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DIY Halloween Treat: Frankenstein Tongue Depressor Craft

28th October 2019

Hey, hey, hey, Halloween is only 3 days away! Because of this I figured I would hand make a logo shirt for my child’s Halloween parade and make treat crafts AND put it all on a blog 72 hours before.

I am so stinkin’ tired. I just made my hubby take all four kids on a car ride so I could finish this little post, ha.

So this weekend we had my church fall festival and one of the women put together a little tongue depressor craft she found on Pinterest. I thought they were so cute just as the stick figures and then it gave me in inspiration:

“Turn them in to candy holders to give at a class party!,” the voice said to me. I had been trying to come up with something for my son’s class treats so I was super stoked. Thanks, voice.

All you will need is:

googly eyes (obsessed with them this season, apparently)
hot glue gun
pack of colored tongue depressors
pipe cleaners
Sharpie
Candy of your choice

I saw a picture of a mummy sticks wrapped in white pipe cleaners and if you wanted to do a spin on my idea of turning this craft into packaging, wrapping a piece of candy up in the pipe cleaners would also be cute! You could do almost any theme or holiday with these tongue depressors and using them in this way is the cutest presentation!

Here are my Frankenstein tongue depressors with candy! Put their names on the back and hand these puppies out to be a Halloween diva princess….or a mom….or whatever.

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Birthday Pie (skip the cake)

8th May 2019

Ditch the cake and do something different! There are just shy of a billion flavors of pie and even some spins on the presentations, so why not mix it up a bit?! Confession, even though I use to decorate cakes, I have never made a pie! It seems like a natural progression of life to end up making pies, but something has gone terribly wrong with me. Oh yeahhhhh, I hate cooking. That’s it! Still, I love me some different and opting for a birthday pie is just that!

Source: The Domestic Rebel

UNICORN PIE

Source: The Sugar Sandbox

MALTED DARK CHOCOLATE CREAM PIE WITH CREAM CHEESE ICING

Source: Cloudy Kitchen

MINI LEMON MERINGUE PIES ON A STICK

Source: Style At Home

DECORATE ANY PIE OF YOUR CHOICE FANCY LIKE A CAKE

Source: Monika Hibbs

CIRCUS ANIMAL COOKIE TRUFFLE PIE

Source: A Bajillian Recipes

PATRIOTIC BIRTHDAY WITH MINI PIES AND A PIE INSTEAD OF A CAKE (Country Fair Birthday Party)

Source: Hostess With The Mostess

CAKE BATTER COOKIE PIE

Source: Crazy for Crust

COOKIE DOUGH PIE

Source: Delish

PIE POPS vs. CAKE POPS

Source: Pure Wow

COOKIE CUTTER IN YOUR BIRTHDAY MESSAGE OR AGE IN TO YOUR AWESOME BIRTHDAY PIE

Source: heathers_pies on Instagram

CANDY BAR PIE

Source: Crazy for Crust

Creative Valentines for Kids

10th February 2019

I struck the mother load of awesome and creative digital download Valentines on Etsy. The shop name is Kudzu Monster and the owner, Tiffany Everett, is a hero of Valentines and other printables! Because she is of heroic status, I’m adding her to my favorite suppliers category here on the site.

All images are from her Etsy shop and used by permission from her. Fall in love with me already! I know there are plenty of moms out there who don’t have their Valentine’s for their kids yet.

I know a lot of super fun mom and kids that are going to love these guys. I have a favorite. What’s yours?

All images and content from Kudzu Monster.

Follow her on Pinterest and Instagram (kudzumonster) to keep up with all of her great printables!

Reindeer Brownies

12th December 2018

Same story, different chapter! First came the Hershey Bar Reindeer and then came along the Cosmic Brownie Reindeer! I bought the poms, googly eyes and stick on antlers from Hobby Lobby for 50 percent off. The foam adhesive antlers were actually part of a multi-pack foam reindeer craft and it was so cheap and so easy to use these pre-made antlers. Mamma said, “All day long.” I also saw these on Pinterest and while I try to post purely my own ideas, I thought some other moms out there would appreciate 2 easy, Christmas appropriate class treats for all of those school parties out there!

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Hershey Bar Reindeer

6th December 2018

I saw a few of these guys on Pinterest (iheartartsncrafts.com) and decided it would be the perfect Christmas treat for my Hershey lovin’ daughter’s preschool class. I got all of the candy bars and candy canes from Aldi for really cheap and the pom noses and googly eyes from Hobby Lobby for 50 percent off. So basically, I am like a money ninja. And don’t you love the eye-lashed googlies for the girls in her class? I can’t hear what you said, but I feel like you said you loved them.

I used hot glue to attach all of the pieces to the candy bar and surprisingly, they didn’t melt the candy. It is like Hershey witchcraft. I gave each glue blob a little blow before I attached them so maybe that helped.

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Cakes Anyone Can Make

6th August 2018

Listen Gertrude, you can make a cute cake for your party. You really can. Check these out and believe in yourself.

I don’t know if it gets easier than putting sprinkles around the cake sides and then picking a cookie cutter of your choice to fill up with sprinkles for a top cake design. EASY!

Source: Makezine.com

DON’T GIVE ME THAT! YES, YOU CAN MAKE THIS CAKE! Think about it…the cake itself is messy iced layers. You don’t even have to ice the outside which can drive a sane man made. Trust me, I use to sell cakes. I have been that man. Stack a cake icing between layers and then use LEMONHEADS and REAL FLOWERS. That takes no artistry because you didn’t make those suckers! Add some candles, sprinkles or chocolate chips to the top and you can replicate this cake just like this or with your own twist! Personally, I love this cake so hard.

Source: babble.com

BETTY, BETTY CALM DOWN! Yes, you can. Where has your self-esteem gone? Ice a cake, use M & M candies for the border, paper straws, toilet paper tube covered in scrapbook paper for the center post, and to make it easier, do this cake on a smaller scale and use a party hat to be the carousel top. Add some plastic dollar store figures and guess what? I told you so, Betty.

Source: Mommyshorts.com

Cute alert. Sprinkles, plastic animals and rad sparkler or letters/numbers on picks and you, buddy, are winning. Oh, and the tiny party hats….you can Pinterest that but it’s as simple as cutting out a shape in paper, rolling it up, gluing it, and adding a pom-pom. You are basically Martha Steward. Yeah not Martha Stewart. Martha Steward. But she is close to Martha Stewart, just like you’ll be….when you make this cake.

Source: hellotinylove.com

Jo Jessica, I’m serious. Just buy all of these decor pieces from Hobby Lobby, put it together and put it on a cake you iced. You’re doing great.

Source: casadevalentina.com

Can’t ice a cake well? That’s okay. Just cover it in complimentary toned candies and feel real good about who you are.

Source: lovelyindeed.com

Formula: Pre-tubed black icing you can buy in any grocery store, Wal-Mart, you name it. One lonely pink jelly bean and marshmallows. Baa Baa black sheep have you any wool? No, I have marshmallows. I’m better than you.

Source: kraftrecipes.com

Sally Jane, I think we are seeing a trend here…white cakes, toys, trinkets, dowels topped with a pom of some sort.

Source: theolivejune.com

If you are really losing faith in yourself, just stack up some brownies or doughnuts please and some sort of detail. Then when you are done, tell me how you really spell doughnut/donut. I don’t know.

Source: louiseskitchen.com

I think we all know what is happening here. If cakes were people, this one would be Justin Bieber: fun, youthful, cute, creative and talented.

Source: delineateyourdwelling.com

Well, the possibilities here are just endless if we are going to start taking pictures.

Source: marthastewartwedding.com

If you can’t ice a white cake, add paper ears, and ice a few semi-circles with pre-tubed icing, just go ahead and shut your phone off. I think we need to see other people.

Source: 100layercakelet.com

Make your cake say anything and live your best life at this very moment. Cheap, colorful fun and if you are full of awesome, make it funny.

Source: asubtlerevelry.com

Print off a design from your computer, order a customizable printable from Etsy or make your own with scrapbook paper and numbers/letters. Attach whatever you make or buy with fun paper straws and you are a party super queen! Those big pearl sprinkles you can buy most anywhere and just stick you some on thur’, gurllll. You done. I’m done, y’all. Pin, share , enjoy and follow me on all of my social media accounts.

Source: love-the-day.com

Derby Stick Horse For School

25th April 2018

Meet Glewco, the almost unicorn derby horse. I don’t know about your school, but at my daughter’s school, you can make the horses look pretty much however. This is what we ended up with….a magical rainbow horse lady.

When I looked on Pinterest, I didn’t see many examples of derby stick horses so I thought I would throw mine out there for an example. I didn’t use any templates or anything sooooooo, it’s not a tutorial but rather something you can knock off!

ALSO, THIS WOULD BE MAGICAL WITH A HORN AND IF YOU MADE A SMALL HANDFUL, SO CUTE FOR A KID’S PARTY FAVOR! You know, puttin’ my party pants out there on that one.

I made this entire horse out of felt, a feather boa, and the insides of an old pillow! I used only scissors and hot glue to put it all together. And of course, a wooden dowel.

Unfortunately, it cost me 26 dollars at Hobby Lobby, which included the price of her t shirt I made “jockey silks” out of. I wish I could wow you and say it was 5 bucks for everything. Boo. The plush fabric for the head was 10 bucks for one sheet which I didn’t see until the register so, dodge that bullet.

Now meet Glewco, named after a diabetic alert dog we know of. It’s a play off of the word glucose and I think it’s a super cool name. My daughter has type 1 diabetes, so it was fun and fitting.

I think this horse has a personality. Just wait til it smiles at you…which is what I feel like it does across the room from me.

She picked out the colors of her jockey “silks” and wanted her geometric shape to be circles because they would look like glucose tabs aka something she may eat for a low blood sugar. We added the G for Glewco for good measure after I saw some silks with letters on them. She will wear white fitted pants, tuck in her shirt, and have on knee socks and a jockey hat as well which I have no idea what I’m doing there.

This whole project was maybe an hour max. I actually really enjoyed it and I couldn’t believe how well it turned out! Sorry there aren’t any instructions because I made it up as I went. I hope it inspired some stick horse ideas for your child’s derby or future party favor!

Thanks for looking! Pin, share, enjoy and follow me on all of my social media accounts! You a gangsta and I love you.

DIY Cactus Letters

26th July 2017

I couldn’t think of what to do for an inexpensive but creative centerpiece for my sister-in-laws Fiesta Baby Shower. I remembered seeing these big letters at Hobby Lobby and it hit me: cactus letters! Admittedly, cacti are getting overdone and letters are way overdone but, every now and then, I like a few trends too much not to use them because they are just too cute for their own good.

It’s simple to do these and really cheap! Take any letter, or shape for that matter, from the paper craft section of the store. I’m not sure what you call this material…it’s like a thin cardboard. Help me out, people?

Directions

Paint your shape with any craft paint, cut toothpicks in half with scissors, add a dab of hot glue and place each toothpick half pointy side up in each glue dot and get er’ done! I used this craft paint here if you want to do it just like mine.

Lastly, attach any fake desert looking flower to the top of your piece like a good old real-deal cactus. It’s that simple! You’ll notice I pointed the “cactus needles” in sightly different directions for a real-life look. It looks weird for them all to be stuck straight up and down.

You can do whole words, colored toothpicks, different colored letters, ANYTHING! If you have a cactus themed room in your child’s room, you better do this right away! I know I made this but….I think it’s adorable all while being on trend and not too cute-sy. What do you think?

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DIY Candy Necklace Bar

12th April 2017

I threw my first birthday party for one of my children where activities were 100 percent of the entertainment. In the past they have wanted inflatables etc., and with those, you don’t fill the time. You just let those puppies run! I was nervous to do an all activities party because I didn’t know how many activities I would need or how long each would last with a bunch of 4-ish year-olds. I pictured flying through everything and then all of the kids just sitting there staring at each other and their parent’s staring at me and I’m naked! No wait, that is the nightmare I had about it the night before. I did wear clothes and successfully left them on.

This simple activity was what dreams are made of and how cavities come to be: DIY Candy Necklace Bar. They can wear them, eat them, or take them home as a super unique and easy favor they made themselves.

I bought different colored string and used Fruit Loops and several different types of Life Savers (gummy, orange mint, etc.) I also tried to use one inch cut pieces of Twizzlers, but the holes were not big and circular enough. Note to yourself: If you do this activity, use Red Vines instead. I think those would work much easier!

How cute and fun was this?!?! It’s affordable and not something you have likely done at a party before! Pin, share, enjoy and follow all of my party pants, right here…right now, y’all.

Photography Credit: Shelly Griffin Photography

Perfect Summer Party Favor For Kids

6th June 2016

If you are having a beach/pool/water party and more, try on this super easy, cheap and colorful party favor!

I got these cute buckets/shovel combos at the Dollar Store for..well…one dollar! Then I got an 80 count box of Pop-Ice Popsicles for 3 dollars! I filled the pails as a cute take-home and freeze summery pool treat! It was perfect for my 2 year old’s pool party and could easily be done a hundred fun ways for tons of themes!

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