{ princess party hats }

I couldn't find party hats that I liked for Kaj's birthday. 

So, I improvised! 

I wanted to have an activity for the girls to do  that

wasn't just a game. So we made party hats for them to 

wear during the tea party! 

What you'll need:

* Party hat

* White paper

* Pencil & scissors

* Crayons & glitter glue

* Tape

* Strips of tulle

I bought the cheapest hats I could find. I paid less than

$2 for 8 hats (the pack came with matching bags and noise makers). 

It doesn't matter what they look like! 

You are just going to cover them up!

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Start by opening up your party hat. Don't worry if you damage the
tab a little while opening them. You won't need the tab to put
it back together

Trace your hat onto white paper.

( you really can use what ever color you want! Pattern

paper would be so cute!)

Cut it out

Put some glue around the edge of your party hat and put

your traced piece on top.

I prepared these the night before the party. When the girls got

to the house for the party, I gave them crayons and glitter 

glue and let them decorate any way they like.

You may want to help the little ones with the glitter glue! 

It takes quite a while to dry when there are huge globs of it! :)

Once the glue is dried, add strips of tulle to the point of the hat.

Tape it onto the inside. These are just extra pieces from

a tutu I made a while ago! 

Now just roll it back up and tape it together again! 

They loved these hats! Some girls showed up a little late and

saw these hats on the other girls and couldn't wait to make their own! 

Enjoy!

{ heart cupcake toppers }

Cupcakes always taste better with toppers. At least I think so! 

I'm just preparing for baby girl's birthday party and needed mini cupcakes

for the tea party. I made red velvet cupcakes with cream cheese 

frosting and pearl sprinkles. I cut my hearts out of the same

paper I used on her bunting inspired invitations, here.

These are super easy. So easy in fact, that you probably don't need me

to explain how to make them! But just in case, here you go!

What you'll need:

* Paper cut outs of hearts ( two per topper)

* Toothpicks

* Glue

Cut out your shapes. Two for each topper. I used the Cricut. 

Glue the backside of your first shape.

Lay your tooth pick center on the heart

Add another heart on top. Let it dry completely.

Now add to your cupcakes! They are so cute on these mini

cupcakes! And I know the girls will love them at the 

tea party today! These would be so cute for Valentine treats

as well! 

These cupcakes were good practice for the cake! I'm

doing the frosting rosettes and I had never done them before! 

Total cost:     Free!!!

{ party favor pouches }

I must admit that I'm a " don't eat to much candy" kind of mom. 

I don't let my kids eat it hardly ever. My husband, on the other

hand, comes home with a bag of candy every day

after work! 

I usually just fill cellophane bags with candy for party

favors because it's easy and cheap and I know

most kids love candy. For baby girls birthday, I decided

to mix it up a little. 

I've just made a pouch that slips over a bottle of water

that holds just the right amount of sweets and an individual drink

mix packet to add to your water! 

With all the Valentine candy out in stores now, it's so

easy to find candy for a girl party! Everything 

has hearts or pink on it!

What you'll need:

* 12x12 sheet of pattern paper

* Paper cutter (or scissors)

* Glue

* Bottled water

* Treats

* Drink mix

* Ribbon, stamps, and embellishments (optional)

Get your 12x12 paper

 Cut it down into 3 pieces. 4 inches wide each. If your treats

are all narrow, like suckers for example, you could cut these down

even more narrow and get 4 pieces, 3 inches wide each.

It just depends on what you're stuffing your pouch with!

Now you will mark the paper at 3 measurements. Starting at the bottom

edge, mark your paper at 3 inches, 8 inches and 10 inches. These will

represent where to fold your paper.

Fold the 3 inch line forward ( pattern touching).

Glue, starting 1/8 in from the very edges up to the fold on

each side.

Now fold down the very edge

Next, move up to the top and fold it at the  10" mark.

Now trace a circle on the center of this flap. I used the lid
of a bottle of water since that is what this hole will
be slid over

Cut out the hole through both layers of paper

Now fold your paper at the 8 inch mark.

Round the corners

I used a simple stamp to brighten up the front! There are really
endless possibilities on how cute you can make  these!

Now stuff your pouches

Slip them over the top of your bottle and add some ribbon!

Done!

total cost for 16 favors: $8 

{ bunting inspired invitations }

Incredibly enough, it's the middle of the month already! Where,

oh where is the time going!? I feel like I've been so busy

lately. But, really, I've only done a few projects and 

mostly crocheting! :) Time to get some more projects complete!

My baby girl is turning 4 tomorrow 

(then no more birthdays 'til September)!

We are celebrating this weekend with a tea party

and then a BBQ. I finally made the invitations!

I was walking through Goodwill the other day and found a pack

of invitations for $0.50. This is significantly less than what

I usually spend on invitations. Even home made ones! It actually 

costs me more than that for just one piece of card stock at

my local scrapbook store. So, needless to say, I bought them!

What you'll need:

* Invitations or card stock cut to invitations size

* Craft paper or paper bag

* Pattern paper ( I used scraps)

* Scissors

* Glue

* Sewing machine with coordinating thread

* Embellishments (optional)

Here is a photo of my fifty cent invitations!

Start by tracing the section you want covered onto

your craft paper. Then cut the piece out.

Glue it down and trim the edges. Set the invitation aside.

Cut out small triangles from your pattern paper. I used

7 different papers. 

Now, line them up on your invitation how you want them.

you can draw a line or use some string to help 

you out if you want. I just eyed mine up and then used it

as a visual for the others. 

Now glue your flags down. I only put a small amount

of glue on the top edge so the flags didn't lay flush. 

Using your sewing machine, sew along the tops of the

flags from one side to the other and then reverse stitch

back to the beginning. Don't worry about staying on the

same line. It looks cute to have them a little crazy!

And don't forget to sew it 

with the invitation open! 

Don't want to sew it closed!

Now you can add any embellishment your little heart desires! 

I kept mine simple and just added a flower with

a button brad!  

Such an easy way to make those left over invitations from 

last year work again this year! 

Total cost for 10 invitations: $0.50