Category Archives: Christmas

Baby Elf On the Shelf

2nd December 2018

 

Who needs an idea for their Elf on the Shelf?  Who wants to expand their elf fam by one precious little munchkin of an elf?  ME too so I made these baby elf by starting with a doll key chain and yes, you can buy one from me!  CONTACT ME VIA HER PARTY PANTS.COM ON FACEBOOK TO DO SO, not my email or comments. They are 8 buckaroos each, plus a few bucks shipping if you aren’t local.

Now, that business is out of the way….let’s get jolly.  Last year our elf, Ninny Muggins, got married to this hot chick, Peppermint.  There was a wedding and all.  I started thinking that SURELY there had to be baby elves for Elf on the Shelf but, no such luck.  After looking for a million years for little dolls to make my own, I stumbled upon key chains that were dolls (for some weird reason) and after a little demo and cutting my own felt patterns, a little glue, baby elves were born everywhere!

Tell me these aren’t precious and that my kids aren’t going to flip out in the morning?!

Reasons you need a baby elf:

Your elf story line has gotten boring.

You are out of inventive elf ideas and this one requires you to simply put it with your elf and let sheer joy come over your kids!  It could be a baby brother/sister to your elf, daughter/son, cousin….who cares.  It’s a baby and everyone needs a baby to love.

Maybe your family is about to welcome a new baby to your family and your elf wants to get in on the action.

Maybe there were too many elves born at the North Pole and the nursery became too full so this baby was shipped to your elf to be cared for this Christmas season.  Elves can happen to anyone at any moment for any reason.

He’s got his momma’s eyes and his Daddy ain’t tryin’ to participate in all this photography.  I don’t say much though because he’s in cahoots with Santa.

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DIY Gingerbread Man Costume

29th October 2018

 

** Originally on my site that is no longer available, the1sthundred.com**

If it looks familiar to my readers from years past or if you’ve seen this same outfit on Pinterest, it’s still me.  I never got great pictures of this outfit when I made if for my daughter a few years ago when the Halloween weather was a nightmare! As luck would have it, I saved the outfit and now it fits my son.  I smiled and laughed watching him in our yard in this costume because, how can you not love it!

I made this outfit for UNDER 10 DOLLARS with only a Walmart top and pants and a few pieces of felt, ric-rac, ribbon, and hot glue.  It wasn’t hard at all!  I put the brown top and pants on my daughter and marked where the vest should fall and then I laid it out on the floor and started gluing!  I cut one side of the vest and trimmed it until it was just right and then used it as the template for the other side of the vest so they would match.The vest is only on the front side, FYI.  I started the ric-rac on the pants right where the vest hit and glued it all there on the floor all laid out together  so that the lines matched up and flowed.  The bow tie is just some Christmas ribbon I had and I just tied it and glued that baby on!  This is the cutest, right?  I’m glad I finally got some pictures to do it justice.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN errr…Christmas or….Merry Halloween time!  My son’s actual costume for this year is to come!

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He called these “football pants”.  You know, because they sort of look like footballs.  It made him real amped to wear them either way.

 

DIY Christmas Felt Flower Wreath

14th November 2017

 

I went to Target, like always. I saw stuff in the one spot aisle, like always. I bought it all whether I should have or not, like always. The good news is, as soon as I saw this trim, I saw a wreath in my head! I made all of the flowers myself and added them with the leaf and pom trim from the retail motherland. I put them all together on a branch and twig wreath and there you go! I hope you like it! I have another wreath coming in the next 2 days.  #can’tstopwon’tstop

 

What To Do With All Of The Holiday Crafts Your Kids Make

21st December 2015

LOW QUALITY PICTURE ALERT…It’s all I could get this year, but I still wanted to share it!  Next year, I will replace these pictures with some that have all that fancy pants quality to them.  Until then…..

My mom has raised 4 children who are grown, with me being her youngest at 33.  Now my mom is in the middle of raising 4 children she adopted later in life.  For all 8 of us, she has saved the holiday crafts we have made through the years and it has become my favorite holiday decor.  Using twine and clothespins, she strings up all of the crafts we have made through the years.  It is such a personal and a neat way to decorate!.  You hate to throw away all of their sweet hard work and this way, you can keep the work from ANY holiday and always have the best kind of decorations.  It is neat to see the growth in the work through the years too.  I’m starting my collections now!  Isn’t this the sweetest?

Hang them over doorways, mantles, windows or banisters!  So many cute ways to hang these little treasures.

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Easy DIY Wood Slice Ornaments

11th December 2015

 

 

 

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These couldn’t be easier! Here is what you will need:

Wood Slices from Hobby Lobby, 4 for $1. (with coupon, 1.99 without)

Sharpies

Pencil to draw design/wording first if you need to

Eye Screws (just push and turn by hand)

Baker’s Twine

I browsed Pinterest and found all sorts of cute ideas for design!  Aren’t the just the easiest, cutest and cheapest things on the planet!

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The Cutest Way To Give A Gift Card

10th December 2015

 

Some people don’t like giving gift cards because they think they are impersonal.  I’m definitely not in that category because nothing gets me going like guilt free money to burn in a store I love!

If you want to add a creative touch or personalize a gift card, why not package it in a really cute way?  Enter mason jars for gift card packaging!  I used the same materials to make my DIY Mason Jar Snow Globes but instead, ditched the glitter and water and affixed a gift card inside.  Using a little hot glue, I lined the bottom edge of a gift card and snuggled it in between craft pine trees.  I put both of the teacher gift-gift card jars side-by-side in a wire basket and personalized each card with a chip board letter that I painted red to match.  My little girl dictated the message inside to her teachers with awesome things like, “Merry Christmas.  I love you.  You look like a candy cane.”

The gift cards were small, but cute and practical and who wouldn’t love to get a gift in something like this? The crafter in me would re-use all of the components if I were to get this gift.  Actually, I think I’ll keep it because I love it.  Just kidding… Or….Okay, I’ll give it to them.

If you are really fun, you can actually make the jars into the snow globe with the gift card inside.  Snow globe gift card packaging?  I might choke on a candy cane I’m so excited about that idea.

Put anything you want in a mason jar to make this packaging party, season, or person specific.  The possibilities are endless!  Here’s to hoping that two pre-school teachers like this gift as much as I do!

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In my dreams, I have that pillow-y fake snow in the bottom of this basket.  In my dreams I also don’t take blog images with my cell phone so I guess, we can’t all be winners.

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Alone, it’s simple and may need a little pizazz but when packaged with the wire basket and cards, it’s ballin’ out of control.  If only the fake snow…..

DIY Mason Jar Snow Globes

2nd December 2015

 

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Make a craft that makes you look like Martha!  Really, these take no skill!  Anyone can do these beauties. I had a craft party at my house and we all made snow globes and other cute crafts soon to grace this blog!  Thanks to Shelly Griffin Photography for the pretty pictures of these creations.

You will need:

Glitter

Small craft trees {These seen here are from Hobby Lobby, Walmart, & Michael’s.  Yep, I had to go three places to find three sizes. Awesome.}

Mason Jar

Super Glue

Decoupage

Washi Tape if you want to embellish the lid like you see below.

Little deer/bunny/squirrel figurines {I didn’t get them for these jars ,but I die for them!  Check out the dollhouse section of Hobby Lobby for these.)

Steps:

Super glue, not hot glue, the trees to the lid

Decoupage/seal in some way the metal tips of the trees and let dry so they don’t show rust when you look at your tree tops

Put a spoon full of glitter into the bottom of the empty jar

Fill the jar with water

Screw on your lid with attached trees

Shake it like a Polaroid picture

 

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The jar above has tinted water due to the trees bleeding color.  It was a neat accident.  I guess you could always use food coloring if you dig this and your trees won’t share their color. The one below has a lid trimmed with Washi tape.  So cute!

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