(NAPSA)—Kids love to dress up andlet their imaginations run wild. If you have a digital camera, a color printer and some 8 1/2” x 11” photo paper, your house can become party central and look like a palace fit for a princess, a runway with beautiful models or any place that your kids can imagine. Creating costumes with their own faces will be a sure hit, especially for girls between the ages of 6 and 13. Costuming possibilities are limitless. Your kids can become rock stars, dancers, mermaidsor angels...they can be anyone they dream up! Here is how it works. After each guest arrives, have pose in a bathingsuit, leotard, tank top and shorts, or summer PJs. Take a portrait picture (vertical orienta- tion), so you have a full body shot that fills the length of the frame. Make sure you have a good shot— one both the photographer and modellike. Then, let the party continue. While kids are having fun, you can print out their pictures on large sheets of Fujifilm Premium Plus photo paper. Make two or three prints of each picture so that each girl can have double or triple the fashion fun. Have plenty of materials ready for creating the costumes—scissors, glue, colored paper, fabric scraps, metallic markers, glitter paint, ribbon, lace, ribbon roses, star sequins, beads, feathers, ete. PaperDolls 1. Carefully cut out the full body for your paperdoll. 2. To make patterns for clothing and accessories, place paper doll on plain paper and trace around. Lightly sketch clothing With a digital camera and photo paper, paper dolls can be a fun part of any party. and accessories on top of this outline. When satisfied with designs, darken the lines and cut along outlines for each separate article. 3. Place each pattern on fabric or colored paper. Trace around and cut out. Glue to paper doll. 4. Embellish clothing and accessories with arts and crafts materials. Apply glue to small areas with a toothpick. Other great “photo ops” include invitations, scrapbooks and party favors. In addition, you can teach the birthday girl and her guests how to operate your digital camera, and let them pose and compose, shoot and reshoot. No wasted film, since you'll simply keep the best shots. Print out the best ones or e-mail them along with the birthdaygirl’s thank-you notes. With a digital camera and some imagination, your doll of a daughter will look back on this party with grins, glee and gratitude. Tip: To cater this party idea for boys, give it a theme they'll enjoy, such as pirates or monsters. Boys will dive into transforming their photo portraits into the latest action heroes or sports stars.
