Tips for Moving – Part 3: DIY Home Renovations

Tips for Moving – Part 3: DIY Home Renovations

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I’m so excited to share Part 3: DIY Home Renovations. There are some really really cool ideas that are simple and can be inexpensive.

Just in case you missed it:

Part 1: Packing

Part 2: Cleaning & Repairs

If you are moving into a house that needs a little TLC or if you’re selling a home that needs a bit of updating to make it stand out among the rest, this post is for you.

Take your home from “meh” to “luxe” in no time.

Seriously, you don’t have to be talented at all. You just have to know how to read directions…and not many at that. Click on your favorite images to see more about each project.

Let’s get started!

NEW KITCHEN BACKSPLASH

Source: Lovely Crafty Home

Source: Lovely Crafty Home

Create a stone backsplash with “Airstone”. You buy the stones, add adhesive and literally stick it to the wall. Check out how Lovely Crafty Home did it. (scroll down a bit to see the kitchen)

FRESH KITCHEN CABINETS

Source: The Lettered Cottage

Source: The Lettered Cottage

I won’t pretend that all The Lettered Cottage did was paint their cabinets. They did a full kitchen makeover but it’s all DIY. First things first: Paint those cabinets. After seeing the steps they took in order for their kitchen to go from “before” to “after,” I’d like to live with them. Would that be weird. They have the CUTEST house. IT’S ALL DIY!

STONE KITCHEN ISLAND

Source: House Honeys

Source: House Honeys

From the “Why didn’t I think of that” file, House Honeys took their typical-looking island and made it look like a high-end vacation home. I could totally see this in a house celebrities go to ski in the winter. I mean, come ON. It’s so cool! This, too, is Airstone. Adhere the stones to the island. Done and done.

GRANITE-LOOKING COUNTERS

Source: DIY Network

Source: DIY Network

Oh, I’m sorry, you thought this was granite? Nope. It’s a DIY paint job, friends. I’m talking “paint with a sponge and dab the colors together” type of process. Love DIY Network for this simple how-to.

MOSAIC TILE BATHROOM MIRROR

Source: Centsational Girl

Source: Centsational Girl

Centsational Girl has turned a basic-looking mirror into a work of art. I’ve also read that you can purchase adhesive tiles from a hardware store and line them along the edges. Whatever your choice, you’ll have a killer-looking mirror.

MODERN FIXTURES

Source: Entirely Smitten

Source: Entirely Smitten

No matter what your fixtures look like (bathroom, kitchen, hallway, whatever), you can spray Rustoleum spray paint on them for a completely updated look. Now I want about 500 cans so I can go nuts on my house. We’re talking toilet paper holders, faucets, lights… See what Entirely Smitten did!

SHOWER UPDATE

Source: Style With Cents

Source: Style With Cents

This is something that NEVER occurred to me to change. I would just keep looking at the brass eye sore and decorate around it. Dear Style With Cents, you’re changing our world (and saving us money from avoiding that house with an ugly shower).

ROCK TUB

Source: Lovely Crafty Home

Source: Lovely Crafty Home

Remember Airstone from a few pictures up? It’s baaaaaack! Lovely Crafty Home, I need to stop right now and get myself an entire truck of this stuff. I’ll live in a stone house by the time I’m done. I want to even put Airstone on my half wall from the living room to the kitchen. Look at this spa-like tub! It went from completely typical to appearing expensive.

MODERN VENTS

Source: The Frugal Homemaker

Source: The Frugal Homemaker

While you have your Rustoleum spray paint out, why don’t you just grab the vents and paint those, too. The Frugal Homemaker had some tired looking vents (eh hem, so do I). After a quick spray, the vents are tired no more.

NEW-ISH DOORKNOBS

Source: Live Love DIY

Source: Live Love DIY

Gee, guess what kind of paint does this awesomeness? Live Love DIY went nutty (just like I would) and painted her doorknobs, furniture handles and more. It cracks me up to see someone similar. Changing those gold doorknobs are a must. Let’s all do it. Wanna?

A WELCOMING ENTRANCE

Source: 320 Sycamore

Source: 320 Sycamore

Talk about curb appeal. 320 Sycamore changed the look of their home entry by getting rid of the screen, adding paint to the door, accessorizing with the cute little numbers and adding a punch of color with the flowers. Gah. We think this is adorable!

What else needs a bit of sprucing up at your home?

tawsha connell

Organize With Washi Tape

Organize With Washi Tape

organize-with-washi-tape-40It seems that when cool products become popular, there’s little time to get on board after the masses. For example, washi tape came out, crafters were using it like crazy and then I was like, “WTF is washi tape?” Let’s back it up.

Washi tape is Japanese masking tape that is pretty.

I’ve summarized, obviously.

The tape is reusable, biodegradable and is made from renewable resources.

Q: What can it be used for?

A: Everything. More specifically, organization!

For example…

 

File Folder Labels Source: i heart organizing

File Folder Labels
Source: i heart organizing

Buy inexpensive folders and washi tape. You can reuse both of them over and over. Click the image to see how iheartorganizing did it.

Binder Clip Decoration  Source: Crap I've Made

Binder Clip Decoration
Source: Crap I’ve Made

You can decorate all sorts of binder clips. Grab a variety pack of washi tape and just start taping.

Ring Around the Cup Source: Crafty and Creativity

Ring Around the Cup
Source: Crafty and Creativity

Plastic glasses and washi tape is all it takes. You can use a variety of colors to spice up a look or use the tape to write names on each cup so your guests know where they set their drink down.

Plant Markers Source: Ann Kay Home

Plant Markers
Source: Ann Kay Home

Talk about inexpensive! These plastic plant markers just have a little bit of washi. Write the plant on the tape. That’s it.

Washi Magnets Source: Etsy Dallas

Washi Magnets
Source: Etsy Dallas

These washi magnets look like pieces of tape on the refrigerator. So cute! Grab a roll of magnets (one side is sticky) and some washi tape. Stick the two together, use scissors to make it look like tape or a simple rectangle and you’re done.

Cord Labels

Cord Labels
Source: Landee See Landee Do

Why didn’t I think of this? I’ve been fishing for random cords under my desk tugging on each one to see what slides off my desk. That’s my very scientific way of identifying which cord goes to which electronic. Washi tape and a sharpie. Done.

Hanging File Folder Labels Source: May Richer Fuller Be

Hanging File Folder Labels
Source: May Richer Fuller Be

If you click the image above, you can view a quick photo tutorial. I would probably go with a less “busy” design for the washi tape but it’s all based on preference. This is a great idea because you aren’t wasting anything. You can use and reuse. Lurrrve!

Personal Wine Glasses Source: The Kitchn

Personal Wine Glasses
Source: The Kitchn

Cocktail hour, anyone? Here’s some wine. Here’s some washi tape and a pen. Put the tape on your glass and…CHEERS!

Personalized iPhone Charger Source: Delicious Spaces

Personalized iPhone Charger
Source: Delicious Spaces

Wrap it up. Wrap it up. Uh wrap it up, wrap it up.

Anyone singing “Walk it out” right now?

 

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Washi Agenda
Source: Ms Magpie Designs

I get all weird writing in my agenda. This is a perfect solution. I never know if I should write with pen or pencil. What if something changes? What if I have too much in one day and something gets lost within the list of things to do? See the stress I go through? Thanks Ms. Magpie Designs. You’re brill!

Creative Clipboard Source: Delicious Spaces

Creative Clipboard
Source: Delicious Spaces

Two things: Dollar Store clipboard and washi tape. Preettttttyyyyy! Hang them on the wall with various projects or one for each family member and you’re organized. In fact, make it a family project. Pick out your own colors and designs.

Washi Thumbtacks Source: How About Orange

Washi Thumbtacks
Source: How About Orange

The idea of getting something inexpensive and making it cute completely makes my day. you an purchase these thumbtacks for a crazy amount of money OR you can get the ol cheap-o’s and washi them up.

 

I FREAKING LOVE THIS STUFF!

Thank you, Japan.

tawsha connell

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DIY Crockpot Coffee Soap and Body Scrub

DIY Crockpot Coffee Soap and Body Scrub

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I love soap and I love coffee. So I’m thinkin’, why not smash them together? I found a coffee soap recipe that’s made in a crockpot. It looked simple enough, so off I went  to grab the few ingredients I didn’t already have at home. I was out of olive oil and coffee, so I quickly snagged those. Last on my list… Lye. I struck out at two grocery stores. The Wal-Mart girl was very disinterested and said she’d “never heaaaarrrrd of lyyyyyye”. Lowe’s directed me to the industrial-sized fertilizer aisle where , shocker, I found no little bottles of lye. This is what I was looking for…

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My last stop, before I was going to bag the whole idea, was at the neighborhood hardware store.  This extremely polite kid directed me to a shelf right by the checkstand, and there it was, finally! As I’m grabbing bottles and gushing about how excited I was to have finally found it – you guys are great!oh my gosh, now that I’ve found it, I’m buying a ton of it! – blah, blah, blah, I noticed him and the clerk exchanging weird looks and giving me half-assed courtesy smiles. When I dumped my three bottles on the counter and told them what I was making, they explained the odd looks. Turns out the store has to keep the stuff close to the counter as apparently it’s a main component of meth (which explains the scarcity of Lye on shelves). Local meth chefs had been  making a habit of waiting for the store to get busy, then scooping it off the shelves and out the door, so they keep a close eye on it. Yikes. Have you ever felt like a criminal even when you know you’re not? I promised the clerk a bar of soap to prove my innocence.  Moving on…

Crockpot Coffee Soap

Supplies needed:

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  • Coffee
  • Olive Oil
  • Palm Oil (Canola oil)
  • Coconut Oil
  • Almond or Castor oil
  • Lye

I used the step by step tutorial from Heart, Hands, Home. The project was going well until my crockpot went turbo on me and cooked the holy hell out of the soap. This is what their’s looked like after cooking in the crockpot, then putting into the Pringles can mold…

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Nice and fluffy!

And here’s what mine looked like…

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A hard-as-a-rock, oozing hot mess!

Their soap dry and cut into bars…

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Perfection!

Mine…

DIY Crockpot Soap and Body Scrub | organizedCHAOSonline

I couldn’t even get a slice cut in one piece to display.

I wrote this project off as a fail and walked away from it. When the hubs came home and saw the mess on the kitchen counter, he suggested power tools. I laughed. He wasn’t kidding…

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You ROCK, my contractor husband!

He totally saved my soap. The bars were perfect, and this soap is awesome! Now, obvs I made some small errors somewhere in the construction. My first problem was the cooker:  I used a crockpot I had since replaced because the heating element had gone haywire and cooked everything on, like, broil. My second problem was the cook:  I packed the soap into the mold too tightly, which caused it to push itself out of the mold. In addition, I’ve mentioned my personality glitch before, that when a recipe suggests one drop of something , I assume three would be better? Yeah Pat, not so much. Stick to the recipe numb nuts.

And here’s how my soap turned out. Pretty cool, huh?

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Success! Note to self: Stuff table saw into my soapmaking supply box.

To go with the soap, I wanted to make a coffee body scrub. This one is a no-brainer and you can whip it up in minutes. It smells like fresh brewed coffee and makes your skin feel like baby butt cheeks.

Coffee Body Scrub

I followed the recipe:

  • 1/2 cup ground coffee
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 2 tbsp cinnamon
  • 1/4 cup olive oil
  • a few drops vanilla (or whatev) essential oil

Just mix in a clean jar, label it and add a scoop. Voila! Seriously, this takes under five minutes to make.

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Wrapped up in a pretty little gift bag, this soap and scrub is an inexpensive, handmade Valentine’s or Mother’s Day gift for coffee-lovin’ mamas that’s really easy to make. Go for it! Let us know how it turns out!

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Have fun!

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Make Your Own Suckers

Make Your Own Suckers

The Botched Bakery is open sporadically. Sorry, we are unable to post our hours because we have no idea when we’re going to open our doors to another botched baking project. You just never know what’s going to happen. What shall we attempt this week? DIY Suckers!

The ingredients are simple, the instructions are simple and the taste should be great because I’m adding Jell-O. Easy peasy lemon squeezy.

Shopping List:

  • Parchment Paper
  • Candy Thermometer
  • Cooking Spray
  • Lollipop Sticks
  • 1/4c. Butter
  • 1c. Granulated Sugar
  • 1/3c. Corn Syrup
  • Jell-O (any flavor)
  • Lollipop Molds (of any kind)

Simple Instructions:

  • Lay two flat cookie sheets on your kitchen counter. Place a sheet of parchment paper on each pan and spray it with non-stick cooking spray. Lay the lollipop sticks in two rows on the cookie sheets, 1 ½ inches apart.
  • Melt the butter and granulated sugar in a heavy saucepan on medium heat. Add the corn syrup and stir until the sugar mixture comes to a boil.
  • Stick the candy thermometer in the pan, but don’t let it touch the bottom. The mixture is finished cooking when the candy thermometer reaches 275 degrees F.
  • Remove the pan from the stove. Pour a large box of Jell-O into the pan of cooked butter and sugar. Stir until the Jell-O is completely mixed in.
  • Pour the hot Jell-O mix over the lollipop sticks until each of the lollipops are as big or small as you want. You can also use small, disposable cups as molds for your lollipops. Fill ¼ inch of each cup with liquid candy, place a sucker stick in the middle and wait for the candy to harden.
  • Let the Jell-O pops harden and cool completely before you eat or store them.

I try to follow the instructions exactly because I just don’t do well when I go out on my own. I’m super-excited about these because I can make them and look like Martha Stewart when people come over.

I’ve got everything ready and in order.

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Bring it all to a boil.

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Everything smells like butter. I’m sure this is fine. I put in the candy thermometer and it hasn’t reached the correct temp. Keep boiling.

sucker browning 1

Oh dear. We’re losing control. The thermometer isn’t reaching the right temperature and my butter is now browning! I’ve run into this problem with Rice Krispy treats once. Yes, you read that right “Problem with Rice Krispy treats.” I swear I’ve got a piece of my brain missing. It’s the one that connects logic with cooking.

I’m taking this off the stove and adding my Jell-O because I don’t want it to turn to coal.

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Ahhhh yeahhhh! Note to self (and you): Jello makes everything look better.

Tips: use a saucepan and let the Jell-O warm until it’s completely smooth. I thought I was close to burning the house down but perhaps if I would have been using another pan, it would have been different. Who am I kidding? I have no clue what I’m doing. It looks good so far, right?

On to the next, I have all my lollipop molds prepped and ready for the candy.

sucker-trays

I’m going to have the cutest little fruit suckers! I added the sticks before pouring. This has been something I’ll do again. It’s quite simple.

Now pour into the molds. The candy mixture is really thick. You can always go back and flatten or scrape the top.

fruit-suckers

Okay, what in the eff just happened? Don’t give me a butter knife because mutilation immediately follows. Hopefully the backs can be fixed but the fronts look good.

Now that I’ve poured into one tray, I have a bit more I can pour into the second tray.

big-sucker

PLOP! This came out of the pan in one piece that weighs about 20 pounds. See the sticks on the left? They about made a run for it. Timberrrrrrrrrr! What is going on?

Waiting for the fruits to cool…

Cooling…

Cooling…

Pulling them out of the mold.

And there you have it:

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What a gorgeous collection of fruit. We’ve got a pear, a banana, an apple, a strawberry and a pineapple. Perfection!

Anyone want a taste?

finished-product

Bless my heart.

tawsha connell

6 Minute Caramels

6 Minute Caramels

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Welcome to the “Botched Bakery”. I’m Tawsha. I like to bake but I always think I know of a better way. I assume that a professionally created treat doesn’t require any formal training prior to the perfect product and the creative side of my brain won’t allow me to follow recipes. I may have a little streak of defiance when it comes to rules. Most times, the end result of my baked creations can only be described as BOTCHED. Step inside. The bakery smells like fresh burnt goods and Grandma’s famous cookies (thanks to the scented candles).

Today’s Creation: 6 Minute Microwave Caramels

The ingredients and recipe is at the end of the blog. Here’s a little tour of the Botched Bakery 6 Minute Microwave Caramel Adventure!

All of the ingredients nestled together. I decided that I didn’t need to stir the mix. We’ll see if I was right.

Finally stirring the mix after 2 minutes. So far so good…

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Exhale. The mixture is boiling and nothing splattered in the microwave or spilled over the side. I think I’m ready for a national bakery chain at this point. Feeling good about my first project being borderline perfection. Some may say it’s too early to tell, I like to say that it’s good to start a project with a positive attitude (well, that or just lie to myself).

Give the mixture one final stir and then pour it into an overly-buttered (or a cooking sprayed) glass pan. We used a 13×9. Actually, we tried two sizes. We started with this size and then thought that it might be fun to see if a smaller pan would be better for making thick caramels. Why the heck not, right? If it’s good now, it will be BETTER if thicker.

Everything seems to be going well. It looks like caramel. I added a wee bit more brown sugar to the smaller pan batch to see what happens. While the caramel cooled, I contemplated how I wanted to cut the candy and “present” it to our guests. Oh heavens. I’m already thinking years into the future when our president starts requesting Botched Bakery caramels. Too soon?

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OMG! What? No, it wasn’t too soon to think that people from across the country would request these babies! We buttered up a pastry scraper and pressed the lines into the caramels. We plan to use the same tool to dig the caramels out.

We did the same for the smaller pan. Don’t these look like shiny pork tenderloins? It kind of turned my stomach for a quick second.

Okay, yeah…these are sticky little suckers. The caramel peels up from the pan just fine but they still stick together (like, the stringy, sugary kind of stick) and start to stretch when you tug on them. We didn’t harden them in a refrigerator or freezer. Perhaps that might have worked? Let the botching begin.

Exactly what I was talking about. These all started as squares. Um…yeah…

I pulled all of my caramels apart and placed on a cooling rack. Note to self if I do this again: Don’t put on a cooling rack because they start to form to the rack (or seep through) or grease up the rack for easy maneuvering. After caramel placement, I melted my chocolate.

Goal flavors:

  • Dark chocolate with sea salt
  • Milk chocolate with toffee bites
  • Dark chocolate with coconut
  • Plain

I had no idea what I was doing with the chocolate so I just poured the melted chocolate into a ziplock freezer bag, cut the tip and pretended I knew what I was doing. The caramels are in all sorts of shapes (the final shape it was in after I unstuck it from my fingers). I even made a few turd shapes. Yes, turds.

Aside from it looking like a 5 year old craft project, I’m thinking that this project is really turning out well.

I wrapped some of the turd shaped ones in wax paper…

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We set these out (as well as the chocolate ones) and people actually ate them! What’s more…they said they were good!

I’d love to say that I’ll be offering franchise opportunities for the Botched Bakery but I’m more thinking that this recipe is so freaking easy that even I can do it.

Below is a list of what you’ll need at the store, how to make these magnificent pieces of sugar and a couple of tips I figured out along the way.

Have so much fun!

Ingredients:

  • 1/4c. butter
  • 1/2c. white sugar
  • 1/2c. brown sugar
  • 1/2c. light Karo Syrup
  • 1/2c. sweetened condensed milk

Extras:

  • Wax paper (for wrapping or placing on to decorate)
  • Sea salt, toffee, chocolate (for decorating)
  • Ziplock freezer bag (melt chocolate, pour into bag, cut off a small tip and use as “frosting” bag)

Prep:

  • Grease 13×9 glass pan on the bottom and sides

Directions:

  • Dump it all into a bowl (one that is microwave safe and can hold over 4 cups of “stuff”)
  • Microwave on high for a total of 6 minutes
  • At the 2 minute mark (as in, there are still 4 minutes to go), stir it all up.
  • Put back in microwave and let the mixture boil for 4 more minutes
  • Pour into GREASED 13×9 glass pan
  • Let cool

Once you have completely cooled the caramels, you can slice them pretty easily with a buttered frosting spreader (is that the technical term?) or a knife. It’s suuuuuper sticky.

If you want to decorate,  be sure to place on wax paper or on a buttered cooling rack. The caramels will start to ooze through the squares, though.

 

tawsha connell

 

LEGO Themed Birthday Party

LEGO Themed Birthday Party

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I can NOT wait to share this LEGO themed party with you. It’s completely DIY, inexpensive to put together and so freaking awesome!

My friend Sarah, mom to two adorable little boys (Reagan and Campbell), put this party together for Reagan’s 5th birthday. I was completely Facebook stalking her because she kept posting progress pictures. I asked if she would be willing to share what she crafted up for this day and provide any tips, instructions and templates so others could follow her lead.

Duh, I have amazing friends and she said yes.

There are quite a few quick-projects that can be worked on while watching TV, during bathtime or whenever you find that you aren’t doing a ton of other things. This may appear overwhelming but just know that you literally have an ENTIRE party planned in this one post.

Sarah has broken down each part of the party into sections and included instructions, a list of materials and printables (if applicable). I’m telling you, this will be the easiest party you’ll plan.

Friends, meet Sarah. Sarah…friends.

Without further ado, I give you…Reagan’s 5th Birthday party.

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First off, I use my Cricut machine for almost everything crafty that I do.  Also one of the best tools I’ve found is this…it’s a large circular hole punch.  The handy thing about it is that you can see exactly what you are punching out.  I also have a ridiculous amount of card stock and other papers that I use.

LEGO CRAYONS:

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INSTRUCTIONS: So much fun, but a bit messy and ridiculous!  I found the Lego brick and men forms on Amazon.  I bought all new crayons because I wanted the crayons to all be the perfect color.  As I went along, not so important!  So this is the hard part.  First you have to strip all the paper off the crayons.  Seems easy?  Not so much.  I ended up enlisting my husband to help me. We used an Xacto knife to slice the paper open and then peeled the paper off.  Sometimes it came right off.  Other times, not so much.  My fingers were definitely in need of repair after this project.  These are the directions I used, and it worked!

  1.  Preheat your oven to 225 degrees F.
  2. Peel the labels off of 16 crayons and cut the crayons into smaller chunks approximately an eighth-inch in size. Cutting the chunks into a uniform shape will help the crayons melt evenly.
  3. Fill all of the individual ice cube molds with the crayon chunks until they are even with the top of the mold.
  4. Place the ice cube tray onto a cookie sheet and place it in the oven for 10 to 12 minutes or until the crayon pieces are completely melted. Since the ice cube tray is made out of silicone, it can easily withstand the oven temperature.
  5. Remove the ice cube tray from the oven and set aside to cool for approximately an hour.
  6. Carefully remove each crayon from the mold by pushing them out from the front with your fingers. If the crayons aren’t able to be removed easily, it is likely because they haven’t completely cooled. In that case, set them aside and try again later.

***Note***Line baking sheet with foil unless you want waxy crayon residue all over your baking sheet.

MATERIALS*:

  • Crayola Crayons
  • Patience
  • Mold

*supplies can be purchased HERE.

LEGO COLORING BOOK

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INSTRUCTIONS:

Download the coloring book here. Print and staple it together.

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MATERIALS*:

  • Cardstock for the cover
  • Copying paper

*supplies can be purchased HERE.

LEGO GIFT BAGS

diy lego party gift bags

INSTRUCTIONS: I got a pack of assorted gift bags and simply cut out circles using my gigantic hole punch and glued them to the front of the goodie bags to look like Lego pieces.

MATERIALS*:

  • Gift Bags
  • Assorted cardstock
  • Large Hole Punch
  • Glue

*supplies can be purchased HERE.

LEGO BANNER

diy lego party happy birthday banner - organized chaos online

INSTRUCTIONS: I traced the Lego silhouette (download available below) onto different colored paper, cut out letters from my Cricut Machine and strung together a banner that read “Happy Birthday” with alternating Lego pieces and Lego silhouettes.  For the Lego pieces I used a rectangle and cut out circles using my handy dandy hole punch.

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MATERIALS*:

  • Cricut – or a steady hand for cutting out letters
  • Multicolor cardstock or scrapbook paper
  • Large hole punch
  • Small hole punch
  • Ribbon
  • Lego Silhouette pattern

*supplies can be purchased HERE.

LEGO CUPCAKE TOPPERS

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I created a document with digital scrapbook paper, printed it, cut it out and made fun cupcake toppers (download printable below).  I glued two circles back to back with a lollipop stick in the middle.

MATERIALS*:

  • Multicolor cardstock or scrapbook paper
  • Large hole punch
  • Glue
  • Lego Cupcake Topper Printable
  • Lollipop Sticks

*supplies (including cupcake stands) can be purchased HERE.

Editor note: Just Google “scrapbook paper” and look through the images. Once you find what you need, copy and paste it to a document and hit print. You’ll now have a scrapbook paper-looking printed document that you can cut into circles by using your big punch.

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LEGO CUPS

diy lego party cups

I used a sheet of label paper to print off the Lego heads and used my hole punch to cut them out.  Viola…cute cups.  Oh and I always get my cups and things at the Dollar Store.

MATERIALS*:

  • Dollar store cups in color of your choice
  • Full sheet labels
  • Lego Cup Printable

*supplies can be purchased HERE.

LEGO COOKIES & GOODIE BAGS

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Sugar cookies – I’m mildly obsessed with making sugar cookies to fit a theme for pretty much any birthday party.  I used a rectangular cookie cutter to make LEGO pieces and then used a circular cookie cutter to make the Lego faces.  I used royal icing to draw on the Lego faces.

MATERIALS*:

  • Circular Cookie Cutter
  • Rectangular Cookie Cutter
  • Royal Icing
  • Food Coloring
  • My awesome cookie recipe
  • Goodie bags
  • Ribbon

*supplies can be purchased HERE.

Want to make the cookies?

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LEGO MAN GAME

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Throw back of “Pin the Tail on the Donkey

I traced the Lego Silhouette onto butcher paper.  I cheated and used a projector at school…not sure how I would have done this at home?  Cut it out and glued it to poster board.  I cut out a bunch of “5’s” with my Cricut to pin onto the Lego man   The child that came the closest to the “5” on the Lego man won.

MATERIALS*:

  • Lego Silhouette pattern (below)
  • Steady hand and/or projector
  • Poster Board
  • Multi-colored cardstock or scrapbook paper
  • Tape
  • Glue
  • Cricut for cutting numbers

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Even Sarah can’t believe she prepped so much for this party. I, for one, am grateful that she did because that means I don’t have to. Yes, I’m lazy at times…many times.

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