Dora Birthday Party

So, this is the Dora half of the "Spidoraman" birthday party.

Here are the shirts I made for the kids

I saw a tutorial for making appliqued shirts at Flexible Dreams.  I never thought to do a blanket stitch around an applique!  My machine can't do a blanket stitch so I did it by hand before ironing it to the shirt

I just did the good ol' zigzag stitch for the Spiderman shirt

And here are a few of the other details from the party:

I think the crown is a little too big :)

These are a couple of the favors

Jelly bean bracelets (my thumb still hurts from threading all these!)

and homemade crayons (in the shape of "estrellas")

I packaged it all in these

And here are the cupcakes

Dora is actually a ring

They were displayed on this zero dollar cupcake stand (tutorial here)

Here are some chocolate covered pretzels from the Spiderman side of the party

I didn't get any good pics of the actual party set-up... it was at one of those bounce house places so the people there set everything up.  I was too busy partying with the kids to go snapping pics of the stuff!

OK, I'm all partied out and ready to nap for about a week.  There is so much I want to show you from our son's new room, but that post will have to wait a little bit.  See you again soon!

Blessings,
Jamie

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Spiderman Party with DIY Cupcake Stand

We just had a party for both the kids' birthdays this weekend.  I decided to make cupcakes, but didn't have a stand to display them.  So I made this!

It was really easy and I used things I already had around the house.  Here's what you'll need:

• glue gun
• 2 or more cans (I used 1 smaller and 1 larger)
• Decorative paper or cardstock
• plastic plates (you can also use cardboard cake circles)

Is it bad I made chili this week just so we could have the cans for the project?

Wrap your cans in paper (the pink and purple one is for the Dora half of the party)

Put some hot glue around the edges of one end of the can and glue it to the bottom of a small plate

Put glue on the edges of the other end of the can and glue it to the top of a bigger plate

Keep doing this for however many tiers you desire!

Here is the Spiderman one with cupcakes on it

Speaking of cupcakes, here's how I made the "webs"

I put some candy wafers in a disposable pastry bag

microwaved them for 30 second increments until they were melted (be careful not to burn them!)

Snip the tip off the pastry bag with scissors and pipe your web onto a cookie sheet lined with wax paper

If you need a guide, you can print out a picture of a web and lay it underneath the wax paper to "trace".

Pop them in fridge for a half hour.

Place each one on a frosted cupcake of contrasting color and put a spooky spider on top (spider rings would work great for this too).  I think these would be really fun in orange, black and purple for a Halloween party!

Here's my little Spiderman helping to decorate the favor boxes

No, really.  He IS my little Spiderman!

More details from the party to come in a day or two.

Thanks for stopping by!
Blessings,
Jamie

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