Adult Easter Egg Tutorial!!! #yay #alcohol #drinks #easter #fun

Okay, this one will literally take under 5 minutes and is so so fun to receive!

Do it for an adult easter hunt for extra fun!

You will need:

large Easter eggs- large enough for small sample alcohols.  I found these at Walmart for $1 each.

Easter decorative grass or some filler for the egg- I actually used yarn because I had a bunch of it

little alcohol samples-make sure to take an egg with you so you know they fit!

string/yarn to wrap around the closed egg

a permanent marker

1) Place your filling inside your egg

2) Put the drinks inside making sure the egg still closes.

3) close egg

4) wrap outside of egg with yarn/string a couple of times, make a bow, and cut of extra

5) Write a message or a name in permanent marker on the front of the egg

And your done! So ridiculously simple and so much fun to give and receive!

Easter Egg Card Tutorial #easy #quick #Easter

This one is easy and appropriate for just about anyone.

I made a bunch of different versions as you can see below.

You will need:

a cricket machine with a grass pattern- if you do not have a cricket machine, then you can easily do a sample by hand and trace it onto paper and cut it out.

4 different shades of green paper for the grass

lots of different patterns and colors for your eggs- I used a bunch of scraps but it probably amounted to about 2 sheets of paper for 8 different cards…it depends on how many eggs you make and how many cards.  I would suggest using scraps and at least 6-7 different colors/patterns

circle hole punch

glue stick

scissors

black marker/white marker for writing

1 piece of white cardstock per card- a whole 12X12 sheet might make 2 cards depending on the size of your cards

Let’s get started!

1) Cut your white piece of paper down to 2x the size card you want and fold it in half- this should now be the desired size.

2) Make your grass- either by hand or with a cricket machine.  Do it in all the shades of green you chose. For this tutorial, I used 4 different colors.  Make sure they are long enough to cover the width of the card.

3) decide on your layout.  For this tutorial I did 4 rows of grass.   Lay down the layer at the top of the card first. Then move down until the bottom layer is the topmost layer.

  4) Glue them down but do not glue the blades of the grass           .

  5) Then Flip it over and cut off the excess.

   6) Grab your hole punch and start making a bunch of ‘eggs’ out of the many colored paper you  have.  Try to stick to a bunch of different patterns for a more colorful look.

 

  7) Decide where you want your eggs to go. Slide them in to determine proper height and angle.

  8) Once you have decided on placement. Take your scissors and cut off the bottom 1/3-1/4 of the egg.  This will give it a slightly more oval shape when you tuck it into the grass.

  9) Use your glue stick to cover the backside of the egg. Then slide it carefully back into place.  If desired, once eggs are all placed, you can add some glue to the back of the grass to stick it down as well.

Go Crazy placing your eggs!10) Finish up with a nice message at the bottom in your white/black marker! And you are done! So easy!

‘Hoppy Easter’ Rabbit Hole Card Tutorial #supereasy #socute

My favorite thing about this that it doesn’t need to be perfect! I mean, it’s a hole in the ground, so it’s not going to be perfectly round, and the bunny is fluffy and not going to look perfectly round.  Plus, I think it’s imperfection adds to the charm.

Anyway, here is the super easy, super quick tutorial!

You will need:

green paper (probably 2 sheets- one for card, one for grass)- I recommend a thicker cardstock so the marker won’t bleed through

white paper

black paper

pink paper (can be patterned) for soles of feet

Black marker

scissors

glue- I used tape mounting squares and a glue stick

hole punches – one for grass and one for bunny tail (the shape can vary)

Shapes to trace (I used a roll of tape for the large circle, the inside of the tape for the smaller circle, a bottle of lotion for the larger feet ovals, and a face wash bottle for the oval bunny soles).

               

1) Fold your paper into the size of card you want.  Make sure it is rectangular and large enough for  your circles!

2) Trace shapes and cut out.  Don’t stress too much about edges if you like the charm of mine. If not, fine tune your edges.

Per card you need:

1 large black circle

1 smaller white circle

1 bunny tail

2 large white ovals for feet

2 smaller pink ovals for soles of feet

5-6 green grasses

3) Place pieces of tape or glue on the back of each. I did the tape so I could do all of it at once, but you can do glue one piece at a time.

4) Place black circle on the top half of the card in the center. Glue it down.

5) Place white circle on top of the black circle, on the bottom half of it. Glue it down

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6) add the white feet to the bottom third of the white oval. Turn them at a diagonal angle, approximately 5 and 7 o’clock. Glue them down.

7) add the pink soles to the feet. Glue them down.

8) add the bunny tail in the center and above the feet.  The pics are hard to show the lines before they are outlined, so look at the finished product for placement.

9) glue down your grass. I used a gluestick for this because they were too small for tape. (I went a little out of order here and outlined first, but it’s more efficient to do it the way I am explaining it.)

10) Outline all your shapes. It will give all of them a cleaner edge. I recommend a fine tip marker for this. Don’t forget to add the 4 little lines for toes!

   

11) Write your message at the bottom. And you are done!  Write a message on the inside and send it off!

“You Are My Lucky Charm” St. Patrick’s Day Gift #DIY #supereasy #lastminute

These are cute and simple and a great last minute gift for kids and grownups!

You will need:

lunch bags

lucky charms cereal

plastic spoons

solid construction paper (mine was dark green)

a lighter construction paper (for the letters to be easier to read)

lots of different alphabet stickers, or if you have good handwriting, then multiple colored for pens/markers

St. Patrick day stickers

stapler

scissors

glue (if your letters or stickers don’t have adhesive on them already)

First things first:

1) Pour the cereal into the bag and place the spoon inside as well. Seal well.

2) Take your darker construction paper and fold it in half. Measure the size of the bag so you know where to cut.  Remember to keep enough room on top for decorations and words!

3) Add your lighter paper by placing it in the center of the darker paper, and glue it down.

4) Write your message in alphabet letters! And decorate with St. Patrick’s day stickers!

5) When you are done, match it up with bag again and staple edges to edge of bag.

That’s it! It’s that simple!

Easter Popsicle Stick Puzzle! #DIY #popsiclesticks #Easter #gifts

       

This is a super easy, fun project to do for Easter! It literally took more time for the paint to dry then for the rest of the project!

You will need:

popsicle sticks (I used 10 per puzzle)

painter’s tape

paintbrushes

various color paints

pencil

paper/cardboard to put paints on

permanent marker

string

scissors

Alright so first set of tools:

1) Cut out a good chunk of tape off the roll

2) Begin to line up the popsicle sticks in a row along the tape. The tape serves to keep them together while you draw and paint.

3) Draw your design in pencil on the popsicle sticks.  You can have your popsicle sticks going vertically or horizontally for your design.

4) Grab your next set of tools:

Choose various colors based on your designs.  I chose pink, yellow, green, orange, and purple paints.

5) Pour a small amount of the colors you are going to use onto a piece of cardboard/ a plate/ anything to serve as your palate.

6) start painting your drawings.  Go in stages and wait for each color to dry before starting the next one.  Also remember that it doesn’t have to be perfectly on the line because you are going to outline it, so there is a tiny bit of room for smudges!

Here are my half done ones that were drying…

7) Once they are finally dry, grab your permanent marker and outline the characters.

8) Once you are done outlining, let it dry a bit more just to be sure.

9) If you want, when done, you can write numbers on the backside of the design to help younger kids figure out the puzzle. I chose not to.

10) Break apart the sticks; they will stick together a bit because of the paint.

Then grab your next set of tools

11) scramble your sticks up and hold them together and wrap them in some fun string!

 And you are done! Mine are being mailed so it’s great that they are nice and compact for mailing plus super cute to boot!

That’s all folks, hope you enjoyed!

Linda Gottman’s Halloween Scrapbooks

So I just got back  home where all my scrapbooks are currently residing, and I wanted to add my aunt’s hard work to my site to be seen as well!

The work I am showing here is strictly Halloween….but that’s because I am kinda obsessed with it!   So every year for the past 6-7 years I have gone all out, and thrown a haunted house.  These scrapbooks have documented a lot of it.

Because there are literally hundreds of pages, I am only showing you the ones that are most representative, most fun, and most unique.

So without further adieu, here come the ghouls!

This was from when I was a kid….12 I think….pre-haunted house, but not pre-Halloween fun!

   

This is a scrapbook of some of the puppies on Halloween!

  Check out the super cool sliding windows!

  

This is the first year we really started getting into it….I didn’t build a haunted house that year, but we dressed up as authentic pirates and terrorized the neighborhood! (I really pride myself on my costume’s authenticity and never ever just buy one from a party store!)

The story line here is all Linda Gottman’s idea!

 so there are these 3 pirates.

Two are brother and sister. The third is some scallywag named Pirate Dude Charles.

 And they were a happy trio.

And a fearsome brood!

 Until betrayal was discovered! Little Eye- Big Eye attacked Pirate Dude but lost. Not wanting to be left out, Pirate Princess killed Pirate Dude.

But this was a raucous bunch, and death did not keep them from fighting…they came back as undead pirates…Continuously killing each other.

Until they had a thought! Let’s kill the civilians….

      The End

A little bit of the zombie Graveyard

Onto  the Insane Asylum!

 

Meet the Inmates

Feeding Time

Setting the Stage for Visiting Hour

 

And Showtime!

Final Curtain Call!

Onto the Dollhouse!

THAT’S ALL FOLKS!

Tune in for more of Linda Gottman’s fun work!

Valentine Love and Candy Prescription Gift

 This idea is so simple but does require some prep.

You will need:

2 week long medicine containers

7 different kinds of candy that fits inside the compartments

– I used skittles, m&ms, raisinets, lifesavers, candy corn, gummy bears, and sweethearts

7 strips of paper to write on

candy puns from the internet

pen/pencil

Vday card or note

1) place each candy in a separate container

2) write one pun  per paper

3) fold paper and slip into corresponding compartment

4) write out vday note

And it’s really just that simple!

Funny, Truthful Valentines Card for Your Significant Other!

I love offbeat, funny valentine’s cards…and this one is very simple and fits the bill.  Great for a significant other or easily modifiable for children, friends, family, or coworkers!

And then you open it to see a design on the back too!

This is actually very easy and can be done in about 10 minutes.

You will need:

-1 white piece of paper for card

-1 red piece of paper for inner heart

-1 valentines/love themed/ accent colored piece of paper for the outer heart

-scissors

-pencil

-straight edge / ruler

-black marker

-glue

1) Decide the dimensions of your card on the white paper. Draw the straight lines on the backside of the paper with the straight edge and pencil.

2) Cut off the excess paper and remove any stray pencil marks.

3) Take your red piece of paper and use the edge to draw half a heart.  Make sure it fits on your card before you cut it out.

4) Then fold your red piece of paper in half so when you cut in the heart you get 2 halves. Cut it out.

5) Then grab your other piece of paper, the accent or valentine’s themed one. Flip the paper over to the back and again use the edge for the middle of your heart.

6) Using the red heart template, draw a slightly larger heart on the backside of the accent sheet.

7) fold the accent sheet over so that when you cut it, you get 2 sides of the heart.  Cut it out.

8)Take the white sheet of paper and fold it in half to form your card.

9) Decide on placement on the outer heart, making sure to line it up with the fold of the card so that when opened completely, it closes the heart.

 (my pictures were done after the fact…oops!)

10) Then glue the outer heart onto the white card.

11) Then decide on placement of the inner heart and glue it on top of the outer heart the same way.

12) Then decide on word placement…I wanted the I love you to be in the heart.

13) It’s easiest to start out lightly with a pencil to write the words. Vary the lettering for a fun effect!

14)  Then trace it with your black marker.

15) Add a few hearts or accents to jazz it up!

16) Write your message on the inside, and if you want, add a fun one to the back heart as well!

You are done!

SO cute and so fun! I know my boyfriend will get a kick out of it!

Last minute ‘Worth Melting For’ Olaf Valentine! #Valentine #supereasy

Looking for a last minute valentine for Valentine’s Day? This cute and easy valentine will give the bang of a more time consuming project and is so easy you can whip them out in just a few minutes!

So presenting: ‘Worth Melting For’ Olaf Valentines!

These are super easy and sooooo cute!

Here’s what you’ll need:

Snowman:

-large marshmallows

-mini marshmallows

-pretzels (I used regular curvy ones, but you can use stick ones too)

-candy corn

-small chocolate pieces (you can use chocolate chips or sprinkles)

-toothpicks

-snack plastic bags

Message Card:

-glue dots (or other clear drying glue or tape)

-Olaf printable like this one… http://www.colouring-page.org/sites/default/files/frozen-coloring-pages-21.gif

            I suggest putting a bunch of small ones onto a word document and printing it out

-coloring pencils (to color Olaf!…or you could just print a colored one)

-winter themed scrapbook paper

-white scrapbook paper

-scissors

-pencil

-stapler

-straight edge

Box:

-small box

-string

Ok lets make these things!

Let’s Build a Snowman First!

1) Separate out the pieces: I am going to do this tutorial for one at a time for simplicity’s sake.

Separate out 3 large marshmallows for the snowman.

2 small marshmallows for the legs.

2 pretzels for the arms.

1 candy corn for nose.

2 toothpicks to connect your snowman- break them in half

2 black sprinkles for eyes

3 black sprinkles for buttons

5 black sprinkles for a mouth

2) Place all of the above in a snack bag…stack them kinda like a snowman for a cuter effect.

To do this, I turned the top one vertically for the head, the middle one on it’s side, and the bottom one horizontally.

And then of course the little ones as feet beneath it.

3) If you are making multiples, now is the best time to make a bunch.

                                           

Now let’s make a card…and not just any card, an Olaf card!

4) If you are coloring Olaf, grab your colored pencils and your coloring template and start doodling! If you printed it in color then I guess you can skip this step.

For your information, Olaf has brown wooden arms and twigs in his hair. An orange nose. A black inside of his mouth and black buttons.

Once you have colored him, cut him out carefully.  Use his whole body and you can trim to fit later on.

Again. for multiples, it’s best to do all of the same thing t once so get your inner kid on and start coloring! Or get the kids to do it!

5) Choose your background for the card. Make it a winter themed one. Mine is a blue shiny snowflake one, which has a nice shiny colorful sheen to it. I made 4 valentines, so I only needed one 12 x12 sheet.

6) I measured the bag against the paper and cut the paper into 4 rectangles. Remember that you are going to fold it over onto the bag so make sure it is large enough to halve. Use a straight edge to draw your lines and then cut along the lines to cut out the rectangle.

 

 

 

7) Once you have the rectangles cut, fold them in half and compare to your plastic bags again just in case they need trimming.

8) Next grab your white piece of construction paper and draw a cloud. Make sure it fits onto the card but is also large enough so that you can write on it. Cut out the cloud (or clouds for multiples).

9) Decide what you want to say and write it on the card. I wrote  a play on the ‘some people are worth melting for’ line.

10) Now gab your gluedots or glue and Olaf.  Decide where you are going to place Olaf on card and place the glue on the back accordingly. Then place Olaf on the card.

 

11) Then grab your cloud and put glue on the back of it and place it on the card as well. Almost done!

12) Grab your stapler and staple the card to bag on the sides.

You Are Done!

Unless…you want to up the cute factor a notch! 😉

I am mailing mine so I wanted a cute box to put them in.

   

I used an old check box and covered it in a brown paper bog. I cut it in half and then folded over the edges and stapled them onto the box. Then grab some twine or string to tie the box closed. You can also write the address right on the box. Now here is the fun part, add the ‘Do you want to build a snowman’ message to the outside of the box!

And this is your finished product! Yay, all done and so so so cute!

Love Bug Mason Jar Valentine’s Card

So I saw a version of this on pinterest and just thought it was so cute!

I always send my peeps vday cards because, well, it’s just cute and I know it makes them smile.  So they always have to be super corny and have candy! : )

These are easy but a little time consuming because coloring nicely takes a long time lol.

You will need:

1) Find a mason jar print out you like or use this one, that I used. http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Vy_ptwkK1JE/ThY4bbqFFdI/AAAAAAAAAsI/e9FJnBibZ28/s1600/mason4.png

2) Find something round to trace.  I used the bottom of a cup. Use your pencil to trace a circle in the center of the jar, making it slightly smaller than the jar itself.

3) Decide on your colors. I chose pinks for this one.  Grab 2 or 3 similar pinks, so you can give it a more dimensional color.  Start with the in between color. Lightly color the whole jar horizontally. Then repeat vertically, at a right diagonal, and at a left diagonal.  This should give you a nice blended look.  Then go slightly heavier with the light color. This time, you don’t have to be as thorough on your coloring because it is an accent color…i.e. you can do 2 quick passes.    Then choose the darkest color and very lightly, make 2 quick passes…remember this is also a subtle accent color.

4) Design.  If you would like to do a design like polka dots or stripes, use the darkest color to draw it.

5) Once you are done coloring, grab a paper towel.  Rub the colored area with a decent amount of force. Give it a good 30 second rub. This helps blend the colors and take off some of the excess.

6) Then grab your black pen or pencil and write your message. Leave a space where the O is, for the heart, in LOVE. Draw the heart and fill in with your red pen.

7)  Next cut it out, carefully staying in the lines.   For the circle, it’ easiest to stable a whole in the center with your scissors and then cut a few slits around your hole to make it easier to cut.

8) Next set of supplies:

9) Slip your jar into the plastic snack bag with the shorter part to the back of the jar; make sure it is one of those fold and lock snack bags.

10) Fold the bag in half, like so.  You should have 2 compartments, one with the jar, one for gummies.

11) Line up the edges and staple the sides, very close to the edge and not stapling the jar itself.

12) Slip the gummies into the second compartment, making sure to fill up the window in the mason jar.

13) Flip the bag over and fold the excess into a thin layer on the back top area of the bag. This should require one fold down the back, and then at least one fold back up to the top so it doesn’t go all the way down the back of the jar. Staple it shut.

And your done! Make a bunch of different designs and give to your friends for a cute, simple vday card.