I began the process by sketching out a body for "Hope" on graph paper. My original idea was to have the doll large enough to print the party info on, but that ended up being a HUGE doll after you added all the limbs. After we found a body size we were happy with, we had some heads printed up and together we cut out the bodies.
Hope added the glue with a paint brush and sprinkled the glitter. After the bodies dried overnight I poked the holes for her and she added the brads.
We used separate cards for the party info. We used a stamp for the lines and Hope filled out the rest, using her fanciest handwriting.
These were pretty fun and extremely time-consuming to make. After I thought we were finished, Hope INSISTED that the dolls needed hands and feet. That really was the most tedious job. Trimming around all of the fingers... let's just say I'm happy to be finished with that part.
Every year we do a fun homemade invitation featuring Hope's head from that year on a card that matches the theme of her party. I really need to dig out some invitations from years past and do a little show and tell here on the blog!
Hope has amazing handwriting for her age! I am impressed - both with that and the super-cute invitations!
ReplyDeleteYou are one crafty momma! Your girlies are lucky to have you. I love how awesome the invitations came out!
ReplyDeleteoh this is just precious and adorable. when hope is off to college and you are sad, you can go thru all her party invites with a big smile.
ReplyDeleteSO ADORABLE!
They are gorgeous!!
ReplyDeletehe he =) this is a great idea and looks so much fun! VEry unique invitation!
ReplyDeleteThese are the cutest invites, Katie!! Wishing Hope an amazing birthday and party! And wishing you the sanity to survive the party hoard! hahaa!
ReplyDeleteLuvluv,
Sway xx
Ps. How stinkin' cute are Becky's paperdolls! Love her!
I would love a show and tell of past invites! This is so cute!
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Oh, those are so cute! What a great idea!
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These invitations are just adorable! I love them.
ReplyDeleteOh that's such a great idea! Very nice invitations :)
ReplyDeleteIt's so nice doing projects with our kids. She will remember it forever.
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This is so adorable!
ReplyDeleteSo cute!!! What a great idea. I love that you use her photo every year too.
ReplyDeleteSo creative I love them!!
ReplyDeleteSoooo cute! It´s great that not only the invitation is unique, but also that you and your daughter did it together.
ReplyDeleteOh these are sweet! Such an awesome idea. We sort of have a tradition like that. I stuck my daughter's face on a picture of Tinkerbell for one invitation and it was stinking adorable. I think I'll make some paper dolls of our whole family just for fun!
ReplyDeleteThese are so cute! Using Hope's face for invitations every year is such a great way to document how she's changed, in our family we do the same with my niece by adding a new picture of her to her Happy Birthday banner every year. :)
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These are the most amazing invitations I've ever seen! I hope you can fine the ones from years past to share!
ReplyDeleteoh man, these are so cute, and now i totally want to see old ones too!
ReplyDeleteThis is super cute!
ReplyDeleteThey came out great! Good work momma!
ReplyDeleteThey turned out to be super duper sweet! Great idea!
ReplyDeleteMerrily Merrily,
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Oh my, such cute invitations!! :)
ReplyDeleteThat is literally the cutest idea for invitations I have ever seen!! So clever-- just adorable! And I also adore that the birthday girl herself contributed.
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Ummm, brilliant! Holy crap, these are amazing! You are such a good mama :)
ReplyDeleteLOVE THESE! they turned out so lovely and love that Hope helped you so much! please, please do a show and tell of invitations past.
ReplyDeleteThese are so cute. Its a neat tradition to use Hope's head in all her birthday invites. Would be very interested in seeing past years too!
ReplyDeleteThis is absolutely brilliant! You are such a good mom!
ReplyDeletexoxo Sarah
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what a cute idea katie! love this
ReplyDeleteThese are the cutest things I have ever seen. Bravo mama!
ReplyDeleteWhere did you get that adorable little cup?!
ReplyDeleteHOW CUTE. I'd love to see invitations from the past years. xo!
ReplyDeleteSo cute. She's lucky to have a crafty mom. I was lucky that way too. We made slumber party invites once that looked like little sleeping bags and when you opened them you could see the girl inside. We drew each one individually to look like the girl who would receive the invite. It's a great memory.
ReplyDeleteVery funny! Love it!
ReplyDeleteErmergersh!! These are ADORABLE!!
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That's a very creative birthday invitations. I love it, i wish i can make that for my daughter 3rd birthday party but its going to be difficult for she wants a frozen themed party. Anyway, thanks for sharing this post.
ReplyDeleteCheers,
Cathy