Amazing Party Ideas Inspired By Artscapes

These amazing artscapes are the perfect inspiration for your next party. Sometimes it is what you don’t do that sets you apart from all the rest. So forget about traditional party decorations and take inspo from this collection of photos. I have to say the hanging tassels are my favorite and I just wish I had a big tree to hang them all from.

I think the pool ring igloo is the perfect idea for a backyard party. The kids can hang out inside whilst keeping the Pool party theme. All you need is some string and some large inflatable pool rings or tubes. Just make sure this one doesn’t end up in the pool as it might be a hazard. This would look really cool done out of white inflatable tube rings for a Winter themed snow party or done out of inflatable tyres for a Cars or construction party for boys. So many possibilities for decorating your party with these ideas.

The balloon tree is a great idea too, I would do that one on a smaller scale just because I hate blowing up balloons, would be nice for a park party though. You could save time by stinging them together and then just wrapping the tree when you arrive at your DIY party venue. How amazing would the photos look with that DIY Balloon backdrop?

The flower doorway is so over the top that it is AMAZING! It would, however, cost a small fortune for all the faux flowers, but when it’s a unique look you are after then money is no object. You could easily bunch up the back of the garland with fresh branches from your garden to bring down the costs.

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Summer Igloo in Beijing, China by Virginia Melnyk

Kids all seem to go through a phase of loving trivia, and if you’ve got kids who want to know about the tallest, biggest and weirdest things in nature, they’ll enjoy the book Once in a Blue Moon by Emily Hawkins.

The book explores wonders of astronomy, meteorology, big trees, weird animals, volcanoes and more to show off the rarest events and phenomena in the natural world.

Kids ages 7-10 will learn about the lake (Lake Hillier, on an island off Australia) that has water that’s bubblegum pink, the world’s deepst came (Veryovkina Cave in the country of Georgia) and the world’s biggest tree, a banyan in southeast India with a canopy that covers more than five acres!

Readers will learn what a blue moon is, how supernovas happen and about Haley’s comet and solar eclipses, among other space-related phenomena. Closer to home they’ll learn about stinky flowers, bleeding trees, glowing fungi and pizzly bears.

There’s content about times when it’s rained frogs (and when frogs have exploded en masse), when snow made giant snowballs all by itself and how clouds stack on themselves like pancakes. The book also explores ball lightning, sun dogs, St. Elmo’s fire and more.

I love books like this and I know kids do, too. There’s so much weird and wonderful about our world and even as adults we don’t know about all of these things. I found it fun to learn, for example, that there’s a volcano on the island of Java that not only sends out blue flames from vents near its crater, it’s also home to an acidic lake.

Illustrations by Vlad Stankovic illuminate these weird natural wonders and are sure to get kids interested in learning more about some of these remarkable animals, plants, rock formations and more.

About the book: 80 pages, hardcover. Published 2026 by Wide Eyed Editions. Suggested retail price $30.

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