Popje

Last week I had this 'popje' in my hand and couldn't decide whether to buy it or not. Such a little sweetheart in a beautiful box. But I wasn't convinced. Don't really know why.
Last weekend this 'popje' came out of my hands. For a first 'popje' try I'm satisfied. Last Saturday L gave her to her best friend Jil, as in three shown steps. I used this great tuto for the paper box. Papersize: 40x40 cm, size 'popje': about 36 cm.

The pattern was quickly drawn. I might make more 'popjes' and reshape her a bit next time. Other faves are in my Pinterest boards: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10.
To be continued.

Making girls happy

If you want to know some tricks to make nice sparkling boxes as a party favor, go ahead reading. These 'L 7' boxes we made as a treat for L's birthday and are a mix of this and this. Here and here you can read more on my blog about these boxes. In my case the pattern paper was made using these books. I did some photoshopping to achieve the desired colors, printed the paper and cut it into squares of 17 and 18 cm. But of course you could use any paper you want or even buy these kind of little boxes.

Because I wanted L (of 7) to be able to make her own treat, the tutorial can be used as a kids craft as well. We first made the bottoms of the boxes following this tutorial, using the 17 cm paper squares.

Home bakery

This year we really had no idea for L's birthday party. Maybe it's because she's kind of more allround compared to M. But M had a proposal: why not baking cookies with her friends? So that's what happened last Wednesday afternoon. The very same morning (!) I hardly managed to sew these baker hats, and quickly taped them to the wall as a decoration before the girls arrived. I'm talking about the usual time-management that I seem to learn never...

The fabrics I had laying around and finally I was happy with the adjustability, see the velcro detail. And yes, there was a big mess so we can say it was a big success. And a good idea indeed, M! The girls so loved to knead!

The girls baked colorful cookies and took them home in a self-folded cookie box, explained by little teacher L.

More and more

We made up this 'L 7' treat for school because L loves origami even more than M. She made quite a few of these boxes without any complain but wanted to play outside as well after a while ;) She was allowed. She joined again for the glitter topping. We made some photo's during the process, so I'll show you soon a how to.

The pattern paper I made with a Sinterklaas present. This and this book and two cd's full of nice patterns. Oh, there will be more pattern paper crafts!

We added a nut mix for her classmates and cookies after this afterlasting recipe (with the half of the sugar), found via Kristel, for the visitors at home. Inside I added a box of baking paper, which appeared to be a challenge to fold. Yes, I'm crazy, making about 50 boxes... But it worked like therapy for me, so it's fine.

A dear friend

L's friend Gaia is only three days younger than L. This is what L did bring along to her birthday party a week ago.

Masu

Look what M treated her classmates on her birthday this morning: paper sheets printed by mama, folded into boxes by the two of us (we used squares of 18 and 17 cm)...

... filled with mmmm cookies (based on this recipe, without coffee and with or without chocolate), homemade by papa.