by Melanie McQ | Mar 2, 2018 | Cheap Crafts, DIY Birthday Party
My oldest daughter wanted to have a Ninjago birthday party. When we started looking for a piñata we were a little disappointed with the selection (and the prices), so we decided to make our own. Our total cost – 2 dollars (yes, really). Now, if you don’t...
by Melanie McQ | Feb 7, 2018 | Valentine's Crafts
For this, I used a generic salt dough recipe I found in a google search. 1 cup salt, 1 cup water and 2 cups of flour While making the dough, I split it into different piles so I could add color to it. I used acrylic paint and it seemed to work really well. Basically,...
by Melanie McQ | Feb 7, 2018 | Valentine's Crafts
This was a pretty simple craft, and a super cute idea for Valentines day. I did not take step by step pictures of this (mainly because my hands were covered I paint for most of the process), but hopefully I can describe it well enough. We picked similar color shades...
by Melanie McQ | Feb 7, 2018 | Cheap Crafts
As the birthday of my oldest child was getting closer, she decided she wanted a Ninjago party. I saw some cute ideas for party invitations on Pintrest, so we decided to make the invitations ourselves. She did most of the work herself, I helped to measure and cut a...
by Melanie McQ | Nov 15, 2017 | Costumes / Dress Up
Let me say right off the bat, the helmet was awesome (the details of how we made it are in another post). The costume itself LOOKED great, but…we did not really think things through as far as practicality. So, if anyone decides to make something similar, I would...
