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Jedisan
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01-11-2002

Sunday, July 31, 2005 - 7:21 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jedisan a private message Print Post    
My mom and I are throwing a party for my brother and his family who will be visiting from Alaska.
Mom wants to have a little party favor we can give to our guests (less than 100).
Any ideas about something we can make that is fairly easy and fairly easy on the pocketbook?

Thanks, in advance!!


Max
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08-12-2000

Sunday, July 31, 2005 - 7:34 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Max a private message Print Post    
Any theme? Is this for any special occasion? Need something to go on here. Does your brother and his family have any special interests?


Jedisan
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01-11-2002

Sunday, July 31, 2005 - 8:02 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jedisan a private message Print Post    
Thanks Max for the questions, sorry I did not elaborate more - you are good for asking.
There is no theme, per se.
We have our annual family reunion on Labor day weekend, but bro and fam can never be there, because they have to be back home in time for school.
Since all five of them rarely come to the "lower 48" as a group, and it is hard for them to travel all over to see everyone, we are having a party so folks can come to them.
My mom booked "The little people" (don't know what they are really called), hopefully folks know what I am talking about (not real little people, but adults in costumes that have huge heads, and little bitty bodies.)
We will be decorating though, so maybe we can create a generic theme based on the ideas that we can gather.
We are open to anything.
I really am grateful for any ideas - we don't have much time either. The party is 8/13.
I wish I could thing of something that is "family" oriented. My brother and SIL adopted three native (alaskan) kids (SIL is also a native) two boys and a girl. We have lots of activities planned - Can't wait to take them to Great America - they are going to have sensory overload!!
Thanks again for your interest and additional thoughts and ideas... hope this little background helps.

Max
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08-12-2000

Sunday, July 31, 2005 - 12:16 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Max a private message Print Post    
Since you don't have a chance to see each other often, look for some small photo albums and some disposable cameras. Everyone can take a lot of pictures and fill their albums with memories. You could start off each album with some older family pictures. If you have the means, get a couple of Polaroid cameras so that folks can take pictures right then and there and pick the ones they like for their albums. You only need a couple of cameras, but lots of film, and then let everyone use the cameras as they want to, putting all the pics on a table that's been set aside. Everyone can then take the pics they want and make their albums.

Heck, the albums don't have to be much -- you could get some small ones at your local dollar store and be set. You could decorate the cover of each with some stickers or stencils or whatever to make the special for the occasion.

Anyway, those are a couple ideas. It just seems that since you so rarely get to see each other, whatever you do should have pictures involved. :-)

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Sunday, July 31, 2005 - 9:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
I like that Max! And if you chose to do that Jedisan, you guys could collect photos from previous family reunions your sibs couldn't get to plus photos from growing up and make up poster boards too.

Max
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08-12-2000

Sunday, July 31, 2005 - 9:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Max a private message Print Post    
Yep. Everyone usually has boxes of pictures around that they don't know what to do with. This would be a great opportunity to get them out and let folks make little albums that showcase memories and people who are special to them. :-)

Jedisan
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01-11-2002

Tuesday, August 02, 2005 - 3:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jedisan a private message Print Post    
Great ideas folks!!!
We are going to put out disposable digital cameras.
My mom wanted to hire a photographer, but is finding that impossible due to the late notice.
We are still racking our brains.
I really appreciate all ideas.
Thanks.


Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Monday, February 20, 2006 - 12:37 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
NEW REQUEST. (and I am hoping for quick answers as I need this today!)

Anyways, our Tiger Scouts are making a "treasure" type box tonight. We will be building a wooden box for the boys to put collectibles in, all the wood is precut and predrilled all they will need to do is glue and assemble.

Any ideas of what the boys can decorate this with? I think these will be nice keepsakes and I hate to just let the boys have at 'em with paint and stickers.

Any ideas are appreciated. I was thinking of jewels, but guess that is too girly...

Also is there any type of a "clear nail polish" type thing (varnish?? polythurane???) we could do if we did find some cute scrap book type cut outs?

(I hope I make sense. I am so sick right now...)

Resortgirl
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09-23-2000

Monday, February 20, 2006 - 12:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Resortgirl a private message Print Post    
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/box/treasurechest/

here's an idea... I'll look for more

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Monday, February 20, 2006 - 12:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
Oh cool RG! Thank you so much!!! (and to think you are helping me in the middle of what you are going thru right now!! That is so nice of you!)

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Monday, February 20, 2006 - 1:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Julie, when you're better check out Michaels. Specifically the aisles with buttons (yes buttons) and beads/charms. You can find buttons there (or I guess pretty much anywhere) that are boyish (sailing stuff, animals, bugs even) that have the little loopy things on the back for the thread and file down or cut off those things to make the back smooth, then glue onto the boxes. And pewter/silver/gold/bronze charms for jewelry that you can also find with boy themes.

You can also you everyday stuff that the boys enjoy. We've done picture frames that the boys (Caleb and my nephews) have glued on things like rocks, matchbox cars, army guys. Ask the boys to bring in something small that means something to them but that they wouldn't mind gluing (and so later not being able to use) to their treasure boxes, you might be surprised what they decide on. Or glitter glue in nuetral (or blue/green) colors.

You could also do a nature walk and let the boys collect stuff (rocks, feathers, whatever strikes their fancy.)

When we were kids, mom was taking care of a woman at the hospital and through talking to her husband he learned he did wood work and one of his biggest sellers were these vanity boxes that had a mirror on top and a drawer that pulled all the way out. She had him make one for each of us but left unfinished, then she wood burned designs into the box and the drawer. She put pictures of us growing up on the back of the drawer, burned our names and birthdates, and then varnished it and sprayed it. Do you have anyone who could maybe wood burn the boys names or a design the boys drew on the box for them. That might be kind of fun for them to draw or trace their own pictures for someone to burn.

When I'm sticking a pic to wood, I first glue it (minimal glue so the pic doesn't warp) and then spray with a clear acrilic sealer or polyurethane. You want to spray it in a well ventilated area and just a light spray cuz if you use too much it gets kinda gummy on the pic and might run (the pictures don't run but the spray could.) My best suggestion would be to buy a couple cheap cans of different stuff (Walmart has them with the wood crafts) and practice on some scrap wood with pics or cutouts to see which you like best and what works best for you.

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Monday, February 20, 2006 - 1:31 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
Mucho mucho gracias Wargod!!! You ROCK!!!!!

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Monday, February 20, 2006 - 3:08 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
You're welcome, Julie. I've done stuff like this with the kids before, it's always fun to see what they'll come up with.

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Wednesday, August 30, 2006 - 11:09 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
NEW REQUEST

Please help, you creative posters! What is a cute (yet not too cutesy) costume that I can make for my 7 year old? He would prefer something scary or gorey, but it is for school too and they won't let anything gorey or too scary.

I'd prefer something made with a sweatsuit as a base. It has to be something with no mask and it has to be easy for him to get off and on the school bus with.

Any ideas are so welcome. THANKS!

Bearware
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07-12-2002

Wednesday, August 30, 2006 - 5:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Bearware a private message Print Post    
Superman's big this year. AND he has a cape!

A spider would be icky - sew extra arms on the outfit and tie them to ones his arms are in so they all move together.

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Thursday, September 07, 2006 - 7:39 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
Which do you guys like best?


Serenity
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06-28-2005

Thursday, September 07, 2006 - 8:18 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Serenity a private message Print Post    
Those are all cute Julieboo...but I'm not sure any of them would be really easy to take on the bus.

Landi
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07-29-2002

Thursday, September 07, 2006 - 8:51 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Landi a private message Print Post    
no child wants to be a toilet.

Escapee
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06-15-2004

Thursday, September 07, 2006 - 8:58 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Escapee a private message Print Post    
When I was in school, if someone was to wear that toilet costume, they would have been deficated on. No joke.


I like the alien one.

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Thursday, September 07, 2006 - 9:01 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
Oh landi, my son thinks it is hysterical!!!!

Max
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08-12-2000

Thursday, September 07, 2006 - 9:34 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Max a private message Print Post    
The alien rocks!