Birthdays Past

So, I am getting ready for my oldest to turn 5!  She has requested a Frozen party... we'll see...


I was remembering the past birthday I did for my youngest when she turned two and I thought I'd post pics of her Minnie Mouse party this past June (2013).

I made the three girls (my two, plus my niece) each a polka dot circle skirt & a headband, and then I purchased tank tops from Target (I think). 

 headbands: I purchased plain black headbands.  Then I made and attached a polka dot button flower.  The flowers turned out bigger than I had anticipated, but it ended up working out.

 For the party favors I ended up creating little activity purses.  I spent a chunk of time on these since there were only 3 kiddos coming to her party.

I bought cardboard purses from Hobby Lobby, then I modgepodged Minnie/Mickey Mouse scrapbook paper to the outside of the purse and printed off a sheet with each girls name on it and stuck it in the picture window on the front of the purse.

When you opened up the purse it became a little house for Minnie Mouse and her kitty.  What I used:

-red paper & black duct tape for the tiles.
-an empty spool & wooden circle for the table.
-green fabric & ribbon flowers for the garden.
-white felt with a sheet of magnet underneath for the flooring
-and a bed for Minnie Mouse made from an Altoids' container!

I made Minnie & the cat & the cat bed from felt and I hand stitch it all.  I made Minnie's bed from fabric & felt and batting.  Her little yellow blanket was even hand quilted!  

 

 

My girls loved getting these and played with them a lot... at first... until the center crease of the cardboard purse became weak (since it is just cardboard) and tore!  Next time I invest the time, I think I will also invest the money and purchase wooden or tin purses... I'm pretty sure I've seen both in craft stores.

 

Oh well, enough reminiscing... on to the current birthday at hand... Frozen.

Mermaid Flip Dolls

So these are the little flip dolls I made for the girls for Christmas this past year.

 

Each girl's doll had different colored hair: light brown, red, and brunette.  I did this so they could tell them apart (no fighting or accusations is a plus!!!)  On one side they are princesses, flip them over...

 

...and they are in a hula dress (as my 5yr old has called it.  Then fasten the skirt with the loop and...

...now they are mermaids.  

 

My five year old's doll is very well-loved.  My 2.5 year old has shunned her brunette doll because she wants the one with red hair.   I may be revising her doll soon and doing a hair transplant since she makes it clear she wants her to look like big sisters.  And I'm not sure how my niece enjoys hers.