Wonder Woman Birthday

What do you do when your daughter wants a Wonder Woman themed birthday and NO ONE sells Wonder Woman ANYTHING???  Well, you MAKE it of course!! 

If you saw my daughter's Halloween Costume, you'll know she is a big fan of Wonder Woman.  She loves watching the old shows on Sci-Fi Saturday Night.   

Luckily I had these small red paper bags (bought on clearance after Valentines Day who knows when) in my stash along with some leftover white stars from these cards on my desk. After staring at her Wonder Woman shirt for a long time, it hit me - I knew how to make the 'W'.  I die cut the 'W' and then used a retired picture corner punch (cut in half) for the 'wings'.  Voila!  It worked and she was happy!

Now, what do you do when you need a Wonder Woman cake for the birthday party?  MAKE it of course.  Well, not really.  I found this 'super-hero looking' cake at Wal-mart and added a Wonder Woman Little People figurine.  Phew!  Mission Accomplished!

Does that make me Wonder Wo-MOM?   :)

Halloween Fun - Bats & Pumpkins

 My daughter and I made these cute little guys last week to give away!  I love making quick & easy chocolate gifts! 

I usually use a 3" X 1" piece of cardstock to wrap the Hershey's nuggets, but this time, I made them a little wider (1-1/8") since I didn't want too much of the nugget to show from the top. 
We used the Owl Punch to make the eyes and the white gel pen to make the mouth and fangs. 
I used the 1-1/4" circle punch to punch the wings.  I cut that circle in half and then used a scallop square punch (retired) to make the scallops on the bottom. 
 

Our family likes to carve pumpkins on the weekend before Halloween.  Here are the results of our annual tradition!  Let me know what you think!  Which one is your favorite??

 

left to right: Happy Pumpkin, Mickey Mouse, Heisenberg (from Breaking Bad), Ariel (The Little Mermaid) and a Scary Skeleton  

Cardstock: Basic Black, Whisper White

Punches:  Owl, 1-1/4" Circle, Scallop Square
Accessories: White Gel Pen

Teacher's Valentines

For Valentine's Day a few years ago, I made these decorated Hand Sanitizers.  Simple & cute, huh?  Well, I came across some of those rub-ons and decided to make another one for my daughter's 1st grade teacher.  Here's what I came up with:

We combined that with a few other goodies and had a fun gift for her teacher.

Then we put all of that in a customized gift bag - designed and colored by my daughter.  Love it!

  

I hope her teacher enjoyed it!

Kindergarten Valentines

Happy Valentine's Day!

We must love these heart crayons!  We made them again for my daughter's classmates this year.  We packaged them different from last year, though.  I found a great saying - "Happy Valentine's Day, For 'crayon' out loud".  My daughter (6 yrs) thought it was 'hilarious'.  I just love her sense of humor.

I made labels with 'to/from' on them and she addressed them to her classmates and signed them.  We put that label on the back side (not shown).

We also made a batch of 'Smartie' Butterflies, too. These are similar to the ones made here.  Some of our family friends that we give Valentine's to have already received the heart crayons, so we sent them something different.  I used some 'spring-like' paper that I had in my stash.  What a happy collection of butterflies!



Have a wonderful Valentine's Day!

Preschool Valentines

Happy Valentine's Day!


These are the fun Valentines goodies that my daughter and I put together for her preschool class. I thought these cards were pretty cute and they came with the suckers. My daughter colored them and signed her name while I added who they were 'to'. We included a rolled up activity book and a heart shaped crayon.

I got the idea for the heart shaped crayon from the Family Fun magazine a few years ago and I love making them. I always end up with several crayons in my 'mom' purse from different restaurants, so we save them in a baggie and use them for this craft with some silicone molds. I should probably get some different shaped molds to make these for different times of the year!











Hope you all have a great Valentine's Day!!
~Enjoy!