End of Summer Popsicle Party Printable

It is hard to believe it, but Summer is coming to an end. What better way to close the Summer but with a popsicle party! I thought I would try my hand at making some handmade popsicles and it inspired me to make this Printable Popsicle Banner.

The popsicle designs on the printable range from caramel swirled to chocolate dipped, to fruit filled, but all of them are colorful and happy! Once you have printed all three pages, you can get to work crafting the party banner decoration.

To make the banner you will need glue, wood sticks, string, tape, and scissors. Cut out each popsicle design and glue the wood sticks to the back to complete each popsicle.

Allow the glue on the popsicles to dry and then tape the popsicles to the string to create your popsicle party banner. 

This banner would be great for a summer-end party, birthday party, or any other occasion that calls for some color! And don't be afraid to try to make your own popsicles at home! I tried different fruit and juice combinations, cutting fun shapes with cookie cutters before placing them in a popsicle tray and freezing. 

My favorite combination so far has been lemonade with raspberries. The lemonade was really sweet and the raspberries were tart, so it was a fun combination. I hope that you had an amazing Summer, and that you can use my free popsicle printable banner to stretch the season just a little longer.

Free Printable: Movie Night Invitation

If you've read my blog before, you might guess how much I like themed parties! I love planning all the details it takes to pull off a fun party. Most recently I had a small movie night sleepover with my nephew. Inspired by that, I decided to make a set of printable movie night ticket invitations.
  Oh, and it's free!! Download the free printable movie invitation here. 
 
The invitation is meant to print on a 8.5 x 11 size sheet of white cardstock paper, 3 invitations to a page. The tickets are blue, yellow, and red, and the text fields can be filled out once you download the PDF file.

These tickets fit perfectly into a business envelope (size #10) so that you can mail them as invitations for your next movie night party! I hope that you like them!
As always with my printables, I'd love to see photos of how you used them. Remember that each printable is free for personal use only. Enjoy!

Spring Hand Puppets

This project is simple, fast, and lots of fun! Using one pattern, you can make hand puppets for three different furry friends. Let's get started!

CHICK PUPPET 

1. Download the free pattern I created for the Spring hand puppets.

2. For the chick puppet you will need: Yellow felt Solid black animal safety eyes (can be found at any craft store) Small piece of orange felt Glue Yellow thread & a needle 3. Using the chick pattern pieces, cut out the felt parts for the beak, head feathers, and body.


4. Mark the place on the chick's face for the eyes. 5. Cut holes in the felt for the plastic safety eyes. 6. Insert the plastic eye. 7. Firmly secure the washer to the back of the plastic eye. 8. Repeat steps 5-7 for the next eye. 9. The beak is a square, but folded point to point, it is a triangle. Glue half of the beak to the face. 10. Fold beak. 11. Glue top feathers onto back of head. 12. Let dry!

13. Once the glue is finished drying, pin the 2 body pieces together.


14. With a running stitch (needle up through, needle down through, repeat) finish the sides of the chick to create your puppet. Leave the bottom open for your hand!


Now you have a chick hand puppet for Spring! Follow similar steps to create the frog and bunny puppets!


FROG PUPPET 
1. Download the free pattern I created for the Spring hand puppets.

2. For the frog puppet you will need: Two shades of green felt Green animal safety eyes (can be found at any craft store) Glue Green thread & a needle 3. Using the frog pattern pieces, cut out the felt parts for the belly, nostrils, and body. Notice that the frog body has a heart shaped head, and not the rounded head like the chick and bunny.


4. Mark the spot for the plastic safety eyes. 5. Insert the eye and secure the washer firmly on the back. 6. Insert next eye. 7. Put glue on frog nostril pieces. 8. Attach nostrils to frog face. 9. Add glue to frog belly. 10. Place belly on frog and let glue dry. 11. Stitch up sides of frog puppet with a running stitch. 12. You have a frog puppet now!





BUNNY PUPPET 
1. Download the free pattern I created for the Spring hand puppets.

2. For the bunny puppet you will need: Pink and white felt Solid black safety eyes (can be found at any craft store) Glue White and black threads & a needle 3. Using the bunny pattern pieces, cut out the felt parts for the ears, nose, and body. 

4. Insert plastic safety eyes on bunny face. 5. Glue nose to face underneath eyes. 6. Glue pink inner ear pieces to white outer ear pieces. 7. Let glue dry. 8. Glue ears to back of bunny head. 9. Using the needle, sew a piece of thread through the bunny's face by the nose.  10. Tie thread together on face. 11. Trim the bunny whiskers. 12. Make whiskers on other side of bunny nose.


13. Let bunny ears dry and then stitch up sides of bunny puppet with white thread. 

These Spring hand puppets will make the best Easter basket stuffer! They are much more healthy than candy, and last longer too! (As a bonus, print out some Spring gift tags to hang from your Easter baskets!)


I hope that you enjoyed this craft! If you are local, you can watch me make these puppets on WDRB in the Morning this Wednesday morning, March 20, 2013. Julee from D.I.Y. Louisville will be on air too, making some cool Easter baskets. As always, if you miss it, you can check my facebook page for the online video.

Free Printable Spring Gift Tags

It's Spring! Well... almost. I know I'm ready for the end of Winter. That's why I decided to make these cute gift tags for Spring. Put them on candy bags or Easter baskets; use them to write little notes or as bookmarks. Anything to add a little dose of color to your life as you prepare for Spring!

Download the Spring Gift tags printable here.

To make gift tags:
1. Print the tags, cut them out, and round the corners (optional).

2. Punch a hole in the top of the tags.

3. Add some fun ribbon through the punched hole.

4. Write messages on the tags! I hope you enjoy this free printable. You can see more of my printables here.

Color your own Valentine's Day cards!

I have created a new printable for Valentine's Day! This one is a coloring page with 4 cards to a page. It can be downloaded here. Pair it with some crayons, and they make a fun gift for kids!

If you like these Valentine's Day cards, you might like the ones I made a few years ago too! You can find all of my free printables here.

Printable Halloween Cards

It's getting to be that time of year: my favorite holiday is around the corner... Halloween! I knew that I wanted to make a printable to celebrate. I enjoy crafting witch dolls so much, that I knew I had to use them as the inspiration for this printable card.    Lucky for you, this is a printable 2 for 1 (and both are free to download)! Either download the color version, or the black and white card, perfect for a kiddo with some crayons or markers. Enjoy! Printable Halloween Card Color Your Own Halloween Card     

Free Coloring Book Printable

To celebrate the Summer, I have created this fun coloring book for the kiddos! It's free to download, so click on the link, print, and enjoy!Fun in the Sun Coloring Book by Craft E Magee

Re-post: St. Patty's Day printables!

One year ago today I posted some free printables for St. Patrick's Day. Well, it's almost that time again, and the printables are still free!

Check them out!

To download the postcards, click here: Happy St. Patrick's Day postcards

To download the poster, click here: Happy St. Patrick's Day poster

St. Patty's Day printables!

The Valentine's Day printables were so fun to make, that I thought I'd try my hand at some printables for St. Patrick's Day. I have created a poster and some postcards that can be printed out, hung up, or given away to ones you love. Remember that these files are for personal use only.

After printing out some of the postcards, I decided to spruce them up by punching two holes in the cloud and adding a button to it. It will make a really nice little token of luck for friends and co-workers on St. Patty's Day! You could always attach candy instead, like a foil wrapped chocolate coin. Of course, giving them to friends without these little tokens is fine too!

To download the postcards, click here: Happy St. Patrick's Day postcards

To download the poster, click here: Happy St. Patrick's Day poster

Enjoy! A wishin' of the luck to you all!

Valentine's Day Printables

Just in time for Valentine's Day planning, I have created two printable card sets with an adorable dolly sketch: one in pink and the other in red. Print away! Remember, these are for personal use only!

You can download the pink cards or red cards.