Stampin' Up! Hamburger Box Monsters

 Stampin' Up! Hamburger Box Monsters! Stampin' Up! sent me the Stampin' Up! Hamburger Box Die to play with!  I already own a Big Shot machine as well as the accessories. Make these adorable little boxes...use them as goodie bags for parties... Prizes for the BEST costume awards...or gifts! You will need: Stampin' Up! Hamburger Box Die A Big Shot and Extended Cutting Big Shot Accessory Pads ,   Premium Extended Crease Big Shot Accessory Pad ... Colored cardstock paper Scissors and glue dots Various sizes of circle punches Paper cutter/chopper (optional)  Make your sandwich. Crease pad paper to cut hamburger box die 1 sheet of paper for filler clear plate If done correctly, you will end up with a perfectly cut and scored box.  You will need to cut along 6 lines... so they fold in like triangle tabs. Then put a glue dot ...

Halloween Tie Dye Party!

 I've had lots of requests for the Halloween Tie Dye patterns! Start by reading through this Tie Dye basics post I did in July...  You will need:  Tulip One Step Dye bottles White 100% cotton T-shirts Plastic bags on table surface Rubber bands/zip ties Cooling rack to prevent puddling Bags for wrapping shirts for 6-8 hours Let's get started with the simplest. The All-Seeing Eye! Use a washable marker to draw the eye shape on a folded in half shirt. The arch, iris and pupil. Now start with the smallest pupil line. and gather it up so the marker lines up in a straight line... while curving or manipulating the rest of the shirt. Then tie it off tight with a rubber band. Repeat for all the marker lines drawn on the shirt. Use zip ties or rubber bands to secure... Place on a cooling rack on top of your plastic table. This will prevent dye colors from puddling and muddying colors. Add black to the center for the pupil...followed by the i...

Monster Toothbrush Buddies!

Glow in the DARK Monster Toothbrush Buddies! Don't judge the dirty, frayed and old toothbrushes... I've since bought new ones. :) (I get the 3 pack at the dollar store) But the real thing was...my youngest son kept losing his toothbrush. There was no "away" place for it.  There's a window  cupboard where the older kids keep theirs... but no way the 4 year old could reach that. Something had to be done. So I decided little monsters were the only solution. And of course the older kids wanted in on that too! It was easy. We used the leftover bake-able clay that we had from  our Sonic Screwdrivers . You can get fimo or sculpey at craft stores and even Walmart. It's pretty cheap and bakes to harden. You can also find glow-in-the-dark!  A must for monsters! Okay, we just rolled out a ball. Squished our toothbrush in it. The kids have little kid sized brushes, so they didn't need  to be big monsters to hold...