Foam Eggs

I cut these out before the demise of my Cricut Expression.  I cut out the foam eggs and the squiggly lines.  Then I used a container of sticky back foam flowers I already had.   Peanut really enjoyed decorating her eggs.  Anything that involves a glue stick and stickers is great fun in her book.  Sticky back magnetic strips on the back finished them off!  She's been enjoying playing with them on the fridge for the last couple weeks.  

Happy Easter!

Shadow Puppets

These are the shadow puppets I mentioned in a previous post. My step mom suggested that they'd be perfect in a vase.  I don't have a vase, so this spaghetti sauce jar will do.  I plan on decorating it in a future post.

These are the bugs and flower I made for the "Grasshopper lost his hop" play I made up

This is Goldilocks and the 3 bears the modern version.  I didn't have porridge, beds, or chairs, so I went with ice cream and boots instead.

These are the other ones I made to do random stories with.

I really do think the cricut worked really well.  I had a lot of fun finding shapes to do and it was easy to do 20 (the number of dowel rods I had).

Tutorial: Cutting Craft Foam with the Cricut

I was fortunate enough to get my hands on a Cricut for a few days this past week.  There were two projects put on hold by the unfortunate demise of mine.  The first was shadow puppets for Peanut's puppet theater and the second was foam easter egg magnets for her to decorate.  So, after doing the projects I can now share how I managed to cut craft foam with my cricut using a deep cut housing and blade.

Set the speed to 2

Set the pressure to 4

Set the blade number to 5 (more than 5 cuts into the mat)

After its done cutting you'll need to pull apart the shape from the leftover foam.  With the blade set at 5 it wasn't very hard.  Its not perfectly smooth on the edges, but plenty smooth for my needs.

Sorry I don't have any pictures of the process.  One of these days I'll be able to replace my broken camera.

Birthday Banner

This is the banner I made for Peanut's birthday party using the circut. I'm going to use yarn and a hole punch to hang it by punching holes in the sides and stringing the yarn through. I can't wait to see what it looks like hung up.

Birthday Party Invites

I can't believe Peanut is turning 3! We will be heading to PA to throw a birthday party so our families can attend. This is the front of the invitation I made using the Cricut.

freezer paper stencil pillows

Papa B's extended family does a gift exchange every year. Everyone draws a name and they buy a gift for that person only. I got one of Papa B's aunts. I had a hard time coming up with an idea for her. I finally settled on decorative throw pillows. I figured the safest way to make some that would match her decorating style was to make them seasonal versus everyday.

I used my Cricut, fabric paints, freezer paper, cotton fabric, and throw pillow inserts to make these. The Cricut was able to cut the freezer paper easily and saved me a bunch of agony trying to design and cut out my own images. I made the pillow cases first and then painted them. They're the kind that overlap in the back.