Fathers Day Printable and Treat

Who needs a fun idea for Father's day?

I know, I know....Mother's Day is coming first!

But, I know what I am doing for my sweet Mother

so, I have moved on to Father's Day!

My girls and I came up with this fun printable

and made some homemade chocolates with this

fun mustache mold!

What do you think?

I think it turned out pretty cute!

You can find the printables here in my Etsy shop!

Breakfast Push Ups

I have really been loving all of the fun ideas

I find over at Pinterst!

If you have not been able to visit their site

Go NOW!!

RUN!!!

Okay, Okay....I found this sweet new use

for the push up containers that you can

find here!

Cinnamon Roll Push ups!

I never thought to do breakfast!

Find the Tutorial for these over

at Tip Junkie....Another great site!

Also, if you are looking for these little containers,

I have them in my shop!

Here is a BONUS!

With every order in September and October,

I am giving you a set of

Halloween Printable Party Circles FREE!

Just mention you saw this on my blog!



DIY Stars in Jars

Well, summer is winding down and school is starting

for us next week. 

I was looking through Pinterest last night

for hours...and hours....loving all of the beautiful

and fun ideas and came across this project.

Stars in Jars!

What you need:

Mason Jars

Glow in the Dark Paint

Wooden sticks or small paint brushes

What to do:

Dip your stick or brush in the paint

Splatter inside the jar

That is all!

This would be so fun for my kids rooms

or for a sleep over party craft!

Rainbow Push Pop Cakes Tutorial

Good Monday Morning!

I have a fun and tasty treat for you today

with all of the instructions to make them

yourselves!

Remember the Rainbow Push Pop Cakes

I made for my daughters Art Party here?

I am here to show to make your own!

Rainbow Push Pop Cakes

Materials:

2 boxes of White cake mix

3-4 cans of white frosting Or if you can make your own buttercream...

Go for it!

All the eggs, oil & water necessary to make the cake mix

Food coloring

Five 9″ round cake pans

5 bowls

Oil & Flour

Directions:

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

2. Oil & flour your two pans.

2. Mix up the two white cakes in your electric mixer using the directions on the box.

3. Divide the cake mix evenly into 5 bowls.

For me that was about 1 1/2 cups plus about 1/3 cups of batter in each bowl.

4. Using your food coloring, dye each bowl a different color.

I started with 2 drops of color in each bowl.

You can always add more to darken.
I recommend Williams Sonoma Food Coloring paste.

5. Bake your layers.

I bake 2 pans at a time for 13 minutes.

Baking times will vary per oven.

Remember these are thinner and require less time

than a normal cake.

6. Let the cake cool before assembly.

7.  I like to place the cakes in the refrigerator

to make them easier to cut the circles

without crumbs going everywhere.

Assembly:

(Click on picture to enlarge)

1.  Assemble the push up containers
(If you need them, you can find them here)

2. Use the push up containers open end to cut

circles in your cake. 

(You can do this with the cakes still in the pans)

3.  Cut 1 circle in each colored cake

4.  If your cakes didn't cook evenly you

might have the cut the circles in half to

make them smaller.

5.  Assemble them in the order of

colors you like the best.

I did Blue, Green, Yellow, Orange, Red

6. Place the BlueCake in the bottom of the push up.

(It makes it easier to push the stick up

the container and then place the cake inside)

***Note****

Only raise the stick on the first layer.

7.  Push the cake down to the bottom with your finger tips
 and add frosting.

Use plenty of frosting so it fills the container.

And makes it extra yummy.:)

8.  Keep layering cake and frosting until your container is full.

It take a couple of tries to get the hang of it but, I promise it is

super easy and kids and adults will love them!!

**One of my biggest tips is to use a good amount of frosting between the layers.
You can see in my picture that the layer between the Blue and the Green
looks the best.  That is because I used more frosting. 
You need to almost cover the cake completely to make sure you have enough.

Happy Baking!!

Balloon Wreath Tutorial

Oh Happy Day!

My Little Art Party was featured over

at Hostess With The Mostess today!!

I am so excited!! What? 

Excited is not even the word!

I really have no words to describe

how over the moon I am!

Well, I have had a few people write and ask

about how to make these very fun

balloon wreaths.

They are so easy you are not going to believe it!

So here are the instructions that I used

via How Does She!!

What do you need:

You need balloons. Lots and lots of balloons.

I used 3 bags of 72 count variety colored balloons.

 2 greening pin packs-

found at Craft stores in the artificial plant section

 Straw wreath

Important: leave the plastic on so it doesn’t shed.

What to Do:

You just take a greening pin, stick the balloon in the middle…

and stick it to the straw wreath......

Do this over and over and over until the whole wreath

 is filled in colorful balloons!

There you go!

Finished Product!

It is that simple!

For more fun projects visit

How Does She!

Warning:

You might lose yourself for hours!!

Real Parties: U-Pick Hydroponic Party

I recently received an email from Stacey at

Elle Belle Blog with a fabulous party

she threw for her precious little girl!

I love to see new theme ideas...

this is so fun!

Stacey was fortunate to discovered a local hydroponic

U-Pick Farm, called First Fruits.

What a great discovery!

They have been picking fresh food there months!

Birthday girl Elle loves picking fruit so

she thought it would be a great

place for a birthday party!

The party was in a Morning Breakfast
since Florida heats up in the afternoon!
Something I am familiar with in Texas!!
So I totally get it!

Check out the beautiful details...

Love the outdoor organic farm feel...

Place setting...looks like a plant right?

No...think again!

They are chocolate pudding, Oreo "dirt", mint leaf "plants".

She added a wood spoon/plant stake and stamped "yummy"!

Cute!!

Love the over turned pots as stools!

So cute!

Morning Breakfast menu...

Muffins, Juice, Fruit and Coffee...Yum

Love these...
Keep Calm and Buy Local
Coffee Cup Wrappers

Stacey's husband carefully folded and cut these lovelies...

wow.....what a great daddy!

Children's aprons....so vintage and sweet!

Stacey even made a sweet little favor for the parents too...

Quilted mason jar of fruit dip

 topped with handmade labels with little

 felt strawberries from Mud & Twig.

A wooden spoon stamped with "thanks" tied on with twine

completed the favors.

Thank Stacey for sharing with us!
If you haven't been to see Stacey's blog,
find it here!
Lots of fun stuff!

Pocket Full of Sunshine

This is one way to start off the weekend!

Check out this bright and fun party!

I knew I had to share when I saw this

over at Love The Day.

All of the details were captured by

 Wendy Updegraff Photography .

Sweet Birthday Girl....

I love this sunshine backdrop and ruffled tableskirt!

Sunshiney foods...Love the donuts on sticks!

Turquoise drink station and gifts table...

Ribbon backed chairs....precious!

Turquoise High Chair is so sweet!

What a lovely detail to hang a banner on the chair!

Have a Happy Sunshiney Weekend!

Picasso Art Party!

My sweet little girl turned 4 last week and

had been talking about an Art Party for months!

It was the first time to invite classmates over

to her house for a party and she was beaming

with excitement!

I have so many pictures so bare with me

in this super size of a feature!

The little artist were greeted by a

birthday balloon wreath!

So super easy!  You must make one! 

And my Sweet Birthday Girl!

Don't you love that shirt!

The ever fabulous Kristina at Modern Frills never disappoints! 

 They are great shirts! 

The first task for my Mini Picasso's

were to make Picasso Pops!

My daughter's help me smash up colorful candies

and place them into bowls divided by colors.

Each guest made their own lollipops!

I wish I had pictures of the finished product...

however I had my hands full!

(Note to self:  Hire a Photographer!)

After making their Picasso Pops,

each little artist found their art supplies

in the Art Cubby that I set up.



Next, my little artists were off for a little

sand art fun!

After finishing their sand art, they painted

their own Picasso Masterpiece.

The kids were so creative! 

Who needs a little treat?

The kids had a little snack with painting

from these fabulous Kandy Kones

by Posh Party Pretties!

Starving Artist?

Yes, after all of that hard work, it was time to eat!

I kept the table design simple.

A row of colorful pails with matching pinwheels lined the table.

I cut the place mats out of colorful foam sheets

and added the dots to make a painters palette.

I tied up the gable boxes with a tag that

read "Starving Artist" and attached a paint brush

for a little added touch.

After all of that fun and lunch....

it is time for some sweets right?

Raibow Lantern hung above the Sweets Table...

I knew I had to have this ruffled table skirt as soon as

my daughter said "Art Party"!

The sweets table included this Fabulous Cake,

Cupcakes, Painters Palette Cookies, Colorful Gumballs,

Crayola Jelly Bellies, and last but not least..

Rainbow Cake Push Cakes!

The kids all made their own gumball masterpiece

to take home with them.

I had so much fun making the push cakes!

I had a little snag with the box displays

and had to serve them upside down,

but hey...it worked.

If you are looking for a tutorial to make you own
push ups head over to this post:
Rainbow Push Up Tutorial and Recipe
Looking for your own push ups?
You can find them here:
Simply Creative Printables

The kids loaded up their Art Cubby with Sand Art,

Paintings, Gumballs, and this fun little favor!

The favors were 4 small containers with

colorful playdoh in each. I tied them up with

some twine and included a mini polling pin,

and heart shaped cookie cutter on top!

I had so much fun planning this fun and colorful party

for my daughter!

Art is such a fun activity for little ones!

Needing to plan your own Art Party?

Here is a list of useful Vendors to help:

Party Printables:  Simply Creative Printables
Push Up Containers:  Simply Creative Printables

Gable Boxes:  Container Store

Birthday Shirt:  Modern Frills

Stripped Lunch Bags:  Sweet Shop Lulu

Kandy Kones:  Posh Party Pretties