It All came TOGETHER...

It is a party indeed. One that took 6 months to plan. From concept to execution of every detail.

Before you start thinking that this is looking like a frozen theme party, you will be surprise that it is actual a Ninjago theme party where the hero is Zane the Ice Ninja. Not all parties with snow has to be Frozen inspired. :)

This party does not have the usual clown/s, no magicians in funny costumes, no puppet show, no wall of fame, no picture booth and no frozen costume birthday celebrant coming out of the stage singing "Let it go..."

A little boy's imagination of how he saw ICE everywhere on his birthday. A fan of Zane Ninja of Ice. We sat down and listened to this little boy's stories of Zane's battles and how he was a great ninja - this was definitely not a typical children's party. And this is how we got our inspiration on how to put all the details together.

Ah...the Cake, always the star of any party. A naked cake which was perfectly looking like it just snowed. Macaron cookies dressed the cake with hand painted Zane the Ice Ninja. The cake was dressed on the base with icicles made of white fondant and glazed with sparking dust. Oh since the Ninjago is known for their spinjitzu powers he wanted the cake to turn. And we did. This cake was turning while displayed at the party.

(Cake was made by OJC together with our food artist)

The Seating Cards - Small silver and white frames hand made pottery. Each name written in calligraphy.

The Giveaway - drinking glass looked like ice with hand crafted glittering specialty paper + lego chocolate and marshmallows packed inside each glass.

Each paper flower was hand crafted by the OJC team. Yes all 90 pieces of them. We were busy!

Custom cut napkin holders. We use specialty foiled papers and cut them in the shape of snowflakes and the center of each napkin holder is the different Ninja weapons use by Zane the Ice Ninja.

The Centerpiece (for 10 tables) - Paper made life size icicles coming out of the table. Ice like flowers to soften the ice centerpiece. And we did not forget the Menu card on each table which is also crafted with paper icicles and covered with crystals. And just look how the guest reacted to our centerpiece! Flowering picking and we looooovvvve it!

The sweet and icy Dessert Buffet. Any kid or a kid at heart will find these desserts a sweet haven.

We did build Zane out of cartons and paper. And painted it. 

Beats buying the lego and making it this big!

Playing Cards where hanged all over the silver trees that line the whole venue with floating ballon and icicles hang off them.

The Lab. - Kids gathered to do kid's craft. Lava Lamp. Egg in the bottle. Crystal making. Playing Cards got the kids working together and using their math skills. Bubble worm. 

Mother's got to craft too. Spa Crystals.

The party ended with the tune of Happy song by Pharrell Williams. 
(definitely not with the Frozen song)

Oh my! Did we forget the invitation card? How can we...

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Thank you to Moss Manila for the wonder setup. All the details will not have come together without your wonderful team. For the buffet of yummy food Arelen's Cuisine - Thank you.

Eat your carrots!

Looks like we have made enough bunnies for our Easter blog. :) We thought maybe we should compliment the whole Easter theme with an Easter garden of "carrots!" You can check out our other Easter crafts by clicking the link.

For sure the kids are going to eat these carrots.

For the materials and ingredients you will need…

1. Plastic bag (we use a square shaped 5" x 5" food grade plastic)
2. Cereals - we used corn flakes but you can use any other ingredients that has an orange color or use cut up carrots sticks. (Just have a dip on the side when your serve the carrots sticks.)
3. Ribbons and strings cut to 4" lenth - we will use this to seal the plastic bags for the cereals
4. Scissors - a handy-dandy tool for any craft
5. Option to build the bunny from our other blog just to have some fun and to decorate your carrot garden

First have a glass or any container to hold the plastic bag then pour the cereals into the plastic. Make sure to gather all the cereals in a corner to form that triangle. As you fill up the plastic form the cereals to a carrot shape. Use a string or ribbon to tie and seal the plastic bag. 

Now you have crunchy and healthy "carrots" for snacks. :)

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Definitely a crowd pleaser Easter Salad

A fresh and light salad serve on a beautiful Easter Sunday brunch. Who can not be more pleased!
We found this Easter buffet setting such a crowd pleaser! Yes #ohjoyandco took time off making these. And Easter is about egg hunting so we made this Easter Egg Salad.

Serving a refreshing and healthy salad is absolutely perfect! Here is how we did it...

Fill the jar with the ingredients starting with dressing which is basically 2 tbsps of mayonnaise. Continue to fill the jar with julienne carrot, red onions and sliced cucumber. Add in the cooked pasta, sliced red tomatoes. Place the hard boiled egg that is cut to half  facing the side of the jar to give it a nice presentation. To help hold the boiled egg in place add in the grated cheese. Fill the salad with fresh bite size lettuce (taring the lettuce up is the best to prevent the lettuce from browning on the edges).

Cover the mason jar - seal tight. To decorate the mason jar we cut out some rabbit ears using felt fabric. Click the link here to download the rabbit ears template.

To serve open each mason jar and pour contents on to a bowl. The next step is just dig in! Make sure to take a big bite when you find that egg!

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Happy Easter!

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Hello little bunny...are you coming out?

Easter is a day to celebrate a new beginning! For the kids it is all about doing some Easter egg hunt! Most families gather in malls and hotels or country clubs to celebrate Easter with the kids in the metropolis. It is also the time when new blooms come out and birds and small animals start to come out from hibernation. Little bunnies starts leaping out of our backyards and humming birds gathering the sweet nectars of fresh blooms. 

So we thought maybe some crafting for Easter might stir up some nice leaping 'awwws....' and "ohhhhs..' for kids, moms and owners of establishments who might want to check out these crafts and get into the leaping spirit of a new beginning.

Making this cute and adorable bunny with that puffy tail and long legs sprouting out a glass will make you awww…and say hello to the little bunny :)

Amazingly this is an easy craft to do with your kids.

For the bunny you will just need some cotton and glue. For the bunny feet you will need some white and pink felt fabric, scissors, glue gun and glue stick. 

For the glass some nice washi tape and cut up tissue paper to decorate. Any drinking glass will work for this craft.

First, cut and assemble the feet of the bunny by using felt fabric. You can download the bunny feet template by clicking here. Once you are done, take your cotton and form a big cotton ball (about 3 inches to 4 inches in diameter depending on the opening or mouth of your drinking glass) and a small cotton ball (about 1 inch in diameter) to be glued on the big cotton ball (this will be the tail of the bunny). After which - glue the feet of the bunny into the big cotton ball.

Cut out the washi tape to the length you would need to decorate your glass. We taped ours vertically and alternate it with different washi tape patters.

To assemble simple place some green and white tissue paper (that has been cut to thin stripes). Have some hanging off the edge of the drinking glass. Place the assembled bunny in to the glass.

I have to say it is mighty cute! And a perfect giveaway for your  Easter Celebration.

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Got a thing for You

One of our crafters happen to find these mugs at a store and it was fire red inside! One can't help but think this is oh so perfect for Valentine's Day! A mug gift that will make you Awww.

If you have caught that Love bug you might enjoy making this craft.

Here is the free downloadable template of the Owl cut out .  Other materials you will need are - at least 3 to 4 different colors of card stock or paper stock. We use the combo of pink, pastel pink, brown and orange. White card stock to print the Owl Be Yours talk bubble. Some basic crafting tools, black marker, scissors and glue. Oh don't forget the set of mugs!

Check out the step by step below.  Ones you have finished assembling the Owl Be Yours card cut a slit at the bottom vertically at the Owl's belly. Insert the slip on to the rim of the mug near the mug handle. And you can't help but say AWW...THAT IS CUTE!

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Itsy Bitsy Spider Lollies

Here is our follow-up candy crafts from the Spirit of Halloween event. Our last craft to share for this Event blog. 

These lollies will be great for a birthday party craft as well and get the children learning how to singing "Itsy Bitsy Spider". You can make them as cute as you want to be.
Some variation we did where using colorful legs for the spider and making the wiggle eyes big! We had good laughs at our craft shop doing these spiders.

Let's get crafting...
Now it might be tough to find cheap fuzzy wires in Metro Manila so here is a tip we can share. Get yourself some really nice colorful yarn of your choice, then go to Ace Hardware or any hardware store and get those thin Twist Tie wires that you can use for wire tie wraps. They come in black, white and green color (you know the ones you untie when you buy a new phone and the charger cable is twist tied with this black wire?). Now, grab a crafter's favorite tool - Glue Gun! - just dab a glue on one end and start twisting the yarn with the wire, dab a glue mid way to hold the twist better and finish off at the end with another dab of glue. Cut 4 pcs of 6" length of wire and 4 pcs of 12" length of yarn per spider. 

Another tough one will be finding those tiny cute wiggle eyes. Alternately you can just grab a puncher and punch some white paper and for the black part of the eye you can just use a marker to draw it out. But if you can find those wiggle eyes we highly recommend that because it really makes these spiders really cute!

For the set of materials for this craft you will need lollipops, fuzzy wire (if not available see above how to make them), wiggle eyes, glue gun and glue stick.
Cut the fuzzy wire to about 6". You will need 4 of them per lollie. Wrap the fuzzy wire on the stick of the lollie just right at the base of the candy. Make sure the wire folds at mid way (3") of the wire. then twist the folded wire together tight in just 2 to 3 turns. Do the same for the 3 other fuzzy wire. Bunch the twisted wire all to the base of the candy. If it doesn't hold together you can dab glue using your glue gun. Arrange your spider legs to look like tarantula legs by bending them. Ones you are happy with how it looks then lets attached the wiggly eyes. Use the glue gun and dab a little bit of glue to attach the wiggly eyes.  (Adult supervision or an adult should be handling the glue gun all the time when you do this craft.)  There you go "Itsy Bitsy Spider went up the water spout...." :)

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