Taekwondo Candy Tower.

Every year our taekwondo school has a picnic in the park. We all bring dishes, but this year I was lazy and just brought a bunch o candy.
But for that I had to make a little display.

I got some supplies to make the base.

And made the big base with some leftover foam board.
I covered the board in nice paper.
And started placing the candy around.
And placed the other supplies on top to fill with candy.

After I couldn't fit anymore candy, I cut some paper figures on my Cricut machine.
Making sure I made a sign on top.
I think it got to the kids attention, because there was no more candy at the end of the picnic.

That made me very happy.

Cardboard Jetpack

My son showed me a cartoon with a policeman in a Jetpack, I thought it was so cool I wish we had one. That is how I started making this one.

I started cutting out cardboard boxes to shape something like a Sci Fi jetpack.

I glued everything with hot glue and had my son paint it in black.
After the body was done, we could work on the details. I showed my oldest son how to work on Illustrator, to make me some gears.
After the illustration was done, I transfer to my Cricut machine to cut.

Then I glued to the body.
Other details were added to make look like a machine.
I went to the craft store and to the hardware store to find more details.

After more glueing and painting, the side tanks needed a top.
The only things it had the shape I wanted were plastic gallons.
This way I could connect the tubes.
But it still needed something else. So I grabbed more cardboard.
Last part was to connect everything together.
I ripped a backpack to use the straps.
So I glued in the back for my son to carry comfortably.
Now it is ready, too bad it does not fly. That would be awesome.

Willy Wonka Trophy

This project is similar to my previous one, but this Willy Wonka decoration is totally non edible.

The one before had chocolate coins, but the music teacher Mr. Wibben wanted to keep as a decoration. Since Summer is here and I don't want him to deal with melted chocolate or an ant infestation, I decided to make a new one, without any food involved.
This time I had more time to choose nice colors of clay to make the candy.
And had time to search for other techniques to make them.
I even had time to play with them a little bit.
To make the base I used a plastic dome from a cake cover and a cardboard tube (this one I bought at Michaels).

I covered the plastic part with cardboard.

And wrapped both parts with nice paper.
After that I just glued everything together and started decorating with the candy around.

I made a hat using paper.
And my favorite thing this time, a little candy machine. I found a small light bulb and a piece in wood for a base. My husband cut and sanded the bottom of the lamp and removed the bulb inside.
Then I filled with tiny pompoms and painted the base red.
I love miniatures.
And putting the coins to make the floating hat was so much fun. The same way I did the last one, using a chopstick in the middle.

Then placing the signs I made in paper, which I design in the computer and cut in my Cricut machine.

And it was all done.

I hope Mr. Wibben likes this little "trophy" from his work with the kids this year. I can't imagine one teacher being able to work with 92 kids and having them putting a great show like they did this past Spring, doing after school rehearsals daily for hours and working so hard ( for 4 months, I would be dead).
Thank you Mr. Wibben.