Crafter-noons are my Favorite!

Recently I invited a few of my friends over for a little crafter-noon. The kids had their first day back at school, and we had some time to ourselves. It was glorious!


We had such a blast connecting over crafts with BritKits from Brit + Co and Timex. The kits included everything we needed to make adorable embroidered watches. The quality was superb and each kit was packaged like a little gift.

What a fun idea to personalize your watch!

Thanks so much Brit + Co and Timex, and thanks to my friends for squeezing some crafty time with me into your busy day.

If only every afternoon could be a crafter-noon...

How to Make a Stitched Handwriting Practice Dry Erase Board

This dry erase board is easy and inexpensive to make. It is a fun way to help learners both see and feel the writing lines as they are learning to write. It can be used for print and cursive.

Supplies Needed:

Heavy Weight Sheet Protectors

Colored Cardstock Paper

Printer

Sewing Machine

Thread

Dry Erase Markers

Step 1:

Download this PDF file, and print it on 2 sheets of colored cardstock paper.

Step 2,

Put the two pages backsides together. Straight stitch with large stitches onto the paper. I used size 4 stitches. Just follow the printed lines.

Step 3.

Insert the sewn cardstock paper into the sheet protector.

Your Handwriting Practice Board is ready to begin writing!

Make Your Own Candy Cake

Oh, how my kids LOVE candy! To them, nothing's better than a cake made entirely out of candy. Lots and lots of candy.

A good friend of mine has been paying big bucks for these, and they are always the hit of the party. My kids and I decided to figure out how to make these ourselves. They are so simple and lots of fun!

Here's how you can make one too.

You will need:

1 5 inch Florist Foam Circle

2 Layer Cake Pans (I used 8 inch and 10 inch circle pans)

14 inch Cardboard Cake Circle

Hot Glue Gun

Hot Glue Sticks

E 6000 Adhesive Glue

Several Large Bags of Individually Wrapped Candies

Step 1:

Run a bead of E6000 glue along the upper rim of the largest cake pan. Glue it to the cardboard cake circle. Do this on the smaller cake pan also, and stack them.

Step 2:

Use the E6000 to glue the Floral Foam to the top. This will be your base for your candy. Let this dry for about 30 minutes.

Step 3:

Hot glue pieces of candy to the cake pans and foam.

See, how easy is that!

I have seen these made with a styrofoam base, but we all know how bad that is for the environment, and it sometimes tears when the kids pull the candy off. So I decided to use real cake pans so that we could use the base over and over again. We did use florist foam for the top layer so that we could stick lollipops or candles on the top. You could also use boxes for your base depending upon the shape that you want.

Hope you enjoy making your own candy cake.