Sunday, July 30, 2017

PacMan Party .. Inside the Goody Bag (Game Over Glow Stick)

Continuing on with the goody bags. Pinterest several food items, and most you know that I like to put fun creations instead of toys. Another I HUGE shout out to KandyKreations for these amazing PacMan tents. This is one of the BEST sites I've come across for party needs and she has a ton of FREE downloads which makes this mom very happy!


Supplies:
Glow Sticks in the the Ax and Pitchfork (Dollar Tree $1 each)
Card Stock (White)
Printer
Paper Cutter
Stapler

I downloaded PacMan Font from DaFont, this is my go to place for font's. Now her tents were made to make a tent. I copied and put into a word doc to give me 8 per sheet. Since I was putting on the top of bags I didn't need to fold over or extra paper. PLUS I'm cheap and like to maximize my paper to the fullest.

I found this image and copied into the word doc.
Image result for pacman game over png

Once I had my word Doc (copied her box then pasted into word to make 8). I then added text boxes to add the clip art I found (Game Over) and the words Thank for Coming below. I took my paper cutter to cut each label out and attached with my stapler.


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Tuesday, July 25, 2017

PacMan Party .. Inside the Goody Bag (Chomp Chomp Buttons)

Continuing on with the goody bags. Pinterest several food items, and most you know that I like to put fun creations instead of toys. Another I HUGE shout out to KandyKreations for these amazing PacMan tents. This is one of the BEST sites I've come across for party needs and she has a ton of FREE downloads which makes this mom very happy!


Supplies:
Candy Buttons (Amazon)
Large Clear Plastic Bags (Dollar Tree $1 for 25pk)
Card Stock (White)
Printer
Paper Cutter
Stapler

I downloaded PacMan Font from DaFont, this is my go to place for font's. Now her tents were made to make a tent. I copied and put into a word doc to give me 8 per sheet. Since I was putting on the top of bags I didn't need to fold over or extra paper. PLUS I'm cheap and like to maximize my paper to the fullest

Once I had my word Doc (copied her box then pasted into word to make 8). I then added text boxes to add the words Chomp Chomp. Once set up, I printed on heavy card stock. I filled each large plastic clear bag with a a few strips of the button candy. I took my paper cutter to cut the labels down and attached with a staple. Make sure you fold up the back of the bag so the staple holds the bag shut!


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Monday, July 24, 2017

PacMan Party .. Inside the Goody Bag (Power Pill)

Continuing on with the goody bags. Pinterest several food items, and most you know that I like to put fun creations instead of toys. Another HUGE shout out to KandyKreations for these amazing Power Pill Toppers. This is one of the BEST sites I've come across for party needs and she has a ton of FREE downloads which makes this mom very happy!


Supplies:
Skittles (I bought at Winco Bulk Section / Amazon also has)
Clear Plastic Bags (Dollar Tree $1 for 50pk)
Card Stock (White)
Printer
Paper Cutter
Stapler

I downloaded PacMan Font from DaFont, this is my go to place for font's. I printed out the sheet she had provided. I took my paper cutter to cut them into little cards. I filled each mini plastic clear bag with a handful or more of candy. I then attached with a staple. Make sure you fold up the back of the bag so the staple holds the bag shut!


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Sunday, July 23, 2017

PacMan Party .. Inside the Goody Bag (NomNom Munch)

Previously I showed you the outside of the goody bags, today is more on what is inside. I saw on Pinterest several food items, and instead of toys that get thrown out I rather put in goody bags. I HUGE shout out to KandyKreations for these amazing PacMan tents. This is one of the BEST sites I've come across for party needs and she has a ton of FREE downloads which makes this mom very happy!


Supplies:
Candy Fruit (I bought at Winco Bulk Section / Amazon also has)
Clear Plastic Bags (Dollar Tree $1 for 50pk)
Card Stock (White)
Printer
Paper Cutter
Stapler

I downloaded PacMan Font from DaFont, this is my go to place for font's. Now her tents were made to make a tent. I copied and put into a word doc to give me 8 per sheet. Since I was putting on the top of bags I didn't need to fold over or extra paper. PLUS I'm cheap and like to maximize my paper to the fullest

Once I had my word Doc (copied her box then pasted into word to make 8). I then added text boxes to add the words Nom Nom Munch. Once set up, I printed on heavy card stock. I filled each mini plastic clear bag with a handful or more of candy. I took my paper cutter to cut the labels down and attached with a staple. Make sure you fold up the back of the bag so the staple holds the bag shut!

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Wednesday, July 12, 2017

PacMan Themed Birthday Day ... Apple Cookies

More on our PacMan party themed birthday party. I've shown the PacMan cookies and the Ghost Cookies today it's the Apple Cookies. Now My plan was to do Apple and Cherry cookies both are something PacMan eat in the game. WELL Amazon let me down and the Cherry cookie cutter arrived the MORNING of the party!

If you're in need or cookies for a party or just to eat, shoot me a msg at SweetPea Cookie Therapy. Thank you!


What you Need:
Apple Cookie Cutter
Royal Icing - Red and Green
Pipping Bags


I had an apple cutter on hand from a Descendants party I did a while back for a friend. This has the bite taken out of it, which I made like PacMan took a bite out of them ... lol. I piped on the red for the apple and green for the leaf. Simple, easy design that was perfect for the theme.


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INGREDIENTS:
1 1/2 cups butter, softened
2 cups white sugar
4 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
5 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
DIRECTIONS:
1.In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugar until smooth. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Stir in the flour, baking powder, and salt. Cover, and chill dough for at least one hour (or overnight).
2.Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Roll out dough on floured surface 1/4 to 1/2 inch thick. Cut into shapes with any cookie cutter. Place cookies 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheets.
3.Bake 6 to 8 minutes in preheated oven. Cool completely.

Julie Usher, she has a GREAT YouTube video on how to make, color and make consistency adjustments

Royal Icing what you need:
2 lbs Powdered Sugar
1/2 tsp Cream of Tartar
5 Large Egg Whites (or equivalent) 
Flavor to Taste
Gel Icing Color

Mix powder sugar and cream of tartar in your mixer, just to make sure it is incorporated in. Slowly add egg whites, then whip start of slow then go to very high speed. She says around 2 minutes, my friend had an older mixer so it took almost 10 minutes. You want stiff peaks that hold on and won't fall off the spoon. Add in your flavor, I would suggest you use a clear flavoring.  This would be the glue texture great for ginger bread houses etc.

Take 1 cup of royal icing in a smaller bowl then add your coloring, lightly mix so you don't get air into the the icing. I'm like her and like the gel coloring. 

For Top Coating - Add 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 tsp Water (This is if you don't want to outline and flood)
For Outlining - Add 1/2 to 3/4 tsp Water
For Flooding  - Add 2 to 3 tsp Water

WATCH her video on How to Top-Coat, Outline, and Flood Cookies. YES it is around 7 minutes BUT if you have never done this technique it's a MUST she explains it perfectly.

Tuesday, July 11, 2017

PacMan Themed Birthday Day ... Ghost Cookies

More on our PacMan party themed birthday party. Yesterday I showed the PacMan cookies, today it's the ghost. I picked out a few colors and made these that turned out perfect for the party!

If you're in need or cookies for a party or just to eat, shoot me a msg at SweetPea Cookie Therapy. Thank you!


What you Need:
Oval Cookie Cutter (I cut the end off to make the ghost shape)
Royal Icing - Red, Blue, Green and white/uncolored (see recipe below)
Pipping Bags


I took an oval cookie cutter and the took a knife to cut off the bottom. I then took a piping bag of (blue, green and red) to make the ghost shape. Once dried I made two normal ghost and one dead one. I took a piping bag of white to make the face, for the alive ghost I took the blue an added to the eyes. Pretty simple cookies to make and perfect for the themed party!



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INGREDIENTS:
1 1/2 cups butter, softened
2 cups white sugar
4 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
5 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
DIRECTIONS:
1.In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugar until smooth. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Stir in the flour, baking powder, and salt. Cover, and chill dough for at least one hour (or overnight).
2.Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Roll out dough on floured surface 1/4 to 1/2 inch thick. Cut into shapes with any cookie cutter. Place cookies 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheets.
3.Bake 6 to 8 minutes in preheated oven. Cool completely.

Julie Usher, she has a GREAT YouTube video on how to make, color and make consistency adjustments

Royal Icing what you need:
2 lbs Powdered Sugar
1/2 tsp Cream of Tartar
5 Large Egg Whites (or equivalent) 
Flavor to Taste
Gel Icing Color

Mix powder sugar and cream of tartar in your mixer, just to make sure it is incorporated in. Slowly add egg whites, then whip start of slow then go to very high speed. She says around 2 minutes, my friend had an older mixer so it took almost 10 minutes. You want stiff peaks that hold on and won't fall off the spoon. Add in your flavor, I would suggest you use a clear flavoring.  This would be the glue texture great for ginger bread houses etc.

Take 1 cup of royal icing in a smaller bowl then add your coloring, lightly mix so you don't get air into the the icing. I'm like her and like the gel coloring. 

For Top Coating - Add 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 tsp Water (This is if you don't want to outline and flood)
For Outlining - Add 1/2 to 3/4 tsp Water
For Flooding  - Add 2 to 3 tsp Water

WATCH her video on How to Top-Coat, Outline, and Flood Cookies. YES it is around 7 minutes BUT if you have never done this technique it's a MUST she explains it perfectly.

Monday, July 10, 2017

PacMan Birthday Party ... PacMan Cookies (2 options)

I'm back, sorry for the delay on my post lately. Summer makes it so hard for me to sit and write a post before bed time. I try to write one and so it's ready to go for the next day, but me time right now has been hard to come by.

As you have seen theme going on is PacMan for my son's 10th birthday. Today I show the simple cookies made. These were a lot of fun to make, my son even got into the decorating process.



Here is the 2nd design we put on cupcakes to take to school:


If you're in need or cookies for a party or just to eat, shoot me a msg at SweetPea Cookie Therapy. Thank you!

What you Need:
Round Cookie Cutter
Royal Icing - Yellow and white/uncolored (see recipe below)
Black Edible Pen
Pipping Bags


Bake the circle size you would like, I used a medium size circle cookie cutter. One the cookies were ready for decorating I took some yellow food gel coloring (I use AmeriColor). Using a piping bag you pipe the PacMan shape. I then took a piping bag of white to make the circle the PacMan eats. Caden got his design on and took my black edible pen to make the eyeball. Simple but fun!


I also made some to go to Caden's class the last week of school. Here is those we made:



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INGREDIENTS:
1 1/2 cups butter, softened
2 cups white sugar
4 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
5 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
DIRECTIONS:
1.In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugar until smooth. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Stir in the flour, baking powder, and salt. Cover, and chill dough for at least one hour (or overnight).
2.Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Roll out dough on floured surface 1/4 to 1/2 inch thick. Cut into shapes with any cookie cutter. Place cookies 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheets.
3.Bake 6 to 8 minutes in preheated oven. Cool completely.

Julie Usher, she has a GREAT YouTube video on how to make, color and make consistency adjustments

Royal Icing what you need:
2 lbs Powdered Sugar
1/2 tsp Cream of Tartar
5 Large Egg Whites (or equivalent) 
Flavor to Taste
Gel Icing Color

Mix powder sugar and cream of tartar in your mixer, just to make sure it is incorporated in. Slowly add egg whites, then whip start of slow then go to very high speed. She says around 2 minutes, my friend had an older mixer so it took almost 10 minutes. You want stiff peaks that hold on and won't fall off the spoon. Add in your flavor, I would suggest you use a clear flavoring.  This would be the glue texture great for ginger bread houses etc.

Take 1 cup of royal icing in a smaller bowl then add your coloring, lightly mix so you don't get air into the the icing. I'm like her and like the gel coloring. 

For Top Coating - Add 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 tsp Water (This is if you don't want to outline and flood)
For Outlining - Add 1/2 to 3/4 tsp Water
For Flooding  - Add 2 to 3 tsp Water

WATCH her video on How to Top-Coat, Outline, and Flood Cookies. YES it is around 7 minutes BUT if you have never done this technique it's a MUST she explains it perfectly.