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Friday, October 8, 2010

Handmade {{Lego}} Birthday Banner!

HELLO THERE- my oldest turnes "9" on Tuesday Oct. 12th. HE IS A LEGO KING, let me tell you. He makes some of the coolest lego machines that dispense candy and all. Safes and all kinds of fun stuff. He loves to watch kids build and make fun lego stuff on YouTube. He gets alot of inspiration there. SO the bubs made sure to tell me months ago that he wants a LEGO Birthday. So mom trying to be frugal has made him a one of a kind handmade lego banner. I LOVES IT!
To make my handmade Lego Banner I used the Lyrical Letters Cartridge for my cricut for the blue shape. For the green circles and letters I used the Platinum School Book Cartridge.
  For the squares rectangles and circles- I used again, the Platinum School book cartridge. With patience all this can be done free hand or from tracing certain shapes from things in your home or kitchen cubbys. Or if you have punches or a silhouette machine.
I used the raised glue dots for a 3-d look.

here they are done!
Labeled banner and legos all made.
then the layout pattern....
Next I whole punched on the sides or in the center of each piece, and ran ribbon through each one.

then to make my son smile more, I wrapped two of his packages to look like legos, just something extra and fun.

I WILL SHOW more of the party ideas when I get them done. Thanks so much for stopping by. I am linking up with Blackberry Vine for Jami's Pretty Packages Party HERE.

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23 comments:

Leah {Living Life Crafty} said...

Such a cute idea! I really like the wrapping idea!

Coley said...

Super cute banner! I love the presents looking like legos too. You could actually use some of those as decor too. :)

Jen @ tatertotsandjello.com said...

Adorable, adorable, adorable!! Love it jenn. Sooo cute!

xox
Jen

Amanda said...

I love the banner! Gorgeous and so creative!

Jenn said...

I love it! Thanks for sharing. And I love how you made your gift wrapping legofied as well. I shared a free banner printable/tutoral this week as well, would love to share http://www.thismommyloves.com/2010/10/free-banner-printable-and-tutorial.html Thanks, Jenn from ThisMommyLoves.com

Jami said...

Another home run!!! If you get a chance, stop by the Pretty Packages Party today and show off those cute Lego packages.
smiles!

Nicole said...

Love it, wish I wouldve been this creative when my 10 yr old wanted a lego birthday when he was 8!!

Anonymous said...

Jen your so talented and creative!!! I love how frugal you are and make it look like you spent a fortune!! Bubba will love it!!! Love Red!!!

The Autocrat: Haley said...

Great idea!! Looks like you almost have a Lego cartridge! LOL

Celeste B. said...

WOW!!!! You are GOOD!!! What great ideas, I absolutely love it! :) TFS!

Heather (Butterflygirlms) said...

Very cool!! I love it. I think every boy loves Legos..hehehe!! I know mine sure do ;)

Jean said...

This is very cool. My niece also loves legos.

Leslie said...

So cool! Thank you for showing, in detail, how to make them. What a help to make it easy for us :)!

Mindi Hoellein said...

Very cute! Looks like he will have an awesome party. :)

Jami said...

So glad you stopped by and linked these up! My little boy has been sitting here with me while I was looking through the packages. When I came to yours he said, "Hey! Wait! Back up! I want to see that! (He took a good look at your post then continued...) Wow! That's a great looking present!!" You know what? I agree!
smiles!

Brenda said...

Your Lego Banner is great! Love it all! Happy Birthday to your son!

Kara said...

LOVE it!!! Such a cute idea! I just love homemade banners :)

Kara

Brittany said...

SHEESH! you are a genius! Seriously!

You have the very best ideas!

Jami said...

Hi Jenn! I featured your gift today! Please stop by and grab a button from the side bar!
Have a wonderful week!
smiles!!!

the cape on the corner said...

that is such a great idea, and so creative with the gift box.

i'm having a birthday giveaway to csn.com if you are interested in stopping by...

www.thecapeonthecorner.blogspot.com

Amy Kempf said...

Love the banner! My son just had a birthday and it's always hard to come up with ideas for him. I'll have to remember this for next year!

samantha said...

So cute! Does he get the LEGO magazine? If he doesn't you should check it out. You should be able to sign up for it on the LEGO website. My boys love it and.... it's all FREE!!! You can't beat that.

08216400 said...

love the banner!! What size did you cut the letters at??
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