Maclayne's 4th Birthday Party

We had Maclayne's 4th birthday party over the weekend and she had such a great time! We got her and Mackenzie a joint gift, which was a trampoline. I think she jumped on it almost the whole time! We just had family this year so it was very laid back and a lot of fun!

She loves dinosaurs and it just so happens that Peppa's little brother, George, always has his toy dinosaur. So I decided to make peppa cookies and dinosaur cookies.

We also had "Muddy Puddles" which were No Bake Cookies. These are one of our favorite cookies and I think they worked perfectly with the theme! We also served "Muddy Water" or chocolate milk. Maclayne really got a kick out of all the names and called them muddy puddles and muddy water! My husband printed out the poster, but you can find them for pretty cheap on Ebay. 

She insisted on me making a chocolate cake and was a little bummed when she saw me with blue frosting. She wanted the whole cake to be chocolate! Brown is just too boring for me! I did a very simple shell technique for the cake and it did not take long at all! All you do is make rows of shells all along the sides. You don't have to be perfect! I made a chocolate muddy puddle by melting chocolate candy melts and forming it into a circle. I then placed her Pig family on top. You could make the characters out of fondant, but I really didn't feel like it was worth the time and no one would eat them anyway!

For party favors I just did candy and dinosaur bubbles. I used pink bags and printed stickers on the silhouette with a picture of Peppa. I really kept it simple this year, but I loved the way it turned out!

Peppa Pig Invitations

I recently created Maclayne's 4th birthday invites on the silhouette. She loves Peppa Pig and decided on that theme for her birthday. This is a very simple invite and took very little time to make.

First, I decided on the colors that I wanted for her party-pink and yellow. Next, I found an image of Peppa Pig that was good enough quality to print on the invite. I began by creating a square with rounded corners. It is a shape that you can select from the upper left side. I filled it in the dark pink that I wanted. Next, I found a shape that I wanted to use to put the text in. I was able to expand the line thickness and make it yellow. Then I placed the image of Peppa Pig at the top. The banner at the bottom is also a shape that I already had. I added the text to fit in the banner. If you double click on the text, there will be a little black cross or x that appears. You can move it around to make the curve needed for the shape. Finally, I added the text in the center of the invite using the Miss Smarty Pants font.

Now it's time to get it ready to print. Click on the cut icon to make sure that only the large square is set to cut. Then go to the open registration marks icon at the top right of the program. Add your registration marks and make them as small as they will go. I was able to fit 2 invitations on one piece of 8 1/2 by 11 paper. After you have set the registration marks, you can either click on send to silhouette or print. After it has printed, load it onto your mat and into the machine. Click detect registration marks. Once it says it has been successful, click cut. Voila! You can either send them as is, or make a square a little bigger than the original, cut it, and paste the printed invite on top. That is what I did because I like the sturdiness and contrast it gives. Hope you like it!