Birthdays: Cakes and Decorations
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Paper Party Decorations Part 4: Accordian Folded Starbursts & Medallions, For The Succah Or Anytime!
What can I say? These are really quite simple to make and yet so stunning, hung flat on a wall or from the ceiling. You can glue two back to back for a more dimensional hanging ornament, and even use really large paper for wall decorations that will not only look amazing as space fillers,…
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Paper Party Decorations Part 3: A Paper Globe Topiary Centerpiece!
Yesterday I showed you how to make this beauty for a hanging decoration here, and guess what, now you can use the very same idea to make a really beautiful and simple topiary centerpiece! Honestly I just grabbed the nearest pot and square plate that I could find, you can do a bit more planning…
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Paper Party Decorations Part 2: A Floral Globe Perfect For The Succah!
Love these? Me too! I'm sure someone else in the world has come up with the same thing, but I was not looking at their idea when I made these. They're another fun result of sitting down at the dining room table with paper circles! And the good news is you really don't need any…
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Paper Party Decorations Part 1: Perfect For The Succah!
Aren't these cute? I sat down at my dining room table with a bunch of colored circles, and this is one of the festive ideas I came up with. If your Succah generally leans on the elegant side (like mine, actually) , so these decorations would look great in neutral contrasting colors too! Imagine creme…
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An Eighth Birthday Party Made With Love!
We are now in the middle of the "nine days" a period of mourning on the Jewish calender, which culminates on Tisha B'Av, the saddest day of the year and a fast day, marking the loss of our Holy Temple. Fortunately for my daughter, she was born just before the "nine days" otherwise we would…
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Rosebud Magnet Party Favors Made With Craft Foam!
I made these magnets last week very late one night because the birthday prize and treat we had planned to give each of my daughter's 2nd grade class mates suddenly looked very small! Mom to the rescue with this magnet idea, which I also used to decorate the bag. Her classmates were so excited about…
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Colorful Cupcake Liner Flowers: Festive and Fun!
Cupcake liner flowers are one of those crafts that just make you smile! What's not to love? A few days ago I showed you some romantic carnation-like versions here. So now I thought I'd share this little colorful bouquet, made the same way just with the addition of some blue-striped liners and some bright paint.…
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Cupcake Liner Flowers: Gorgeous!
Gorgeous right? These carnation look-alikes made from cupcake liners are fantastic, even more so in person! And you can whip up a bunch of bouquets in very little time (and for very little cost!) once you get the hang of it. They're delicate and romantic with a tongue in cheek craftyness. And they would…
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Embellish It With Round Metallic Stickers!
Round metallic stickers are a craft staple over at my house! I don't know what it is, but they're just so useful and add a nice shiny touch to so many projects. I use them to make polka dots on colored paper, for joining ribbon on a gift, for adding a small touch to a…
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Make Designer Purses from Recycled Plastic Plates (To Hold Treats For Purim or Any Time!)
Once upon a Purim a few years back I decided to make some designer purses from plastic plates! They're perfect for little girls to give to their friends on Purim, and they'd be great for birthday party favor bags!