Wearing Many Hats...

I am not exactly sure where the summer had gone, but it's almost over... The kids have been having fun and enjoying camp.   The days they enjoy the most are Fridays, which are theme days.  Their most favorite had been crazy hat day.

During the school year, my daughter had not one, but two crazy hat days...So I took the easy route and reused both of those.  Her girlfriend at camp needed a hat, so it worked out perfectly.  I just made a new hat for my son....

This is the hat I made for my daughters first crazy hat day.  I only found out the night before that she needed a hat... So with Pom-poms, pipe cleaners and googly eyes on hand... This was the best I could come up with....

 

*I had to add this one, because it just shows my daughters personality and totally makes me giggle when I see it! 

Then later in the school year she needed a second crazy hat.  It was a quick trip to the dollar store on the way home one day that produced this hat.  I basically hot glued flowers all over and some grass... Then added some butterfly's and done....

So that left me with making one new hat for my son.    I used a plastic pith hat I had and sprayed glue and added moss I had left over from the Alice in Wonderland topiaries I made for my daughters birthday.

Next I added some of the grass I used for my daughters hat and then I used a bunch of plastic toys I picked up at the dollar store.

Here are all three kids ready for their crazy hat parade.

Cakapolooza...

 I am a little late in posting this, but the end of the year was a busy time making cakes and treats for various events and then well...summer set in (and you know the drill)...  Here are some of the things I made recently....

This is not the best picture, but it's an earth shaped cake I made for my son's teachers retirement.  She is very green and loved it!  (excuse the mess... this picture was taken midway through my baking extravaganza that day).

 

I even made the inside of the cake look like a globe! 

 

My nephew's 7th Birthday was up next... He had an angry bird themed party.  I loved how the cake turned out.

I made the birds and the blocks and sling shot first and let them dry a bit so that they would stay on the cake.  I used rice crispy treats to make the blocks and covered in fondant and it worked well. 

 

Next, my daughter had a luau themed teacher appreciation dinner.  I wasn't able to attend, but sent along some tiki and pineapple cake pops!  

 

I bought these cheap containers from the dollar store and put foam in the bottom.  I added some grass from a grass skirt inside and hot glued a lei outside to add to the presentation.