Uniquely Grace

Girl's Birthday Invitations:

- Angelina Ballerina Birthday Party Invitations

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Monday, May 16, 2011

Lego Star Wars Party

I love planning birthday parties and since I started using Helmar when creating my party projects I save time and money! This year my son has chosen a Lego Star Wars theme. That was a great choice but I could not find the party supplies anywhere local and all the major online suppliers were out of stock of several items. So I decided to make all the party supplies. This was the perfect time for Helmar to prove itself once again at making my life a bit easier.

EDIT: To see the 3D light saber invitations please see this link HERE

I put on a spread of goodies for the little fingers to snack on. Here was the Menu:

Wookiee Cookies - (my chocolate chip cookies)

Chocolate covered Lightsabers - (These are pretzel rods coated in candy melts with a 1" foil wrapper around one end)

Tatooine Treats - (Rice Krispie Treats balled up to look like a desert planet)

Strarfigter Crisps - (Doritos)

Corn Gornts - (Finger sized Corn dogs)

Naboo Nibblets - Fruit and veggie tray

Yoda Soda - (7up and lime sherbert punch)

I like to give the kids options with their goodie bags so I usually place the choices on a table and have them fill their bags with one gift as they complete a game. Everyone wins!

This year my son chose cupcakes instead of a big cake and I was more then happy to oblige. I decided to make some personalized ones. Here is how...
Step 1: Print out your cupcake topper design (1" or slightly less in size) and punch them out with a circle punch.

Step 2: Punch our or use your circut to cut the background cardstock circles at 1 1/4"
Step 3: Drop a spot of Helmar 450 Quick Dry Adhesive on the background cardstock sticking the tip of a toothpick into the drop. Rub it around a bit to cover the middle of the cardstock circle. Adhere the punched printed design. Here you can see I am about to glue on the Yoda circle.

Step 4: Let dry! Which takes less then a min! Here you can see the six designs I made.

Step 5: Insert the cupcake toppers into the tops of your decorated cupcakes! Enjoy!!!

Helmar 450 Quick Dry Adhesive also helped in other projects. I did not get photos of making them though... the project was so easy and Helmar was so great to work with that the kids completed the project. Here is where we really saved money!If you have ever looked at the price of party backdrops they can range from $15 -$25. I only paid $1.25!

Here is a closeup.

And here are more photos of the things I did for his party
I hope you have gotten some ideas on how to make your next party special. Don't forget to make it easier with Helmar!

INVITATIONS: To see the fantastically fun birthday light saber invitations. Check out my post "May the force be with you"

Happy scrapping!
~ Grace ~

Monday, May 2, 2011

May the Force be with you... LEGO Starwars Invitations

Well... here they are... almost 30 Star Wars Light Sabers for Tristan's 9th birthday! I can't believe my baby is turning NINE! I posed a how to step by step on the Helmar USA blog. Go there to view it.

Edit: See the birthday party decor, food labels, cupcake toppers on my post called "Lego Star Wars Party"

SO here are some different angles so you can see them individually.

This angle shows the "3D" layers of the handle.

Do you think he liked them as he handed them out to the class?

Thanks for viewing!

~ Grace ~

More Birthday Party Invitations I have created:

Boy Birthday Invitations:
- Minecraft Birtyday Party Invitations
- Harry Potter Hogwarts Invites
- Lego Bionicle Mask of Light

Girl's Birthday Invitations:

- Angelina Ballerina Birthday Party Invitations

Thursday, May 27, 2010

Lego Bionicle Birthday - Invitations, Cake, and Kids

I am not sure if it is a good thing or a bad thing that my kids are accustomed to getting what ever style of birthday they want. It started when they were infants and I was choosing what I wanted the parties to be like. I love to be different, turns out that has come back to bite me in the patootie! Now they are old enough to choose, and they don't always choose what I am motivated to create. Well, it's their birthday... their one day a year... shouldn't I give them what they want?

This year my son asked for a Lego Bionicle Mask of Light birthday party... and of course there is no party supplies to be found for the Mask of Light. Most parents would have them choose another theme. But my kids know better... they know now that Mommy can make it happen even if I can't buy it from the store. This year was especially hard. I tried to convince my son to change his mind, because we were in the process of laying 450 sq ft of hardwood floors the two weeks before his party. But he had his sweet little hart set on the Bionicle Mask of Light. So after 12 - 16 hr days of working on laying and cutting and designing hardwood flooring... this is what I stayed up late at night working on.

THE INVITES:

These are layered with navy and gold paper. I used the computer to print the text and design. Cut it all out... folded it and layered. The text info pulls out of the bottom of the card. Notice the gold is raised and the mask vents on the side are folded down to give it a 3-D look. Here are some picks for you to check out...

This next pic you can see how the text sheet just pulls down. It is pretty simple mechanics to make it do this... the hard part is telling everyone that is how it opens... LOL.

THE CAKE:

This was layered with two 1/2 sheet cakes. The bottom layer is a 1/2 sheet and the top was carved down into the shape of the Mask of Light. The both layers of the cake were iced and completely decorated before assembling them. Then the piping was added around the Mask to join them together.

Tristan was so happy with the result. He is always so proud of his Mama and the things I create. I love my little man so much! So much, we put trick candles on the cake... I have a pretty funny video of him and about 3 other kids trying to blow them all out.

THE CLASS CUPCAKES:

I created the little topper of the cupcakes on the computer... they were 1" square. I printed them so that the image square was upside down touching the top of the text square. This way when I cut them out I cut them 1" x 2". Folded them in half over a toothpick after adding some mono adhesive to the back of each topper. The kids loved this! It was supper easy and more of them got excited about his party coming up later that weekend.

Thank you so much for checking these out. I was thrilled to make them for my little man.

More Birthday Party Invitations I have created:

Boy Birthday Invitations:
- Minecraft Birtyday Party Invitations
- Harry Potter Hogwarts Invites

Girl's Birthday Invitations:

- Yellow and Grey Wedding Invitations please see this post HERE

- Angelina Ballerina Birthday Party Invitations

Thursday, May 6, 2010

Past Birthday Invitations I have created...

In honor of my son's birthday party invites I am in the process of making I thought I would reminisce about the ones I have already created. Hope you enjoy.

EDIT: For more invitations please see these links...

- Minecraft Birtyday Party Invitations please see this post HERE.

- Harry Potter Hogwarts Invites please see this post HERE.

- Fashion-ista Pink and Black Designer Purse please see this post HERE

- Lego Bionicle Mask of Light please see this post HERE

- Lego Starwars Light Sabers please see this post HERE

- Iron Man Mask Brithday Party Invites please see this post HERE

- Transformer Allspark Birthday Party Invitations

-Poodles in Paris Passport Birthday Party Invitations

-Wanted - Cowgirl Root Beer Saloon Birthday Party Invitations

- Angelina Ballerina Birthday Party Invitations please see this post HERE

Thanks for looking. The new ones will be up soon. My son has chosen a Lego Bionicle Birthday this year and wanted them to be like the Iron Man ones only with the Mask Of Light as the front.(UPDATE: this is an old post and all the current invitations I have created are linked at the top)

Boy Birthday Invitations:
- Minecraft Birtyday Party Invitations
- Harry Potter Hogwarts Invites
- Lego Bionicle Mask of Light

Girl's Birthday Invitations: