Easy DIY: Pick-a-Prize
For a fun take on the grab bag idea, use paper flowers. I made these for my son’s auctioned reused the boxes from his past Mario party. The green envelopes held a variety… Continue reading
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Easy DIY: Child’s Art Embroidery
My friends’s daughter drew this barn, so I thought it would fun to embroider and make her a small pillow. I took her drawing and used my Crayola lightpad to trace the image.… Continue reading
Easy DIY: Felt Ram Horns
I thought I’d dress up my son as a ram for my Lunar New Year’s card. I was going to just sew a tube and roll it into shape until I saw Gladys… Continue reading
Easy DIY: Halloween Treat Bags
When I was a kid, there was a house in my neighborhood that would give little treat bags. We don’t get many trick-or-treaters in our apartment building, but I decided I want to… Continue reading
Party Time: The Princess Bride Party
The Princess Bride is a favorite in our home. So what could be more fun than a Princess Bride themed party at Manhattan Fencing Center?I used tabletop sign holders to hold medieval birthday… Continue reading
Easy DIY: Silk-screened T and Tote
For the class fundraiser, each child drew a self-portrait that I then had made into a silk screen. There are a couple options for making a silk screen. Speedball has a great kit… Continue reading
Easy DIY: Gumball Eyes
For quick and easy eyeballs, just use food coloring markers and gumballs. You’ll have to let them dry and go over it again to build up the color, but then you get to… Continue reading
Easy DIY: Halloween Treats Revisited
We posted about these last year, but in case you needed a reminder, here they are again. They’re so fun and so easy to make. Rice Crispy Monsters, Ghosts Pops and Donut Hole… Continue reading
Party Time: A County Fair Birthday
I wasn’t sure I could top last year’s Maddie-licious party, but decided to try with a county fair theme after going to the Minnesota State Fair. With a little planning, fun prizes and… Continue reading
Easy DIY: Award Ribbons
Using a tutorial by Posh Paperie on Style Me Pretty, I made these birthday ribbons to use as decorations for a County Fair birthday party. Instead of buttons, used cardstock.