posted by cindylouh on July 1st, 2009 | Fourth of July, Uncategorized |
I am thinking a stack of these sitting next to a bowl of snacks is great—–makes nice portable containers for backyard guests.
Print out the template and fold into a cone. It overlaps at the top about about two inches to no overlap at the point. You could easily use tape to fasten, but I used hot glue. My local printing store was running a special so I saved the file to a flash drive and had them print directly from the file. They did look much better than if I had printed them on my printer, plus the color copy paper is heavier with a nice sheen.
Cheers to you!
Here are some more ideas to help celebrate the Fourth of July!
posted by cindylouh on July 1st, 2009 | Fourth of July |
I am thinking about having a buffet for our brunch instead of setting all of the tables. Just a few supplies, wooden clothes pins, wooden stars, acrylic paint, hot glue …..
and you have a star clip to hold your stuff together.
I didn’t have a fork but I think I could squeeze it in. If I was being really helpful and not going for the look, it would probably be better to clip the napkin to the back. Actually I think I will just fold the napkin in thirds to slip behind the utensils on the front. That way they can make it through the buffet line without having to adjust the clip and napkin then hold the utensils—-and it would still be cute.
Perfect for windy outdoor eating!
Find more Fourth of July ideas here!
posted by cindylouh on June 30th, 2009 | Fourth of July |
I plan to hang these festive stars over our tables on Saturday.
If you have a Cricut use the Stand Up and Salute Cartridge for the open star cut to 7 1/2 inches. For the smaller blue star hanging at the bottom I used the Plantin Cartridge for the star cut at 4inches. The larger red star was another Plantin star cut at 7 1/2 inches
Don’t have a Cricut–no worries print out these stars for a template!
I left a long tail of thread (so I would have something to hang it with) and began sewing the stars together with the sewing machine with a long stitch length.
For the three dimensional star cut two large stars with the Plantin Cartridge cut at 7 1/2″. On one star cut a slit from the top to the middle and on the second star cut a slit from the bottom to the middle.
Slip the two stars together. I used just a touch of hot glue at the top and the bottom of the star to fasten the two stars together and keep them open and in place.
Here is a template.
posted by cindylouh on June 29th, 2009 | Fourth of July |
This week I am going to post things that I am doing in preparation for our Fourth of July Celebration. Stay tuned for more ideas!
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These rockets will be filled with treats for the kids table.
I originally cut out the letters for the name with the Cricut, but if you don’t have one I have made a customizable download for you.
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(I think you will need Adobe Acrobat to make the letters and placement display correctly)
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- Download the PDF and customize with any name you desire (up to 7 letters- sorry you might have to use some nicknames if your names are too long)
- Print both downloads on copy paper
- Cut out the download and wrap the name paper around an empty toilet paper roll and fasten (I used hot glue). Not all toilet paper rolls are created equal so I made it fit the longest one I could find. This might make it too long for some and it will need to be trimmed.
- Cut out template for the fins and nosecone and trace the nosecone onto card-stock and the fins onto poster board. In the picture I used heavy card-stock for the fins, but I am going to get poster board tomorrow. I think they will be much more sturdy.
- Place fins onto rocket and hot glue.
- Fill tube with treats. Treats needs to be large enough that they don’t fall through the bottom opening where the fins are attached. It also should be light weight. For mine I removed the plastic package of saw dust and bang snaps from its box and put the package inside the tube.
- Fold the nosecone, overlapping the edge about 1/2 inch at the bottom and glue.
- Hot glue nosecone to top of rocket and you are finished!
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If you are looking for more Fourth of July ideas, you might be interested in:
Free Uncle Sam Hat Party Favor Download
Free Patriotic Pinwheel Download
more Fourth of July Ideas!
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posted by cindylouh on June 28th, 2009 | Uncategorized |
Thank you all so much for your patience while I have been getting back into the swing of things! Thank you most of all for all of your encouraging comments! You will never know how much support and comfort your sweet words brought me. We are all now home and doing well. We still have loads of things to do and a long way to go but we have a renewed strength and focus.
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It became apparent that many of us are dealing with similar issues. It makes me think that we all could help each other out with tips and information. I am considering posting a regular column with those techniques that have worked for us and resources that have benefited us. In fact, many of the techniques are great for all children. I couldn’t do this alone—-would you be willing to share what works for you?
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For now our focus is on “the parade.” We have been busy planning, plotting and building!
You know we have another title to uphold! And we will be forever trying to outdo the “cannons.” Maybe this year we have, but I can’t divulge more than that until the parade! 
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Please stop by each day this week while I share ideas to help celebrate the Fourth of July. The following week I have some fun giveaways from readers (I could use a couple more if you are interested —just email me). Then the rest of the summer I will only post Monday, Wednesday and Friday to be able to focus on my kids while they are on summer break!
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Thanks again everyone—truly you are the best!
Cindy
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P.S. Two more days (giveaway ends June 30) to enter the giveaway for the fabulous $3,800 Home Place Structures Swing-set. Please go enter, someone has to win—it might be you!
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