Perler Bead Fun Fusion Party

Do you remember Perler Beads from when you were a kid? I remember when I worked in a day care just out of highschool that we made these all the time. Well, my 5 year old really loves them right now! His birthday was today and we thought it would be fun to have a Perler Bead party! I don't usually go all out on birthdays... I'd rather pay for them to go somewhere so that I don't have to do very much work. But I felt the need to have a little fun with this because, well.... it's not Star Wars, Batman, Harry Potter.... you get the idea. For the invitations, we used patterned paper and made a frame on it. Then used glue dots to adhere a perler bead design on the front. For Decor, we hung perler beads from a jute line across the light fixtures... it turned out so cute, I don't want to take it down! We had a fun game of "pin the mouth on the octopus." We printed out a large Perler Bead template from their webite and used that for the game. We printed out another picture for a birthday sign. And even though I hate cake decorating, I made him a cake that looks like Perler Beads on the template. And with the extra batter, we were able to make a few cupcakes which we decorated with... Perler Beads! At the end of the day, I have to say, it was fun to be a little creative and think outside the box for his party! - Anisa

Tip Top Cake Shoppe

One of the hardest things for me about moving to St. George is not having my friend Jacinda from Tip Top Cake Shoppe to make my kids birthday cakes for me. I took classes from her so I have learned how to decorate cakes, but I'm just not that good at it... and it's not my favorite craft! Here is the craft that I made for my 2 year old..... It's nothing compared to this cake Jacinda made for my niece.... Or this one she made for my other son.... I have seen other people decorate cakes and they just aren't as creative as Jacinda.... I'm telling you!!! so, if you live in the Salt Lake Valley, you can have Jacinda make an awesome creation for you. Right now she has a CONTEST going on where she will make 24 cupcakes for you... super yummy and you'd have Thanksgiving dessert taken care of! Check out the details on her blog. -Anisa

Tip Top Cake Shoppe

If you live in the Salt Lake Valley, I have a great recommendation for a Cake Decorator. Her name is Jacinda and her company is Tip Top Cake Shoppe. She is the Wilton Cake Instructor at Hobby Lobby and she is full of creativity! I personally have taken her classes and she is a great teacher. However, I have discovered that cake decorating is not for me! For one thing, you have to get it all done at once... it can't sit on my desk for weeks like many of my unfinished craft projects. For another reason, I am all about distressing... a distressed cake looks like a kid decorated it. And after you are done, people eat your craft:)

So, my little boy wanted a Bakugan birthday cake. And he wanted this specific Bakugan.

She turned this toy, into this cake! Look at all the details... it looks exactly like the toy. And it tasted great too!

So, check her out at www.tiptopcakeshoppe.com.

She does birthday cakes, cupcake birthday parties, wedding cakes, you name it!!!

-Anisa