This is an online dealie, so just click on the link down.....
Here....for the vampire goodies and whatnot....
....and scroll down to where it says "next" on each page to go to the....next page. To copy, just hit your copy/print button on your 'puter. There are about 20 pages, most are written b/w, but there's baking tips and recipes for making adorable vamp cupcakes! My sister is going to love this!
Enjoy! Happy baking(nothing says "Merry Christmas" like a bitten by a vampire cupcake, right?
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Sunday, December 20, 2009
Sunday, November 29, 2009
Cardboard TP Ideas
Christmas is almost here. Here is a cool idea for your cardboard TP holders.
A fun way to count down the days until Christmas. Make this advent Christmas tree using toilet tissue or paper towel rolls.
Materials:
•Posterboard or Cardboard
•12 Toilet Paper Rolls
•Paint
•Glue
Instructions:
Cut each toilet paper roll in half so you have 24 circles that are about 2 inches tall. Paint each circle green.
Once the paint is dry, glue them onto the posterboard into the shape of the Christmas tree below.
Once the glue is dry, trim the posterboard around to toilet tissue rolls, into the shape of a Christmas tree. Place a small candy or other treat into each circle. Starting on December 1st, take out one piece of candy or treat per day to help you count down every day until Christmas!
This cool idea can be found here!
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Cardboard TP Ideas
Here is a great decorative idea for your thanksgiving day dinner table. This says you need a cardboard paper towel holder, but the TP cardboard holder will work as well. This may be a little too hard for the little ones to do.
Cardboard Tube Pilgrims and Indian
Set up a whole colony of pilgrims and Indians for your Thanksgiving feast.
Supplies
1 Paper towel roll cardboard tube
2 Small feathers
2 Pink miniature pom poms
1 Brown miniature pom poms
13-15 Yellow miniature pom poms
3 Red small pom poms
Acrylic paint: brown, flesh, light brown, white, black and pink
Black fine tip marker
Felt: tan, brown, gray, white, black, orange, peach, and green
Scissors
Hot glue gun
White craft glue
Paintbrush
Patterns (click on Printables)
Click here for printables
Instructions
First, cut the paper towel roll into three sections, one for each character and click on printables and print out the patterns.
Pilgrim Man
Paint the top 1/3 of the cardboard tube with flesh colored paint. Use brown paint to add on hair around the back and sides of face. Leave enough room to add facial features later. Let dry before continuing.
Roll up tube in a piece of brown felt. Trim felt to the height of the roll and be sure you have enough to wrap all the way around it as well, overlapping slightly.
Cut the felt strip about 2/3 of the way up for the pilgrim's clothes, leaving the remainder for his hat. Glue the larger brown piece of felt around the tube for his clothes and the smaller section around the top for his hat. Glue seams in the back.
Cut out hat brim from brown felt and hat band from black felt using the patterns. Cut out the buckles from black and white felt according to the pattern. Glue the hand brim around the bottom of the hat and the black band above the brim. Glue the buckle (white first, then black) onto the front of the hat on the band.
Cut out the pilgrim's collar from the white felt using the pattern. Glue around the neckline on top of the brown felt.
Cut out pumpkin and stem from orange and green felt, glue to the front of the pilgrim's body. Cut out 2 hands from peach felt and glue to the front, overlapping the sides of the pumpkin.
Use the handle end of a paint brush dipped in white paint to dot on eyes. Do not add black until white is dry. Use a scruffy paint brush or a roughed up cotton swab to add cheeks using pink paint. Be sure to dab off excess pink paint before applying cheeks (dry application). Glue a miniature pink pom pom on for the nose and use fine tip black marker to add the mouth and eyebrows. Dot on blacks of the eyes.
Pilgrim Woman
Paint the top 1/3 of the cardboard tube with flesh colored paint. Use light brown paint to add on hair around the back and sides of face. Leave enough room to add facial features later. Let dry before continuing.
Roll up tube in a piece of gray felt. Trim felt to 2/3 the height of the roll and be sure you have enough to wrap all the way around it as well, overlapping slightly.
Glue the gray felt around the tube for her clothes, seam should be in the back.
Cut out the pilgrim woman's collar from the white felt using the pattern. Glue around the neckline on top of the gray felt.
Cut a piece of white felt wide enough to cover the top of the tube and hang down about 1" in the back. The shape will resemble a semi-circle, adjust and trim as needed to make her bonnet.
Cut out basket from tan felt and 2 hands from peach felt using pattern. Glue basket to the front of the pilgrim woman and glue hands on, overlapping the sides of the basket. Glue 3 small red pom poms to the top of basket for apples.
Use the handle end of a paint brush dipped in white paint to dot on eyes. Do not add black until white is dry. Use a scruffy paint brush or a roughed up cotton swab to add cheeks using pink paint. Be sure to dab off excess pink paint before applying cheeks (dry application). Glue a miniature pink pom pom on for the nose and use fine tip black marker to add the mouth, eyebrows and eyelashes. Dot on blacks of the eyes.
Indian
Paint the top 1/3 of the cardboard tube with brown paint.
Roll up tube in a piece of tan felt. Trim felt to 2/3 the height of the roll and be sure you have enough to wrap all the way around it as well, overlapping slightly. From the remainder of the felt, cut out a thin strip of tan to use as the headband, set aside for a later step.
Glue the tan felt around the tube for his clothes, seam should be in the back.
Cut a piece of black felt wide enough to cover the top of the tube and long enough to reach the bottom of both sides of the tube. Use hot glue to attach the hair to the top of the tube. Dot a bit of glue at the tops of the sides as well, but not all the way down, just to hold it in place. Cut the hair on both sides into three pieces and braid together. Hot glue the braided ends and glue to the side of the tube.
Glue two feathers to the side of the head, then wrap headband around the head, seam in the back and glue in place.
Cut out the corn husk and leaf from green felt and 2 hands from brown felt using the pattern. Glue the large green husk to the front of the Indian. Glue on two rows of miniature yellow pom poms for the corn kernels, then glue the green leaf at the bottom of the kernels, overlapping them slightly. Glue the hands on, overlapping the corn.
Use the handle end of a paint brush dipped in white paint to dot on eyes. Do not add black until white is dry. Use a scruffy paint brush or a roughed up cotton swab to add cheeks using pink paint. Be sure to dab off excess pink paint before applying cheeks (dry application). Glue a miniature brown pom pom on for the nose and use fine tip black marker to add the mouth and eyebrows. Dot on blacks of the eyes.
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Free Martha Stewart Thanksgiving Cookbook
Free Martha Stewart Thanksgiving Cookbook (PDF Download)
Sirius/XM is giving away PDF downloads of a Martha Stewart Thanksgiving cookbook. 56 pages, over 30 recipes.
Go to sirus dot com slash thanksgiving, or try this link offered by another member. Link to cookbook is on that page.
http://www.sirius.com/wo/i/thanksgiving/Martha_Stewart_Living_Radio_Thanksgiving_recipes.pdf
"Martha Stewart Thanksgiving Hotline Recipes
Many of the chefs' recipes can be found in the Martha Stewart Thanksgiving Hotline Recipes Cookbook. Just click below for your copy of each delicious chapter, from desserts to, of course, turkey. "
Chapters include Soups & Starters, Sides & Salads, Turkey & Entrees, Desserts, and Wine, Liquor & Entertaining
Sirius/XM is giving away PDF downloads of a Martha Stewart Thanksgiving cookbook. 56 pages, over 30 recipes.
Go to sirus dot com slash thanksgiving, or try this link offered by another member. Link to cookbook is on that page.
http://www.sirius.com/wo/i/thanksgiving/Martha_Stewart_Living_Radio_Thanksgiving_recipes.pdf
"Martha Stewart Thanksgiving Hotline Recipes
Many of the chefs' recipes can be found in the Martha Stewart Thanksgiving Hotline Recipes Cookbook. Just click below for your copy of each delicious chapter, from desserts to, of course, turkey. "
Chapters include Soups & Starters, Sides & Salads, Turkey & Entrees, Desserts, and Wine, Liquor & Entertaining
Monday, November 2, 2009
Homemade pumpkin decoration
The end of this month is Thankgiving. Here is a cool idea to do with your children. The best part is alot of these items you should have at home.
Materials Needed:
•8 Plastic grocery bags
•Newspaper
•1 Paper towel tube
•Orange paint
•Green paint
•Glue gun
•Paint brush
•Scissors
Instructions:
Cut the paper towel tube to about 5” long. Take about 3 pieces of newspaper, lay them in a single layer, and fold them over until they're about 2” wide by the length of the paper. Glue ends to secure the folded pieces of newspaper. Make about 6 folded strips. Set aside.
Take the bags, at the center of the bottom, and pull through your fingers to make it 'flatter'. Glue each bag, from the center bottom with the handles up, next to each other all the way around the paper towel tube, about 3” from the top. This combination should resemble a pompom.
Begin gluing the strips of newspaper to the tube, starting at about 3” from the top. They should be over the glued ends of the plastic bags. Wrap the strips around the tube, gluing as you go around. When you get to the end of one newspaper strip, add another piece so they are end to end.
Now, pull each bag down by the handles, over the newspaper ‘rib’, to the bottom of the tube and then stuff the handles up into the tube. Repeat this for all of the paper bags. As you pull down more plastic bags, it gets a bit harder to stuff the handles into the tube so Donna suggests using the end of a pen to shove them in.
To finish your grocery bag pumpkin, pinch and slightly fold in the top of the tube with your fingertips. This will be the stem of your pumpkin. Paint the pumpkin (grocery bags) orange. Stain the stem with green paint that has been mixed with water to give it a more realistic look.
This idea was found here!
Materials Needed:
•8 Plastic grocery bags
•Newspaper
•1 Paper towel tube
•Orange paint
•Green paint
•Glue gun
•Paint brush
•Scissors
Instructions:
Cut the paper towel tube to about 5” long. Take about 3 pieces of newspaper, lay them in a single layer, and fold them over until they're about 2” wide by the length of the paper. Glue ends to secure the folded pieces of newspaper. Make about 6 folded strips. Set aside.
Take the bags, at the center of the bottom, and pull through your fingers to make it 'flatter'. Glue each bag, from the center bottom with the handles up, next to each other all the way around the paper towel tube, about 3” from the top. This combination should resemble a pompom.
Begin gluing the strips of newspaper to the tube, starting at about 3” from the top. They should be over the glued ends of the plastic bags. Wrap the strips around the tube, gluing as you go around. When you get to the end of one newspaper strip, add another piece so they are end to end.
Now, pull each bag down by the handles, over the newspaper ‘rib’, to the bottom of the tube and then stuff the handles up into the tube. Repeat this for all of the paper bags. As you pull down more plastic bags, it gets a bit harder to stuff the handles into the tube so Donna suggests using the end of a pen to shove them in.
To finish your grocery bag pumpkin, pinch and slightly fold in the top of the tube with your fingertips. This will be the stem of your pumpkin. Paint the pumpkin (grocery bags) orange. Stain the stem with green paint that has been mixed with water to give it a more realistic look.
This idea was found here!
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Cardboard TP Ideas
It's Sunday again, here is our new Cardboard TP idea.
Thanksgiving Napkin Ring Craft
This makes a good craft for a Thanksgiving party. It's fairly quick to do if you do the first four steps prior to the party. Then let the party-goers glue on their own turkeys, use stickers and sparkles to decorate, and inscribe their names.
Marilyn wrote:
"Here is a suggestion for the napkin rings. Turkey races! Have the kids put a large marble in the TP roll and then they can race their wobblers around the house. It would work great with any kind of napkin ring. We have a lot of fun with this at our house."
Materials:
toilet paper roll,
printer,
piece of paper,
scissors,
glue, and
crayons.
Instructions:
Print out the template of choice.
Colour (where appropriate) and cut out the template pieces.
Glue the rectangular piece onto the tp roll.
Cut the tp roll into 4 pieces along the dotted lines.
Trace four handprints onto coloured construction paper. Glue the turkey body into the center of each and attach to the tp roll pieces.
Alternative Decorating Ideas:
Use stickers, sparkles, sparkle glue, or felt to decorate the napkin ring further.
Use a marker to inscribe the name of the guest on each napkin ring.
Print the black and white template on construction paper. Print a second copy on white paper and mix & match the pieces.
Set your page margins to zero (FILE, PAGE SETUP on most browsers) so the templates print out fully.
Close template window after printing to return to this screen.
Templates:
Close the template window after printing to return to this screen.
Set page margins to zero if you have trouble fitting the template on one page (FILE, PAGE SETUP or FILE, PRINTER SETUP in most browsers).
COLORED TEMPLATE
BLACK AND WHITE TEMPLATE
This idea was found here!
Thanksgiving Napkin Ring Craft
This makes a good craft for a Thanksgiving party. It's fairly quick to do if you do the first four steps prior to the party. Then let the party-goers glue on their own turkeys, use stickers and sparkles to decorate, and inscribe their names.
Marilyn wrote:
"Here is a suggestion for the napkin rings. Turkey races! Have the kids put a large marble in the TP roll and then they can race their wobblers around the house. It would work great with any kind of napkin ring. We have a lot of fun with this at our house."
Materials:
toilet paper roll,
printer,
piece of paper,
scissors,
glue, and
crayons.
Instructions:
Print out the template of choice.
Colour (where appropriate) and cut out the template pieces.
Glue the rectangular piece onto the tp roll.
Cut the tp roll into 4 pieces along the dotted lines.
Trace four handprints onto coloured construction paper. Glue the turkey body into the center of each and attach to the tp roll pieces.
Alternative Decorating Ideas:
Use stickers, sparkles, sparkle glue, or felt to decorate the napkin ring further.
Use a marker to inscribe the name of the guest on each napkin ring.
Print the black and white template on construction paper. Print a second copy on white paper and mix & match the pieces.
Set your page margins to zero (FILE, PAGE SETUP on most browsers) so the templates print out fully.
Close template window after printing to return to this screen.
Templates:
Close the template window after printing to return to this screen.
Set page margins to zero if you have trouble fitting the template on one page (FILE, PAGE SETUP or FILE, PRINTER SETUP in most browsers).
COLORED TEMPLATE
BLACK AND WHITE TEMPLATE
This idea was found here!
Friday, October 30, 2009
CHEAPIE CREEPY COSTUME GENERATOR
Still haven't figured out your halloween costume. Have no fear, I have a costume idea for you!!
ATTENTION IMPOVERISHED PERSONS! Use lifelike and terrifying CHEAPIE CREEPY masks to indulge in all
manner of demonic autumnal merriment! Instill consternation and dread in persons known and unknown to you!
It's as fun and easy as sacrificing a toddler to Satan!
Type the full name of your desired fantasy persona in the text box below.
Click the "Create Costume" button, then download your mask from the link which magically appears.
http://www.chickenhead.com/stuff/costumes/index.asp
ATTENTION IMPOVERISHED PERSONS! Use lifelike and terrifying CHEAPIE CREEPY masks to indulge in all
manner of demonic autumnal merriment! Instill consternation and dread in persons known and unknown to you!
It's as fun and easy as sacrificing a toddler to Satan!
Type the full name of your desired fantasy persona in the text box below.
Click the "Create Costume" button, then download your mask from the link which magically appears.
http://www.chickenhead.com/stuff/costumes/index.asp
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Free Mattel Toy on Halloween for Children in Costume
Free Mattel Toy on Halloween for Children in Costume
On October 31st, bring your child dressed in their Halloween costume to the New Sears Toy Shop and receive a Free Mattel Toy.
https://sears.rsys4.net/servlet/website/PersonalizedForm?lLHklEVTTCUTVU_zyz_zhsh_0hRlEy.269bwb.26u0b.2e_EVAXAVZEvw0_05w.26_9v.2e.26Ez9
Also $5 off $20 Toy purchase coupon
On October 31st, bring your child dressed in their Halloween costume to the New Sears Toy Shop and receive a Free Mattel Toy.
https://sears.rsys4.net/servlet/website/PersonalizedForm?lLHklEVTTCUTVU_zyz_zhsh_0hRlEy.269bwb.26u0b.2e_EVAXAVZEvw0_05w.26_9v.2e.26Ez9
Also $5 off $20 Toy purchase coupon
Thursday, October 22, 2009
DISNEY CHARACTER PUMPKIN CARVING PATTERNS
In the mood to carve a pumpkin? Here is a site that offers templates for your favorite disney characters.
http://family.go.com/holidays/pkg-pumpkin-templates/
http://family.go.com/holidays/pkg-pumpkin-templates/
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Cardboard TP Ideas
It's sunday!!! So here is our cool idea of the week. Another cool halloween or anytime idea.
Hand Print Spider Craft
You can make a variety of spiders using these directions, a toilet paper roll, and hand prints. Bugs can be hung from the ceiling on a string or piece of thread or taped to the wall to look like they are crawling.
•Age Guideline: 3 Years and Up
•Time Required: 30 minutes (Does not include drying time)
The above age and time guidelines are estimates. This project can be modified to suit other ages and may take more or less time depending on your circumstances.
Materials Needed:
•Toilet Tissue Roll
•Construction Paper
•Wiggle Eyes
•Pen or Pencil
•Paint
•Stapler
•Craft Glue
•Paint Brush
•Scissors
Instructions:
Start out by stapling both ends of the toilet tissue roll closed. Paint the toilet tissue roll black or whatever color you want your bug to be as this will be the bug's body.
While the paint is drying, trace both hands onto construction paper. Cut out the hand prints, cutting off the thumbs so there will be just the four fingers. These will be the spider's legs.
Glue each hand to the back of the toilet paper roll so there are four legs on each side of the body. Curl the bug's legs under a little bit to give them a little bit of shape.
You can now glue on wiggle eyes and also use scraps of construction paper to make a mouth, teeth or fangs, and any other details you want!
This project was found here!
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Cardboard TP Ideas
This may sound a little weird. I was checking the guest bathroom to see if I need to replace the toilet paper, and I found an empty cardboard tp holder. I remember as a child recycling them for an art project. I started to think there are probably a million projects I can do with the TP holder. So every Sunday for the next few weeks I will try to post 1 new idea for the TP holder. If you have one you would like to share, please feel free to leave a comment and I will be glad to post it the following week. These ideas can work for the cardboard paper towel holders as well. They may need to be cut down to the TP holder size to work for the projects.
Now, Since Halloween is coming up, I figured this weeks idea should be related to halloween.
Halloween Suprise Tubes
Materials Needed:
•Toilet paper roll
•Halloween printed fabric
•Ribbon
•Glue
•Treats (see Suggestions below)
Instructions:
Cut a piece of fabric big enough to cover the toilet paper roll and have a couple of inches hanging over each end of the tube. Wrap the Halloween fabric around the toilet paper roll and glue in place. Tie (in a bow) one overhung end of the fabric with 3 - 4 different colored ribbons. Fill the fabric covered tube with trinkets, candy, and confetti. Tie the open end up with the ribbons. Place sticker on the tube.
You can put anything in these. When I made them last year for my son to hand out to his classmated for halloween, they loved them!!!
This idea was found Here!
Note: These also can work great for easter, check here!
Friday, September 4, 2009
Labor Weekend Freebie
Purchase any blue bunny Aspen or Sodena frozen yogurt gronala novelty on Sept 5, 6, or 7th and mail in the receipt with the rebate below for a refund of the full value. Go to the site for more information.
http://www.bluebunny.com/Content/Rebates/2009_Labor_Day_Email_Offer.pdf
Must redeem by Sept 15th
http://www.bluebunny.com/Content/Rebates/2009_Labor_Day_Email_Offer.pdf
Must redeem by Sept 15th
Thursday, September 3, 2009
FREE CHICK-FIL-A SANDWICH- LABOR DAY
Labor Day only
wear your sports team logo to Chick-fil-A from 10:30am to close, and get a free Chick-fil-A Original Chicken Sandwich
http://www.chickfila.com/#home
wear your sports team logo to Chick-fil-A from 10:30am to close, and get a free Chick-fil-A Original Chicken Sandwich
http://www.chickfila.com/#home
Thursday, June 4, 2009
FREE DOUGHNUT - KRISPY KREME
Tomorrow, June 5th is National Doughnut Day!! Krispy Kreme is giving away 1 free donut per customer!! Check out your local Krispy Kreme for more details or go to www.krispykreme.com !
Saturday, April 18, 2009
Printable Dr. Seuss Gift Tags
FREE Printable Dr. Seuss Gift Tags If you'd like to have some fun,
Just print these tags, cut out each one,
Color them and add some string.
For Christmas gifts, or any time, they're just the thing!
http://www.seussville.com//titles/grinch/tags.html
Just print these tags, cut out each one,
Color them and add some string.
For Christmas gifts, or any time, they're just the thing!
http://www.seussville.com//titles/grinch/tags.html
Saturday, April 11, 2009
FREE Easter Crafting and Recipe eBook
FREE Easter Crafting and Recipe eBook FaveCrafts.com is offering a FREE Easter Crafting and Recipe eBook to readers. The description follows, along with a link to the free download.
Hop into spring with this free eBook full of Easter craft projects and recipes. Find free Easter craft ideas to decorate your home, give as gifts and entertain the kids. Send homemade Easter cards to friends and families from our collection or find some different ideas for Easter egg decorating. Complete your Easter festivities with the collection of hand-picked Easter recipes. In this eBook you’ll find:
* 130 Pages of Craft Ideas for Easter
* 12 Easter Egg Decorating Projects
* 20 Easter Table Ideas: Centerpieces, Napkin Rings and More
* 10 Easter Chick Craft Projects
* 20 Easter Bunny Craft Projects
* 10 Easter Recipes
http://www.favecrafts.com/index.php/hct/Easter-Crafting-and-Recipe-eBook
Hop into spring with this free eBook full of Easter craft projects and recipes. Find free Easter craft ideas to decorate your home, give as gifts and entertain the kids. Send homemade Easter cards to friends and families from our collection or find some different ideas for Easter egg decorating. Complete your Easter festivities with the collection of hand-picked Easter recipes. In this eBook you’ll find:
* 130 Pages of Craft Ideas for Easter
* 12 Easter Egg Decorating Projects
* 20 Easter Table Ideas: Centerpieces, Napkin Rings and More
* 10 Easter Chick Craft Projects
* 20 Easter Bunny Craft Projects
* 10 Easter Recipes
http://www.favecrafts.com/index.php/hct/Easter-Crafting-and-Recipe-eBook