by Melanie McQ | Apr 16, 2019 | Cheap Crafts, DIY Birthday Party, Fun
My oldest daughter decided on a hairy Potter birthday party. We found this really cool invitation idea on Pinterest, and we went for it. I was assuming that I was going to have to draw the owls, but my daughter wanted to do it all by herself, and she did fantastic! I...
by Melanie McQ | Apr 2, 2019 | Cheap Crafts, DIY Birthday Party
This year, my oldest decided on a Harry Potter themed birthday party. Her choice of piñata was Hedwig, Harry Potters owl. This post contains affiliate links. To start with, she sat with me as I was sketching it out, to get the general shape. She was able to design it...
by Melanie McQ | Dec 31, 2018 | Cheap Crafts, Costumes / Dress Up, DIY Birthday Party, Fun, Halloween Crafts
This post contains affiliate links. My girls have just watched some of the Harry Potter movies for the first time and they asked for a wand for Christmas. They each picked their favorite wands, and I got to work. I was REALLY excited at how awesome they turned out. I...
by Melanie McQ | Dec 31, 2018 | Cheap Crafts, Costumes / Dress Up, DIY Birthday Party, Halloween Crafts
This post contains affiliate links. This was my first try at making my own wands, and I was SO excited at how they turned out. My children requested Harry Potter wands for Christmas and I recently saw them on Pinterest, so I gave it a try. I started with some...
by Melanie McQ | Nov 9, 2018 | Cheap Crafts, DIY Birthday Party
This was the first piñata I have made that wasn’t for one of my children. A friend of mine asked if I could make a mermaid tail piñata…so I gave it a try. She LOVED it (Yay!!)! First, as always, I did some Pinterest searching and decided on what shapes and...
by Melanie McQ | Sep 25, 2018 | Cheap Crafts, DIY Birthday Party, Halloween Crafts
This is going to be a pretty short post, because this was pretty easy. It took very little time, and it looks just like wood. I took a piece of cardboard, cut it into strips longways (I did three), and then I hot glued them together. Seems counter productive, but it...
