet of cardstock
*Number and letter stickers (or cutouts; I used my CAMEO for the lettering/numbering)

Directions:

*For making the game board, add a title like "Nail Polish Roulette" to the top of a 12x12 sheet of paper and then place numbers 1-20 along the board.

*Write numbers 1-20 on painter's or masking tape and stick them to the backs of the nail polish bottles.

*Place the nail polish bottles along the board at their designated spots.

Game Play

 *Players sit in a circle around the game board taking turns rolling the die.

*The number a player rolls corresponds to the nail polish color a player will have to paint one of their nails.

*The game concludes when each player has painted all of their fingernails (or toenails).