party prep - Babiekins Magazine

The holidays are upon us and it’s that time of year for lots of parties. Put together this simple cake stand with some pretty paper plate and cup products, and use it to display your homemade (or store bought) sweet treats. You can bring your treats displayed on it, and you won’t have to worry about sticking around until the end of the party to bring your cake stand home. Kindly let the host know to recycle the stand when the party is done. You could get a number of fun looks depending on the mixing and matching of paper plates and cups. Get even more fancy and make a two tier stand with 2 different sized plates and cups. Now, who will be using this idea this holiday season?!

Paper Plate Cake Stands

Total time: 5 minutes

Supplies:
Paper plates, various sizes
Paper cups, use various sizes to achieve different heights
Glue gun/glue stick

Directions:
Add some glue to the bottom rim of the cup, center it on the bottom of the paper plate, and attach to set in place.

Paper plates: Cheeky | Vintage top & accessories from Kinoko kids | Styling: Rubyellen Bratcher

Carter’s 2nd birthday is just around the corner so I slowly started to work on some party prep for his special day. I’ve always loved the balloon in a balloon, but have never tried to do it myself, until now. Surprisingly, it was quite simple and I will show you how it was done below.

Supplies Needed// Tissue paper, ribbon, scissors, clear balloons, coloured balloons and a helium tank (not shown here).

Step 1 // First make your confetti by stacking your tissue paper one on top of another and cut out approximately 1 inch wide strips. Once you have your 1 inch wide strips, cut them into bits of confetti.

Step 2 // Stuff some confetti into one clear balloon. I didn’t use a funnel or anything, just jammed them in with my finger.

Step 3 // Now take coloured balloon and insert a small stick into it. I used a coffee stirring stick. This will help you insert the coloured balloon into the clear balloon.