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Trick or Treat Drinks

By Cheryl Sorce, Former Contributor Leave a Comment

Craftykins // Trick or Treat Drinks

Presentation is everything, and even something as simple as a bottle of orange pop can make for a fun and festive treat.

So if you’re looking for a last minute party extra or a something for those special neighbors/cousins/friends that will be ringing your doorbell today, these are perfect.

Babiekins Magazine // Craftykins // Trick or Treat Drinks

I used baker’s twine to tie a paper straw, drink stirrer, and party flag to each bottle.

The vintage style glass bottles of orange Fanta can be found in the Hispanic section of the grocery store, the straws and stirrers can be found at craft or party stores.  The flags are made by hot gluing a bit of patterned paper to a candy stick.  So easy and so quick!

Happy Halloween!

Filed Under: Fun Tagged With: #babiekinsmag, Babiekins, Babiekins Magazine, craft, craftykins, Fashion, fashion kids, Halloween, kids fashion magazine, kids trends, Party, Partykins, trick or treat Posted By: Cheryl Sorce, Former Contributor

{no-sew} Halloween Party Felt Flags

By Cheryl Sorce, Former Contributor Leave a Comment

I think felt is the fabric of choice when it comes to Halloween.  I can remember many a last minute costume I put together growing up using plenty of felt…it comes in a rainbow of colors, it’s not expensive, there’s no hemming or sewing…it only needs some glue…so it makes fun projects fast.  Just the way I like them.

So instead of using felt for costumes this time around, I made some festive party flags.  And they’re just as easy as you’d think.

Babiekins Magazine // No-Sew Halloween Felt Flags

To make them you’ll need:
sheets of felt
scissors
hot glue
wooden skewers
glitter {if you’re into that kind of thing}

Babiekins Magazine // No-Sew Halloween Felt Flags

Start by cutting your felt into triangles.  Mine are about 6 inches long and 4 inches wide.

Cut stripes, shapes, letters, or whatever else you want to embellish your flags with out of the remaining felt and glue it onto the flags.  Trim any excess.

Babiekins Magazine // No-Sew Halloween Felt Flags

If you’re going to glitter, do it before those pieces are on the flags or you’ll end up glittering everything.

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Cut two small slits in the top and bottom of the flags and slip the skewers through the holes.  I added a dab of hot glue to the backs to keep them in place.

And of course this project doesn’t have to be only for Halloween…change up the colors for holidays, birthdays, the dishes being put away…any occasion that that could use a little extra festivity.

Filed Under: Fun Tagged With: #babiekinsmag, Babiekins, Babiekins Magazine, craft, DIY, Fashion, fashion kids, Halloween, kids fashion magazine, kids trends, Party Posted By: Cheryl Sorce, Former Contributor

Craftykins // DIY Animal Party Straws

By Lexi Leave a Comment

I really am on a straw kick. My mind was completely blown when I happened upon these DIY Animal Party Straws. The wheels are turning with endless inspiration now! The tricky part? I think these straws might be too pretty to actually drink out of!

Craftykins // DIY Animal Party Straws

Craftykins // DIY Animal Party Straws

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These dainty straws are perfectly perfect for a little girl’s tea party or a bright pink flamingo birthday bash! Visit Fete Gazette for more DIY inspiration!

Flamingo Party Straws //Concept & Photography by Abigail Hunter of Fete Gazette

Swan Party Straws // Concept & Photography by Abigail Hunter for Shop Sweet Lulu 

Filed Under: Fun Tagged With: Animal, blue, craft, DIY, Drinking Straws, Flamingo, Party, pink, swan Posted By: Lexi

Craftykins // Gemmed Out Word Art

By Priscila Barros, Editor-in-Chief Leave a Comment

Heather and Heidi of Fairy Birds, are twin sister authors and designers based out of San Diego.  Their new award winning children’s book, Fairy Birds, teaches kids how to just give a little. The twins have also collaborated on writing pieces with Parents Magazine, Elle, Seventeen and others and are excited to share today with Babiekins Magazine readers.
Babiekins Magazine | Craft By Fairybirds.com
Babiekins Magazine | Craft By Fairybirds.com
This Be-dazzled “Hi” is fun and easy wall art to create with kids. Go on a treasure hunt with your littles to round up your glitter, beads, old necklace rhinestones and other fun details around your house to make something dazzling! This Gemmed Out Word Art can be a surprise sign you leave on a doorstep as a gift for someone or something to hang in that gallery wall in the playroom. 
 

Materials Needed:
Buttons
Flat gem stones
Beads
Foam core board
Hot glue gun
Hot Glue
 

Instructions:
1) Gather Materials.
 
2) Simply decide what you would like to say or a symbol you would like to create.
 
3) Arrange the gems and adornments in the phrase you would like to create.
 
4) Glue down the gems in place with a hot glue. For metal pieces, sometimes you may use something stronger like E600 glue to adhere the gem to the foam core board.
 
Voila, now you have a happy sign to display in your home or give away!

Photo credit// Nina Seibert

Check out Fairy Birds // Website  |  Instagram  |  Facebook  |  Twitter

Filed Under: Fun Tagged With: #craftykins, Babiekins, craft, fairybirds Posted By: Priscila Barros, Editor-in-Chief

Craftykins // DIY Play Birthday Cake

By Priscila Barros, Editor-in-Chief 1 Comment

Babiekins Magazine | DIY Play Cake by Mer Mag Make a fun and colorful birthday cake with household items you’re sure to have on hand!

Babiekins Magazine | DIY Play Cake by Mer Mag

To make this DIY play cake you will need:

  • The lower portion of a cylindrical oatmeal box. We cut ours to be about 5 1/4″ high
  • small extra sheets of cardboard (or sides from cereal boxes so it’s the same fiberboard as the oatmeal box)
  • 4 wooden dowels each cut to 3″ high for the candles
  • Duct tape in various colors
  • hot glue gun and glue

To make this cake:

  1. Cut out a triangle “slice” from one side of the oatmeal box.
  2. Fill in the sides of the inside of the cake as well as the slice you just cut out. Tape together to hold.
  3. Cut out a shape for the top of the cake based on the bottom base . Tape together to hold.
  4. Decorate the cake by covering in duct tape. We chose white for the exterior and pink for the interior. Cut a couple of stripes of white for the interior to indicate cake layers. We also cut up an assortment of colorful triangles to suggest sprinkles atop the cake.
  5. Cover each wooden dowel candle in a different color of duct tape.
  6. Cut out thin strips of white duct tape and coil around each candle.
  7. To make the wick of each candle, roll together a bit of duct tape, about 1/2″ high. Glue wick to top of each candle with hot glue.
  8. Using hot glue, glue on each candle around the top of the cake, being sure to center one of them atop the cut out slice of cake. (you could also use sticky velcro of you wanted to candles to come on and off). Let dry.

Babiekins Magazine | DIY Play Cake by Mer Mag

Babiekins Magazine | DIY Play Cake by Mer Mag

 Your cake is now complete and ready to be played with! Place it on a platter and celebrate by serving it to a host of friends, both imaginary and real!

posted by Merrilee of Mer Mag

Filed Under: Fun Tagged With: #babiekinsmag, Babiekins, babiekins mag, Babiekins Magazine, cake, craft, DIY, duct tape cake, duct tape craft, magazine, mer mag, Party Posted By: Priscila Barros, Editor-in-Chief

DIY with Bleach Pens

By Priscila Barros, Editor-in-Chief Leave a Comment

 

This is a simple and fun little project we did a couple months ago and it was so much fun! Here is how to get the same look:

Help your little one pick out stencils and have them show you where they want the picture on their clothes. Take a piece of cardboard and place it under the clothing so that the bleach doesn’t bleed through.

Then the adult can take a bleach pen and “bleach” the design on the clothing item. We used some leggings and some canvas shoes!

Photo by Jessie Kenney

 

Filed Under: Fun Tagged With: #babiekinsmag, bleach pen, bleach pen craft, craft, DIY Posted By: Priscila Barros, Editor-in-Chief

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