tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33910223929219308872024-03-15T18:09:23.370-07:00Cassie's Creative CraftsThis blog is about my love and passion for all arts and crafts-especially digital designing/scrapbooking, DIY artwork, creating OOAK fairy/fantasy creatures, fairy wings, dollhouse miniatures, etc. and of course....experimenting new craft ideas with my children. I love the challenge of making things myself!Cassie Wilbankshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07992726512206663478noreply@blogger.comBlogger75125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3391022392921930887.post-71651057702933539842015-07-26T16:06:00.000-07:002015-07-26T16:07:17.862-07:00Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare Papercraft<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hello all! I wanted to share a paper craft that I made with my oldest son for his 11th birthday last weekend. He is so sweet, he said that all he wanted for his birthday was a paper craft of his favorite character from PVZ Garden Warfare, Gargantuar. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">He and I searched and searched and found a fantastic designer that designs paper crafts of all kinds. Visit his deviantart site <a href="http://jepi12.deviantart.com/">HERE</a>. His name is Jeff and his Deviantart name is Jepi12. Not only are his designs the best I have seen but he is absolutely wonderful to work with. He responds to messages quickly and really helped to make my son's birthday the best it could be. You have got to check out his designs. He has a design for everyone! Here is the design of Gargantuar that we did and then I will show you our finished project. My boys and I made the paper craft together.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My goal was to create a tutorial of this paper craft but I didn't think about it until I was half way done. We will be making another one of Jeff's design soon and I will make a tutorial of that one. We are making Plants vs Zombies characters and the next one is the "yeti". So stay tuned! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I hope you enjoy the picture of our finished project below! The project was 33 pages printed out. The final project is bigger than I expected and my son loved it even more.</span></div>
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The pea shooter and zombie next to Gargantuar were other characters we made from another designer. However, since they were PVZ they had to include them. You can't see the IMP on the back of Gargantuar's back but he is there! I hope you enjoy!!!</div>
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Below, you will see the badge reels. I mostly use black and white. I also make ones without the bottle cap. I just wanted to share a few designs that I made below. I do take requests and will attempt to make any design upon request. My plan plan is to make a tutorial on how I make these so that you can make them yourself if you chose. </div>
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So look for the tutorial soon. I am making new designs and will do a tutorial soon. I make the designs with photoshop and then print them out. </div>
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When it comes to chores in our house, it becomes a CHORE to get them to do chores-pun intended! They would rather play Minecraft all day long or just play all day long! Not only do they NOT want to do chores but they also think they should bet a toy everyday and in-between that comes candy every time we walk into the store. I had to figure out a system to get them to do their chores and make it a bit fun too. They need to learn responsibility in this world because you have to work for what you want.<br />
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Yesterday, my 10 year old says, "mom, can I have this new star wars lego toy? It only costs $99." I said, "uh, no but you can save your chore money and buy it that way." He says to me-just as serious as he could be, "all you got to do is go to the bank and take it out or write a check and get money anytime you want." um.....yeah.....it doesn't work that way. The bank does not just give you money, you have to earn it and then put it in there. If only the world worked that way!<br />
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So, my 7 year old really has a hard time doing chores. He spends more time complaining about doing them then the time it takes to actually do the chore. So I had to come up with a way to motivate them and I asked them for their opinion and we went from there. It has been our second day and they actually race to finish their chores first and they want to do a good job. As soon as they get home, they can't wait to do them. Let me explain a little further because just a chore chart isn't magically making them do their chores....I had to get a little creative! Please read on...<br />
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My version of a Minecraft chore chart called: (Minechores)<br />
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If they finish all of their chores and do them correctly, they place a Minecraft TNT block next to the chore they completed...or BLASTED (hence-TNT) haha...they loved it!<br />
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Then if they finish all chores for that day and have the day full of TNT blocks, they get a stick or iron ingot to place in their inventory. I have printed and laminated a picture of the actual inventory in the game and printed out a crafting table and taped the inventory on the craft table. In the game, you click on the craft table and your inventory pops up.<br />
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Then, on the last day of the week (Saturday) if they have crafted their iron pickaxe (the pickaxes, I made 2 of them out of foam board and printed it out and glued it on both sides but they can't use them until they have done all chores for the week and have crafted one), then they get to "Mine" for their surprise! They are EXCITED about this part. I cut several holes in a big foam board and then covered the holes with the blocks from Minecraft and on the other side of the foam board "the back" I have attached little paper sacks with various surprises in them (money, coupons (I made up), toys they were wanting, etc.) in those boxes and then they get to use the pickaxe they crafted to Mine for their awards. The only get to pick one block to "mine" from for that week. This idea I got from <a href="http://www.acasarella.net/2012/03/party-favor.html" target="_blank">ACasarella</a> and she called it a "punch box" which was used for a birthday party. I thought this would be great to do as a Minecraft Mining to go along with a chore chart.<br />
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So far, the kids have done well with their chores! We had a great week and they got to Mine a block and LOVED it! They literally could not wait to "mine". They even came home on Friday afternoon and did their home work without griping about it! Can you say........awesome????<br />
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Ok, here are the pictures and an explanation of how we did it. I will also have the links for some of the things I made so you will be able to have your own Minechore chart too.<br />
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Below is the chart I made and you can find the download link below it. I found the blank template that just had boxes that I used at <a href="http://www.mydigitalstudio.net/profiles/blog/show?id=6293347%3ABlogPost%3A151315">My Digital Studio</a>. I tailored it to the way I needed.<br />
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Then I downloaded the Minecraft font for free at <a href="http://www.dafont.com/minecrafter.font">Dafont</a>. There is the chart below. Is is only Monday thru Sat. because I let them have Sunday off of the regular chores (besides brushing teeth and bedtime and animals-they do on Sunday too).<br />
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So in the chart above, the boys place a TNT block that I made and laminated in the square next to the chore they completed....see below...<br />
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Above, is the blocks of TNT cut out, along with the supplies (iron ingot, sticks, diamonds) to craft their pickaxe. The TNT goes next to each chore that they finish and once they do every chore for that day, I give them a stick, diamond, or iron ingot <!------></div>
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Then, they place their iron or stick or diamond (whichever they got for finishing their chores for that day) in their inventory that is on their craft table...see below</div>
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In the picture above, next to the chore charts, you see the craft table with their inventory. I have put velcro on the squares and when they finish a days worth of chores then they get one supple that goes towards their pickaxe. See below...</div>
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See above, in order to craft a pickaxe, you need two sticks and three iron ingot or diamond (whichever they want) so that is five days worth of chores and then on the sixth day they craft their pickaxe and that is when I give it to them to "Mine" their prizes. I let them have sunday off. </div>
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I have always heard of the saying "One man's trash is another man's treasure" and when it comes to my crafts, I live by this saying. No, I promise, I am not crazy, nor do I go dumpster diving every Friday night either...hmmm...that gives me an idea, just teasing.<br />
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I wanted to share with you how you can save money at the same time becoming innovative as well as green by recycling. WOW, that sounds empowering! Well, it is true! When it comes to crafts, I am constantly looking at items and trying to figure out how I could use it in my work. I love using certain items people are going to throw away to make dollhouse miniatures, various crafts with my boys, plus many more ideas.<br />
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For instance, did you know that Popsicle sticks can be used in a variety of crafts as well as in the miniature world? I use them in several ways; just to name a few: dollhouse siding, dollhouse wood floor, dollhouse furniture, dollhouse wooden crate, dollhouse roof, plus so many more!!! They even sell them in the craft stores...but why do that when you can have your cake and eat it too (and by cake, I mean Popsicle), plus you are keeping that much more out of our landfills. Who knew you could save the world one Popsicle stick at a time!!! :)<br />
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So today, I am sharing with you one way you can turn and everyday spice rack into an ultimate craft supply storage organizer. So if you come across one that you don't want anymore or you found at a garage sale or maybe a friend is wanting to throw it away or sell it snatch it up because there are many things you can do with it. I am going to show you a few today...<br />
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This is the spice rack that my friend gave me. It spins and the if you see below, the tops come completely off. You can put most any small things inside them and store them. Plus, they are clear and I can see what I want!<br />
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Hello, I want to share another Minecraft craft that you can do with the kiddos. So how does one get so attached to this game, you ask? Well...play the game and you will see. It really teaches the kids motor skills.<br />
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So, today we are going to talk about how to make Minecraft Blocks using shrinky Dinks. You can use your finished product to make so many items, for instance, you can make a charm for a necklace or bracelet, they can be a magnet, a keychain, or even earring, plus so much more! We are making magnets and keychains with ours.<br />
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Depending on which blocks you print, sometimes the detail doesn't show, but the ones above worked out well!</div>
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After you print them, I would allow them to dry for several hours.</div>
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After they are good and dry, then here is where you want to make a whole if you are going to make a keychain or jewelry.</div>
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Next, we but them out and then used the heat gun CAREFULLY to shrink them. *If you use a heat gun, don't freak out if the the blocks start to curl up into a ball. That is NORMAL. Keep using your heat and it will straighten out. </div>
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<b>See below of some of the finished ones that my boys and I made. We were pretty happy with how they turned out. I really liked the creeper one too but it got ruined because I put too much varnish on it at first.. The TNT block was one of my favs too. So, I hope you enjoy this project as much as we did making it because it really is fun, unique, and craft!</b></div>
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So my boys have gotten into the cell phone and xbox game, Plants vs Zombies and recently, Plants vs Zombies Garden Warfare on Xbox. The Garden Warfare is completely different than the first game and has better graphics and a whole different goal to the game.<br />
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Let me tell you that this game is highly addictive! I have since gotten into the Garden Warfare and it has me hooked! My husband, boys, and I are all playing this game.<br />
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What is different about this one is is you can be a plant or a zombie and you control the characters and it is an open toy box world and you fight other people online in multiplayer and level up your characters on plants and zombies and you can customize them as well with various items and I LOVE IT! The only thing I do not like is how bad it glitches. It does this constantly causing us to lose a whole game and have to sign out and back on. Plus, the loading time in-between the games is ridiculously long! This makes it worse when it comes to being a HUGE time waster! However, I am hooked and don't plan on quitting and finding a cure to my game addiction anytime soon! :)<br />
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Since my boys love the game so much, I created a memory/match game in photoshop for them to play with and we played this over and over the first night! They love the memory game and like to race to find the characters they like best. They even learn how to share and trade because if one has a character match the other one wants then they trade. I can't ask for more.<br />
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I am not claiming any of these characters as my own. I found each character on the internet and I just wanted to use them as my craft matching game for my boys. If you would like to know where I got a certain picture, feel free to email me and I will be glad to inform you. Also, please don't claim any picture I make here or idea as your own. I also have no affiliation with Popcap (maker of Plants vs Zombies) I am just simply a fan of the game and have 3 other fans in my house!<br />
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I am sharing with you how I made the memory game and I am also including the actual printable cards I made for you to enjoy! They would be great at a birthday party as a game or as a gift in the goodie bag for the guests to take home! These are not perfect because I just made them for our family to enjoy and thought I would share them with other PVZ lovers if wanted! :)<br />
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So here are the pictures of the game after they were cut out...<br />
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<b><u><span style="color: red;">First</span></u></b>, you need to print them out on thick paper, like card stock. Is will be about 48 matches all together.</div>
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To get the PVZ Garden Warfare logo on the back of the cards like in the top picture, <b>I printed all of my matches out first</b>, <u><b>then</b></u> pulled up the front cover page with the logo and then fed my paper with the character matches back through my printer but turned them over to print the logo (manually printing it) you have to be careful and make sure you are putting you matches back into the printer the correct way so that the logo prints right side up and not up side down. <b><u>Note: printing the logo on the back of the cards is a necessary thing because if you don't, then you will be able to see through the cards</u></b> and then you might have some cheaters!!! lol!</div>
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<b><u>Then</u></b>, this is <b>OPTIONAL</b>- you can spray a varnish or protectant spray on each of them to protect the ink from running in case it gets wet. If you do this, let it dry for several hours before using. <b>Make sure to spray in a well ventilated room or outside.</b></div>
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<u style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: red;">Second</span>, </u>after they are printed correctly on BOTH sides and protectant spray is completed, you can now cut them out. I had my kiddos help me. I actually cheated and stacked two pieces together and cut them CAREFULLY out to speed up the cutting process! :) It seemed to work just fine.</div>
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<span style="color: red;"><u style="font-weight: bold;">Third,</u> </span>you should be ready for lots of fun and playtime with the game! OPTIONAL - you can also laminate each card if you want to make sure they don't get bent and will last longer. I beat my kids once and they whooped me every other time after that! We actually got to laughing so hard playing this game that my cheeks hurt afterwards. Usually my family is very competitive and my oldest started out this way with this game and we had a talk about just play for fun and he did and we had the best laugh! It was priceless!</div>
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Well, here are the free printable of the game if you would like to print them out yourself. <b><u><span style="color: red;">Remember, I worked hard on these and so please do not claim them as your own, do not sell them in any way to make a profit. If you would like to share it with someone else, then please link it back to my blog or send them my blog link. Also, I am not claiming that I made these characters myself, I got them off of the internet and can give you the sources of where I got them if you would like</span></u></b>.</div>
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This is my first product review and I am doing this to hopefully share and inform others about certain products. The product I'm reviewing is a toy min-figure set that I bought for my 9 year old son because he finished all his chores and saved up his money. Both of my boys absolutely LOVE Plants vs. Zombies game (especially the new one, Garden Warfare). Here is a picture of the product I ordered. The name of the product is:<br />
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I ordered it from Amazon.com.<br />
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<b>Maker: </b>Popcap (which is the creator of the game itself)<br />
<b>Made in: </b>China<br />
<b>Cost: </b>$19.77<br />
<b>Shipping: </b>This product qualified for Prime membership - so, shipping was FREE!!<br />
<b>Durability: </b>The scuba diver zombie and brown coat zombie are very flimsy and can easily be broken. Neither one of them stand up on their own either. The scuba diver has one flipper off and so he is uneven. The Yeti zombie and plants appear to be more durable.<br />
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I do wish that they made more of the common characters or at least had more of them in the box. This is the only one I have found with these characters.<br />
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Overall, This product has satisfied my boys and they love Plants vs Zombies game and love the characters, I just hate they they are afraid to touch them in fear of breaking them.<br />
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I still would recommend them to a Plants vs Zombies lover because of the realism. I wouldn't buy them for a child under 7 unless they don't chew on toys because they will break, chip paint, and can't handle a lot of playtime.<br />
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Cassie Wilbankshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07992726512206663478noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3391022392921930887.post-36790888495495496202014-03-18T19:32:00.002-07:002014-09-14T20:35:52.045-07:00DIY Minecraft Valentine Cards & Box<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I know it is kind of late but I figured I would finish what I said I would do and that was to share my boys valentine cards and boxes with you. I have already posted my 9 year old's cards that I made. Those were "My Singing Monsters". Today, I am sharing my other son's cards. We made Minecraft Valentine cards and made a Minecraft grass block Valentine box too that was SUPER easy to make!<br />
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Below, I will include the cards I made so that you may download them and use them for yourself. I made them myself. I am not affiliated with Minecraft at all, my boys just really like the game and so we love to come up with new ideas that we can make or create. Please don't claim these as your own, don't use them to make profit from them. Give credit where credit is deserved. I have all of the resources on where I got the Minecraft characters from and can give them to you if you would like them. I did not make the characters myself but designed everything else. I have other ones that I made but I had to make them short and sweet for his class. So hopefully next year I will have more out.<br />
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Below is the box we made for his class to put their cards to him in. He LOVED this box and it was so easy to make!</div>
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Cassie Wilbankshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07992726512206663478noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3391022392921930887.post-34134523115760512112014-02-17T15:30:00.000-08:002014-08-22T21:12:59.687-07:00DIY My Singing Monsters' Valentine Cards & Crafts<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I meant to get these out to you sooner before Valentine's Day but it didn't happen. As you know, I am a big DIY crafts person. Sometimes my eyes and heart are much bigger than my "time". I want to do more than I get to do but it doesn't always happen. I always make the boys Valentine boxes for school and usually am working on them down to the very last minute. For some reason, I work better under pressure! :)<br />
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This year, I finally made everything happen and on time. I made the boys Valentine boxes and cards for school. I really enjoyed every minute of it! If I could just craft all day I would!!<br />
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Well, I asked the boys what they wanted their V-day cards and boxes to be. We obviously know what Spencer picked….drum roll…….Minecraft! Yes, I said it, Minecraft. So I made him Minecraft themed cards and a grass block for his box.<br />
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Preston's ideas/requests, however, are always a challenge. It puts my creativity to the test and challenges me to a whole new level. Creating something your child will like and will actually want to show his friends at school is way more stressful than an art contest or my public speaking class! :) Preston plays this game on my cell phone called, "My Singing Monsters" and absolutely LOVES it! This game is pretty neat. you create a community of different types of monsters and each monster has a certain sound that they make and you put different types of monsters together in various worlds and make different types of music. Some say bum, bum or la, la, la. One monster is a DJ with ice blocks. Another one plays a guitar that is also a monster. It is pretty cool. They only thing I don't like is the fact that it is free to download but has in-app purchases. This means in order to do anything and get anywhere fast, you have to buy these diamonds and for 200 or so diamonds, you have to pay $10 of your own money. If you want a rare or certain monster, you can try to breed certain ones to get it for free but it rarely happens. So you can purchase diamonds to buy the monster. Plus, you can use diamonds to speed up breeding otherwise, you have to wait 24 hours or so for it to hatch. I would rather buy a game for a certain amount and then not have in-app purchases. However, my son loves this game and I really do too. I think it is such a neat and new idea for a game. So, I set out to design him "My Singing Monsters" Valentine cards and a monster box.<br />
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So today I am sharing Preston's Valentine Cards that I made for him of the "My Singing Monsters" cell phone app game.<br />
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I am not affiliated with the people who make "My Singing Monsters" game. The characters that I used to make these cards were found on google. If you would like references then I would be glad to give them to you. I can give references to anyone that needs them. I didn't create these creatures but I designed the cards myself. I hope that you enjoy them.<br />
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Here are the cards I made. If you like them, then you can download them below.<br />
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To make these cards, print them on brochure/presentation glossy paper. I set my printer to that type of paper and printed them out. They printed out beautifully. Then I layer them out and sprayed a varnish protectant spray and let them dry and then cut out and sign. I also created little stickers to use to keep them folded. We signed them, folded them in half, then used the stickers to seal the edges to keep them folded. They looked better than the real thing and the boys LOVED them because they got cards made by mom and made with the characters they like.<br />
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I will be posting our Minecraft Valentine Cards and box we made later.<br />
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Here are pictures of our cards printed out and the box that my son and I made together of one of the monsters. His name is Riff. He is the one in the card of the monster that has the guitar that says "I think you are electric!"<br />
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Here is the cards that we made and printed out. The other ones in the pictures with the My Singing Monsters is Minecraft. I will print them later. These are after we sprayed them with the protectant.</div>
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Here is the Valentine Box of the "My Singing Monsters" monster named Riff. </div>
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Cassie Wilbankshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07992726512206663478noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3391022392921930887.post-32229160327932938932014-02-03T00:17:00.002-08:002014-08-22T21:13:14.650-07:00Minecraft Sword Tutorial Using Wooden Blocks<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
The boys LOVE Minecraft and have gotten me hooked on it too!<br />
Here is a tutorial that my boys and I did together and it was so easy! I got the idea off of youtube from username, "Ihascupquake" She does a bigger version of the sword and I changed a couple of things. I also do mine a little different than she does her sword as far as color, size, etc.<br />
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I've got many more tutorials of Minecraft goodies. Minecraft bingo, v-day cards, and many more that I want to share with you.<br />
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This sword is made using 1/2 in wooden blocks that are painted and then glued together. The tutorial on youtube was made using 1 inch blocks I believe. I wanted to make sure they would like it and it didn't take as long as it did when we did the 1 inch blocks. Plus, it was a perfect size that the boys could choose if they wanted it hung on the wall or some other way.<br />
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I have to say that sometimes our crafts that we make always end up with me making the rest of it while the kiddos go play but they stuck with this one. I really had fun making it too.<br />
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Here is the finished product...<br />
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<li>paint (colors depends on the color you want your sword). we did the diamond sword and I used a picture I found off of google images to match up the colors as close as possible. I made sure to have black and white on hand for the lighter blues and darker blues as well as the browns. The main blue color I started out with is a greenish blue color and just did my best to mix them. <b>If you would like to know the exact paint colors I used, comment me or message me and I will get back to you. </b></li>
<li><b>I used a base acrylic blue color and mixed in white, black, green, etc. to get the other shades of blue and I did the same with the brown. I did use burnt umber for some of it as well. To pick the colors and match them, I looked at a sword from the game and on google and use it as a reference. </b></li>
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I used this sword pattern because I loved how they took the time to number them with matching colors. This helped me out more than anything. Make sure to group the colors and mark them by number and write the number lightly on the back of the blocks, so you know where they go. It is much easier that way.</div>
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Then, I mixed up one color at a time and painted those blocks then moved on to the next color/number. (for example: I painted all of the # 4 and then when I was finished, I painted the next group.<br />
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Above are some of the colors that I mixed up.<br />
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Above, is a picture of the finished blocks after I painted them. Don't worry about the whole sides of the blocks being painted because it isn't needed. Once you have all of the painted blocks glued together well, then you will paint the sides of the blocks. </div>
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Next, you need to lay out your wax paper and start gluing the blocks according to the pattern/color. </div>
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Next, I start putting the sword together in rows like in the pictures. It is much easier to put it together this way. I glue each block down one by one.<br />
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Once you have the whole sword glued together and it has sat down a couple of hours, then it is time to paint a coat of mod podge onto both sides of the sword to seal the blocks together even more. I apply several thin coats. I apply one coat and wait for it to dry and then apply another until you feel it is sealed. Afterwards, you can nail hanging accessories on the back and then hang on the wall or do whatever you want with it. We had so much fun!<br />
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You have got to check out this website! This artist makes these incredible personalized cake toppers among other things. She makes them out of clay and personalizes them to look like the customer or bride and groom. Follow the link above to view some of her work! You won't be disappointed! :)<br />
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Is everyone ready for more Minecraft? I know my family is. I've been searching the internet for days on Minecraft ornament ideas. We made a few out of perler beads and some out of craft foam. This time I came across the idea from our lovely youtube. People are using square clear ornaments from Michaels.<br />
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Well, Micheals were completely out of these ornaments and so I found a website that sells them and they are cheap. The website is called <a href="http://www.sunshinecrafts.com/search.php" target="_blank">Sunshine Crafts</a>. This website is filled with loads of various types of crafts that would keep you browsing for hours. <a href="http://www.sunshinecrafts.com/search.php" target="_blank">Click here</a> to go the their website to purchase the ornament.<br />
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2) Next, I mixed a tiny amount of grey with a generous amount of white paint to make a light grey just like the Ghast. Let dry…<br />
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3) Then, I drew on the Ghast's face with a pencil (very lightly). I don't have a picture of this, sorry.</div>
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4) After you draw the face on, I then drew the pixel block on the other sides of the ghast and I tried to get as accurately as possible but I wasn't too worried.</div>
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5) Then, I got all of my paint colors ready (white, black, grey). My grey was a little dark and so I put a drop of white paint and mixed together. I didn't want it to be as light as the one I used to cover the whole ghast but just slightly lighter than the original grey.</div>
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6) Then, you start painting the face on. I started with the top and worked my way down. I suggest using a small paint brush for this because it is very difficult to get perfect squares. The next one I make, I will use some square stamps that I made to get the perfect square. If it works I will post a tutorial. I think if it works, it will be much faster. </div>
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7)After you are satisfied and finished painting and it is dry, then you need to paint on the protective coating, (I used Triple Thick) You can use any protective coating (varnish is a good one too).</div>
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Instead of using the wire ornament holders that you can purchase, I just used some craft wire I had already at home and it worked perfect!</div>
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Now you should have a wonderful Minecraft Ghast Christmas Ornament! Congrats! Here is a picture of the ornament I made hanging on our tree. </div>
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Cassie Wilbankshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07992726512206663478noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3391022392921930887.post-35692942492485525062013-12-23T21:33:00.000-08:002014-08-06T18:29:54.268-07:00Minecraft Creeper Coolie Cup<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Yes, more Minecraft!!!! We just can't get enough Minecraft at our house. We are constantly thinking of new items we can make. Minecraft just doesn't have many items that they sell and if they do they are so expensive! So my children and I are always looking for new crafts. I actually find myself looking for anything square and thinking to myself, "oh man, I could make a creeper out of that, or a grass block, etc." My children have me even listening to Minecraft songs! :)<br />
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So I want to share another craft that we made. I bought a green coolie cup for $1 at Walmart and I have black craft foam already at home along with some glue and that is it. If you don't have black craft foam, you could use black paint or markers. This is and can be such a cheap, easy, and fun craft.<br />
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I cut out the shape of a creeper face with the craft foam and glued it onto the green coolie. Here are some pictures.<br />
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Cassie Wilbankshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07992726512206663478noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3391022392921930887.post-71944757335944590062013-12-22T08:52:00.002-08:002014-06-26T18:18:34.294-07:00Elf On The Shelf Ideas<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Here is a layout I did with my boys and our Elf on the shelf arrival, Sparkles Magical. The background is the actual letter to them from Santa. I hope you enjoy it.<br />
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Sparkles wrote the boys a letter telling them that he gets into things because he either gets bored or if they aren't listening to mom and dad it makes him naughty at times and then Santa isn't happy. That really made them settle down. At least…….for now….lol<br />
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Cassie Wilbankshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07992726512206663478noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3391022392921930887.post-65923193178019952482013-12-22T06:35:00.001-08:002014-08-22T21:06:43.896-07:00DIY Minecraft Ornaments<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Hello all, I want to share our Minecraft ornaments that we made with you. I both some pearler beads and my 9 year old made a Creeper face out of them by himself. Then we decided to make a grass block out of craft foam.<br />
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I wanted to share the ornaments we made and they are so easy to make. I ordered some clear glass cubed ornaments and I am waiting for them to come in the mail but in the mean time, we get creative on other ways to make ornaments.<br />
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These ornaments are extremely easy to make. Both my boys made them.<br />
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Cassie Wilbankshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07992726512206663478noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3391022392921930887.post-63758108490389115482013-12-02T19:02:00.000-08:002013-12-02T19:03:31.964-08:00BathTime Digital Scrapbooking Layout<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Cassie Wilbankshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07992726512206663478noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3391022392921930887.post-90898964347127581872013-11-29T08:13:00.000-08:002013-11-29T10:49:30.284-08:00Elf on the Shelf Has Arrived<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Yesterday was Thanksgiving and The boys have learned what Thanksgiving is all about and why we celebrate it! We sat around the table and said what we are Thankful for and my youngest son, looks over at me and says, "I'm thankful for you mommy and my family." My heart just melted! He said he loved Thanksgiving. It really made my day!<br />
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The boys had a visitor that made their day yesterday. Sparkles Magical, is his name and the kiddos get so excited when he is around. They spent all day yesterday guarding him so that he didn't get touched and would lose his magic. My husband and I enjoy figuring out what to do next with him. Preston woke up extra early to see where he is today. This magical tradition brings joy to our family. The kids get a long better, the magic of christmas is much more "magical". When I was a child, I believed in the magic of christmas so much that I still want to believe and so I am able to give that to my children and I can see the joy in their eyes that I once felt as a child myself!<br />
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Stay tuned to see all of the wonderful ideas and mischief that Sparkles will get into. We try not to go overboard because then they expect it and it is overwhelming for my husband and I to come up with more and more elaborate ideas. So we stick to cute and small and the boys love it just fine!<br />
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So here is how Sparkles arrived at our house for the second year and the boys loved it!<br />
Our elf, Sparkles, arrived with a note from santa, a notepad around his neck that is a "checkoff" notepad that he gives to santa every night reporting how the boys have been.<br />
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The boys were so excited, they gave him some chocolate and we made him a book bag to carry things to and from the North Pole. Spencer put a crown in there for him to check off on his list.</div>
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So stay tuned for what happened and where Sparkles is today. Let me just say, he had chocolate on his face and brought <b>magic elf seeds</b> for the kiddos to plant. :)</div>
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Cassie Wilbankshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07992726512206663478noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3391022392921930887.post-82795768150983875512013-11-23T15:03:00.000-08:002014-06-26T18:19:22.361-07:00Minecraft Ghast Halloween Costume<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
My son loves Minecraft and I am into making their costumes. This year my oldest son didn't really know what he wanted to be and so he changed his costume several times. He ended up wanting the be a Minecraft Enderman but we didn't get finished with it in time and so he put together a little mixture and still looked fantastic!<br />
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My youngest son loves Minecraft and so we are making Minecraft everything! This Halloween he wanted to be a Ghast and so the journey began.<br />
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To make this costume, I used things I had around the house and so this costume cost us nothing!<br />
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Ok, I finally had some time to post my how-to on carving a super cool Minecraft Creeper Pumpkin.<br />
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I didn't get to take too many "in process" pictures but I think what I have will help. I think that if you don't have a general idea on how to carve a pumpkin then maybe you shouldn't follow this tutorial. :)<br />
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My son absolutely LOVES Minecraft!!! I will be posting pictures soon on a how too make a Minecraft Ghast Costume for Halloween.<br />
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3. Take out all of the stuffing in the pumpkin and save it for later to make pumpkin pie or to plant seeds next spring!!<br />
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Son: "Mommy is this pumpkin still alive?"<br />
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Son: "Yes he was. Now he isn't alive anymore because you took his guts out" What are we going to do now" I bet he is hurting really bad."<br />
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5. We coated our pumpkin with a acrylic varnish and let it dry REALLY well before we lit it with a candle. We did this to help the pumpkin last a little longer.</div>
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Here is our Creeper pumpkin! (Yes, he is sitting on our toilet, and this is because our bathroom has no windows and we wanted it dark. :) )<br />
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Cassie Wilbankshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07992726512206663478noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3391022392921930887.post-12797434868055331082013-10-31T07:29:00.000-07:002013-10-31T07:29:51.894-07:00Halloween Freebies/Printables<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Ok, I know you probably remember me sharing my Halloween treat bag toppers with you guys last week. Well, to celebrate DSD weekend, Touched by A Butterfly has decided to give them away as freebies in her store. I am sooooo flattered! I used her kit, "Monster Mash" to make these and they are just adorable.<br />
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Cassie Wilbankshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07992726512206663478noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3391022392921930887.post-38088651409507255972013-10-31T06:47:00.002-07:002014-08-06T18:35:44.644-07:00Free Kindergarten Worksheet Printable<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Ok, I have done two different digital scrapbooking projects here. I used only one kit. The kit is "Party Monsters" by the fabulous, Touched By A Butterfly!!!!!<br />
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I created a layout of my sister and her friends and then I created MY very FIRST Kindergarten worksheet printable. I have never created one before but have always wanted to. It isn't nothing special, just something I had in my mind and this kit was PERFECT for it!!!!<br />
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I hope you enjoy it and please don't claim the worksheet or anything on my website as your own or don't use it as profit because I do work hard on them and I would just love for you to give me credit where it is deserved. Thank you. I hope you enjoy them.<br />
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I will soon be making some more printables with this kit.<br />
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Cassie Wilbankshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07992726512206663478noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3391022392921930887.post-40553894882786662872013-10-30T19:07:00.001-07:002013-10-30T19:07:48.723-07:00Grandma's House Digital Scrapbooking Kit Layouts<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Here are two layouts. They are old photos of my family. I used the kit, "Grandma's House" by Touched by A Butterfly. I hope you enjoy them.<br />
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Cassie Wilbankshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07992726512206663478noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3391022392921930887.post-71588808587382708702013-10-30T15:15:00.002-07:002013-10-30T15:16:25.611-07:00Another Digital Scrapbooking Layout 2<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Here is another layout I did using kit "Skulls and Pumpkins Galore" by Touched by A Butterfly.<br />
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Cassie Wilbankshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07992726512206663478noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3391022392921930887.post-84221942074462334472013-10-27T10:56:00.001-07:002013-10-30T15:16:48.371-07:00Skulls and Pumpkins Digital Scrapbooking Layout<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Here is another layout I did using the kit, "Skulls and Pumpkins Galore" by Touched By A Butterfly.<br />
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This is my mom and my two boys after a fun day of carving Minecraft Creeper pumpkins.<br />
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To buy this awesome kit, please go to any store below by clicking on the links below the store name.<br />
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