Sprinkles

Just thought I’d show some photos of the girls’ birthday parties earlier this month.  With two December birthdays, I made it easier on myself this year by having the parties outside of my house.  And I kept the craftiness to a minimum.  For my younger daughter, we had a mermaid themed party, so I made some starfish shaped chocolate lollipops.

lollipop

My older daughter wanted a unicorn party, so I made these unicorn shaped cookies with royal icing and sprinkles.  The chocolate cookies were pretty awful because I took the plain cookie recipe and added some cocoa.  Needed more sugar, but the kids didn’t seem to mind.

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goodie-bags

I really hate goodie bags, but my daughter insisted.  So we made these from a brown paper sack and a drawing that she made, which I scanned and printed onto sticker paper.  (It was a bowling unicorn party).  Inside each bag was a circle of shrinky dink plastic to be made into an ornament, crayons, string, a candy cane and some heart-shaped soap.  I made this soap by adding several layers of color.  I’m sure the kids didn’t really care much about the soap, but I had the supplies around the house already and it was better than some plastic toy.

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Then I finally sent out thank yous today in the form of e-mail with a photo attachment.  I’m being green and lazy this year since our holiday cards and thank you notes were sent electronically.  We cut the letters from card stock and I sewed them together.

thank-you-card

4 Replies to “Sprinkles”

  1. Wow, those cookies look so cute. I have questions about the bowling unicorn, though. How did he hold the ball with his hooves? Mysterious!

  2. I’m loving your thank you picture!! I was going to do something similar with my kids in the form of a picture for all their presents, but wasn’t sure how. Now I do! Excuse me while I go and dig up my card stock stash!!

    Oh! And thanks for the idea! :o)

  3. How did you get the sprinkles on the starfish? My guess is that you formed them all first then re-dipped in the melted candy and sprinkled?

    I also LUV your e-Thank You! Very cute! I have also done something similar where I attached a pic of my child w/opening the gift from each particular child. The text of the email was the same but the pix were individualized. Since the kids were young, I think they actually got a kick out of getting an e-mail.

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