Mickey Mouse treats

So by the time I was done making all these, I was plum Mickey'd out! They were all a big hit though!

 First I made these little Mickey Oreos. Just dip regular sized Oreos in red Wilton candy chips about half way up. Let them set--it shouldn't take too long. Then, using Betty Crocker cookie icing, attach mini oreos to the top. I found it was easier to do this while the cookie was still flat on the wax paper and just let the icing set in place. Again, should take too long. Then using the same cookie icing put two little dots on the read "pants" for buttons (Sorry, I don't have a picture of that!) I put three of these in a little plastic baggie and put them in the kids goodie bags... and there may or may not have been a few left over for me :0)

I also made Mickey cupcakes. Just make chocolate cupcakes in red paper cups and frost with chocolate frosting and top with crushed oreos. (**GENIUS TIP: Put store-bought chocolate frosting in a microwaveable bowl and microwave for 10 seconds and stir. Dip your cupcakes in the faux-ganache! Don't dip too deep and wipe off the excess on the side of the bowl. then just dip straight into the crushed oreos!) Work quickly and put them in the fridge to let the frosting set. Then add two sides of the mini oreos (no cream filling for this one) and Bam! Mickey Cupcakes!

Finally, the Toodles cake! This is just one 9" round cake (cut in half and filled with strawberries, but you can do what you want) and two smaller round cakes at the top for ears. I used vanilla frosting dyed yellow. When you frost it, frost it all as one cake. Then use your preferred method of decorating tools (your own bag or Wilton's pre-canned frosting with interchangable tips) and add all your "mousekatools"

Happy baking!!

Mickey Mouse Goodie bags

These were by far my favorite. My mom and I had met a lady at a farmer's market who makes little bags like this, so I sort of stole the general idea from her. You could really do these for any theme you wanted and I thought they lent themselves well to a Mickey Mouse!

 Start with black paper lunch sacks. I got mine on Amazon, but you can get them in most colors at any party supply store.

 Cut the top off to make it the size you want it to be.

 Add a yellow strip to the bottom.

 Cut a piece of black cardstock the same width of the bag and however big it needs to be to fold over the top of the bag, This will be the closure.

 Add a red piece of cardstock big enough to cover the front of the bag. Remember to leave a bit of yellow showing at the bottom. Add two pieces of Velcro, hooks on one side and loops on the other, this will fasten your bag closed. I bought mine pre-cut like this at Joanns. If you buy a roll of Velcro, which is more cost effective and what I use for my car seat covers, make sure to cut them evenly. The lady at the farmer's market didn't cut hers evenly and it was obvious...

 Next, add a couple ears on the top and two white buttons (I Mod Podged these on because the glue wasn't really holding very well) and you are set!

Fill them up with fun little toys or candy or stickers (we did all three) and they make great goodie bags!

Mickey Mouse Invites

Honestly, I was hoping these invites would turn out a bit cuter, but I still like them. And again, they are very easy to make!

Using the same circle cutter from the last project, or another circle cutter, cut out three circles for each invitation. I made the ears 4-1/2" and the head 5" to fit the square envelopes I found. Glue the ears to the head on the back.

 Next, I opened a document in Word and created a blank circle (Insert Shape). It allows you to set you shape size, so I selected a size just smaller than my head circle and typed in all the party info. Leave the edge of the circle on the document so when you print it out, you can see where to cut. Then just paste it onto your invite.

 Next, I used my Cricut (GREAT product if you do any sort of paper crafting. Consider it an investment or ask for it for a gift. I love mine!). I cut out the letters for my word. I've heard tell of a Cricut product that you can hook up to your computer and the letters you type can be attached to make one word that gets cut out for you. I haven't seen it anywhere, so I don't know if they make it anymore, but as I was making this project, I wish I had it. If you have another way to do the lettering that doesn't take so much pasting individual letters, please feel free to use your method!

 Put the lettering on the back of the ears so you can see them when they are folded down.

 Put the Mickey Mouse letters on the inside of your ears so when your guest opens his invite, it unveils to be a Mickey Mouse shape!

OK, The invites are out! Get ready to party!

Happy Crafting!

Mickey Mouse Ears

Welcome to the first in a series of Mickey Mouse-themed crafts and snacks (thanks to my two-year-old's obsession with "stickey" and his birthday party being this past weekend).  I meant to do one of these a day leading up to the party but I got busy. THEN I was going to do one a day after the party, but **shocker** I was still busy... But it's better late than never!!

Part of the favors I made for the kids were little Mickey Mouse ears, and I can't stress to you enough how easy these were.

I started with pre-stiffened felt. I didn't even know this stuff existed. I was going to buy regular felt and fuse two pieces together with heavy duty interfacing. The pre-stiffened stuff was a little bit more expensive than the regular felt, but when you factor in the fact that you don't have to buy the interfacing and it is a quicker process, the extra 70 cents per sheet is worth it.

 Next, I used my Fiskars circle cutter (at $15 at Joann's, it is an inexpensive tool that will be used a lot. It makes perfect circles from 1" diameter up to 8"). It is also very easy to use. Just set your measurement, hold down the middle and spin!  I made my circles 5".

Next, fold down a small portion of the circle and add a little hot glue and stick it to your headband. My headbands were already black, but you could easily buy any color and cover it with black ribbon.

Aren't these cute? I added some red polka dot ribbon to make Minnie ears too.

Happy Crafting!

Stay tuned for more Mickey fun!