Memorial Day Popsicles

If you are in the United States you know that Memorial Day is next week and I thought this might be a good time to whip out my favorite Zoku Quick Pop Maker. Now, you don't NEED one, you can make these the old fashioned way, but I will admit making 6 Popsicles in under 10 minutes TOTAL was a bonus!

I used lemonade for all three colors because lemonade Popsicles are a favorite in our house. I just added a drop of red and blue food coloring to the lemonade.

I sliced an apple really thin and used the star shaped cutter that came with my Zoku, but you can find these at your local craft supply store. I added the stars to the Quick Pop maker to add a little more of a festive look.

I simply added blue to one of the pops and striped the red and plain lemonade to make the stripes. I love how the stars and strips pops turned out, and so did my kids!

You can even get a little more creative and add more layers- good ol' Red, White, and Blue!

Just remember to have fun and enjoy the time with your kids. Making Popsicles for my kids is one of my favorite treats for them because they love it and because I know EXACTLY what ingredients they are getting.

Personalized Disney Water Bottles

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Last week at Target, in the dollar section, I found these awesome water bottles. They are red with black tops- PERFECT for what I had in mind! (Honestly, I was just about to purchase some custom water bottles on Etsy for $9.99 each!). I spent $3 on each bottle, and purchased five (I have four kids and my neighbor is coming with us to Walt Disney World so I made one for her as well.) I just happen to have a Cricut Die Cutting machine and knew exactly what I was going to do. I grabbed my Mickey Mouse cartridge and began cutting out the kids names in Disney font. For those who do not have the ability to do this you have a couple of options: you can purchase vinyl letters in Disney font on Etsy for a fairly cheap price, you can cut them out on your own using sharp scissors and some sticky vinyl, or you can make a stencil out of Disney font and paint them on with a permanent paint pen.

Wash and dry your water bottles very well, this helps the vinyl to stick properly.

Print off your names on sticky vinyl.

Carefully remove the back side of the vinyl and place it on your water bottles.

Firmly press every part of the letters to ensure they are stuck really well.

Peel off the top layer of your sticker and smile because you've just created an adorable thing! 

Disney Shoes and Hair Bow

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Wanna know how to turn simple flip flops into adorable unique shoes for Disney and for the Disney fan? It is really easy. First, I found these adorable Mickey Mouse flip flops at Target for 7.99 but, any pair will do even the cheapies from the dollar store can be made cute!

You will need to cut six pieces of ribbon 4 inches long, and then cut a triangle out of each end of the pieces.

Arrange the pieces of ribbon in the order you want them to appear in your decoration.

Pinch the pieces of ribbon in half like this.

Insert a needle with thread into the center of the ribbon and attach the remainder as well.

Wrap the thread around the center of the ribbon stack several times, very tightly, then knot it and snip the end.

Wrap a small piece of ribbon around the center to cover your string and glue it to a pony tail holder OR your shoes! Adorable!!!  Want a Mickey Mouse pony tail holder like the one above? Enter our giveaway!
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Cinderella Nails

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Here's an easy way to turn your princess into a REAL princess. Cinderella nails! I saw this done on adult nails and I knew I could pull this off on my daughter...and she was very pleased to let me try!

Start with a pale blue nail polish. This may take 2-3 coats, since it is so pale.

Next cut out Cinderella's face from a sheet of temporary tattoos. Make sure it is small enough to fit on the finger of your princess.

Then add a bit of silver glitter nail polish.

Last cover each nail with a top coat to keep the art in place for days to come.

Disney bags for our trip

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Measure and Cut the following in fabric:
2 pieces of fabric 14" by 30" (outer and inner bag)
1 piece 3 1/2" by 26" (casing)
1 piece of 1/2" ribbon measuring 2 yards


Fold your two long piece of fabric in half (right side to right side), sew each down the sides and finish the edges with a zigzag stitch.

Turn one of the pieces right side out. Place the lining inside outer fabric with wrong sides together, matching side seams.

Pin them together, starting at the seams and zigzag stitch together close to edge. Set aside.

Take your casing piece of fabric and press each short end down 3/8" and stitch to closed.

Fold casing in half, lengthwise, and zigzag edges together leaving ends open. Match casing on outer fabric of bag with the ends meeting in the middle of the bag and straight stitch to bag.

Press the casing around the the bag upwards and stitch a 1/4" straight stitch to keep the casing upright.

Thread your ribbon through the casing and pull throught so that both ends are even in length. Pin the right end to the left corner of the bag and the left end to the right corner of the bag.

Stitch the ribbon in place and snip off excess. Turn bag inside out and fold bottom corners so the seam of the bag falls on the center bottom of the bag.

Measure 1/2" from  the corner along the stitching line, and draw a 1" line at a right angle to stitching line and stitch across. Repeat on other corner.

Turn the bag right side out and enjoy!

Make your own Disney character autograph book

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We're planning a surprise trip to Walt Disney World for the spring of 2014. I am over the moon excited! I'm looking forward to seeing their faces and enjoying this special place with them. We want to be able to reserve our money for doing the special things there that you can't do anywhere else therefore, I am planning on making a bunch of things at home before our trip. First up? Autograph books! At Disney they range from $15-$49 and I have four kids...so that's a boat load of money! I spent quite a bit of time finding the correct fonts for each character so I hope you like it!

I personalized the covers for each child (Cate is just a fake name I made so you could see what it looked like). The next page is in Disney's famous font "Autographs." Each character has a blank page above it for a photo of your child and that character!

Merida from Brave was the hardest font to find but I finally did it! YAY! I grabbed some free, copyright free photos of each character so that the kids who can't read knew who they were looking for.

Each page has a character or two and their photo. I love how they turned out!

The last page has a well wish to see you next time. I took them to my local copy center and had them put together with a coil binding. It's perfect for sneaking a pen in there for those autographs! Now the challenge for me is to keep these secret until March of 2014! AHHH
If you've kept reading then you're in luck! I'm giving away a book to one of our lucky readers!  Enter below for your chance to win! Also, if you want to make your own I am attaching the files! Click on the words below to download.

Disney Autograph Book

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We're Moving!

We interrupt our normal Pinned it, Did it! to bring you an exciting announcement!  

Yes, you read that right,

ToysInTheDryer.com is moving from Blogger to Wordpress!

We could not be happier!  Thanks to the Ultimate Blog Party at 5 Minutes for Mom we won a Blogger to Wordpress transfer from Blogelina!

So far, Blogelina has been nothing but helpful so we're not anticipating any major transition problems, but pardon our dust as we make the move in the next week or two...

Good-Bye ol' Pal

To our readers:
Today Jamie and her family lost a beloved family member. Their Boxer T.J. His life was tragically cut short and her family is very sad. I just wanted to share the photo of TJ because his face will make you smile and because Jamie could use the support!
Lindsi

Chicken Enchiladas

Homemade chicken enchiladas comin' at ya! We love Mexican inspired food in our home and we hope you do too cause today you're getting a fantastic recipe to make your own chicken enchiladas.

Here's what you need:
cubed chicken (I cheat and buy Oscar Mayer oven roasted chicken, it comes cubed and cooked)
1 can of Rotel
1/2 cup sour cream
8 ounces of pepper jack cheese, shredded
1/2 packet of taco seasoning
tortillas
 

Mix your ingredients up really well and scoop enough to fill the tortilla shells. Roll them up and place them in a deep dish pan. I spray a little vegetable oil on the top to keep them from drying out. I bake them at 350 degrees for about 15 minutes and then scarf!!!

Crayola's Big Colorful Birthday Adventure

To celebrate their 110th birthday, the 8 original crayons are throwing a birthday bash at the new fun-omenal Crayola Experience, the world's only interactive Crayola family attraction. Right now, they're out on a colorful adventure to spread the news, and you're invited to join the fun!

How can you join in on the fun? You can FOLLOW the crayons on their adventure, LEARN more about each color and enter to WIN a trip for 4 to celebrate their birthday and the Grand Opening of the all new Crayola Experience this coming May, 2013! Visit the Crayola Facebook page and click "enter now" for your chance to be first in line when the Crayola Experience reopens.

The new Crayola Experience features four floors of new interactive exhibits and one-of-a-kind attractions that will bring the magic of color and your child's creativity to life! The winner will be among the first to experience the fun, along with a three- night, all-expenses paid stay. It's an experience your kids will never forget - and neither will you!

In the past we have done a ton of fun crafts and activities using Crayola, be sure to check them out!

Chalk Drawings- Coloring inside the cracks













Making your own crayon shapes- Melting crayons










Melted Crayon Formations- melting crayons at its best

Scratch Drawing- layering colors on top of each other

Encourage special time- coloring with your kids

Making Valentines- Using crayons to make Valentines

Leaf Drawings- using things in nature with crayons

This is a sponsored post written by us on behalf of Crayola.  The information above was provided to us by Crayola and we are passing it on to you.  All thoughts and opinions are 100% our own.