Sammy Saurus Banner

Here's a banner that I made for my son's second birthday.  It was actually really super simple.

I used the Dinosaur Tracks Cricut cartridge.  It already has these banner letters and shapes set as part of the cartridge, even including the holes for stringing them.

I used my Gyspy and found out that if I cut them at 5.5 inches I could get away with only using 4 sheets of cardstock, one in each of my color choices.  So, that's the size I used.

When they were all cut out I strung them onto some of the curling ribbon that came with a helium tank and balloons I purchased for the party.  To make the banner a bit more even I added an image of some dino tracks to the side that says Sammy so it would have the same number of blocks as the side that said saurus.

The part that took the longest was trying to get the letters spaced out evenly and using tape to keep them in their places.  I just eyeballed it and it was a bit uneven, but it looked close enough that I didn't think it was worth shifting them all around again.

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My Son's First Birthday Party!

 

I shared a couple Cricut images I customized the other day, and here's the project I made with them!  Below is a very short video - about a minute and a half - showing the way I decorated for the party, and also the teddy bear cake I made.

I've gotten a bit behind on blogging & video making, but now that the party is done I should be able to get back into things full swing!

My Daughter's 2nd Birthday Party Decorations

I've been hard at work lately making the decorations for my daughter's 2nd birthday party.  I used my Cricut and mainly the Sweet Treats Cartridge, but I also used Plantin Schoolbook, Ashylyns Alphabet, Celebrations, & Tie the Knot.

We had her party yesterday, here's a few photos of the decorations.

Gone Buggy Bag w/ a Video & a Little Helper Too

Wouldn't this be adorable to hand out at a crop?  I had a blast putting it together, and my little daughter "helped" so you get get a cute glimpse of her at the end of the video.

The Garden I Made

Well, it's been a lot of seperate projects that came together to make a beautiful garden wall that was a decoration for my daughter's very first birthday party! I am just THRILLED with the way it turned out.

I took the tissue paper flowers that I made and glued them to 3 poster boards with tacky glue. I drew the stems and leaves with markers. I cut the grass out of green poster board. I used the foam ladybugs I had made earlier as part of the garden.

The sign was made very easily using my Cricut Expressions that my husband bought me for Mother's Day, and some super cute ladybug stickers!

It felt wonderful to see it all come together. I am certainly very proud of what I was able to create! All the hard work certainly paid off and I'd do it again in a heartbeat!

My Little Foam Ladybugs

These adorable little creatures were created a few months back. I had a couple different inspirations. I had seen rocks painted to look like ladybugs, and when I asked for ladybug ideas online one woman shared she'd decorated bowls like ladybugs with googly eyes and pipe cleaner antennas. So, I sort of combined the two ideas into this fun project.

I purchased styrofoam in egg shapes, and then cut them in half. I just used regular craft paint. It was easier to dab the paint on for the initial colors.


The eyes are just adhered with tacky glue, and still holding strong! The antennas were just poked through the foam and have held tightly.


One of the BEST things about making these was that the little imperfections really don't seem to show in a bad way! The spots are all kind of different, the antennas don't match perfectly, etc. Those things actually seemed to help give these little critters more character! I just love projects like that! These were pretty quick to do to! I would think it would be a great project to do with kiddos!



They are really lightweight and I have incoorporated them into a tissue paper flower garden that I created. The others will probably be set up around the food. I would say they wouldn't be a good fit for an outdoor party unless they were secured with something!


I think that next Easter my husband and I may be painting some of these styrofoam eggs and creating decorations out of them. I'm not sure what yet, but this was so fun and easy I can't wait to do something similar again!