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Jun

2011

Party Spoons

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Here is a novel method of serving the food at your next kids party. Pictured above is a decorated Styrofoam cone with plastic spoons inserted into the sides. This project is not too difficult to achieve but there are a few steps in the process. Especially if you make more than one recipe to fill the spoons with! Click here for full instructions and recipes

Lemon Cheesecake

White Choc Crackle

Marshmallow Spoon

The cone pictured has a coat of pink acrylic and a crepe flower on the top. You need to stick it to the serving tray with double sided foam tape to prevent it from toppling over when the spoons are removed.
Finally, to serve the party spoon tower I have used a cheap vanity mirror I found at the discount shop. I glued 3 glass stones to the base so it is easy to pick up.

Tags: children, food, ideas, kid's, party
Posted in Arty Parties, Edible Craft, Holidays and Special Occasions, Party Food | 34 Comments »

Apr

2011

Easter Cookies

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These are made using Milk Arrowroot Biscuits. Chosen, obviously, because they are oval/egg shaped. If you’ve never seen, nor heard of, a Milk Arrowroot, you are clearly not reading this in Australia! But hopefully oval shaped, plain biscuits or cookies are available in your area.

The decorations featured are ‘Sour Straps’ and ‘Mini M&Ms’. However, most supermarkets will have a dazzling array of confectionary to chose from.

Click here for “Easter Egg Cookies” recipe.

Tags: Biscuit, cookie, craft, easter, egg, kid's
Posted in Easter, Edible Craft, Holidays and Special Occasions, Party Food | 1 Comment »

Mar

2011

Paper Plate Easter Baskets

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An Easter Egg hunt is not complete without an Easter basket to store the eggs in. Try making this simple basket using plain paper plates.

You will need plain white paper plates, paint, scissors and a stapler. The eggs pictured above are my painted foam eggs.

Click here for “Paper Plate Basket” instructions

Tags: basket, easter, eggs, make
Posted in Easter, Holidays and Special Occasions, Papercraft | 7 Comments »

Feb

2011

St. Patricks Day Suncatcher

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I’ve never been to Ireland, but am reliably informed that the sun is not often seen. So to make a suncatcher for St. Patricks Day may seem like an Irish joke. Perhaps, then, it is appropriately ironic? Happy St Patricks Day!

My suncatchers are made from 2 paper plates, some cellophane and a few decorative bits and pieces. They are designed to be hung in front of a window. The sun catches the inside and illuminates the object suspended within. Click the link below for instructions or watch the video on how to make a Valentines Suncatcher.

Click here for ‘Suncatcher’ instructions

Tags: craft, st patricks, suncatcher, valentines
Posted in Around The World, Holidays and Special Occasions, Papercraft | 2 Comments »

Feb

2011

Valentines Craft; Woven Paper Heart Basket

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The templates for this project are available at the bottom of the instruction sheet. Click here for Woven Heart instructions and templates.

Tags: basket, craft, heart, Mothers Day, paper, valentines
Posted in Holidays and Special Occasions, Mothers Day, Papercraft | 2 Comments »

Feb

2011

Valentines Craft; Patty Pan Rose

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How to make a simple Valentines rose. All you need is coloured patty pans (or cake cases), green plastic drinking straws, pipe cleaners and scissors. The patty pans pictured are from IGA. I mention this as they have the ones which are coloured on both sides – sometimes hard to find. Here I have made a red rose, but you can make a variety of different flower types. See my video, below, for some other ideas.

Click here for full instructions (Pdf)

Tags: flower, make, Mothers Day, paper, rose, valentines
Posted in Holidays and Special Occasions, Mothers Day, Papercraft | 4 Comments »

Feb

2011

Pom Pom Poi Poi

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This Sunday (6th February) is New Zealand National Day, or ‘Waitangi Day’. It commemorates the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi on February 6th, 1840. Waitangi Day is intended to celebrate the coming together of the indigenous Maori people and the European settlers of New Zealand.

The Poi is used in the traditional dances of the Maori people of New Zealand. Poi is the Maori word for ‘ball on a cord’. The cords are held in each hand and swung in rhythmic circular patterns while dancing. Red, white and black are traditional Maori colours. This project will show you how to make a standard Pom Pom, (and turn it into a Poi Poi if you wish).

The video below shows how traditional Maori dances are performed using the Poi.

Click here for full instructions on how to make a ‘Pom Pom Poi Poi’

Tags: make, maori, poi, pom pom
Posted in Holidays and Special Occasions | 2 Comments »

Jan

2011

Valentines Day: Strawberry Heart Lamingtons

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No baking required for these sweet, sticky hearts. The sponge is store bought and the red syrup is little more than whisking a few ingredients together. Of course, you could bake a sponge if you’re really keen. But I personally couldn’t bake anything as good as the shop ones!

Ingredients: sponge cake, unsalted butter, strawberry jelly crystals, icing sugar, desicated coconut and a heart shaped cookie cutter.

(Use the leftover pieces of cake to make extra, mini, lamingtons.)

Click here to download recipe

Tags: cake, heart, lamington, Mothers Day, strawberry, valentines
Posted in Edible Craft, Holidays and Special Occasions, Mothers Day, Party Food | No Comments »

Jan

2011

Australia Day Jelly Cups

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*Did you click here expecting to find a 4th of July recipe? Okay, I cheated a little. I’m in Australia and we celebrate ‘Australia Day’ in January. But we have the same colours on our flag as the US – we even have some white stars and red stripes! So I think this crafty recipe can travel abroad. Now, when is Bastille Day?….*

These are very simple to make, but you need to start preparing them 2 days in advance so that the jelly layers have time to set. I found the star sprinkles in IGA. The plastic shot cups can be found at party supplies or discount stores such as Red Dot.