Cupcake Crayons {free printable}

Party Favors {on a budget}

I really like to put non-junk items into the party bags. I came up with these for our Pinkalicious party along with a coloring book printed from Here! I made cupcakes but you could make just about any shape you can find a candy mold for and print out coloring pages for any party theme.

Supplies:
Gather all of those broken crayons {or pick up a few boxes of cheap crayons}
Candy mold of your choice



If you are a plan ahead kinda gal...save a few can while your cooking during the week. If you are like me...open some cans of beans and make some Chili! Wash and dry cans.

Put a few inches of water in a saucepan. Add your cans and throw the crayons in. Have fun and play with the colors. {pink + blue = pretty periwinkle!}


Pour the colors into the mold. Make sure it is tilted back so it doesn't spill out! Fill it all the way...I only took a picture of it half full. Mix up the colors and when the kiddos color it will change colors!

Once it cools a bit {not wobbly} put it in the freezer to harden. Pop out and color away!! These would even be fun to have out for a coloring activity for a kid's birthday party...or stocking stuffers. The possibilities go on and on!


And just so your cuties don't think these are candy...I made a little label to put on the crayon bags. And lucky you can make it too! Check out the link below. Print on sticker or regular paper. Enjoy!

Cupcake Crayon

I will link to THESE parties! Check em' out!

Chalk Cloth Tutorial

There are so many fun things you can do with Chalk Cloth! I got home from grocery shopping tonight and decided to make a menu board out of my chalk cloth. No more food going to waste because I forgot what I was going to make with it! Here is a quick tutorial!

I got this frame at DI for $.50. The glass broke before I could do anything with it...which is perfect because I don't need it anyway! Toss out and glass and take out whatever is in the frame.

Take the mat out of the frame. Cut out your chalk cloth about 1" bigger on all sides. Mine is less than that because I already had a piece cut out for a different project...and it worked fine...but I think you will burn your fingers less if you do about an inch!

Use a hot glue gun to glue all the edges to the mat. Pull tight and glue a few inches at a time for a smooth finish.

Turn your mat over and take a the long side of the chalk and write all over your board. This primes your chalk cloth. Use a damp cloth to wipe off all of the chalk and let it dry.

Put your chalk board back in your frame and write out your menu! Now you'll never have to wonder
"What's for Dinner?"!

If you are wondering where to get chalk cloth. They sell lots of it on Etsy. Or if you are in Utah...just come to my house. I bought quite a few yards of it wholesale and I don't think I'll be using it all!

One more tip...you can iron it! I had some pieces that got quite wrinkly and I was able to iron it on the lowest setting.

Tutu for youyou!

I bought tulle to make a tutu for Brielle for her FIRST birthday. 3 years later I've finally made one! The ballerina outfit is the new outfit of choice. So fun. I may post a tutorial later...just for fun. It's not like they are hard to make at all. But it will make it easier for the crafty challenged.

Fun & Games

Here is Part 2 of my Father's Day gifts. This thing ended up taking me so much longer than I anticipated. But I really like how it turned out and I have a feeling that Robert will really like it. If not...Brielle is in love with it and wants me to make her one!

Some of the later picture turned out a little more "Picasso" than the first ones!

I bought my Rubix Cube on ebay & used spray glue to adhere the squares

One tip: cover all the sides not being glued with parchment paper so they don't get all sticky from the spray glue. Don't forget the bottom!

You can find the tutorial here. It is a fun and easy project.

So I'm going on 24 hours with no sleep. I don't know what my deal is. When I get this creative energy I do way to much and there isn't enough time to finish everything....so I just don't sleep. I need to learn how not to procrastinate so much!!

Upcoming Projects

Father's Day Presents:

Rubix Cube: Making this for Robert...he seems to have fun with these confusing little games...plus it would be something fun to put on his desk at work.

I will be doing it with pictures of the kids of course!

I also want to make him a holder for his mp3 player. Maybe even something he can strap to his arm while running. Or maybe just something to hold it in....not sure yet!

For my dad and Robert's Dad:
Grandpa Picture
So cute...I just have to coordinate with my sister-in-laws!

And my project which keeps getting put on the back burner...The Undercover Crate. Got my crates...got my fabric...just need the time!!!

Purses and Pinwheels and Trees...oh my!

I saw these little purses here and just thought they were so cute! I got a bunch of Hawaiian fat quarters from Elaines Quilt Block. I found bracelets on clearance at target and voila...cute purses for the girlies at our party to take home.

I came up with this idea around 3am last night. I was trying to think of a cute way to display all the purses and make them look fun. I had them in a basket but it was so boring. So I decided to do a little decorating on our ficus...and the purse tree was born! It was a fun way to display them and all the little girls got to go over to the tree and pick out the purse they wanted.

Ever since I found this tutorial for paper pinwheels I've wanted to make them. What a better time than a party! They were a huge hit. All the kids took one home. They took WAY longer to make than anticipated!

Some things I learned while making them. I couldn't find double sided 7x7 paper. So I bought a stack of 7x7 single sided paper and then used spray glue to glue them together.

I used the large eyelets and ended up needing hot glue for the 3 top layers because it didn't fit as well since the paper was double sided.

The first 3 I made don't spin. The more i made the better I got at getting them to spin. I think next time I will put a bead on both sides of the dowel to space it better= make it spin better.

I didn't have a flower punch so I just hot glued buttons to the front. I think it looks peachy.