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17
Jul
2012

Pink Party Time

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Party Platters: Glue the base of a glass to the bottom of a decorative plate with glass adhesive – I used ‘Liquid Nails: Glass & Tile Adhesive’. Once the glue has dried, spray paint the bottom of the platter. I bought all the plates and glasses from the Op Shop (Thrift Store) for 50c each.


Mini Cupcakes with pink butter cream frosting and decorated with a Mini Oreo, white chocolate and sprinkles.

Pink Snowballs. Marshmallows coated in white chocolate and rolled in pink dessicated coconut.

Marshmallow and Mini M&M mushrooms.

Wobbly Presents

White Chocolate Butterfly Cupcakes

Decorate the chairs with inexpensive plastic table cloths. Cut them into strips and tie around the back of the chairs.

Decorated Pop Tops. Pink balloon, crepe paper, feather string and a butterfly.

White Chocolate Winged Butterflys
 
More of my party foods:

Peacock Cake

Flower Pot Cakes

Mini Party Cups

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14
Jun
2012

Parasol Party Lights

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You will need: Low temperature, LED Christmas lights, cocktail umbrellas and small cable ties. Click here for full instructions (Pdf)


You might also like:

Mosaic Solar Lights

Solar Fairy House

Flashing Xmas Dress

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30
Mar
2012

Easter Cookies

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Ingredients: Milk Arrowroot Biscuits (or any oval shaped cookie), white icing, white marshmallows, pink sprinkles, lollies/candy and black writing icing. To make the ears, cut a marshmallow in half and dip the sticky centre into the pink sprinkles.


Ingredients: Milk Arrowroot Biscuits (or any oval shaped cookie), Sour Strap lollies, Mini M&Ms, icing tinted with food colouring.

More of my Easter crafts:

Easter Dipping Spoons

Plastic Bottle Basket

Easter Foam Eggs

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05
Nov
2011

Beaded Bookmarks

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Here is a simple and inexpensive homemade gift to add to a birthday or Christmas card. These bookmarks are small, flat and lightweight, making them perfect for posting with cards. As our school year is almost finished we will be making them for our teacher appreciation gifts.

To make a Beaded Bookmark you will need an assortment of decorative beads, ribbon, needle nosed pliers and wire. The wire needs to be thin enough to fit through the holes but thick enough to hold it’s shape. I used 0.7mm (0.26″). The thin end of the bookmark is designed to slip inside the spine of the book. For this section I used small, tubular beads. If you cannot find tubular beads, try using small round beads. This will produce a slightly bulkier bookmark. Click here for full instructions (Pdf)





Or words to that effect...


More of my gift ideas:

Decorated Jar

Decorated Jar

Decorated Jar


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24
Oct
2011

Butterflies & Baubles

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Things are looking decidedly pink at the centre. The month of October 2011 is ‘Pinktober’ for breast cancer awareness. Following Pinktober we will be raising funds for The Centre for Cerebral Palsy. As their poster features pink butterflies, we decided to combine the two themes. For the hanging centrepiece I made a giant pink butterfly from cardboard, cellophane and sequins. I also decorated some plain Christmas baubles to suspend underneath the butterfly. I used garden polypipe to make the frame to hang the objects from. The frame is held together with duct tape and wrapped in light pink crepe paper streamer.


Faber Castell Glass Markers work on glass, plastic and other non-porous surfaces. Simply draw on the surface and, as the ink dries, the colour brightens. Great for small children as they are non-toxic and very easy to use. They also snap together with novelty connector lids – a fact I find less interesting, but one that my children think is ‘awesome’. Local readers: I found these at Kmart, but you could also try arts/craft/stationery stores.
More of my pink crafts:

Peg Butterflies

Party Spoons

Wacky Wigs

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16
Sep
2011

Chocolate Dipped Strawberry Watermelon Stars

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Watermelon slices are easy to cut with cookie cutters. Even fruits such as rockmelon, honeydew or pineapple will work if your cutters are small enough. These are simple to make, but can look quite impressive arranged on a platter. To make:
1. Cut the green end from the strawberries so they sit flat.
2. Dip the other end into the chocolate (I have used White Chocolate Melts, but the colour is up to you)
3. Cut the watermelon slices with the star cutter.
4. Attach the star to the strawberry with a toothpick.

More of my edible crafts:

Flower Pot Cakes

Peacock Cake

Party Spoons

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09
Sep
2011

Tropical Island Trifles

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Here is my take on the classic trifle. The ingredients are essentially the same, just recomposed to create a little tropical island in the sea. The island is a small jam fancy cupcake, surrounded by a sea of blue jelly, sitting on an ocean floor of custard. I made the palm tree by piping melted chocolate into a tree shape and then scattered green sprinkles on the fronds. Lastly I dusted the island with a teaspoon of crushed sweet biscuits to look like beach sand.
Click here for full recipe and instructions



You might also like:

Flower Pot Cakes

Mini Party Cups

Party Spoons


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04
Sep
2011

Cardboard Chandelier

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Here’s how to turn 2 cereal boxes, 1 cardboard roll, 1 soft drink bottle and a few paperclips into:
The instructions for making this chandelier are fairly detailed, but here’s an overview:

    • The centre of the chandelier is a kitchen towel cardboard roll.
    • The chandelier arms and embellishments are made from cereal box cardboard, painted with black acrylic.
    • The teardrop ‘jewels’ dangling from the base are cut from a clear soft drink bottle.
    • The chains are linked paperclips.
    • I didn’t use any glue or staples in this project. The whole thing is held together with interlocking cuts into the cardboard. The paperclips link together and hang from the chandelier via holes punched into each piece.
    • Printable cutting templates are available on the instruction sheets.
    • Younger children will find these shapes too difficult to cut, so I have also provided a simpler version of the chandelier template (See the pink chandelier pictured below)

Click here for full instructions (Pdf)






Above: Cardboard Chandelier #2 - Simple(r!) Version


*NB. I am sure this goes without saying, but I will anyway. I do not recommend you try combining this project with real light globes. It is cardboard – it will catch fire – your house will burn down….

More of my cardboard crafts:

Chinese Lantern

 

Easter Suncatcher

Caterpillar

 

 

Candace Creations

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15
Jul
2011

Peacock Cake

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I would typically begin each post with a little blurb about how simple and speedy my crafts are. This one is neither of those! Standby for the project that took every ounce of my time, patience and ability to conceive and construct. This is the cake I made for my daughter’s 6th birthday party:

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06
Jul
2011

Flower Pot Cakes

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Tomorrow my daughter will take cupcakes to pre-primary for her birthday. This is what we spent this afternoon making. Well, she spent about 4 minutes before it became too monotonous and she left to dig holes in the garden. Leaving me to finish the last 38 flower pots….
To make these little flower pots you need iced chocolate cake for the ‘dirt’. I bought a ready made one and mashed it together then spooned it into the mini shot cups. The flower is made of 5 regular sized M&M’s around 1 Mini M&M. They are fixed to the spoon with a dot of melted white chocolate. For the leaves I cut a Spearmint Leaf lolly in half. Once the children eat the flower they can use the spoon to eat the pot of cake. I’m hoping they get a kick out of eating ‘dirt’. Click here for the full recipe and instructions(Pdf)


Thanks for looking!

*Tragic postscript: On the way to school this morning she dropped the entire tray of 40 flowers…For a moment we could only stare, in mute horror, at the mangled mess.  As the tears began welling in her eyes, I found my voice and said “Oh well, at least they’ll still taste great!” She happily agreed and we salvaged what we could. My fault for letting her carry it…*

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