Washcloth Cupcakes/Teacher Gift

This is what we are doing for teacher gifts for Valentine's Day this year!!  Just wrap one of these washcloth cupcakes in a cellophane bag with a few candy conversation hearts, and you have a CUTE gift!

Here is what you will need:

*Washcloths, *Cupcake wrappers, *cupcake toppers

First, you need to lay out the washcloth, and fold
it in half, and then in half again. (You can fold it
again after that for a third time, it depends on how
tall you want your cupcakes)

Then, take the end and fold it like in the picture above.
And, then start rolling it, starting at the end
where you just folded it, and it should look
like this:





Then, put the rolled up washcloth in one of the cupcake wrappers.
  Once the washcloth is in there, you can
fluff it up, and
spread it out a little bit.

Since they are washcloths,
little heart soaps added
 to the top is a perfect finish!

Or, you can stick cute suckers
 in them like this

Amy 

The Crafty Side Of Life

Crepe Paper Wreath

Are you looking for a CHEAP and EASY Valentines project?  Here it is.  I think it turned out pretty cute.

AND, all you need is 3 things to make this!

*Crepe Paper- I used about 3/4 of a roll and it made a wreath size about the size of a dessert plate, but you can make one as big as you would like

*A piece of wire

*Embellishments 

Your first step is to cut the Crepe paper into about foot long strips.  You don't want to fold the whole roll into one bunch, because if you do that, it will be much harder to punch a hole all the way through.  That is why you take little strips at a time.  Makes the hole punching a lot easier!
So, as I just said, you want to fold the Crepe paper like this:

And when you have that piece folded, punch the wire through the middle like this: 

And repeat until you have the whole length of the wire covered
like this:
(I added some white Crepe paper as well)

When you're done, add a few embellishments and a piece of ribbon to hang it from like this:




They would be so cute in any color!!

Amy 

The Crafty Side Of Life

Freebie!!!!!!

Feel free to take this!
Also, if you do end up using it,
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Amy 

The Crafty Side Of Life

Love Birds Gift Bucket

I saw this bucket at Target, and wanted to make something Valentines-ey (is that a word??) with it.

I got this bucket at Target in their $1 bin for $2.50.
LOVE Target $1 bin!

Used my Silhouette Machine to cut out the vinyl

Tore a few strips of material
that I had from Christmas

And, found this filler shred at
Target as well for .99 cents

Here is the finished product:

A cute basket that can be used in so many ways

-You could take out the filler and put your Valentine's candy in it

-You could put a Valentine's Day gift in the bucket underneath the filler

-It can be just used as a cute decoration  

-Display it next to a few cute chunky wooden hearts, as a table centerpiece or, lay the hearts on top of the filler in the bucket

 (Kind of the same idea as easter eggs) 

Please let me know what you think

and.....share the love!

Thanks!

Amy 

The Crafty Side Of Life