Lisa Storms

halloweek: owl treat boxes

Next up for Halloweek is a printable to make my owl treat boxes featured in the October issue of Scrapbooks Etc. magazine.

Page 1 of pdf template is here.

Page 2 of pdf template is here.

Print the design onto the back of your cardstock (so the lines will be hidden inside). Cut on solid lines.  Score and fold on dotted lines.  

Check out the entire party here at Scrapbooks Etc. for lots more Halloween ideas such as bat straws...

... and fun spool crafts...

... and best costume ribbons ...

... and invites and decorations.  See you tomorrow for more Halloween fun =).

halloweek: jack o' lantern smiles

It's Halloweek here on my blog!  I plan on sharing an easy Halloween project each day this week.

So you may know that I have an obsession with mustaches on sticks.  I can't explain it, but I own it.  This has led to an obsession with just about anything on a stick.  I've done Santa mustaches and  snowman noses for holidays before and figured for Halloween a Jack O'Lantern smile would be appropriate =).

These sticks are fun for parties or photo props.  I'm including a printable here in case you want to get in on the sticky fun.  You can either trace it onto black craft foam as I've done here or print the solid version straight onto white cardstock to cut out.  Then just glue to a thin wooden dowel.

Solid printable pdf here.

Outline version pdf here.

And as always, feel free to email me if the download doesn't work (first try hitting refresh) and I'll send it to you directly.  See you tomorrow! =)

skulls and skeletons

Here are a couple of not-so-scary skeleton crafty things good for the kids.  

First up is a skull treat cup I designed for parents.com.  It's hard to be scary when it's half made of hearts! You can view directions here.

And here is a fun set of skeleton magnets I designed for bhg.com you can download to create your own.  Free printable template can be found here. 

October certainly is rolling right along!  I'll have more Halloween fun to share soon...

paper airplane graduation card (with printable)

The graduation announcements have been pouring in, and my go-to grad gift has always been money.  So I decided I wanted to come up with a creative way to present a check to make it fun!

I am obsessed with paper airplanes.  They have such a happy, playful feel ... and they are just easy to make.  This was inspired by a graduation card I have in the most recent Scrapbooks etc. magazine with a miniature paper airplane on the front.  

I figured I would share a printable for it here on the blog.  Here is the pdf:  Download Planegraduationcard.  Just make sure you click "no scaling" when printing so it's the right size.  It's designed to fit into a regular business-sized (#10) envelope.

Print out the pdf onto non-textured white cardstock.  Cut out just inside the outside line so the edges remain white.  Fold in half with the text inside.  Fold each flap down as shown using the printed slanted mark as a guide for both placement and angle.

I cut a little notch in the back to keep it closed.  Just cut two small slits and fold both to one side.

For the check, fold down both top corners to meet the bottom as shown.  Then just fold in half.  Insert into fold of plane to serve as the top wing-thingy (am I impressing you with my aerospace knowledge??).

I added blue paper to the front of my envelope and hand-cut a couple of clouds for adding the addresses (make sure these are all well-adhered).  Fold down the flaps to place in envelope (obviously lol).  The inside says ... Reach for the stars! Congratulations!

Congrats to all of the graduates! =)

end of school treat for classmates (with printable)

My youngest son has already finished up the school year (kindergarten ends early) and I wanted to bring in a little treat for him to hand out to his classmates at the end-of-school party.  Really I think they are from *me* as I'm more traumatized about school ending than him.  I helped out in the classroom once a week so I have become quite attached to these sweet kids.

I figured I'd share the printable in case anyone would like to make some, too.  They are made to fit around Hershey Miniatures Chocolate Bars.  Just cut out, fold at each vertical line, and adhere around bar on the adhesive tab.  I recommend "signing" them before cutting.

Print onto white cardstock and *be sure* to set the Page Scaling to None when printing or they won't be the right size.  The PDF is here: Download Owlmissyou

I also kept with the owl theme for "wrapping" the teacher gift.  I simply cut angles from the top corners of a small treat bag and folded down, stapling once filled with goodies to secure.  I added eyes made up of circle punches and a rounded chest freehand cut with scissors.

At first I thought he looked too mad, but now I just can't get enough of him.  Lots of personality :P

teacher appreciation week (part 3)

This is one of those projects that didn't turn out how I envisioned.  You know those lollipop Valentines that were popular this year with the photo of a child with a fist?  And you cut slits above and below the fist to insert the lollipop?  I tried that concept with these straws.  But the straws are so much bigger than a lollipop stick that it just didn't look right.  But, I figure you can't go wrong with cute flag toppers!

And if you want some flags for yourself, here is a printable download in pdf form: Download Straw flags.  One is for a teacher and one for a teaching aide.

I liked the cup idea for many reasons.  Not only are they practical, but also a good way to present a thank you note from your child.  My son drew sheets for his teacher and aide, and we rolled them up to place inside.  I added the lemonade packets so I could do an "ade" flag =).

Another printable version of the flags (shown below) using tea packets can be found here.

More of my teacher gifts can be found here.

My end-of-school party ideas can be found here.

teacher appreciation treat with printable tags

Teacher Appreciation Week is finally here!  Today we sent in a little treat to start off the week.  We made "candy apples" by covering Ferrero Rochers with red tissue paper.

I stuck a couple into a little treat bag and simply topped with a paper doily and tag.  I figured someone else might be able to make use of the tags, so I am going to try to attach them here as a pdf for download.  Let's see if I can figure this out lol!

pdf download: Download Class_act_tag

I punched the tags out with my 2" Fiskars circle punch.  They can be used on any teacher gift you give this week.

So here's how to make the apples:

1. Cut out a 6" circle of red tissue paper (I traced a Fiskars Super Sized Circles template).  Since tissue is so thin, you can cut a bunch out at once if you are making multiple.
2. Place a mini glue dot at the bottom of a Ferroro Rocher and stick down in the center of one circle.
3. Wrap the sides up around candy and twist at top.
4. Twist a small piece of masking tape colored brown with a Sharpie marker around the twisted top to secure and serve as a stem.  Trim off excess.  You may want to color in top of stem with your Sharpie if the red shows through after trimming.
5. Punch a small circle of green cardstock and feed back into punch partially to create leaf; attach with mini glue dot.

I'm busy planning the next "thank you" and will post when I'm done!  In the meantime, don't miss the teacher cards I posted last week here.