DIY Sand Piper Birthday Party

By: Stephanie
On: October 19, 2022

For my son’s 4th birthday he wanted to do something different and go with a sand piper theme. He loves the Disney/Pixar short film called “Piper” about a baby sand piper and so we decided to try and incorporate that. I opted for something more simple and lowkey with this theme and was able to find beachy stuff for it at local stores. This is ultimately what I did to make the theme come to life.

Photo Backdrop

Supplies You’ll Need:

Hanging palm tree
Blue tissue paper hanging decoration kit
Giant numbered balloon
String
Tape

Step by Step Guide:

String the hanging blue tissue paper decorations along the string.
Tie/tape string (with decorations) into place on a wall.
Hang the plan tree on the string between some of the blue tissue paper decorations.
Tape/attach the giant 4 (or other correlating age number) balloon to the wall.

Birthday Outfit

Supplies You’ll Need:

White t-shirt
Gray, white, black, red, orange, tan & blue fabric paint
Paintbrush

Step by Step Guide:

Paint a white outline of a sand paper’s body onto the shirt. I painted mine by looking at a photo on Pinterest that I thought was cute. Let it dry.
Paint gray feathers and a beak on the piper. Let it dry.
Paint black legs and an eye onto the piper. Let it dry.
Paint the red head and arms of a crab onto the shirt. Let it dry.
Paint an orange shell onto the crab. Let it dry.
Paint black eyes on the crab. Let it dry.
Paint tan sand under the piper and crab. Let it dry.
Paint a blue number 4 on the bottom of the shirt. Let it dry.
Do any paint touchups and let it dry.