Spiderman cupcakes

Got a little boy who is infatuated with Spiderman? 

 

Here is a technique for making Spiderman cupcakes that so easy, even my 5 year old can  and has done it.

 

Start out with a cupcake frosted in red.

 

Using a Wilton's black gel frosting tube, put a large dab of frosting in the center of the cupcake.  Next draw a circle around the dab leaving about 1/4 inch gap.  Then draw one last larger circle leaving a gap between the medium sized circle and the edge of the cupcake.

 

Or you could be like my creative husband and draw a spiral.

 

Then with a toothpick, start in the blob of black in the middle of the cupcake and draw a line to the very edge.

After Jacob had fallen asleep for the night, we got Bree out of bed to come help make Jacob's birthday cupcakes.  Its special moments like these that she'll never forget.

 

Repeat this 6 or more times to achieve a spider web look.

 

 

Simple, no?

 

Don't forget to do some blue cupcakes too.

 

For added Spiderman detail, you can attempt to add eyes made from mini Oreos cut in half (left hand side, middle cupcake) but I was running out of time and the Oreo filling kept falling off the cookie part so I abandoned the idea.

 

 

The cupcakes for the Spiderman themed party were a hit - Spidey eyes or not.

 

Jacob had one cupcake....

 

...after another.

 

Pumpkin Patch

After some mild success with our window greenhouse herbs, I thought we'd try something new.  Something that will hopefully be able to be replanted outside in a few weeks.

 

 

PUMPKINS!

 

A little word to the wise...  Pumpkins grow fast. 

 

After one week.

 

Really fast. 

After two weeks.

 

At this rate we may have pumpkins by mid-July.  Assuming it ever warms up enough to plants these babies outside.

Just Because

Sometimes you just have to bust out the (washable) paints, a roll of paper and let 'em go.

 

No plans.  No restrictions.  No purpose. 

 

Just paint and have fun.

 

Then decide what to do with it.

 

Sewing Necessity

I like to sew but its something that doesn't come easily to me.  It all seems so easy and logical but then something somewhere sifts, seams don't line up, the frustration of having to rip out what I've just done to begin again and, of course, the blood stains on the projects from being prick with multiple pins.  Sometimes its just more effort than its worth.

 

But then a miracle happens.

 

I can't tell you when.  I can't tell you where.  But at some point in my life I was introduced to the ultimate life saving, profanity stopping, finish what I start in one day wonderful product that is: 

 

 

 

I used Spray 'N Bond while making the Hopscotch mat for the children's Christmas present and loved, loved, loved it.  I sprayed my pieces of felt, stuck them where the needed to go and sewed the night away.  No pins, nothing was crooked because of not being properly pinned, no tears of frustration for me.  If I accidently sprayed in areas that I shouldn't have, not a problem.  It washes away after one wash.  I definitely will be using this product when Its time to teach Bree how to sew.

 

FYI - To help control the mess, I placed my felt on a piece of newspaper before I used the Spray 'N Bond

Clay Pot Resurrection Garden

Take a clay saucer and pot of desired size.

 

 

Bury the pot in dirt and add some pebbles and a large rock in the front.

 

Top with grass seed, a little more dirt and water, water, water.

 

Send kids on a stick hunt in the yard to make your crosses and what you've created is a beautiful Resurrection Garden.

 

If planted at the right time, grass should be growing by Easter morning.

 

We did not plant ours at the right time. 

 

 

Easter morning our garden still looked a little dead. 

 

However, just given a few extra days, it was full of life and the promise of new life, just as Easter is meant to be.

 

I saw this craft on Pinterest last year but clay saucers or pots were not in stores at that time.  I kept the idea in the back of my head so that when they were all I had to do was pick up my desired sizes and tuck them away in my Easter totes and -voila - everything was ready to go for this Easter.

 

Easter Egg Wreath

QUICK! 

 

Run out to the store and grab all those clearance out plastic Easter eggs and make this cute wreath.

 

 

Its so simple too.

 

1. Cut a wreath shape out of cardboard:

 

If your cardboard is thin, cut too circles and glue them together.

 

2. Cut desired ribbon for hanging and glue into place.

 

3. Start hot gluing your plastic eggs on.

 

 

 

4. Add some Easter grass (also on clearance) for added dimension.

 

How Springy.  How Easter-y. 

How easy is that?