My first project was making the perfect invites to set the stage for the party. As I made all the invitations for my wedding and various other events, I did have many of the supplies already which made making these very inexpensive. I also watched the ads and waited until the cards and paper were all on sale for 40% off. I think it cost roughly $10 for the paper and card supplies and $15 to add the circle cutter and template to my collection of supplies.
Here are the photos:
All of the supplies:
packs of flat cards and envelopes8x11 paper in primary colors
12x12 paper (only black used)
scissors
Fiskars shape cutter
two sizes of circle punches
BIG glue stick
The red and orange paper with the shape cutter and template for Elmo's head and nose
The white and black paper with the punches and circle cutter that I used to make the eyeballs and Elmo's mouth (I cut out an oval and then used a slice from either end to make Elmo's smile)
All of the pieces ready to be assembled!
Elmo comes together!
(Not pictured here, but seen in the final product are the small circles I thought of as an additional decoration which were punched using the smaller circle punch from the scraps of the paper used to make the colorful invitation wording.)
The front of the invitation
(The colors are muted because my husband used a scanner to put this image into the computer and it washed them out a bit)
The back of the invitation with (personal information blurred.)
I was really excited with how these came out. I knew the Elmo was a good representation when I saw the huge smile on my little girl's face the first time she saw them.
More party planning to come in the next few weeks...
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