Popcorn Bags

Let's make our own popcorn bags! So you go to the movies with your family and get the big bucket right? Then you have to keep passing it back and forth, back and forth, back and forth. Annoying right? Well now you can get your kiddos excited about the movie, have a fun craft, and they get their own little popcorn bag! Wonderful I know!
Materials:

• Brown paper bags or really any type of bag

• Paper

• Glue

• PenBlades (of course) #10, #15

• Markers

Steps:

• So just grab some paper bags cut your initial paper backing to fit the bag.

• Look at the movie you'll see or even your child's favorite character and have them plan out their bag. (We did Blue from Inside Out, and Olaf from Frozen)

• Use your PenBlade to cut out your paper. I didn't have my usual cutting mat with me so I actually used by Cricut sticky mat. 

• Glue all your pieces onto the bag and TADA!

Now fold them up and take them in your purse. Buy that huge popcorn bucket and pour some into the new and cute paper bags for the children. It's awesome because now you get to monitor how much the kiddos eat!

This is basically your Christmas Bucket list. 25 days till Christmas with 25 new things to do every day! This is perfect to go along with the Christmas Advent calendar you should have made! (previous blog post)

Every day you do one of these things tell us about it. Take a photo, post on Instagram (#PenBladeChristmas) You will see our journey as well! Alright so here is your list

1. Give a friend a small and simple gift
2. Hang mistletoe
3. Random act of kindness
4. Bake cookies for a neighbor
5. Zoo Lights
6. Have a Snowball Fight
7. Donate a toy
8. Make a Christmas tree ornament
9. Listen to Christmas Music allllll Day
10. Write a letter to Santa
11. Go sledding
12. Make a Gingerbread house
13. Drink hot Cocoa
14. Make Snow angels
15. Read Christmas Stories
16. Go Ice Skating
17. Sit by the fire
18. Take a picture with Santa
19. Build a snowman
20. Watch Christmas movies
21. Wrap presents
22. Wear an ugly Sweater
23. Drive around in your pjs, looking at Christmas lights
24. Leave cookies for Santa
25. Remember what today is all about

So there you go! That is your wonderful list of 25 things to do with your loved one, your boyfriend, your family, your girlfriends, Doesn't Matter! Just do it and have fun!

Merry Early Christmas!

p.s today is giving a small gift. So head over to our Etsy shop and buy a triple get a single for free! 
Ends 12/1 @ 11.59pm

M.I.C.K.E.Y M.O.U.S.E

In honor of mickey mouses birthday I have decided to make a super easy craft for your little girls hair! Its seriously so easy. 

The things you will need are:
one sheet of black felt
hot glue
a barrette

See that? How simple is that list? Okay well you also need to find some circular shapes around the house to use as a template.  So go find an circular object that is about 1in. in diameter and another with about a half in. in diameter. The big one will be the head, the little one will become Mickey's ears. 

Trace 4 head sized pieces on your felt and 8 ear sized pieces from the felt.  Once they are all traced begin to cut them out. The easiest way I found was using a PenBlade. The number #11 was my favorite for this. It is able to cut through felt so easily. You'll see. 

Alright now for the instructions:

1. Grab a head circle and place a drop of glue in the center then fold the circle in half
2. lay a different head circle flat and glue the half circle you just made on half of the flat circle
3. Grab a third head circle, glue in center, fold in half, then glue in center of the half and fold in half again. (should make a quartered circle)
4.  Place a glue drop on the center of the flat head circle with the half head attatched, and stick the quartered circle in the center so the folds stick up
5. Glue your last head as you did in Step 1 and glue on the other side of the quartered circle as you did in step 2.
6. You will Repeat steps 1-5 for the ear circles.
7. glue an ear to each side of the head
8. Now glue your Mickey Mouse to the barrette

 
Boom! Cuteness has arrived!! It may sound a little complicated but just read the instructions a lot and you'll be fine. Now your girl or even yourself can wear a cute little mickey mouse hair barrette anytime you want!