I’m a little late to the game, but I wanted to share how we decorated for Caden’s first birthday party! Caden’s attire: -Custom Moccs from Everleigh Meadow Moccs -Custom Shirt Emb…
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The countdown has begun. My big girl turns 6 in March, and she has been talking about her Octonauts birthday party since… last March. The pressure is on. There is a lot of planning, a lot of designing and a lot of crafting to do. But I have the first ... Read More
Make these DiY Minecraft Swords for your Minecraft fan. Make them for a room decoration, for a Minecraft birthday party, or just a fun craft!
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Remember my first minecraft projects? Well they don't end there yet. I am still finishing the creeper but in between I also made a Zombie. There's a sneak peek at the end of this post but for Halloween I will reveal the whole project! The boys had been harassing me for a Minecraft sword and pickax. The iron ones that are sold in store were not going to cut it. They wanted DIAMOND swords. I used two types of brushes: paint and foam. The foam one I use to apply the adhesive. Whenever Michaels has a 25 for $1.00 sale I always stock up on those babies. They are usually $.50 each! The foam sheets are $.99 each. The teal one was 10 cents cheaper. The acrylic paints can pretty much be found on sale. That’s why I have different brands like Americana, Craft Smart and Martha Stewart. I only by Martha stuff when they are on sale or I have a coupon. The cutting knife can be just about anything. You can use a detail knife, a box cutter etc. Just make sure the blade is long enough to cut through the foam board. For adhesive I used Mod Podge. I believe that’s usually like $6.99 but I used one of those 50% coupons. Trimmers can be found around the $10.00-$20.00 range. They are a great investment. I have had mine for like 10 years! Everything needs a paper trimmer. The straight edge is very important. As you can see my straight edge is a plastic ruler. It is not so straight anymore. I managed to nick it many times with the detail knife. My foam cutting didn't come out all that. That’s what I get for using a $.25 ruler. Luckily the foam squares cover my imperfect foam board. Invest in a metal ruler. I know I will. I have seen swords made out of paper and foam boards but I wanted to make sure they didn't cut themselves with foam poster board. I decided to make it out of foam sheets to cover the rough edges of cut foam board. First I used vanishing grid poster board to make stencils. I happened to have vanishing grid poster board on hand but I would recommend NON-vanishing grid poster board. I used these images(SWORD / PICKAX) as a guide. I imagine you can simply print out the many templates that exist. But I like things done the hard way. As you can tell I made a normal size sword (1” squares) for my 8 year old and a mini size (1/2 “squares) for my 3 year old. If the smaller sword looks a bit longer to you that’s because …it is. I didn't want his sword to look like a dagger so I extended the dimensions a bit. Then I traced the stencils onto the foam poster board. Now the cutting of the poster board will require some elbow grease. So if you have a strong man handy, I recommend you use him! This was my least favorite part of the project. It took me a whole lot of trial and error to find the best way to cut foam into squares, only to realize that I didn't even have to cut the foam into little squares in the first place! So here are the two ways to cut foam. Well one is a cutting method, the other is the illusion cut method. First, use the paper trimmer to make 1” squared grids. Then using the detail/exacto knife cut over the grid lines. The cuts will be straight without the need a straight edge. When I tried cutting the foam using a straight edge I was getting funny looking corners. The foam would stretch and the squares started looking more like rhombuses. While marking the lines on the foam board I realized that I didn't even need to cut out each individual square. I only realized it after I had cut like over 200 squares! I cut both blue and teal foam but in reality you only really need one color because you’ll need to paint it anyways to get the correct colors on your swords and pickax. To glue on the foam sheet to the foam boards I used a foam brush and mod podge. I found it to be better than regular Elmer’s glue. It secures much faster. But you can really use whatever you have on hand. You’ll just need a little more patience and retouching. After all the foam has been applied on each side, it is then time to paint. As you can tell I had started painted the squares before I was finished gluing all of them. DO NOT DO THAT! I mean you can do what you want but it won’t be a good idea. I was testing different mixtures of the acrylic paints to get the colors as close as possible. An I didn't want the paint to go to waste so I painted a few squares. These are the colors and mixes I decided to go with: Ocean Breeze is by Craft Smart. It is also the same exact color as the teal foam. Calypso Blue and Bittersweet Chocolate are by Americana. If you haven't guessed the second is Ocean Breeze and Calypso Blue mixed. I ended up also using Pool by Martha Stewart (not pictured) for the pickaxes. I also mixed calypso blue with black to paint the edges of the sword. Grab your flat brushes and paint! The mini sword and pickax are just the most adorable things! They go great with my adorable three year old. Now that they have their diamond swords and pickax, they can go mining at night and take care of those mobs...especially those zombies! Make your own MINECRAFT ZOMBIE
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THIS LISTING IS FOR A DIGITAL FILE ONLY! No physical signs will be shipped to you! Instant download!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *** Instant Download *** Black and White Signs *** Use your own printer to print onto any color cardstock *** Please NOTE: These files are not black and yellow, they are black and white, therefore can be printed on any color paper! The signs in the 1st and 5th photos were printed on yellow cardstock, purchased at Staples. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ These signs are of my own design and I originally created them for a Paleo themed party for a friend's birthday party. And now I’m sharing it here to be used for any caveman, Paleo or dinosaur inspired party! ***UPDATE: I also used these signs at my son's 6th dinosaur themed birthday party! (Blog post link below.) This listing is for 7 Printable Dinosaur Party Signs. A PDF document of printable Dinosaur Party signs on a six-page 8.5" x 11" formatted PDF file and an additional 1 page PDF file, which is the 7th dinosaur sign, listed below. 1. STEGOSAURUS AHEAD 2. CAUTION: PTERODACTYLS OVERHEAD 3. ANKYLOSAURUS ZONE 4. T-REX CROSSING 5. BRONTOSAURUS SLIDE FREE 6. VELOCIRAPTOR RIDES $0.50 7. DO NOT RIDE THE TRICERATOPS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ***UPDATE: Please also see my NEW set of 5 Dinosaur crossing signs, including a Wooly Mammoth, Saber Tooth Tiger, etc., in this listing: https://www.etsy.com/listing/194579133/pdf-set-of-5-new-dinosaur-crossing-signs?ref=shop_home_active_13 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ***NEW UPDATE: Please also see my NEW complete set of all 12 Dinosaur crossing signs, including a Wooly Mammoth, Saber Tooth Tiger, etc., in this listing (signs mentioned above): https://www.etsy.com/listing/207955095/pdf-complete-set-of-12-dinosaur-crossing?ref=shop_home_active_2 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Open up the files, print onto 65 lb. yellow (or any color to match your party) cardstock, cut, (you can even laminate them or glue the signs onto cardboard, to make it sturdier) glue/tape onto a dowel rod or wood boards and stick in the grass or dirt, like in the photos in my shark party signs (see link below) listing! Additional options are to tape onto doors for extra decor or attached to string and hang from the ceiling. You could even print out numerous copies, cut, and form a banner! These are to be printed by you, on your own printer, onto your own yellow, white or any color cardstock, to match your party, which can be purchased at any craft store, office supply store, Target/Walmart, etc. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Customer Feedback: "These will be used as decorations for a baby shower. Just have to print them out." "Just what I wanted , thanks" "The download was easy and the designs printed just as expected." "We lined our driveway in these for my son's dinosaur party and it was such a nice touch!" "The kids in my class loved these posters." "These are exactly what I was looking for!! Love them!!" "Very cute signs. Perfect addition to a dinosaur themed party!" "These were the perfect addition to our dinosaur party for my son’s birthday! He loved them and they will definitely get reused!" "Such a cute idea for a Dinosaur themed birthday!" "So cute and easy!!!! It really added to the party! Thank you!" "Easy and great print-out! Thank you!" "Easy download and can't wait to use at the party." "Bought the PDF file. It was easy to download and print. They looked so nice on the lawn as part of my son's birthday party. The shop owner was very helpful to my questions." "Love these signs, great addition to our dinosaur party, highly recommend!" "Excellent thanks just as pictured and super speedy service :) AAAA++++" "Love these signs. Worked really well for our dinosaur themed party." "Exactly as described, printed out beautifully." "Perfect files, downloaded instantly, no problems! A+ seller! Made my Jurassic Park birthday party that much cooler!" "Nice signs, quick and easy upload!" "I printed these out on yellow cardstock for my son's dino birthday party- they are absolutely adorable! I think they will make a cute and very unique addition to his party and the price was well worth it!" "Perfect addition to a dinosaur party!" "Loved the images!! A great addition to my son's dino themed 1st bday. The download was super easy and the imaged printed up great on medium thickness cardstock" "Matched our dinosaur theme perfectly!" "Quick easy purchase, download and print on your own!" "The item is great. It was very easy to print. I took them to kinkos and had them printed on yellow paper and laminated. I bought cheap yardsticks at walmart and painted them black and stuck the signs to them. They look awesome!" "These signs were adorable!" "Easy! Cute! Can't wait to see the whole party put together! Will make sure to send pictures!" "great loved it thanks alot!" "Really great set of signs! Added to our party decor, everyone loved our 'T-Rex Crossing' sign out front of the party venue. Thanks so much!" "Great! Can't wait to use for my son's birthday party." "This is great! Shipped on time, too." "Love these- turned out so great! thanks!!" "These were very easy to download and the color of the signs were vibrant when printed. Loved the variety. My grandson will love them for his birthday party. Would order from seller again." "Quick response; super cute signs." "Great printable for my sons 3rd birthday!" "Super cute for our dinosaur party, thanks!" "Easy to do it yourself." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please check out my blog for the posting of my son's dinosaur party - lots of DIY ideas: "A 6-Years-Old Dinosaur Dig and Excavation Pit Puzzle Birthday Party!" http://projectmommie.blogspot.com/2014/05/a-6-years-old-dinosaur-dig-and.html Also, checkout the pictures from my son's dino party, for more ideas, featured on Catch My Party: https://www.catchmyparty.com/photos/1843408 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To open the PDF files, you will need Adobe Reader, which is a free download at adobe.com. Thanks for looking and happy browsing! ***PLEASE NO FORWARDING, FILE SHARING, OR COMMERCIAL USE. THESE PRINTABLE DINOSAUR PARTY SIGNS ARE FOR FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. RIGHTS ARE RESERVED.***
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