Halloween Treat Bags

It's time again for the school Halloween Party! I saw this idea on line from Parents magazine ( http://www.parents.com/holiday/halloween/crafts/party-activities/) and fell in love with them! It was super easy to make but.... a little difficult to find the Black bags ( in my area anyways) But here is all that you need: Black Paper Treat Bags, Halloween Paper ( for the wings the template is on the Parents website I listed above), Tape, Ribbon, Colored eyes and if you would like Spider rings. Here is a look at my process when I made my bags Enjoy.......



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Hamburger Cupcakes

I seen these cupcakes a few times on line an have been waiting for the right time to make them. The boys are having a Camping Day at School tomorrow an thought this would make the perfect treat an plus Memorial Day is right around the corner.


They are really easy to make all you have to do is : Make white and chocolate cupcakes. I didn't use liners just because I didn't want lines. After your cupcakes are cool cut them in half an use red and yellow icing ( ketchup and mustard) on the inside of the bun ( white cupcake ) and place your chocolate ( meat) cupcake in the middle an there you go your cupcake ......I mean hamburger!!!


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Tissue Paper Flowers

Next Week at the boys school is Teacher Appreciation Week and the kids are asked to bring a flower to school for their teacher. So I was thinking that we could just pick a Tulip in the yard an give it to her but that's too simple... Why not make a flower an she can keep it forever. So I never made a flower before so I looked online at paper flowers and came across a tutorial on making ones out of tissue paper. I followed the directions ( super simple and easy) and this is what I came up with:





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Star Wars Birthday School Treats

My boys are going to be turning 7 and they are ALL about Star Wars. So I made these Star Wars School Treats for their classmates.


I made the cookies with just a simple chocolate sugar cookie recipe or you could use a cookie mix. Then I rolled out my dough and cut them with a bell shape cookie cutter.




After I let them cool I took white vanilla frosting an a plain decorating tip. After decorating my cookies I made these tags for the treat bags:


I started out by making circles out of black card stock and scalloped scissors ( but I just turned them the other way to give them a sharp edging). Then I printed stormtroopers on office paper and cut them in a circle. After that I simply glued them together and Wrote on the back with a silver Sharpie.



To add a finishing touch I tied red wrapping ribbon around the bags an there you have it Darth Vader Cookies& Treat Bags.



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Valentine's Day School Treats

Tomorrow is the School Valentine's Day Party and I had to come up with something simple, easy and quick so here is what I came up with: I made Rice Krispie treats an formed them into balls and placed them on top of an ice-cream cone. Then I sprinkled red colored sugar on them and placed them into Valentine's Day treat bags and tied with them red ribbon and a tag that said: Happy Valentine's Day. * a little side note next time I would like to use strawberry and chocolate marshmallows that way it would really look like ice-cream*


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Lego Star Wars Birthday Invitations

My boys are not only into Star Wars BUT LEGO Star Wars . I search everywhere for LEGO Star Wars Birthday party invitations but of course couldn't find any! So I made them! I used Adobe Photoshop and came up with the graphs and then went to Vista prints.com and had them printed. This is such a great site they usually have many deals on FREE business cards, tote bag, invitations etc... all you have to do is pay for shipping and they fast in getting them back to you. So here is how they turned out:

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Baby Shower Favors

My sisiter-in-law is having a baby boy and I offered to make the baby shower favors. I didn't want to go too crazy because I have a lot coming up this month so I wanted something simple but cute at the same time so....... Here is what I came up.


First I made Rice Krispie Treats ( recipe can be found on the box) Then the colors of the shower are blue and white ( of course) so I melted down White Chocolate and dipped them ( Rice Krispie Treats). After placing them on wax paper to let the chocolate set I melted Blue Chocolate and drizzled it over the white chocolate.


After that I made tags that said: Lisa's Baby Shower and the date ( lettering in blue) and printed them out on plain white paper. I then cut them out and placed them on small scalloped edged circles and glued them together. To finish I placed the treats in a clear bag and tied blue ribbon around the bag.


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Homemade Baby Shower Gifts

I saw this cute bib at Chickpea Sewing Studio and thought it would make a perfect a baby shower gift. She has the pattern and tutorial available on her website HERE This is what my turned out like. It was super simple and easy. I wish I would have made these for my boys when they were younger because I used sooo many bibs.



I also saw this tutorial on Burp clothes HERE. What a clever idea so I then thought I should make them and they can match my bibs that I made.



So after all this matching and loving how it all came out I just had to finish off the gift with a blanket. This one I didn't have a pattern for I just cut my flannel and cotton fabric 36"x36" and sewed them together ( right side in) and then turned it right side out and to give it some strength I sewed a 1/2" seem going all the way around. On this blanket I used a start stitch but I think if I make more I will use zig zag and instead of using cotton and flannel I will just use flannel.



But over all this is a simple homemade gift.

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