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By admin, November 9, 2009 11:26 pm

Everyone loves balloons and everyone loves cake so why not put those two great things together.  Making a balloon cake is not as difficult as it may seem.  They are popular at almost every party and they can be used for any kind of party or celebration.  You can choose to make as many different sizes and colors as you fancy and maybe decorate them with numbers for the birthday child.

Wilton Disney's Winnie the Pooh Bear with Balloon Cake Pan (2105-3100)

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The  first thing you need to do is find the estimated number of balloon cakes you will need.  Next  while using loaf tins to bake your cake mixture, you can also use different shape tins for a different balloon shape or buy a Swiss roll and decorate it to look like a balloon.  You will next have to prepare the cake board.  To do this you must cover  it with ready-made sugar paste and roll it to a thickness  of four millimeters.  With the rolled paste over your rolling pin, transfer it to the cake board by unrolling it to fit, then, use the rolling pin to roll it firmly into place. Cut any excess with a plain-bladed knife to give a neat edge.

To add those last finishing touches to your balloon cake you can make knots  with the trimmings of sugar paste and use either thin ribbon or licorice strands as balloon strings.  These are just a few ways to make that perfect balloon cake for that special event.
So why not put a cool spin on the celebration and whip up a beautiful balloon cake.

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By Edie Mindell, October 24, 2009 6:22 am

A common new tradition that began a few years ago is to include an arts and crafts segment as part of your baby showers itinerary. Arts and crafts are a great way to create fun and excitement, and to strengthen bonds between friends and family. Many women, and even men, enjoy spending time together while practicing fun activities like arts and crafts. Today, there are several baby-related crafts that are a blast and will create a great time for your guests at your celebration.

The most common craft for baby showers is probably the diaper cake. This is a group activity that all your guests can do together. This is a great way to start the party, as it creates a mood of togetherness and establishes unity among all your friends and family. For this activity, you will need around fifty diapers, fifty feet of a smaller, narrow ribbon, and eight feet of a thicker, wide ribbon. Cut the fifty feet of thin ribbon into one-foot segments.

Have your guests roll up each diaper and tie in place with a thin piece of ribbon. Ribbon can be baby blue for a boy, and pink for a girl. For a more neutral color, soft green or light yellow work fabulously. Start the base of your diaper cake with twenty-five diapers; stand them together in a circle. Use fifteen diapers for the next level of the "cake," and then eight diapers for the top level of your cake. Make each level separately and tie each group of diapers, or each level of the cake, with a strand of wide ribbon. Now, stack the levels of the diaper cake in order from largest to smallest, and you should have a wonderful baby diaper cake!

Baby bottle sand art is a fun craft that render fabulous souvenirs that your guests can take home. All you need for this activity is at least the same amount of baby bottles as your number of guests, different colors of sand, and funnels. Baby bottles can be the simple, inexpensive ones, and the sand should match your color palette for the baby shower. Distribute the baby bottles among all your guests. Have them fill the baby bottles up with several layers of different color sand using the funnels, and then close the baby bottles with their tops.

These turn out beautiful, and they are easy to make; they also make great party favors from which your guests can always remember your baby shower. For a special touch, you can have ribbon that has been personalized with your name and the date of the shower. You can also have stickers made with the title of the event and the date, and stick them on the baby bottles.

Scrapbooking is an art that so many people have come to love nowadays, and also makes a great craft at baby showers. You can give each guest a layout page and supplies, and have them decorate a background page. These can be put together to form an album for the baby shower.

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