Wood Connection Feature and Giveaway

I am so excited to be guest blogging over at The Wood Connection Blog again today! I am sharing a super fun and easy tutorial here on how to make these scrabble-inspired home decorations! 

You can spell your family name,

make holiday themed ones,

Or just about anything you like!

As an extra bonus The Wood Connection is also giving away another $25 gift certificate here to use at any of their locations! That could make a whole lot of scrabble tiles :) So scroll down and see how to enter, the winner will be announced on July 2nd... Good Luck!!!
*NOTE: The Wood Connection has their products online, but they DO NOT ship! So this giveaway is only open to local (Utah) residents! Thanks again!

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Super Dad Father's Day

This year I wanted to something extra special for dad's in my family since this was the first year that we all live in the same state and all the men in the family are now fathers, congrats to my younger brother for his first little baby! I knew that I wanted to do something fun for all ages, but all the focus on the dads. After searching for ideas and I found the PERFECT inspiration! Piggy Bank Parties put together this incredible Super Dad collection for their readers you can find for FREE here... and that started my whole Superman spin for Dads! 

Super Dad mighty munchies!

 Happy Father's Day banner

Super Dad symbol from Piggy Bank Parties 

I cut the city skyline out of cardboard, spray painted black, and accented with Pow, Zap, Crash, etc...

Cake also inspired from the Super Dad collection....

Super Dad Kryptonite!

Super Sweets...

I loved the cookies SO much, just have to add another pic

I ordered these fabulously yummy cake pops and added mini capes to them

Super Cute!

POP-corn Cones

I also made (from superman cricut cartridge) newspaper candy bar wrappers to fit the theme

We served a light lunch also with a Superhero twist...

I made the banner out of comic books... tutorial coming soon

Hero Sandwiches

Wonder Dogs for the little sidekicks

Super Power fruits and veggies

CRUNCH-y Chips

And Dad's Super Fuel Rootbeer

I love photo booths! They are such a fun activity and also create great memories! 

Beating up uncles is always such fun!

My sweet hub, two brothers, and my own dad - they truly are Super!

This is what being a dad is all about :)

Thank you for sharing in our Father's Day celebration, and a special thanks to Piggy Bank Parties and all the fabulous vendors! I hope that you all enjoyed this special party and inspires your own super celebration!

Vendors:

Event Styling and Photographs - Sweeten Your Day Events 

Superdad inspiration and logo FREE printables - Piggy Bank Parties

Superhero printables, banners, table signs - Dimple Prints 

Photoprops and Hero sandwich labels - Andersruff

Wonderdog printable label - One Charming Party 

T-shirts Design and Inspiration- Bee Custom Apparel

Cookies - the cookie jar/Batches
Cake pops - Mom's Killer Cakes & Cookies

Soda Pop Capes - Oh Creative One 

Dad's Rootbeer Bottles - Old 52 General Store

Pick Your Super Power printables - Simply Swanky

Kaped Kandy Kones - Posh Party Pretties

Cake, Cupcakes, and Cupcake toppers - Sweeten Your Day

Paper Fan Rosette Tutorial

I hope you have enjoyed our little version of Papa's Pizzeria! I just wanted to share another fun and EASY tutorial from that party.  These paper fan rosettes are so simple and so cheap to make. They can be made in any size and variety of patterns to coordinate with your own party decor!

Supplies:

Patterned paper (3 pieces per fan) and a hot glue gun! Yup that's all!

 Fold cardstock paper accordion-style into 1/2 inch folds. It’s good to have different size papers in order to form different sized pinwheels. These sheets were 12" wide and made a 12" fan.  Fold each accordion piece in half. Repeat this 3 times. 3 fans equal 1 pinwheel. (Smaller fans may only take 1-2 sheets depending on size)

Note - You can fancy up your fans at this point by cutting the edges into a scallop, punching some holes, or lots other things to add some variety to your display.

Now secure sides together using a glue gun for extra hold. This creates a part of the pinwheel. Glue all three pieces together (edges out) on sides to make one large piece.

Stretch out your fan and glue the two ends together. You are finished, how easy was that!

Love the variety of fan sizes and color of patterns!

You can also attach dowel rods to the back side of fans with hot glue to create centerpieces!

I hung mine to create a colorful backdrop for this dessert display...

Thank you for checking out this tutorial and you can see more details from my Papa's Pizzeria Party on my blog here! Hope you have fun making your own paper fan rosettes, and please comment or share any tips you have used to make your own a little fancier too.