Macaroni Kid Kitsap Craft

See how to make this fun Valentine's Day countdown. Fill each pocket with candy, treats, toys, special notes... Kids love it! So be sure to check out the February 1st issue of Macaroni Kid Kitsap!

Mario Birthday

 

This year for my son's 8th birthday he wanted a Mario party. These were the invitations we sent out. I made gamer passes on my computer and laminated them and stuck them on a Mario lanyard.

 

I made one of the chompy pipe plants with a 4 inch PVC tee, that I spray painted green, a wooden dowel that I also spray painted green, a large styrofoam ball that I painted red and some white cardstock.

 

These star lollipops are in a 3 inch PVC tee that I spray painted green. I also cut out his name and age with my cricut along with the stars.

 

 

These are Hawaiian Punch bottles. I made the labels with images from the computer.

 

 

 

I got some red and green buckets from Targets dollar bins and cut out the Mario & Luigi emblems using white vinyl and my cricut.

 

 

These were some of the decorations I put together. The question mark boxes are made from a 4x4 mug box that I purchased at Michales. I found the question mark and bricks at THIS blog. I just cut them out and glued them to the box. I filled the box with Mario candy and toys.

 

These are the Mario cupcakes I made for his class. I printed out characters and cut them out and glued them to colored cardstock. I then glued that to a lollipop stick.

 

This was his cake! I absolutely LOVED it!! A friend of mine made it for him.

 

We had his party at a skating rink. This was the table.

 

 

 

On special occasions and birthdays I like to make the kids special breakfasts and decorate the dinning room. This was some of the decorations. I made the mushroom guys with cardstock and I printed out the rest from the computer and printed them out.

 

 

I made these clouds and stars with cardstock and hung them above the table with fishing line. I also decorated the mirror with Mario characters.

 

Birthday boy eating his Funfetti pancakes & fruit. I make these pancakes for the kids birthdays and they love them... They're sooo YUMMY! For the recipe click HERE.

 

 

 

The kids enjoying breakfast. I made a Mario hat, Luigi hat, and a Princess Peach crown.

 

These are the mini mushroom cakes.

 

 

S'more Love!

 

I made these for a swap. They're little s'more kits. The paper is from K & Company. I also used the CTMH's cricut cartridge, Art Philosophy and the stamp set Whooo's Your Valentine.

I cut the bag on pg. 23 at 6 1/4 inches. I then cut the handles off and replaced them with ribbon. I used about about 7 inches of ribbon and uses brads to secure them to the bag.

The heart I cut from pg. 69 and I cut that out at 4 inches.

The flower is from pg. 50. 1 is cut at 1inch, then 1 at 1 1/2 inches, and then 1 at 2 inches. Then I just inked the edges with grey wool and layered them. I then stuck a bling in the center.

The heart is glued to the bag and the flower is on a foam dot. I did that so I could stick the pin clip through it. The ticket is from the pack of the K & Co. Papers. I just cut it out and glued it to the bag.

The inside has a Hershey bar that I wrapped with coordinating paper. The marshmallows I put in a bag and tied twine to it. The same with the gram crackers. I had little heart tags that said s'more love, so I just attached that to the gram cracker bag.