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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So cool!!! I’ve always wanted a cutting machine! It would make my life as a teacher so much easier! I adore the yarn wrapped letters and those cupcake teacups are just precious!!!
Some adorable inspiration! I really like the Thanksgiving placecards.
That is a great party layout. That Silhouette looks so handy.
i would love to win! What a great giveaway!
Looks like a fabulous party. I love the cute little cupcake wrappers!
I’d love to make the Tissue Paper Stained Glass Windows | Fall Kids Craft with the kids
I’d love to make iron on Frozen decals to make some tees for dd!
i love how crafty you are! This is an excellent and unusual item for a giveaway!
I’d like to make family shirts for our next trip to Disney!
the cupcake holders are adorable – I would of loved to make the bats happy Halloween cupcake wrapper this year. Hope I win the giveaway!
I’m totally in awe of this bit of kit! Would love to make the teacup wrappers!
This is gorgeous. I would love to do a tea party themed birthday for kiddo. Her birthday is in January. The character theme parties get a little out of control sometimes. I’d love to do something a bit more unique.
What a great giveaway! Such great ideas!
Those tea cups cupcake holders are ADORABLE! Thanks for the giveaway.
I would make the Home Sweet Home Stenciled Door Mat
I love this. The letters are so cool and I could see them in so many different uses. I’m so excited to see all that it can do.
My niece has been wanting one of these I think she wants to make Christmas Cards First
I would like to make Christmas Cards with the Silhouette!
would love to try the gold foil placecards for the Holidays!
I’d make these tea cups for a bridal shower
Your little tea cups are fabulous. That whole party looks really nice. And the giveaway is a good one!
You made a lot of super cute things! I have a Silhouette Cameo and absolutely love it.
Wow! Everything looks so adorable! I think my mom and my sister would love a Silhouette Cameo!
I love that spooky faux etched mirror on their site. That is so cute! I also love how your teacups came out!
I would love to make labels for organization!