Another year has come and gone!

OLLIE IS 2!!

Oliver has yet to "request" his birthday cake, so....
I decided I should make him " The very hungry caterpillar" for his #2 birthday.
The cake was a BIG hit!
Happy Birthday Ollie

HOW TOMAKE YOUR OWN.
2 cake mixes, bunt cake pans , 1 large can white frosting. green,yellow,blue food coloring. red paste food dye.
yellow and green fruit roll ups ,gushers,1 green jelly bean,
1 black licorice stick
make 2 bunt cakes ( I used funfetti )
cut 1 in half for the top hump.
cut the leftover half, in half for the " neck and tail"
using the other cake , cut wedges to fill in to make the shape. " glue " with frosting.
for the head , slice several "straight" pieces and stack to make a round shape. " glue" together with matching frosting.

Using 3/4 of 1 large can of white frosting in a bowl and green,yellow and blue food color. start with green and frost several sections of the caterpillar in stripes.
then add yellow to the green frosting to for a different color, frost more stripes blending with the 1st green stripes. Finally add the blue to the frosting, changing the color once more and frost stripes blending them with the others. This will make the multi colored body.
With the rest of the white frosting add red PASTE food dye for a deep red face.
for the eyes I used yellow fruit roll ups cut in a oval shape topped off with green fruit roll ups cut into a bit smaller oval. For the nose I used a green jelly bean.
The antena is black licorice . The feet are gushers.
all the fruit candy was purchased in a mixed selection box.

invasion of THE ANGRY BIRDS

Here is the last cake till Dec.

Connor had a bowling party with his friends for his 6th birthday!

The Angry Birds were invited too.(They did not however bowl).

Here is my ATTEMPT @ the cake.

I think the kids LOVED it.

I Love you Buddy!

Connor is ALREADY 6!

For 6 years I've been making my oldest grandsons BIRTHDAY CAKE. Each year we try to out do the last. Connor puts in the order and I oblige. With the Craze of ANGRY BIRDS ,
a 6 year old boy and you got it an Angry Birds theme.

Connor's Kindergarten class endulged in a mecca of sugary delight! (sorry mom's). We made 28 angry bird and pig cupcakes. I did the prep,then put a picture in front of connor and this is what he made.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CONNOR



Thanks to Brooke for the great tutorial!

All WET

Last week Oliver and Mimi went to the water park.
It was 104 with the heat index and we (I) needed to cool off.

Thinking Oliver would LOVE it (HE DID NOT!!!!)

I put on his suit and off we went

You can see he is much happier in the stroller and NOT in the water.

I love his white hair, BIG blue eyes and toothy smile!

ANGRY BIRDS

Since Connor starts all day Kindergarten in a couple weeks, I won't be sitting for him regularly any more. I wanted to do a fun craft project. I had purchased a white tee shirt on sale at
Hobby Lobby and I was "itching" do do SOMETHING with it.

After discussing it with Connor we decided to paint an angry bird on it!
I googled "angry birds coloring page" and printed his choice out on plain paper.
Then placing it under a piece of freezer paper I traced the complete design on the ROUGH side to make a iron on stencil.
I did all the cutting and ironing and Connor did the painting.
I think he was pleased with his craftiness and I was too.

Father's Day gift

Father's day is fast approaching and I helped my grandsons make their Daddy an amazing gift that I think he'll cherish for ever.
While browsing the web I came across THIS site and adorable DIY for Father's Day and just had to make it. I just noticed we both used very similar fabrics! (It was the best "boy fabric" in my stash that didn't have robots, or dogs on it). I followed her instructions with a few changes. ( just make sure you have the hands arranged so they will fit the size opening you want BEFORE you iron them on and sew around them. I found the frame at T J MAXX on clearance. The frame was already matted and had a picture in it. I just ripped out the ugly picture and re-framed it with the adorable hand prints of my little sweeties! I also decided not to put the cute saying on the frame because it was not a "crafty " styled frame. This was a pretty easy project and one that is a real keeper! If you double click on the pictures you'll notice the boy's names and ages are written beside each wrist. *NOTE* if you have a little one, you may want to trace their hand while he's sleeping! just a thought. :) Please check out roots and wings co. she has wonderful tutorials!

Suzan

Making crayons using crayons

Today I only had my grandsons for a short time, but I wanted Connor who is 5 to have some Activity to do with his Mimi.

Ollie is only one, so he watched!

So we made (re-made) crayons! I got these boxes of crayons for 23 cents a box, and since I have a very limited amount of old crayons I used these.

First Connor peeled off the paper.

Then we broke them in smaller pieces. I let Connor decide what colors to put in the silicone pan.

(I got the pan at Hobby Lobby for under $2.00 in the summer party area.)

AN ADULT NEEDS TO DO THE NEXT FEW STEPS!!! I then put the pan on a sturdy baking stone (any cookie sheet will do) and placed it into a pre- heated oven @350%. Then sat and watched as the wax melted.

DO NOT LEAVE THE KITCHEN WHEN YOU ARE MELTING WAX!!!!!

it took about 6 Minutes. CAREFULLY remove the HOT wax from the oven.

I let them get cool to the touch on top of the stove,

then put pan in frig till the crayons were fully hardened

(about 10 min). Then I let Connor pop

out his new crayons and start coloring.

He told me "I've never made these only in my dreams!!!"

then I melted yes... pun intended

He's how old???

Happy 5th Birthday Connor! It's that time again!! Connor is 5, and although he's NEVER eaten a hamburger,

when he saw a hamburger cake in a book he said "Mimi make this one when I'm 5." I am always up for a challenge, so I jumped at the chance!

I didn't want to poke things in the top of the " bun" so I created a large fries and drink ( to round out the meal ) and also to put the birthday boy's info out there. I've always wanted to try fondant and found this recipe for marshmallow fondant that was really easy to make.

http://chiccookiekits.blogspot.com/2010/03/finallyhomemade-marshmallow-fondant-and.html The lettuce,onions,cheese,and sesame seeds are all fondant. The buns are Carmel cake frosted in carmel frosting and the burger is dark fudge chocolate cake un frosted. My hubby thought it would look more real. I think he was right!

I thought I'd take pics as I put it together.

That didn't work too well. Yes that is a hairdryer you see!

Havn't you ever seen the cake boss?

(he uses heat ...or is it steam?) I think it's steam duh...oh well I was trying to make the fondant shinny. DO NOT use a hair dryer unless you want to melt the frosting!

As you can see Connor loved the cake.

Can't wait to see what he picks for next year!

Linked to get your craft on @ Todays crafty blog

BOO :)

Hi,
Just a little post to let you see what my 4yr old grandson and I made the other day.
I painted the big orange B and painted his hands white to make the oo in BOO.
Quick and easy! I dipped the end of a paint brush in the orange paint to make the faces, then used black for the insides.

Linked up at http://todayscreativeblog.net/

Recovering

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I've not been doing much crafting as of late.

I had a bone graft in my mouth and have felt pretty #$@*&%.

But the other night when I couldn't sleep I created this!

I printed out the letters in mirror first.

Then I traced the words on freezer paper.

I then hand cut out all the letters, ironed it to the onsie and painted.

I think Oliver looks adorable in it.

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