Minecraft Birthday Party
For Zane’s recent 10th Birthday he was determined to have a Minecraft-themed party. This scared me at first because apart from knowing it was his obsession I really didn’t know that much about it. It was a great relief to quickly realise that it’s all about building with blocks – yes, I know there’s much more to it than that but for decoration purposes that’s all I needed to know! Once I had my head around it the ideas quickly flowed – and I realised that the Fancy Favour Box Big Shot die would make the perfect themed gift boxes.
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Zane wanted to be involved so we made his ‘Creeper’ boxes together. We cut off the fancy trim – beautiful though it is it just didn’t cut it for a 10-year-old boy! And we set to using the Big Shot to mass produce some boxes. I think he was a bit surprised that Stampin’ Up! could be so helpful with his Minecraft theme! Between us were were done in a few minutes and all we had to do was cut some Basic Black cardstock to stick on as faces. Oh, and fill them with loads of sugar!
It’s such a shame this die has made it onto the retired list – it’s really incredibly versatile. But the good news is it’s discounted by 25% so get in quick to get yours at a bargain price!
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Keeping the theme going, I also made a ‘Creeper’ cake. This one I did by myself and it was a surprise for Zane on the actual day!
I think he liked it. Here’s a closer look…
I did have grand plans for all sorts of other decorations such as creeper balloons and cups but as usual time got away from me and we settled for printing out some decorations for the walls and going with various shades of green for everything else.
So, if there’s anyone out there who is either a Minecraft addict like my son, or has kids who are, I’d love to hear what you think.
Cheers
Genna
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Can I have the pattern for the creeper face.
Thanks for your comment Andrea. I’m afraid there isn’t a particular pattern I can give you – for either the boxes or the cake. What you’ll need will depend on the size of your project. But I’ve got some good close ups on my post of what I did so you should be able to see how it works. It’s simply a grid pattern with groups of black blocks arranged to form the face. I cut these out as either larger squares or rectangles rather than individual small squares. Good luck.