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Throw a colourful children's party

Spoil your little one's with a summer garden party of their own.

A colourful scheme is perfect for a children's treat.

How to get the look

Create a party atmosphere with bunting and balloons strung from trees. Decorate the table and chairs with brightly patterned cushions and fun tableware.

Go to town with tabletop sweets and treats. Buy a three-pot planter and pack it with treats: fill one pot with party blowers, one with balloons and the other with jelly beans and lollies.

Don't forget the cake. Spruce up a plain shop-bought sponge cake with lashings of yummy butter icing and funky birthday candles.

A traditional Mexican piñata is a fabulous garden decoration and makes a great game, too.

Make home made bubbles. Twist florists' wire into fun shapes. Then mix washing-up liquid with water in a bowl to create the bubble mixture, dip in the wire shapes and blow.

Where to buy

Bunting, £18; Mexican star piñata, £23, Cox & Cox

New Hampshire table and benches, £499 for set including two chairs and a parasol, Homebase

Mattress cushions: Raspberry, £12.95, Maddie Brown; Pop flower, £40, Cath Kidston

Flower bowls, £14.95 each, Emma Bridgewater

Three-pot planter, £2.99, Woolworths

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