My little girl turned 5 years old last week. When she was born, it was hard to imagine this little tiny baby eventually growing into a walking, talking school aged kid.
And then I blinked… and she was grown! A perfect little mix of both me and her daddy with her own wild personality.
Each year I let my girls pick their birthday party theme. This year Natalie picked a tea party theme.
Her party invitation is a freebie from The Shoppe Designs – get it HERE. I altered it to fit the tea party theme.
I enjoy doing themed parties, creating the decorations, and baking special birthday cakes for my girls. I’ve built quite the collection of party decor, but I still like to make something unique for each party.
This year, I made a yarn wrapped letter banner and paper tea cup cupcake wrappers. The yarn banner cost me $5 – the price of the yarn. And the cupcake holders were made with cardstock I already had.
Yarn Wrapped Letters
I chose the “Bebas” font since it’s bold and completely straight. Then I cut the letters as large as I could on a sheet of red cardstock. I like to use double sided tape or glue to keep the red cardstock stuck to my cardboard while cutting. Cut your letters out of the cardboard with a utility knife for a clean cut.
Start wrapping the cardboard letters with a thick yarn. Thin yarn will work too but it takes forever and I like the look of the thicker yarn better. You will need to stop and start in places so you can cover every section of the letters. Just make sure you start the new piece on the back of the letters.
Once you have finished all the letters, you could leave them as is and sit them on a shelf or table. OR you could hot glue the back of the letters to a piece of twine or rope for a banner, like I did.
Tea Cup – Cupcake Wrappers
The paper tea cups were made with textured pastel cardstock. I tested a few cupcake wrapper freebies I found before I created this template myself. I wanted my tea cups short so the icing on the cupcake would show.
Click to download the FREE Silhouette cut file – Tea Cup Cupcake Wrapper
UPDATED: Click here to download the free PDF file – Tea Cup Cupcake Wrapper PDF
I cut my tea cups on a 12×12 sheet of cardstock. There are two different types of handles. Glue the two matching pieces together for a stronger handle.
Super glue the handle to the edge of the wrapper and let it dry before you bend out the handle. Next, add super glue to the inside of the lower part of the wrapper and attach the base of the cup (the larger of the two circles) by pushing it down from the top.
Then all you need to do is glue your plate for the cup to sit on. The cup and the plate should be two separate pieces.
It sounds difficult but it’s actually quite easy. And you could always skip adding the handle and use them as plain scalloped cupcake wrappers.
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I would make the Thanksgiving place cards! How cute are those?!? I also basically love any and all of the vinyl crafts. I have been dying for a silhouette for so long, ever since I saw your first crafts.
I’m redoing my front entry way, new door, painting, etc. I really want to try the front door mat! 🙂
I would print the 3d airplane for my boys to make
What a fun party! Your daughter is so cute and I am loving all the decorations & that cake!
Ever since I saw your Tea Party photos I wanted to do that for my little one! But I also love the Simple minky stuffed elephant inspiration project
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I would make the stenciled door mat for our new house!
I would love to make the Autumn Leaves wreath and a spring flower one also.
I saw a t-shirt created there that says “going places!” I wouldn’t do that one, but I’d do another one for my little redheaded baby!
I would love to create the pumpkin colored picture frame for my littles.
I would love to make the MOTHER’S DAY SHADOW BOX, but I might add some personal items along with the flowers.
I love my Silhouette Cameo! But I’d love to win The Portrait too because it is so portable 🙂 love to create more fabric projects with it if I won! Hoping?….
I have a cricket, but am SO ready to upgrade to a Silhouette! I could make some amazing Christmas gifts with it! Fingers crossed I win!
I would like to create gift tags for Christmas.
I want to make the 3-d plane. I would have to make 3 of them thou. 🙂
Oh wow, Happy Birthday Natalie! What a fantastic looking party, you did a great job! The cupcake holders are too cute.
There are several things I would love to make! My daughter would love the Heat Transfer Doodle Hair Clip!
Stenciled door mat
I love the hair clips!
I would a Christmas Countdown garland.
What a beautiful birthday party! I do many DIY pieces for my son’s birthday parties, but they’re never this fabulous. (I also don’t have the help of a Silhouette!! I need one!)
I have been wanting one of these for so long. I love how you can create patterned iron ons!
Your designs are so cute. The cupcake holders are absolutely perfect for a tea party!
My sister is getting married next year so we would use it to make cupcake wrappers, placecards, and probably thank you cards.
What a fun party. I’m loving those yarn wrapped letters! Im thinking about making some for christmas to hang on my mantle.