Hello, 2017! It’s never too late to get organized, so today we’re sharing some of our favorite FREE printable 2017 calendars that would make a perfect addition to your home, office, or classroom! Click the links below to see each calendar and print your own today!
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We thought you might be in the market for some summery party ideas…so we made these pink flamingo cake toppers! We’ve even included a free printable template to make the creating even easier. Here is how to make your own foam flamingo cake toppers:
Supplies: pink foam sheets, a free Vicky Barone printable template, scissors, a pencil, craft glue, wooden skewers, and hot glue.
Directions:
1. Download and print your very own Vicky Barone printable template (click here to download!).
2. Cut out the flamingo shapes.
3. Trace onto the foam sheet with a pencil.
4. Cut out the flamingo shapes from the foam.
5. Use craft glue to attach the wings to the flamingos. Let dry.
6. Flip the flamingos over and attach the wooden skewers using hot glue.
7. Insert into a cake and enjoy!
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It’s Teacher Appreciation Week! Let a teacher in your life know how grateful you are for them with a DIY gift! For my sons’ teachers, I got some fresh new Sharpie markers in lots of bright colors, placed them in a mason jar, and attached a gift tag.
You can print these gift tags too! Click on the printable below to download it for free!
Download, print, cut, and hole punch! Use a ribbon or twine to attach the tags to a jar. This printable has two options (the top two have a space to write your name or your kid’s name!).
Looking for more Teacher Appreciation week ideas? Click here! Bonus points if you include a gift card!
A huge thank you to all teachers! We appreciate you so much!
1. Heart Sunglasses | 2. Dino-Mite
3. Animals | 4. Race Cars
5. Stuck on You | 6. Mustaches
We just LOVE free printable Valentines! They are so clever and so easy to put together. Click the links above to see some of our favorites from this year (and click here to see our favorites from last year!).
We LOVE paper garlands! Especially this heart-filled one we made for Valentine’s Day. It adds the perfect loving touch to an office space, classroom, or even your kitchen! Hang it anywhere you want to spread the love.
Supplies: card stock in shades of pink, two free Vicky Barone printables, scissors, and a sewing machine.
Click on the templates below to download!
Directions:
1. Download this heart template and this template with smaller hearts.
2. Feed the pink card stock into your printer and print the templates.
3. Use scissors to cut out the hearts.
4. Thread your sewing machine with white, pink, or red thread.
5. From the bottom tip of the hearts, to the top middle, feed each paper heart into the sewing machine one by one.
6. Hang your garland and enjoy!
[This post was shared on The Makers Link Party!]
Here is another detail from my son’s 2nd Birthday party! I got the idea for these paper globes here and decided to make them a little bigger and turn them into a garland!
I hung them from the arbor in our backyard where they added a colorful and unique touch to the whole party. I’ve included a free printable template to help create the globes if you’d like to make your own! Here is how to do it:
Supplies: Scrapbook paper, circle cutter, triangle template, X-Acto knife, stapler*, and ribbon.
*Other tutorials suggest using glue, rather than a stapler, to assemble the globe. Since this garland would be hanging up high, I knew no one would notice the staples. Stapling the circles saves a lot of time, but if you don’t want to see the staples, a strong glue stick or craft glue would work great!
Directions:
1. Using the paper cutter (or scissors), cut out 20 circles from different scrapbook paper (I made one globe with 4″ circles and one with 6″ circles).
2. Line up the triangle template inside each circle and score around it using the X-Acto knife.
3. Fold along score lines.
4. Arrange five circles to form the top of the globe. Use the stapler to attach them to one another.
5. Arrange ten circles in a row to form the middle of the globe. Staple them together.
6. Repeat step 4 to create the bottom of the globe. Attach the top, middle, and bottom together with the stapler.
7. Hang using ribbon!
Click here to see the rest of the race car birthday party!
Teacher Appreciation Week is next week! Here is the gift we made for my boys’ teachers, complete with Starbucks gift cards and their sweet little faces.
We are also excited to introduce a new service we’ve been working on for quite some time now. Places for Faces is an application that helps you to personalize any party with faces! Using Places for Faces, you can upload an image of yourself or a friend and add a variety of stickers that match the occasion such as birthday hats, bow ties, tiaras, veils, and so much more. You then choose from a range of templates such as cupcake toppers and thank you notes that save directly to your computer to print as many times as you like. Here is the birthday party that inspired Places for Faces one year ago!
We are thrilled to be in the final stages of preparation and cannot WAIT to launch Places for Faces! If you are interested in being one of the first to try the application, add your email to the subscription list at the bottom of this post. We can’t wait to share it with you!
For this project, we uploaded the boys’ pictures to Places for Faces and added the yellow flower sticker. We are constantly finding more and more ways to use Places for Faces, especially when we’ve got these cute little mugs to work with!
Materials: A small terracotta pot, acrylic paint (we used outdoor patio paint), paint brushes, a Styrofoam ball, moss, plastic party picks, tape, a gift card, and this free printable thank you note.
Click the link above or the image below to download the free PDF! I left a space for you to hand write your child’s name or have them sign it themselves!
Directions:
1. Have your child help paint the terracotta pot. Let dry completely.
2. Add the Styrofoam ball to the bottom of the pot (this is to help the picks to stay where you want them).
3. Cover the Styrofoam with moss.
4. Attach the thank you note, face, gift card, or anything else you’d like to add to the plastic picks using tape or glue.
5. Insert gift card and thank you note into the pot, stabilizing it within the foam ball.
This sweet craft would make a great Mother’s Day or Father’s Day gift as well!
Are you making anything for Teacher Appreciation week? We’d love to see it!
Don’t forget to subscribe to Places for Faces to be the first to know about the launch AND be one of the first participants! Just add your email in the space below and click subscribe!
Thank you to all those teachers out there! You are so appreciated!
P.S. Here is the Teacher Appreciation gift I made last year!
1. Eyes for You | 2. Monster Push Pops | 3. Love Bugs | 4. Gummy Worms | 5. Super Fly | 6. Aim | 7. Sweet on You
Here are seven printable Valentines that don’t cost a dime! You can get creative and add whatever treats and trinkets you think work with each sentiment. We hope these inspire you and your kids to make extra special Valentines this year! Enjoy!