Ladybug party goodie boxes

Time for the goodie bags...or in this case...boxes.
I didn't purchase too many things that were "pre-made". Most all of the decorations and projects etc...were made from scratch. However, the few things that I did find were online at Birthdayexpress.com. That was the only place that had anything with pink ladybugs. Their prices are great, their shipping was fast...and it turns out, that this particular line of decorations, were made *{super local}* in Kirkland Washington! (which just makes me happy)
One thing that I fell in LOVE with on the site were the goodie boxes!
They were great quality, and OH SO cute!

So, here is the box all put together...

And filled with childhood happiness...
Little has, in my opinion, a GREAT birthday slot...right after Valentine's and right before Easter! Perfect for goodie bag fillers for a little girl!

These are the little tags that I made...

a little love on the back....

Aren't they just all together CUTE! Love.Them!

I adored the way they looked all lined up there.
There are two that have no tags...that were extras, as two girls didn't come...so they became the non-RSVP boxes...(just in case) and then the red bags were different, for the two older boys that were included (one being big brother.)

All coming together...only two days to go!

Raelyn

Ladybug Headbands

When the kids came in we handed them each a set of Antenna.
I bought the very cute, silver and pink, glittery headbands in sets of 2 in the dollar spot at Target. I had been looking for a while, and these were PERFECT!

The kids LOVED them!
I twisted two pipe cleaners, separately, around the top of the headband 3 times...

I twisted pipe cleaners around a glue stick in order to make uniform spirals,

Here is what it looked like when I pulled them off the glue stick...

so then I stretched them out a little.

Then I hot glued black pom-poms (3/4 inch) to the top.

The grown-ups liked them too! :)


Raelyn

Pink Ladybug Barette Holder Favor

Today I was working on something that is going to go in the favor boxes at Little's party.
I have kind of gone with what I can find in ladybug shapes, and tried to figure out what I can do with them. So while I was out at Joanns the other day I found these wood pink ladybugs with funky green spots. I thought they were pretty ugly...but I figured I could do something with them.

Here is what I did...


First, I used black gloss puff paints to RE-paint all of the green spots.

Then, I tried to figure out a way to have them hang on the wall...I wanted ONE piece of ribbon to be the barrette holder and the wall hanging...does that make sense?????
so I took my ribbon, cut it long (I would guess about 20 inches), and put an eyelet through it, about 2 1/2 to 3 inches down.

Then I looped the ribbon over keeping the eyelet near the top (so as to hang it on a nail) and used a standard stapler to hold it down. **the stapling took patience...they didn't always want to go through the wood. **(I did try hot glue, but on my test one...it tended to easily lift, so I figured in time of taking barrettes off and putting them on, that it would just fall apart....which I didn't want.)**

Then at the bottom, as an anchor weight, I put on a wood bead that I spray painted pink,

and tied a knot to keep it in place.

Finally, on the back, I wrote a thank you message and the date, to each of her friends, and added 6 barrettes per holder.


I love how they came out!
Raelyn