Crafty Woodland

My eldest daughter had her seventh birthday party today. Seven. It doesn't stop being amazing to me each year as she continues to get older.

She wanted a Woodland-themed party. With all 34 kids from school, their siblings, and a few cousins thrown in for good measure. And I said..."Sure, sounds great!"

Hahaha!

Actually, it was a crafty fun time. (She, much like her mother, does love a good crafty project. In fact, most of the ideas were hers, with a little tweaking on my part.) I was a bit stressed last night as I put the finishing touches on some mushroom huts and tried not to hyperventilate. Anyway, by today I was mostly relaxed and had a great time.



We had the mushroom huts (cardboard + duct tape + hot glue + newspaper + felt + 2 girls let loose with paint and glitter)...



Fake Christmas trees with birds and nests (thank you Freecycle!)...

Woodland crown decorating (42 crowns made with Joel Dewberry Aviary wood grained fabric + rayon/wool felt + grommets + glue your own embellishments + add ribbon ties)...



I made some felt flowers for decorating crowns but burned out after the first dozen.



I forgot to get any good crown pictures. Here's mine before it dried.





This project mixed together with another involving pompoms + glue + googly eyes...

And finally a dose of sugar. Chocolate butterfly cupcakes (chocolate + 2 kids with copious sprinkles + colored sugar)...



My daughter said they weren't like butterflies because they had no bodies, I told her they were butterfly-ish. I did a lot of Ish-ly crafts rather than getting too hung up on making everything just so. It was still a big project, but I am glad we did it this once. And next year we'll just go to a theme park or something.

I have more birthday related crafts to post soon...Stuffed Animal! Girly Clothes!