Birthdays: Cakes and Decorations

  • Book Sandwich Cookies For Your Next Siddur Party, Book Club Or Graduation!

    eWhile I can’t take credit for making these adorable little book sandwich cookies, I did take the photo, and I am going to share with you how I think they were made, so that counts for something, right? And of course, just for the record, these “book” sandwich cookies are actually meant to represent a prayer book,…

  • Cinnamon Roll Cake Pops For The Dessert Bar Are Perfect In A Pinch!

    Okay dear readers, I’m off sugar and flour entirely so I’m trying to post this fantastic idea for making cinnamon roll cake pops that look like lollipops without really looking too closely at the photos, and with the idea that while certainly I’m not encouraging folks to eat un-healthfully, sometimes you’ve just gotta bake that…

  • Floating Musical Notes Party Decor With Faux Helium Balloons

    Floating Musical Notes Party Decor With Faux Helium Balloons

    Here’s an idea I came up with last night (for my son’s guitar themed birthday party) that is soooooo simple and looks amazing, plus you’ll be able to plan ahead and do an even better job than I did! And by the way, since Shavuot is in just four days, replace the notes with hebrew…

  • Quick Cartoon Character Bundt Cake Is Perfect For Birthdays!

    Quick Cartoon Character Bundt Cake Is Perfect For Birthdays!

    Introducing my ten minute cartoon character bundt cake for a guitar themed party. Of course you can use my simple formula to make a cute cake that works perfectly for you, and best of all less stress and more time to focus on other equally important aspects of the party, like decorations, which after all…

  • Five Minute Cake Decorations In A Pinch!

    Five Minute Cake Decorations In A Pinch!

    One of my dear nephews from New York was coming for his last shabbat with us before heading back to the USA after a two year stint in Israel, so I just had to make him a good-bye cake! The only problem was that the house had been turned upside down with Pesach cleaning, we…

  • Quick And Cute Cake Flags From Paper Cups

    Quick And Cute Cake Flags From Paper Cups

    If you are celebrating Purim this coming Saturday night (with the major festivites actually on Sunday) then like me, you are likely in need of a few quick and cute ideas to help make your holiday festive. Yes, little tricks that give your table and your mishloach manot that extra little touch but actually took…

  • Quick Soda Bottle Clown For Purim Or Your Circus Themed Party!

    I’m quite sure how that happened, but Purim is in another week plus a few days, and so it is surely time to get crafting for Purim, right? Okay, truthfully I have been crafting, just not stuff that I can share with you at the moment, or have yet to photograph, which is usually the…

  • Quick And Cute Birthday Crowns For Any Age, Any Occasion

    Quick And Cute Birthday Crowns For Any Age, Any Occasion

    Every birthday party deserves birthday crowns, and now you can make some super cute ones in a pinch, which believe me is exactly what I did this past Friday! As the maker of a birthday party for a grandpa and his first grandchild, I though it would be just the greatest to make crowns from…

  • Paper Boats Make Perfect Birthday Party Decorations!

    Paper Boats Make Perfect Birthday Party Decorations!

    A few evenening ago I was reading a Curious George story to a little family member, and when we came upon the part where he folds up the newspapers into boats, well we just had to make some paper boats of our own. As it turns out this simple origami paper boat activity kept this…

  • Little Ladders Party Decor (Or Fun Sculptural Installation!)

    Little Ladders Party Decor (Or Fun Sculptural Installation!)

    My son’s bar mitzvah last night was thankfullly a smashing success, and now I can hopefully find some time here and there to share with you some of the crafty details. And yes, there were many which represented hours and hours of work but I have no regrets, only that I didn’t have time to…

  • Tiered Birthday (Or Wedding) Cake Gift Box

    Tiered Birthday (Or Wedding) Cake Gift Box

    My tiered birthday or wedding cake gift box actually happened a few months ago when I was cleaning for Passover and trying to get rid of stuff. Of course round cardboard boxes aren’t something one should throw out, but as they hadn’t been put to use for years I kept eyething them for a possible…

  • Five Minute Simple And Cute Cake Topper

    Five Minute Simple And Cute Cake Topper

    This adorable five minute cake topper really will only take you five minutes, especially if you have all the simple supplies on hand, and you most likely do! Okay, it is true, you may wish to invest more time in a cake for a loved one’s birthday, understandable, but on the other hand, sometimes you…