Spa Cake Topper

I recently started making these little Spa Cake Toppers, available in my Etsy shop: Jadestone Studio

What little girl doesn't love getting pampered and having her nails done!?!  These are the perfect cake topper for a Spa party theme, which is so popular right now.  I have to say, they are one of my favorite toppers to make!  

Angry Birds Balls!

If you're planning an Angry Birds birthday party, you're going to love this idea!  I found this amazing tutorial on making an Angry Birds Can Toss game:
http://homemadebeautiesbyheidi.blogspot.com/2011/10/day-2-of-bird-day-week-angry-birds-can.html#!/2011/10/day-2-of-bird-day-week-angry-birds-can.html

The tutorial shows you how to make the Red Angry Birds and the Can Pigs.

As soon as I saw this on Pinterest, I knew I had to do this for my son Eli's upcoming Angry Birds Party!  So, I headed down to the local Dollar Tree.  I was so happy to find not only a red ball, but also green, blue, and yellow balls.  I was a little disappointed that they didn't have a black ball...only because Eli's favorite Angry Bird is the black bomb bird.  Anyway, I already have an enormous supply of acrylic craft paint, so the entire project only cost me $4.  

I found photos of each Angry Bird online and just printed them out on my computer, taped them to the ball, outline it with a black Sharpie, and then filled in the center lines after removing the paper from the ball.  I used my craft paint to make the birds come to life!  After the paint dried, I went back over each bird with the Sharpie to make the outline more defined.  So fun!  Eli even got to assist me with this project, which he loved!

Here's the final results!  

Blue Bird

Green Bird

Red Bird

Yellow Bird

One happy almost 5 year old :)

We haven't made the can pigs yet, but that will be our next project!  I'll post pictures once they're finished.