Despicable Me Birthday ... Snack Bar (Food Ideas & Printable Food Tents

HOLD ON IT'S A LONG POST WITH LOT'S OF IDEAS .. LOL.  

Next on the todo list was the food!  I had to do a fun sign "Caden's Snack Bar" and served the food in dog bowls like Gru served candy and water to the girls in the first movie.  I found the ideas of the snack bar sign and the shrunken moons on One Lucky Pickle, she has some great ideas for a Despicable me party check it out! 

I made the sign using my Cricut (Personal Electronic Cutting Machine) and my George and Basic Shapes Cartridge.

Here is how I did the sign:

I made ovals for the minions (cutting off the bottom and sides)

Circles for the eyes and added a google eye

I made a "I" for the eye strip

And made his name in 2 colors to make it pop

Glue it all on with your craft glue.

Board found at the dollar tree.

Close up of the Sign:

For the food I found these simple Food Tents on Family Shopping Bag.  I took her template pasted into word doc and added some fun food names using the Minion font I downloaded.

Agne's Caterpillers

(AKA Cheese Puffs)

I'll show the how to do the bucket in a post soon. 

Cookie Robots

(aka Chocolate Chip Cookies)

Recipe on this POST HERE

Dr. Nefario's Brew

(aka Sprite and Blue Raspberry juice)

El Machio's Salsa and Chips

(AKA Salsa and Chips)

Gru's Guacamole

(aka Guacamole)

Shrunken Moon Pops

Cake Pops dipped in White Candy Melts

Sprayed with Wilton Silver Color Mist

One can ONLY did half so we had half dark side of the moon ... lol

ONE thing I've learned is on the cake pops it is easiest

to use a box cake and frosting in a can.

NOW you know this kills me but they always turn out best.

Unicorn Fur

(aka Cotton Candy)

Vector's Coconutties

(aka Coconut Cookies)

Recipe found on this POST HERE

Cupcakes 2 Versions

Recipes and how to found on this POST HERE

My AMAZING friend April carved a minion Watermelon

and stuffed it with fun fruit

S'More Bar

My parents have a fire pit at the waterfront

we end ALL parties with a bon fire and S'Mores :)

And for to wipe our mouths and eat the food with

I made Minion Napkin Rings

What you Need:

Yellow Napkins (Dollar Tree)

Blue Utensils (Dollar Tree)

Black Heavy Card Stock (cut into strips)

Googly Eyes (Dollar Tree)

How to make:

My Despicable Me Printables I put together click HERE.

Don't forget to see the parties I link up to HERE.

Despicable Me Birthday Done:
Minion Invites
Minion Treat Gift Bags
Minion Paper Cups
Minion Cupcakes (2 Versions)
Minion Cake
Vector's Coconutties and Cookie Robots
Despicable Me Perler Bead Characters
Despicable Me Snack Bar and Food Ideas
Despicable Me Goody Bag Items
Despicable Me Minion Bucket
Box of Shame
Squid Launcher's and Welcome Sign

Despicable Me Birthday ... Perler Beads

We are still are on the Despicable Me party train!  I have a few more things to show you.  I loved the Perler Beads I made for Cole's Minecraft party so I went on the search for ideas to do for Caden's Despicable Me party.  I found several websites, DeviantART had a bunch of ideas.  We kind of just tweaked what we saw and made it work.  I have no templates for you, just click on the picture and you can count how many you need (this was the easiest way to figure it out .. at least that is what I found).

Here are a few of my favs

What you Need:

Perler Beads (found at Hobby store, Black are HARD to find Amazon carries)
Perler Bead Board / Paper
Hot Iron

Make your design, CAREFULLY put the paper on top (almost like a wax paper) and put your HOT iron ontop.  BECAREFUL not to leave on too long or it will become mushy. I found that I just pressed down and iron like I would a shirt.  Once that side is done flip over take off the board put the paper on the backside that is now facing up and do it all over again.  Let them cool and they are ready to go.  I did a one figure per bag just like this and then I made another one that I made into a necklace. 

Here is a How To Do:

 Before and Afters

(click on picture as your guide to how to do)

Here's some of the Characters I did:

The Minions

Gru and the Girls (one is missing from this picture)

My Despicable Me Printables I put together click HERE.

Don't forget to see the parties I link up to HERE.

Despicable Me Birthday Done:
Minion Invites
Minion Treat Gift Bags
Minion Paper Cups
Minion Cupcakes (2 Versions)
Minion Cake
Vector's Coconutties and Cookie Robots
Despicable Me Perler Bead Characters
Despicable Me Snack Bar and Food Ideas
Despicable Me Goody Bag Items
Despicable Me Minion Bucket
Box of Shame
Squid Launcher's and Welcome Sign

Party coming together!

Well the party is almost here!  I'm ahead of the game this time around and hopefully if all works out have everything done Friday so Saturday I won't be running around crazy before the party.

Here is what I have done:

Anti-Gravity Serum

Cookie Robots

 Squid Launcher's

Vector's Coconutties

Minion Napkin Ring

Welcome Sign

Still to do:

Cake found on Betty Crocker

Shrunken Moons found on One Lucky Pickle

Minion Bucket found on Hoyby Crafts

Minion Cupcakes found on Foodista

Minion Cupcake #2 found just a picture on Pinterest no link to person

And for the fire time S'More's Bar found on Martie Knows Parties

Have a wonderful weekend!

Despicable Me Birthday ... Minion Invites

Caden's party is this weekend so I'm in overdrive trying to do all the little things I've found on Pinterest.  I saw so many cool designs for an invite, most were one's you paid and they shipped them to you.  Well you know me I want to do it myself, plus it saves me money ... NOW not TIME but it saves money.

I used my Cricut to cut out everything which saved me TONS of time!  I used my George and Basic Shapes Cartridge that came with my Cricut when I bought it.  It was the best it had all the shapes I needed.

Here is what you Need:

Yellow Card Stock

Black Card Stock

Blue Card Stock

Grey Card Stock

White Card Stock (5x7 cards if you have them)

Google Eye (Large)

Black Sharpie (Draw on the G)

Glue

What you need to do:

Yellow Rectangle 1 - Size 5 1/2 (Body)

Grey Circle - Size 1 1/2 (Eye)

Black Circle - Size 1 (Eye)
Black "I" - Size 4 (Eye Strap)

Black "I" - Size 1 1/2 (Hair)

Black Moon - Size 1 1/2 (mouth)

Black Button - Size 1 (buttons)

Blue Square - Size 2 1/2 (overalls)

Blue Rectangle 3 - 1 1/2 (overall straps)

Find a good glue you like, I bought one at Hobby Lobby I wasn't impressed with.  I went back to my craft glue and it worked out perfect!  I printed on the back a 5x7 cardstock card the invite wording (I downloaded Las Vegas Font - aka Despicable Me Font - go to DOWNLOAD do NOT download the zip opener):

CALLING ALL MINION

PLEASE JOIN US FOR

CADEN'S DESPICABLE

7TH BIRTHDAY

DATE

TIME

LOCATION

BRING YOUR TOWEL & YOUR SUIT

RSVP

NAME & NUMBER

I took my corner cutter and cut the corners to be rounded. I glued the white invite on to the back of my minion.  To make the minion:  Take your yellow body, add the blue square on the bottom to look like overalls, add the straps and buttons.  Take a black sharpie to add a G.  The black strap is added to the top.  Make your eye grey, black on top and then googly eye.  After you add that eye on top of the black strip.  Add your moon for the mouth and the little I's for the hair on top.  See the picture below to show you step by step.

Don't forget to see the parties I link up to HERE.

Despicable Me Birthday Done:
Minion Invites

My Despicable Me Printables I put together click HERE.

Don't forget to see the parties I link up to HERE.

Despicable Me Birthday Done:
Minion Invites
Minion Treat Gift Bags
Minion Paper Cups
Minion Cupcakes (2 Versions)
Minion Cake
Vector's Coconutties and Cookie Robots
Despicable Me Perler Bead Characters
Despicable Me Snack Bar and Food Ideas
Despicable Me Goody Bag Items
Despicable Me Minion Bucket
Box of Shame
Squid Launcher's and Welcome Sign

My Crazy To Do List ...

It has been a VERY busy week last and this week, I'm tying to take a breath and get through it.  As usual I have taken on too much! LOL  Caden's party is NEXT Saturday and I'm in panic mode right now!  So a quick post of what I have done!

Last week:

Olaf Cake for the Homeless Bday Charity:

(If you live in Washington and looking for a GREAT Charity

Check out Birthday Dreams)

Flourless Graduation Caps

Gamers Gift

Invites Made and delivered!:

This week:

Perler Beads in Minion Shapes Started!!

Need a total of 40 (2 per gift bag)

On the to do list:

Gift Bags Idea found on Somewhere in the Middle

(Ordered Supplies and will do Friday)

With probably the overalls on this one:

Found on Etsy Goody Bags by Krizia

Squid Launcher found on Precious Moments with the Morrow Family

(ordered guns off Ebay just need to make the sign)

Party Cups found on Fabulously Smitten

Have a GREAT weekend I hope I get down time.

2 Birthday Parties and all this to do!!

Boo to you from our crew - DYI Minion Costumes Made

When they say it takes a village to raise a child it took a village to make these costumes.  Let's just start up front I'm not a sewer.  I can rock a hot glue like no tomorrow, but a sewing machine kind of scare's me!  I put a SOS out of FB and a friend let me borrow her mom's sewing machine (a great machine that is 30+ yrs old and had only been used 2 or so times).  Then the amazing Stacy from Stacy Uncorked came over at 7p to help me sew pants.  NOW my job was to measure said pants!  WELL let's just go back to the statement above I'm not a sewer.  So the pants came out great just way too large!  So SOS #2 on FB and another amazing friend (who mind you is a friend of a friend) that stepped up over and beyond came to my house to help me figure out what I did to the machine that was now not working.  Well it didn't work so in the cars we went and went to her house.  She set me up in front of her machine (YUP you read that correct I sewed).  I fixed the pants and even sewed on the straps for the overalls!  I ended up staying up until Midnight Saturday night but they came out pretty awesome!

I first saw this awesome idea for Homemade Minions on The Home Place.  She did an awesome job and her's came out awesome.  I'm going to break down her steps for us that are sewing challenged and need the extra steps (ok the Dummies Guide to Minions).

Here are the costumes done.

I'll come back Wednesday when we go to the church party and kids all done up.

What you Need (This is what I needed for 2 minions adjust on the # you make):

2 Rolls of 1 inch foam (I used 2 rolls for 2 minions)
Bright yellow spray paint

Bright purple spray paint (Cole wanted to be the evil minion ... go figure)
1 packages of black pipe cleaners (cut half)
1 Purple Feather Boa
2 Pkgs Velcro (self adhesive - but still hot glued it down)
Hot glue gun
1 bag Hot glue sticks (I used close to 40 or 50 of the small sticks)
1 Round cardboard container (Oatmeal Carton - Worked perfect)
2 Sheets black felt
Scissors

Sewing Machine

Thread (Blue, Yellow, Purple and Black - or be lazy like me and use one color)

3 yards Blue Fleece

1/2 yard Yellow Fleece

1/2 Yard Purple Fleece

1/2 Yard Black Fleece

Wrap Foam around each child to see how much you will need.  I found that I needed a roll per kid and then had left over that couldn't be used (I so was hoping one roll would be enough since it was like $16 a roll but no go).  You can be professional and make a line with a pencil and then cut, or be like me wrap then with your finger place where it needs to be cut and then cut it.  OK this is where the inexperience sewer came into place, she said make 7 points (I thought this was some trick NOT make 7 triangle cuts).  If you ONLY make 7 triangles that will make it easier to close the top of the head up.  MINE was a little hard, thanks to Rick and a can of spray glue.

I took my minions outside and sprayed them down in the driveway.  I found one can did the job but if I wanted to be picky it could have used another good coating if I bought another can of paint.  I left them outside for a half hour or so to make sure they were dry.

The side seam glue down about 5 inches and then add your Velcro.  I ended up hot gluing the Velcro to the foam to make sure it stayed in place (the self adhesive didn't hold very well).  Take the oatmeal container and cut into a round circle that will be for the eye to keep it sturdy.  I had the kids put the minions on with a pen I had them mark where their nose was (for the center of my circle for the eye) and then I marked where there shoulders hit.  I then had them take it off, I took the oatmeal circle and made it a stencil and cut it out.  I used my circle cookie cutters to cut the arm holes out.

I took the fleece and place a long sleeve shirt of the boys as a point of reference and added a little length and width. I should have made them come in instead of one long tube but I wasn't into perfect I just wanted to get this done .. lol.  NOW I should have taken the same concept with the pants I tried to eyeball it with taking the fleece going around half the foam body and then finding the inseam.  Let's just say this didn't work in my favor the pants became HUGE and I had to do an emergency take them in moment.  Take some pants for the child and then add a little to the length and more for the width place on foam to make sure they will fit over the foam but not fall off either (like mine did).  I made a traditional overall, with a little square for the front and then added two strips for the straps (I folded mine over so they were a little thicker and padded).  For the logo I made a circle out of the black felt and then for the G I went online printed out the G and cut it out of yellow fleece.  I then hot glued the black circle down and then the G in the center.  I hot glued the sleeves into the arm holes.

For the Yellow Minion I took Black pipe cleaners I cut in half then hot glued them to the top, sticking straight up.  For the Purple Minion I took a purple feather boa I found at the dollar store and hot glued it down.  She had a hole on the top of her head, but with Rick on the head duty he glued that whole thing down!  But it worked just fine hot gluing to the foam.

To finish up I cut a long strip of black fleece to line the inside of the eye.  I hot glued the down and tried to make it so it was smooth (but it was me so it's a make it work moment).  I cut a longer strip of black fleece to fit around the foam head to be strap of the eye hole.

I must say this costume was so much more money then running to the drug store and picking one up.  Half way through it I wanted to give up and so glad I didn't because they turned out so cute!

You may end up with a little paint on you .. lol

And don't let a child distract you!

Oh yes a HOT Glue Gun Burn ... OUCH

So what do you think??

Thanks for Stopping by!

Don't forget to see the parties I link up to HERE.

I fun quote that I had to share, so perfect for this!

Clothes make a statement.  

Costumes tell a story.  

~Mason Cooley

UPDATED PHOTO OF BOYS!