Crafty Fun!

 Hello, well I'm really late posting this one, but wanted to share! For Olivia's 13th Birthday this year (January) she went bowling with friends, had a sleepover and then we made a couple easy crafts the next day!

Above is the Corner Bookmark they made using the owl punch, because the wise owl just seems appropriate for a bookmark! The plaid paper is from a big Recollections pad I got at Michaels.

 And this is a super fast, easy and inexpensive wipe-off message board. I started with an acrylic photo frame from the $ store. Then cut the paper to fit, I also added the yellow strip to the paper. Slip that inside and then added the embossed butterfly to the outside with glue dots. The wipe-off marker is also from the $ store. The girls cut a piece of velcro and added it to the back or front ledge. With this frame design, you can actually use both side of the frame, you can draw  a tic-tac-toe board, or hangman etc. onto the paper on the back.

And here they are showing off their crafts, yep still in there pj's! lol

Hopefully this will inspire you, the girls loved them, and it's nice that they're usable items!

Have a Great Day!
Laurie

Spa Slumber Party Goodies!

The Spa/Slumber party was a hit! We had fun, laughed, ate and then 5 little girls stayed up way too late! But that's the price of partying!

So we started the party off with the chocolate bar game. It's a hilarious game, where you get to eat chocolate, I know what a perfect game! My SIL introduced our family to this game in the summer.

All you need is a giant chocolate bar, oven mitts, a fork & butter knife, cutting board & a timer.

This is Daisy, I think she has about 4 pieces in her mouth in this photo! Since the kids were fairly big, and fit into the oven mitts easily, I gave them 15 secs. In that 15 secs. you have to cut a piece and then you can eat it. If the time runs out after you've cut it, the next person can eat it.

Next we made Bath Salts, this is a super easy and and useable craft.

Bath Salts

epson salt

sea salt 1/2 cup per jar

fragrance (Michaels soap making isle)

food colouring

1/2 pint canning jars

1 shell each to scoop salt out of jar (it has to fit the jar opening)

I used the new SU scalloped heart of hearts for the front, printed there names on the computer and punched them out with the small oval. The cover on top is a napkin and this cool mesh I found at the Dollarama that has a sparkly thread woven into it!

They also made body glitter and chocolate peppermint lip gloss. You can see them in the photo at the top.

Body Glitter

clear aloe gel

fine sparkles

stick to stir

fragrance (optional)

Chocolate Peppermint Lip Gloss

vaseline

peppermint extract

chocolate chips (a couple melted)

containers (these were actually pill containers from the Dollarama)

After making all the goodies we took a break for some food & drink and then returned to the Spa with homemade chocolate facial masks!



Chocolate Facial Mask

This creamy mask is an excellent moisturizer, leaving your skin baby soft. Recommended for normal skin.

1/3 cup cocoa powder
3 tbsp. heavy cream
2 tsp. cottage cheese
¼ cup honey
3 tsp. oatmeal

Mix all ingredients together (a bullet blender is ideal) and smooth onto face. Relax for ten 10 minutes, then wash off with warm water.


Don't let this picture fool you, they really did have fun, but the masks were starting to dry so they couldn't smile! lol After the facial, they soaked there nails and painted them.


Loot bags contained homemade bath salts, body glitter, chocolate peppermint lip gloss, eye mask, head band, nail polish, nail files, and chocolates!


Have a Great Evening

Laurie

Olivia's Baking Birthday Party!

Back row Olivia, Emily, Cassidy, Jennifer, in the front Lauren (my neice), Daisy & Erika

Ok so we had Olivia's party with her friends on Sunday. Last year they decorated giant cookies, made personel pizzas, and made crowns for their stuffed friends (mostly webkinz). We took lots of pictures of everyone individually & together. Then my Husband ran to the 1 hour photo booth, & brought back all the pics. I had premade a brown bag scrapbook for everyone, then we broke out the punches, designer paper, embellishments etc. & they made their own! It was great, but I had no clue what to do this year until....

A while back, Melanie Muenchinger decorated an apron for her son using her set "have a Cookie", have a look and this was pretty much my inspiration for the party!

I bought the aprons on Ebay, they were great quality, but Olivia's didn't fit over her head, so I ended up cutting all the neck straps in half, and added velcro. I also ended up buying a pkg of 3 in adult size from Michael's, which honestly, were not as nice!

I made this for my Nephew Jack so the girls could see one done.

I knew I wanted them to decorate the aprons, but how was I going to bake with 7 kids in my tiny kitchen? The wheels started turning, smoke was present and then bam! I solved the problem!

1st, we decorated the aprons, with stazon ink & the pentel fabric dye sticks Melanie used, I bought them on Ebay too!

2nd, they decorated giant cookies. This is easy, 1 pillsbury cookie dough pkg makes 3 cookies. use tin pie plates, cut parchment to fit in bottom, make each cookie using 1/3 of the dough. Put out topping in bowls with spoons (cho chips, white chips, m&m's, marchmellows, sprinkles etc....constantly remind them less is better! Have an adult bake them at 350F for 20-30 minutes.

3rd, Cookies in a Jar! so they get to measure everything, & make a cool layered piece of art, then they get to take them home & bake them! Each girl had a set of measuring cups in their loot bag. I bought the canning jars at 2nd stores, score! We passed the ingredients around one at a time & they measured them into their jars. For the top, I bought napkins & trimmed them so they were round. I copied & printed the instructions of the computer, & premade the name & recipe tags. It was easy for the girls to put them together.

4th, Chocolate sprinkled banana pops. We melted chocolate, gave each girl 1/2 a banana which they put on a wood stick. Dip the bananas in chocolate, cover with sprinkles, put in the freezer.

Then they watched Olivia open presents while I got dinner ready, nachos & rootbeer floats! I found the old fashion coke glasses at Dollarama they were perfect for the floats!

The colour scheme was bright and I got a great deal (25 cents) on sturdy black gift bags to use for loot bags. Each included brightly coloured oven mitt, pot holder, measuring cups, tea towel, recipe in a jar, apron, coke glass, and whatever was left of their cookies & banana pop!

I must be crazy, because I've really enjoyed these parties & the kids have such a good time. It wasn't any more expensive than paying per person to go somewhere, in fact I think it may have been cheaper, and who needs more little party bag junk!

Hope you enjoyed the party! lol

Laurie