Here are some of the things that I did:
Pin the Tail on the Fox - This was so cheap and easy! I bought a piece of foam board and chevron wrapping paper at Dollar Tree. Wrapped the foam board with the paper for the background. Found the fox image at SuperColoring, colored the image at the website and saved it, and then used PosteRazor to print it poster sized on multiple standard sheets of paper. Then I cut out the fox image, cut off the tail, laminated the tail for durability, and glued the rest of the fox to the paper. Put a thumbtack through the tail for pinning, and added text printed out from MS Word. It's hard to see, but the speech bubble says "Jacha-chacha-chacha-chow!".
Fox Pinata - this was more difficult. I found the inspiration at Oleander and Palm. Even though the website said it was out of stock, I found the star shaped pinata at our local Target. Miss A and I made a huge mess of the homeschool room ripping off the existing tissue paper, and then painted it with orange paint so that the remaining bits didn't show through. Then I took orange tissue paper and cut it into strips and unlike the inspiration who had fringe scissors, painstakingly cut the paper into fringe and glued them on. We filled it mainly with party favors - things like wedding bubbles, whistles, compasses, bead necklaces, etc. along with some all-natural candy. FYI, I do not recommend the Target star pinata for younger kids. It was virtually indestructible, and the adults ended up having to smash it open because none of the kids could, even with a real softball bat.
Michael's craft stores are a treasure trove of fox themed stuff right now! We scored a fox stamp, notebooks for favor bags, mini-clothespin foxes, a little fox dish, thank you cards (and plain cards, which would be great for invitations, wish I'd found them sooner!) and their Creatology section has a Woodland theme that includes fox stickers and craft projects. They also have plastic fox toys in the toy section, but our store didn't have enough for all of our guests.
Fox Masks - I found the template on illistyle. Just 3 colors of felt, each piece of felt made at least 4 pieces, plus the black pieces are very small. Cut, glue (I used hot glue), and attach an elastic band or ribbon to tie it on. I had debated on having the kids make these themselves (with regular glue) but worried that they would have trouble waiting for the glue to dry. The foam sticker kits were much easier for the kids to do.
Fox Cake - Miss A insisted on a carrot cake for her birthday, and while I had seen some cute fox cakes using icing, I had the idea of using shredded carrots (mixed with a dusting of sugar) for fox fur instead. She used the small holes on a cheese grater to shred the carrots while I was making the cake. I used Primal Palate's primal carrot cake recipe, and after frosting with cream cheese icing I sprinkled on the carrot fur, and then melted some Enjoy Life mini chocolate chips with a little coconut oil and used a squeeze bottle to make the eyes, nose, and whiskers. The ears are just card stock and marker, I had initially planned to use chocolate for those too (hardened on parchment paper and attached with toothpicks), but at this point it was very late the night before the party and I ran out of time. The cake was a hit - folks at the party couldn't believe that it was gluten (and grain) free.
Ice Cream Ball - Not a Fox related item, but I wanted to include it because it has been well worth the money. We got the YayLabs! Ice Cream Ball a while back for a get-together, and I don't think we'll ever buy ice cream again. Not only does it make great ice cream, you control the ingredients, and most importantly it keeps kids busy and having fun while waiting for the main event! Just add cream (coconut cream works too!), sugar (or stevia/honey/etc.), flavoring, and roll it around on the ground for 30 minutes.
Miss A had a blast and her friends did too, so I think we pulled it off!!
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