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Easy DIY party decorations and favors that look handmade, not homemade — let’s celebrate!

Making a balloon garland is an easy way to add pizazz to your party decor. Balloon garlands look impressive yet they’re surprisingly easy and quick to make — you can make a balloon arch in about an hour or two depending on its size. Balloon arches make a great photo backdrop for birthdays and baby …

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Make these patriotic DIY 4th of July Party Decorations featuring America’s favorite classic popsicle, Rocket Pops! I’m sharing my hand-drawn free printable rocket pops template that you can use with my all-time favorite vibrant color paper, ASTROBRIGHTS® Papers. This free printable bomb pops template will put a little more KA-BOOM into your Fourth of July …

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I’m so proud to share the gala decorations for our annual school charity fundraiser at Salvage One Chicago. Our school gala theme was “Better Together,” and I loved the idea that while our school is made up of individual children and families, we are best when we come together as a community. I love the …

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Roar!! Here’s Liam’s dinosaur birthday party with bright and vibrant DIY paper geometric dinosaur party decor and cake toppers. Liam wanted his pals to come over for a dinosaur-themed birthday party with dinosaur party decorations, dinosaur party games, and a dinosaur cake. With that in mind, I put together fun and spirited paper dinosaur birthday …

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Tick tock! These DIY clock party theme decorations are just in time for your clock-themed celebration. Clock party themes are great for much more than New Year’s Eve party decorations! Try a clock party theme for school fundraisers, retirement party decorations, milestone birthday parties, anniversary parties, and around-the-clock baby shower decorations. I designed these DIY …

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Eek Bats! ? Make these batty Printable Halloween Party Decorations for your Halloween table. And you can print these Halloween bat party decorations right now at home or your local office supply store (I like FedExOffice and Staples). My ‘Eek Bats!’ printable Halloween party kit at my Etsy store contains an orange and black bat …

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Here’s an easy and cute favor idea for a LEGO birthday party: LEGO books with quick-and-easy personalized paper book wraps that look like LEGO bricks. Books are always a welcome birthday party favor and the colorful and whimsical personalized favor tags add a festive touch. While books can run on the expensive side of the …

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Happy May the Fourth! I was looking through some old photos from Elise’s Star Wars 6th birthday party (Episode VI: Return of the Birthday) and I thought it would be fun to share the decorations that my 6-year-old daughter made herself. I think it’s important for kids to contribute to their own party decorations especially …

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Make your own DIY personalized firefighter printable favor bags for a fireman birthday party. It’s super easy and you can make a personalized fireman birthday party favor bags at home in 15 minutes! I designed these personalized fireman printable goodie bags for Liam’s “Planes Fire and Rescue” 4th birthday party. And you can download instantly, …

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I’m really excited to share that I’m featured in the July/August 2016 issue of Rachael Ray Every Day™ Magazine …it’s the one with the yummy grilled corn-on-the-cob recipes on the cover. Yay! The article is called “Life Of The Party: Use Your Noodle” and it shows how to make five clever and easy pool noodle …

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I want to share these easy DIY photo centerpieces for wedding receptions, showers and engagement parties that I made for the Amazing Connections™ Official Velcro Company Blog as part of a wedding series that shows how to use VELCRO® Brand fasteners to add simple and clever personal touches to your big day. This easy and …

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Here are printable airplane printable goodie bag (favor bag) luggage tags for a modern and classy airplane birthday party. And you can download instantly, personalize it and print yourself– no waiting! Each tag is sized 5” tall x 3″ wide when folded. Personalize and print as many as you need for your airplane birthday party …

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Happy May The Fourth! Here’s a free printable “A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away…” free printable Star Wars sign. Get the free printable below for a Star Wars birthday party. I put this sign on our front door to welcome guests to Elise’s Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Birthday …

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