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Daniel Tiger Birthday Party with Free Printables!

July 2, 2015 by Laura Meckley 46 Comments

As previously mentioned, I thought we would be doing a Peppa Pig birthday party for Miss Elliott. However, she insisted she wanted a Daniel Tiger theme party so that’s what we did! I started with lot of great free resources from PBS and of course I had to add some of my own touches.

You can see the trolley prop, which I talked a bit about before. I originally planned to use it to hold food, but the top piece was not large or sturdy enough for that, so it was simply used for decoration only.

Daniel Tiger Birthday Cake

I bought the Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood Friends Figures Set from Amazon, and took them into our local Hy-Vee grocery store. I found another cake that was kind of outdoorsy (I think it was a Mickey Mouse cake actually, Mickey was driving around or something) and asked them to use our Daniel Tiger figurines instead. Turned out just fine, I think!

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I printed her t-shirt iron on, and you could do something similar with these kinds of ink jet transfer papers.

Daniel Tiger T Shirt

Guests were greeted with a large poster and a couple signs. I added a few tissue paper poms, which I decided to buy instead of make myself, but it’s pretty easy to do. (Here’s a good tutorial on how to make your own tissue paper poms.) We had several sticker quotes with Daniel and his friends around the house in different rooms…even the bathroom!

Daniel Tiger Party Entryway

Daniel Tiger Decor

Daniel Tiger Stickers

Daniel Tiger Quote

Daniel Tiger Decorated Kitchen

I bought colorful tableware and stuck the circle stickers on paper cups.

Daniel Tiger tableware

Daniel Tiger Sticker Quotes

The menu consisted of:

  • Daniel Tiger’s Gluten Free Veggie Spaghetti (actual vegetable noodles, or zoodles, which I made with my nifty Spiralizer tool!)
  • Miss Elaina’s Gluten Free Meatballs
  • Katerina Kittycat’s Carrots & Peppers
  • O the Owl’s Onion Dip
  • Prince Wednesday’s Pasta Salad
  • Tiger Tails
  • Royal Gluten Free Blueberry Buckle

Daniel Tiger's Gluten Free Veggie Spaghetti

Daniel Tiger food - Miss Elaina's Gluten Free Meatballs

Daniel Tiger food - Katerina Kittycat's Carrots & Peppers

O the Owl's Onion Dip

Daniel Tiger food - Prince Wednesday's Pasta Salad

Daniel Tiger Food - Cheetos Cheese Puffs Tiger Tails

Daniel Tiger food - Royal Gluten Free Blueberry Buckle
I made a giant Daniel Tiger sticker and created “Stick the Nose on Daniel Tiger” which the kids loved! They thought it was HILARIOUS to intentionally put his nose on his ear. Almost two months later and giant Daniel is still on our sliding glass door! (But, that’s nothing…some of our Frozen decor is still up going on almost a year now!)

Giant Daniel Tiger Sticker

Stick the nose on Daniel Tiger game

One of Elliott’s favorite toys was the Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood Bungalow Adventure Playset to go along with her other figurines.

Daniel Tiger Toys

When it was all over we sent out some cute “Ugga Mugga” thank you notes with her very own custom address labels.

Daniel Tiger Thank You Notes

It was a fun party! My big girl seemed happy with the results. =) (Don’t ask me why she refused to wear the coordinating red leggings I had for her, but at least I got a decent photo before she got “Tiger Tail” Cheetos dust all over her white shirt!)

Daniel Tiger Birthday Party Printables

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Last but not least, I made sure to create some FREE PRINTABLES in case you would like them for your Daniel Tiger party!! Here are some items you may want to use for your printables:

  • Sticker Paper
  • Scissors and/or paper cutter
  • Cardstock
  • Postcard Sheets
  • Address labels
  • Local copy shop to print the 18″ x 20″ poster

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Filed Under: Birthday, Life As I Know It Tagged With: birthday, celebrate, decoration, diy, party, printable

Daniel Tiger Theme Party in the Works

March 24, 2015 by admin Leave a Comment

I really thought we’d be doing a Peppa Pig birthday for Miss Elliott, who turns 3 in May, but she insists she wants Daniel Tiger. So, Daniel Tiger it is!

PBS has a page with some really cute party ideas, free printables and graphics so I’ll be using some of those resources to create more great things for her party. I loved the trolley so here is my version, which just needs a few more finishing to be complete.

daniel_tiger_trolley1

I didn’t think a box wrapped in wrapping paper would hold up very well so I decided to cover ours with flannel and felt. I used cardstock for the roof and as I was gluing the roof and the top yellow piece I discovered the plastic container I used  is entirely too flimsy to hold any kind of weight on top of it without buckling, so we will not be using this as a dessert plate holder. But we could still put cupcakes on top I guess. The PBS website didn’t give dimensions for the box so I found one I thought looked like a good size. While it is a decent size, it probably should’e been about 5″ longer…if you compare my trolley to the one on the PBS site you might notice mine only has two windows on the side. Not a huge deal, but I was a little disappointed. LOL Oh well.

Daniel Tiger Trolley Project

P.S. I know sorta fell off the grid after Halloween, and for that I apologize. But, I promise to share all the fun Daniel Tiger birthday party printables with you when they are ready. Will you forgive me for being such a terrible blogger?! =) I’m more active on Facebook and Instagram if you want to hang out with me there!

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Filed Under: Birthday, Felt Fun, Other Tagged With: birthday, diy, Felt, freebie

My Glowing Pumpkin Totem Prop for Under $20

October 10, 2014 by admin 1 Comment

I can appreciate some of the bloody and true Halloween horror decor, but I’m more of a fun, sparkly, colorful, goth glam girl myself. Especially with little kids at home.

Most who know me think I’m a HUGE Halloween freak (and I’m not denying this), but believe it or not, this is the first year I’ve really done much to decorate outside.

Here’s my front porch this year, with my finished Burtonesque Bench for my Jack Skellington.

Candyland Studio Pumpkin Totem Prop

It’s colorful and fun, and I like it. =) (Please excuse the dead mums. Despite my black thumb, I was convinced I’d have these lovely, colorful flowers this year. And I did, for like a week. I decided dead flowers still work with Halloween decor, right?!)

I was inspired to make the colorful pumpkin totem prop after seeing something similar online, so I thought I’d share how I made mine. I had several things on hand, which made this a relatively inexpensive project.

I used:

* Several plastic pumpkins (found at Walmart for $1 each)
* Plastic Cauldron (found at Home Depot for $6)
* Glue Gun & Hot Glue (Already had)
* E6000 Epoxy Glue (Had this on hand or you can order from Amazon $3)
* Halloween Lights ($1 clearance from last year or you can order from Amazon $9)
* Black Garbage Bag (had these already)
* Empty Boxes (from my recycle bin)
* Box Cutter (had this)
* Witch Hat (had this in the Halloween decor box)

Candyland Studio - How to Make a Pumpkin Totem Prop

First figure out what order you will stack your pumpkins. Then cut a hole in the BACK of the very bottom pumpkin, and cut holes in the very bottom of the remaining pumpkins. (I cut a hole in the bottom of the bottom pumpkin too, and later realize my mistake…the lights need to come out the back of that one so you can secure the bottom in the cauldron.)

Candyland Studio - How to Make a Pumpkin Totem Prop

String the lights from the bottom to the top…kind of like a pumpkin centipede! My string of lights has 100 bulbs so I just split them up and put about 20 lights in each pumpkin.

Candyland Studio - How to Make a Pumpkin Totem Prop

You absolutely need the two different types of glue because hot glue will NOT be strong enough to hold these together on its own, and especially not in cold weather. Not that I’d know from experience or anything. (Or maybe I do, just trust me!)

Once you’ve got your pumpkin centipede with the lights strung through all of them, then you start by applying a ring of the epoxy glue on the bottom of the second to last (in my case it was the orange pumpkin). Then apply a ring of hot glue around the same area, and quickly hold the two pumpkins together. Wait several minutes in between gluing each pumpkin section. The hot glue should dry quickly and secure it enough until the epoxy sets, but you should give it plenty of time to set up as well.

While the pumpkins are drying, find some boxes or other items that will fit inside your cauldron to give it some lightweight fill, and something that you can secure your pumpkins to when ready. I found some boxes and in my recycle bin, put them into the black garbage bag, and stuffed it all into the cauldron. I let my pumpkin totem dry for about 24 hours, then I used the same procedure with hot glue and epoxy glue to secure it to the boxes in the garbage bag. Then I let that dry for another 24 hours, tossed on a witches hat and plugged it in!

Candyland Studio Pumpkin Totem Prop

Truth be told I was really sad it wasn’t brighter in the dark. =( I wondered if it would’ve been better with just white Christmas lights, or maybe LED tealights, in which case I would have cut holes in the back of the pumpkins so I could easily put in the tealights and take them out. But, I think it’s pretty cute even without the lights (which would’ve saved me some time!)
What do you think?

Filed Under: Halloween, Tutorials Tagged With: Decor, diy, Halloween

Burtonesque Wrought Iron Bench

October 6, 2014 by admin 1 Comment

Craigslist and local for sale by owner Facebook groups are quickly becoming my new favorite online shopping venues. You just never know what will pop up. I was scrolling through one day and saw this vintage beauty:
Vintage Yellow Wrought Iron Bench

I was immediately drawn to the swirls and whimsical curves on the back. This is a very Tim Burtonesque piece to me, I can totally envision it in the Corpse Bride, or The Nightmare Before Christmas. I wanted it, I HAD TO HAVE IT!!

I showed it to Jack and told him of my plans to refinish it for him to sit on. I’m pretty sure I heard an “Exxxxcellent!” in Mr. Burns style.

Jack & Mr Burns

I’ve revamped LOTS of furniture – chairs, couches, dressers, you name it. Only problem is all THAT work was done in my head. I’ve never successfully redone any ACTUAL furniture in real life.  I tried to reupholster a love seat once, but it sat in pieces in my basement until I moved…then it finally got tossed. So although I had some reservations about my ability, I was determined to finish this bench.

I posted some questions on Facebook about how to go about this project…would I absolutely need to sand it? With what? Can I use spray paint? What kind? Does that require primer, or not?

I settled on an angle grinder, Rust-oleum Rusty Metal Primer and Rust-oleum Hammered Metal Spray Paint in black. I grabbed some protective eye wear, ear plugs, my face mask, and I was ready to get to work.

Rustoleum Spray Paint & Primer

But first, let me take a selfie…

Selfie

I figured I should take a photo of me in all my glory of doing actual, (semi) hard laborious work.

It was hot that day working in the garage, and it actually was, HARD WORK. But much to my surprise I loved it. I grinded for an hour and was amazed with this process. It wasn’t exactly easy, but it was essentially simple. Use this tool and grind away the chipped paint and rusty metal to reveal this beautiful skeleton of a bench underneath.

My hands felt funny from all the vibration of the grinder, but it was really relaxing to just work and shut out the rest of the world and CREATE again. I was in my element for sure. It had been soooo long since I felt that way, so this was an awesome experience for me.

Vintage Iron Bench Revamp

But after a couple hours my laziness took over. (Did you pick up on my foreshadowing of that earlier?!)

My body was hurting from the (gasp) actual physical labor of it all. And I was getting a little nervous using such a powerful tool, especially after I had to pull out a metal splinter that the grinder shot into my leg. (Perhaps I should’ve been wearning jeans, not shorts?) I love power tools, but they honestly scare me because I’m such a klutz. In junior high shop class I ran the side of my finger through the jigsaw and although it just took off a few layers of skin, from that moment on I envision myself slicing off my finger or worse. It could totally happen, and it would be just my luck.

So once I got most of the bench cleaned up I decided that would be good enough. After all, this bench is just a prop. The nooks and crannies would just have to stay how they were. I gave it a quick bath, hosed it down, let it dry, then sprayed it with the primer.

Primed WRought Iron Bench

I should’ve bought two cans of primer because I didn’t get it all covered as well as I would’ve liked. But, again, this is a prop. Not a huge deal. I let it dry then spray painted it black. Again, I only bought one can at first and didn’t get 100% coverage. But, I’m lazy remember. Even though I ran out and bought another can, it got windy by the time I got home so I decided to finish painting it another day, but have since decided it looks fine as it is.  (Plus my hands were actually semi-crippled for a day or two from holding the grinder that I couldn’t spray the can of paint very well if I wanted!) Since I want it mostly as a Halloween prop I figured it shouldn’t be all pristine looking (thank goodness!)

I just absolutely love it! Check out a photo of the finished bench in this post.

 

 

Filed Under: Halloween, Life As I Know It, Misc. Projects Tagged With: diy, revamp

Reversible Two Toned Felt File Folder & Mini Lapboard

February 28, 2014 by admin 1 Comment

Reversible Felt File Folder/Mini Lap Board by Candyland Studio

I have no idea why I decided to make a felt file folder, but it makes for another good Felt Fun Friday project, right?! It’s a fun, versatile, quick project that’s also quite easy to make. (I love easy projects!)

File Folder Printable by Candyland Studio

You can download this more descriptive PDF tutorial sheet, but here’s a quick overview:

Cut two sides out of stiff black felt and two different colored pieces out of regular felt. Lay the stiff pieces side by side like an open file folder leaving a small gap between the two.

Candyland Studio Reversible Two Tone Felt File Folder

Lay one colored sheet over the stiff black felt pieces so it creates a nice contrasting outline.

Candyland Studio Reversible Two Tone Felt File Folder

Don’t forget about that little space where the fold goes. Adhere with your choice of felt friendly adhesive.

Candyland Studio Reversible Two Tone Felt File Folder

Flip it over and do the same with the other colored felt sheet.

Candyland Studio Reversible Two Tone Felt File Folder

Voila! You now have a nifty, durable felt file folder!

Candyland Studio Reversible Two Tone Felt File Folder

You can keep all your Baby Signing Time papers in it.

Candyland Studio Reversible Two Tone Felt File Folder
And here’s nice bonus – it also makes a nice mini lap board!

Candyland Studio Reversible Two Tone Felt File Folder

Or, you could embellish one side if you like, but I decided to keep mine plain. Send me photos of your fancy felt file folders, I’d love to see them!!

Candyland Studio Reversible Two Tone Felt File Folder    Candyland Studio Two Tone Felt File Folder

 

 

 

Filed Under: Accessories, Felt Fun, Felt/Flannel Boards, Tutorials Tagged With: diy, Felt Fun Friday, freebie, tutorial

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