This number one 1st birthday cake is so easy that you won’t need to buy a #1 shaped cake pan. In fact, you won’t need a cake pan at all! You may remember that I made a pact with myself to start making my kids’ birthday cakes, come hell or high water. And I resisted …
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I like making handmade DIY goodie bags for birthday parties. Like, maybe too much. My handmade DIY goodie bags tend to be pretty quick and simple, and these DIY goodie bags for Liam’s 1st birthday party were my easiest yet. Elise and I made these DIY goodie bags to match Liam’s XOXO Hugs and Kisses …
This project is sponsored by Jo-Ann Fabric and Craft Stores. Thanks for supporting the brands who support Merriment Design. This easy Fourth of July kids summer craft activity is so fun that the adults will want to join in too. And you can make these easy DIY Perler Bead coasters for your Fourth of July …
This free printable DIY happy birthday banner sports circles polka dots in blue, orange, red and green. Just print the free printable template, cut out the circles, string and hang. The birthday banner sports blue circles with polka dots and X’s that I liked to call Liam’s XOXO Hugs and Kisses 1st birthday theme. This …
These letter mini birthday cakes were a big hit at Liam’s 1st birthday party. I made them using an L-shaped cookie cutter and pound cake like these cute baby shower petit fours by Cakegirls. Then I covered the L letters with melted chocolate and confetti sprinkles that complimented Liam’s polka dot XOXO birthday theme and …
Make a DIY 1st birthday bib for your baby’s 1st birthday party! It’s a cute detail that looks great in 1st birthday photos. I’m loving this DIY 1st birthday bib that I made for Liam using Handmade Charlotte stencils, FolkArt paint, and a little bit of sewing. Plaid sent me the Party set from Rachel Faucett’s …
My DIY Toy Story front door welcome sign was the perfect yee-haw welcome for Elise’s Toy Story birthday party. My Buzz Lightyear obsessed daughter, Elise, wanted a Toy Story birthday party theme. Convenient for me, she was turning 3 years old which means I could knock off the Toy Story 3 logo a bit to …
This rectangular place card free printable template coordinates with my modern orange and green DIY wedding invitation that was seen in the Style Me Pretty feature “Inspiration to Reality: Modern Clementine.” You can personalize and print out these rectangular cards for your guests, or your dessert table, or heck, even a shower buffet table. Just …
This free pattern for DIY wipeable baby placemat attaches to clip-on highchairs (and restaurant high chairs too!). It covers the table …and unlike baby plates, your little darling can’t throw it onto the floor. I actually came up with this baby placemat pattern a few years back for my daughter, Elise, who is now three. …
I made these personalized printable sheriff badges for my daughter Elise’s Toy Story Birthday Party. And that means now they are yours to personalize for your own little sheriff. I’m really excited about these free printable sheriff badges because I figured out way for you to easily personalize them yourself with your child’s name and …
Try this Easter Egg painting idea with paint pens – it’s a fun and easy DIY for kids and adults! These paint pen Easter eggs are so pretty that this Easter we’re totally passing up PAAS and decorating all of our eggs with paint pen markers. My three-year-old (and budding contemporary artist), Elise, decorated this …
Make a charming (and edible!) chocolate candy melt Easter bonnet with all the frills upon it to add a little fashion sense to an Easter lamb cake. I’ve shown how to bake and cool your lamb cake using this lamb cake recipe and then how to decorate the lamb cake with icing and coconut grass. …
Nothing says spring like decorating a traditional Easter lamb cake with fluffy white frosting and green coconut grass. By now, you should have followed the Easter Lamb Cake recipe to bake and cool your lamb cake and she looks cute but plain like so: Let’s doll her up with a little icing from her cute …
Lamb cakes are as Easter as the bunny herself! Make your family and friends a cute-as-a-button lamb cake this Easter with this simple step-by-step Easter lamb cake recipe using a lamb cake mold pan. I’ll show you my no-fail tips to make this traditional 3D lamb cake for Easter. Lamb cake recipe for a traditional …
Warm your sweetie’s heart with this clever tea & cookies combo: Handsewn teabags tied to yummy cookies that anchor the teabag as it steeps. I came up with the idea while making tea with my plain old loose teabags. No surprise my sweet tooth was craving cookies …and thought that maybe they could weigh down …