Party Invites
There are many engineering shapes you can use to make your invites, cars, boats, planes, famous buildings (how about The Gherkin for a party shape?) robots, cogs (see party décor section). A general party invite could be in the shape of a light bulb and written on “Had a brilliant idea to hold an engineering party… I need some bright sparks to come along and would love your company. (followed by time/date etc.) .....”
We thought about an invite with that classic inventors space on it - the Garden Shed.
Find a nice picture of a garden shed (there are loads on www.Flickr.com or photograph your own if you have one) print and see which bits lend themselves to flipping up and revealing the party info underneath. The doors may be the logical bit but if that doesn’t leave you enough room for your message try the roof, or a whole shed side. Remembering to leave one edge uncut for a hinge, cut round the flipping up bit.
Stick the picture of the shed onto another sheet of paper but leave the flap that will open unstuck.
Invite your party guests to come and tinker around (best tell them it isn’t actually in the shed if it isn’t!)
Don’t forget to include: Date, Day, Time, Address, Phone Number.
For the final touch make the invite look as though you’ve written it with oily hands!
