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DIY Just Married Celebration Banner

My sister recently had herself a little Country Themed Wedding! Her and her best friend, Sharon (crafty lady), made several DIY decorations. I will be doing a series on all the decorations they made. 1-2 a week for the next 4 weeks!

First decoration featured is the Just Married banner!

Supplies you will need:
Desired colors of:
1 yard of burlap
1 yard of tulle fabric (tutu like material, we used blue)
1 yard of tan fabric
Ruler
Scissors
Hot glue gun and sticks
Some twine strand or yarn
Paint

Directions:
Step 1: Cut twine strand out to desired length. Cut 10 inch (or desired measurement) strips of fabric to tie around twine.
Step 2: Cut squares or desired shape (rectangles, triangles) of burlap for letters. You will hot glue onto twine after painted and dried.
Step 3: Paint letters onto burlap. She free handed this one but you can use stencils.
Step 4: Attach tan and tulle fabric to twine strand with a simple tie. Hot glue burlap squares with letters onto twine strand.

So easy to have your very own homemade banner! You can use this idea for any celebration: Happy Birthday, Baby Shower, Congratulations….

Check out the other post from the DIY Country Wedding Series:

DIY Hulk Superhero Birthday Party Ideas ~ Printable Superhero Squad Cupcake Toppers

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We had a DIY Hulk Party for my little man this year. I bought him this awesome hulk shirt from Amazon in a 3 pack fruit of the loom Marvel Heros pack. It came with a Spiderman shirt and a Wolverine shirt. The shirt has more of an under shirt feel so I layered it under a plaid shirt. He looked so cute!

I used toys and books we already owned for decorations. I made this banner from construction paper cut into triangles, hole punched, and put on balloon string. My 6 year old and I decorated them with markers. My boy drew some awesome Hulks! I also love the Hulk fist he added to the #3…he came up with that all on his own!

I made cupcakes with added green food color to the cake mix and the frosting. I also made cupcake toppers tapped to toothpicks. I used the toppers in the centerpiece decorations too.

Free for Personal Use: I made free for download Superhero Squad Cupcake Toppers since most people won’t have just a Hulk Party

free superhero party printable — Free For Personal Use Only

Superhero Squad Cupcake Toppers

If you have read my other party post, then you know I love me some cookie cake. I have one at pretty much every party I plan!

I put my son’s hulk toy on as a decoration. The cake icing got a little messed up during transportation, but it looked like the Hulk had been smashing it already. Totally made it work!

For the party favor bags I used colored cardstock paper. I hand wrote, “Thanks for Making Evan’s 3rd Birthday a Smash” and added Hulk stickers to each one. I stapled them to filled plastic lunch baggies. Super simple and super cheap!

My son’s favorite gift was the Hulk hooded jacket. It was so freakin’ cool with it’s mesh mask built in!

Star Wars Kids Party Ideas ~ Printable Star Wars Party Labels

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I’m sharing my oldest son’s 5th Birthday Star Wars Party!

I purchased both my boys a Star Wars costume. It was 8 months before Halloween so I figured I would definitely get my moneys worth out of these costumes!

I served hamburgers, fruit tray, chex mix party mix, chips, and drinks. Pretty standard party food, but I wanted to have those cute Star Wars Food Labels. We had Hans Burgers, Jedi Mix, Yoda Soda, and a Wookie Cookie!

I made these fun labels. You can print and use them at your next Star Wars Party!

Free For Personal Use Only: Click on Picture and Save or Print!

Star Wars Party Labels

I used these labels to make centerpieces. Just tape them to a toothpick and place inside a balloon weight.

For the cakes I bought them from the grocery store. We had them write Wookie Cookie on it and placed one of my son’s toy Chewbacca on it! I love Cookie Cakes and have them at every party!

My father in law and brother in law were both just as excited about the Star Wars theme party! They actually volunteered and paid to rent costumes! They are awesome and I didn’t ask how much they cost to rent. I’m guessing $50-$75. I had the Star Wars theme music playing when they made their entrance!

We had so much fun playing with the Darth Vader and Chewbacca mask!

For party favors I bought Star Wars Coloring books and other Star Wars merchandise from the dollar store and dollar bins from Target. I also printed and cut out these free mask from ~~http://starwarsblog.starwars.com!~~ No longer on there but you can get them here now Geek Mom Mashup.

The party was a huge success and lots of fun!

Baby Shower DIY Ideas

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For my younger sister’s baby shower I did some DIY projects that came out super cute.

First I made a really simple diaper cake. This was my first one and I used the role and tie with string method. I decorated it simple with pink ribbons and a cute bear on top.

Next, I made baby jane shoes from printed on patterned card stock paper. I glued a button on each shoe too. This was a bit time consuming, but they came out so cute I didn’t care. We put mints in them. When the baby shower was over I I gave them to my younger cousins who wanted them to take home for their dolls!

Here’s the template I used.

Baby Jane Shoe Template

I also made candy wrappers by designing a label on Avery mailing labels. They fit perfect around Hershey nuggets candy.

Here’s the cake we had made by my sister’s friend who makes cakes for a living. The cake came out beautiful and tasted great too!

We put the cupcakes on my cupcake stand. I use this stand at every party. Love it!

I don’t know how your family throws baby showers, but mine always provides lots of food and a nice spread! We went all out for my sister. We had nachos, sausage balls, 3 kinds of sandwiches, veggie and fruit trays!

I love decorating for baby showers! Can’t wait to decorate my other younger sister’s party in July, and then my sister in-law’s later this year! Lucky Me!

DIY Elmo Party with Free Printables

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For my son’s 2nd Birthday we had a Super Cute Elmo Themed Party. I made most of the Decorations myself.

Here’s what I used:

I used a free printable Elmo kit from Sherry K Designs.

Click Here to go to Sherry K Designs.

I also purchased a personalized Elmo Kit from Etsy. The kit I used is no longer available but here is a similar one.

Click Here to Go to Etsy.

I made a custom Sesame Street Signs on my computer and stringed them together. It turned out really cute!

To make a sign like mine use the Free Printables below. Save the file and open it in an editing program. PicMonkey is a great option, it’s a free online editing program and is really easy to use! Just open blank sign file and add your text to the sign. Use Tahoma or Arial font all caps in white.

Click on Links Below:

pdf file Blank Sesame Sign

jpg file Blank Sesame Sign

pdf file Happy Birthday Sesame Sign

jpg file Happy Birthday Sesame Sign

I used Elmo merchandise we already owned to decorate the house.

I had my son dressed in a cute personalized Elmo shirt for the party from Etsy.

Click here to Go to Etsy Shop for Elmo Shirt.

I designed a simple cake and had a cake maker friend make it for me. For th top of the make I purchased an Elmo candle from amazon.

An Elmo pinata was made by myself from a cardboard gift box, tissue and printed an enlarged Elmo face for eyes, nose, and mouth.

It wasn’t the best for breaking purposes but it was super cute and it made for a fun mask afterwards!

If you like this printable you may also want to check out my other FREE PRINTABLES.

All printables and downloads designed by rays of bliss are for PERSONAL USE ONLY. Please do not alter or claim as your own. This file is not intended for resale, nor are the printed versions of this file. Feel free to link back to www.raysofbliss.com if you like our printables.

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First decoration featured is the Just Married banner!

Check out the other post from the DIY Country Wedding Series:

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