Holidays | I Tri and Craft

April 16, 2014
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Easter Bunny Juice Boxes for a Preschool Easter Party

Ian has his Easter party at school today.
So what do I volunteer to bring?
Juice boxes of course because I can make them look like super cute little bunnies.
I found these Hansen’s Junior Juice
boxes and thought the would be perfect because there are just 4.23 oz, a perfect size for little 4 & 5 year olds.

I used my Silhouette Cameo to cut out all the parts for the bunny.

I was grateful that I had two mats! I could load another one to cut, while I was taking all these little parts off.
I then just glued them all together and wrapped around the boxes.

I made 20 boxes and was able to use one 12×12″ sheet of pink card stock, scrap pieces of black and 7 sheets of 8.5×11″ white card stock. I also had the googly eyes, so I only had to buy the juice boxes, which I got 20 for less than $7.

I also broke out my Cameo to make a letter matching egg game. I got the eggs 18/$1 and I already had the vinyl. I cut out an upper case and a lower case letter, and put them on different colored eggs.

I put the upper case on the top half and lower case on the bottom half. The kids then would match the two letter s together.

We also had the kids make rabbit masks to hold up for a group picture.

You need a paper plate, card stock for the ears (white and pink), pipe cleaners for the whiskers and craft sticks for a handle.

We cut out the center of the plate, made a template for the ears and let the kids cut the ears and glue them together.

They turned really cute and we were able to get a great group picture.

Happy Easter

February 14, 2014
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Ian’s First Valentine Exchange

This is Ian’s first year at pre-school. I am having such a wonderful time. Oh, he is enjoying it as well.

My favorite thing about him being in school is the stuff he gets to make. I LOVE it! But I also love the stuff I get to make for class room parties and stuff.

As you may know today is Valentine’s Day.

I don’t like Valentine’s Day. Seriously, it is my least favorite holiday.

You don’t get time off from work/school. You don’t get ‘real’ presents. If you are a girl you may get flowers or candy, and every once in a while some jewelry. But those are anniversary gifts. Plus if you want to go out to dinner or away somewhere, good luck! Everything is always booked or you have some ridiculous wait time.

But you know why I really don’t like Valentine’s day?

The hearts.

Yep, that’s right. I can’t stand hearts.

Except these kind.

Seriously, these are great.

I was trying to figure out some kind of valentine for Ian to give to his school friends that did not include “Be Mine” or “Love” or some other gross mushy heart filled sentiment.

Come on people! they are 4-year olds! They can’t even read the cards!

Ok, so I found I found these:

They are cute and use Smarties, which we all love.

So I tried to make something like that with my Silhouette Cameo. Tip Junkie does offer a free printable for these cards, but I wanted to make my own.

This is as far as I got:

I didn’t really like how they looked. The pants never looked right (that’s why they are not pictured) they were too big, the smarties didn’t sit in the right. I just wasn’t happy with the outcome. Plus there are hearts on it! yuck!

So I decided to try something else. I wanted to give little gift bags, that way I could more than just one piece of candy in it. I could add little sticker or an eraser or something like that.

Since I got my Silhouette Cameo I joined a Facebook group and someone posted this super cute card with glasses and a pun-ny little saying “In my Eyes…something or other.” Using that as inspiration I made these:

I made my own cut files using a bag template and png file (for the glasses) that I already had. I cut the word “Eye” out of black glitter card-stock, and the bag is just regular 65lb card-stock.

Of course my Cameo did all the cutting & writing for me, I just had to glue and fill. I know, I know, there is a heart on the glasses. What’s a girl to do? It is Valentine’s day after all.

I had thought about letting Ian write his own name. But he just wasn’t game.

Happy Crafting

I linked this project up to

January 29, 2014
by Dawn Marie 1 Comment

Groundhog Day Free Printable

This Sunday is Groundhog Day.

I know, you have been counting down all month!

Folklore says that we will determine how much longer winter will last depending on if the groundhog sees his shadow. If it is sunny and he sees his shadow we will have winter for another six weeks.

According to the National Climatic Data Center, the groundhog is a poor predictor of the coming of spring. Yet, we still celebrate this holiday. Most prominently in southeastern Pennsylvania. In fact there is a Punxsutawney Groundhog Club, who organizes a huge party.

My sister, a teacher, asked me to make some decorations because the following Monday they are going to have a pot-luck at work.

So I decided to share those decorations with you! I know, you just can’t contain your excitement!