A picture is worth a thousand words, but video is the next best thing to being there.  Believe it or not, my soon-to-be 4 year old son came up with the idea of making a video birthday invitation!  I was planning on sending out a conventional “e-vite” for my son’s 4th birthday party- a rocket themed party where we planned to invite preschool-aged kids to try out our homemade zip line.  The birthday boy was excited to show off his dad’s super-cool homemade zip line, but he was worried that most of his young friends would not know what a zip line is.  He said, “why don’t we make a video to show them how zip lining works!”. I instantly knew this was a brilliant idea.  The video invitation did its job perfectly.  Not only did it get rave reviews, but more importantly every child (who was not out of town) came to the party excited to zip line and we even had a few other friends who came along!  For me personally, it’s the kind of project that quenches my creative thirst.  And, nothing is more fun than watching your kids laugh, smile and be giddy over and over and over! (which is what you do when you are editing video)

Do you want to make a video invitation?  Here’s what I did… Read the rest of this entry…