Handy Manny Crafts and Activity Ideas

Set up a few crafting, fixing, and building stations at different places in your party venue, so that children can visit and explore at anytime during the party. It is important to keep the kids occupied while at the same time making sure they have tons of fun. You can provide some Handy Manny books, a lego building station, action figures, some blocks, some puzzles to “fix”, a plush toolbox with tools, and some Handy Manny tools or costumes for pretend play.

Keep crafts simple so children can complete them independently, with just a few required supplies. Oriental Trading Company sells foam lacing tools that can be added as a free-play item. For more specific crafts, they also sell canvas tool belts that children can decorate and color with fabric markers or fabric crayons. Or, purchase tool chest picture frames made of foam for guests to decorate with some handyman cardstock stickers.

For super simple coloring activities, you can find Handy Manny coloring and activity pages on the Disney website or you can buy a Handy Manny Coloring book for all the children. Print out several copies of some different images, and set them out on a small table with some crayons, markers, or colored pencils (add gel pens or watercolor markers, or scented crayons for something a little different). You can buy Handy Manny coloring book

Although, you don’t want guests to get stuck watching television at your party, you might put on a DVD or episod during meal time. That way children might actually eat something healthy while they are watching. Look for an episode like Leela’s Birthday or Happy Birthday Mr. Lopart, to build on the theme.