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VIDEO: Make Mini Pancakes For Your 18” Doll or Teddy Bear

Do you love crafting for your 18” doll or teddy bear? We have a yummy project for you to make…a plate of mini pancakes!  Check out the video tutorial below. Cupcakes and Lace offers unique and original Sewing and Craft Kits, Patch Kits,  Sewing, Crafting, Doll Workshops, Badge Workshops for Girl Scouts and Birthday and Special Event Parties.

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VIDEO: Craft A Retro Pet Rock Family! Idea For GS Playing the Past Junior Badge

Check out this video tutorial below to see how to craft a pet rock family! This craft is a great idea for Girl Scout Juniors to work towards their Playing the Past badge or a GS journey. Cupcakes and Lace offers unique and original Sewing and Craft Kits, Patch Kits,  Sewing, Crafting, Doll Workshops, Badge Workshops for Girl Scouts and Birthday and Special Event […]

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Grandmas Online 18” Doll Clothes Shop! Buy Them Here!

My amazingly talented 86 year old entrepreneur Grandmother (who taught me to sew!) now sells her 18” doll clothes online! I know many of you local moms and doll lovers (in the NoVA area and NJ area) have been asking me if she will ever sell online…and now she does.   Now girls everywhere and […]

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Make Your Own Mini Sock Puppet Theater! (Made with recycled materials!)

Here at Cupcakes and Lace we love all things mini and cute!  At one of our recent summer camps we crafted up a mini puppet theater and sock puppets!  This is a great craft for a Girl Scout troop, after school activity, birthday party, or even turned into an 18” doll puppet theater! This puppet […]

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DIY Kids Bird Crafts! Girl Scout Feathered Friends Brownie Badge/Water Journey Ideas

In one of our recent badge workshops for Girl Scouts  we celebrated birds by making crafts, learning about bird calls and habitats and so much more! In this workshop we taught the Brownies how to earn their Feathered Friends badge.  This is a super fun ‘council-own’ badge from the GS Wisconsin Badgerland council.   You can […]

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Girls Halloween Sewing Project Idea-Monster Creature Made from a Mitten!

Halloween is just around the corner and we have tons of fun kids sewing classes lined up here in Chantilly, Virginia! We have Frankenstein’s Fuzzy Friends sewing class and Monsters Inc. stuffed animal sewing class too!  The girls will be learning how to hand sew and create tons of fun Halloween and monster inspired stuffed […]

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Frankenstein’s Fuzzy Friends Girls Sewing Class—October 18th in Chantilly, VA.

We are super excited about our upcoming Halloween inspired sewing class here in Northern Virginia! Our Fall schedule is packed with tons of fun girls sewing classes, crafting and doll accessories and badge workshops for Girl Scouts. Our Frankenstein Fuzzy Friends Sewing Class is one we are especially excited about!  We conducted this class last […]

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Craft Your Own 18” Doll Mini Italian Restaurant, Table & Food

At one of our recent  Cupcakes and Lace summer camps here in Northern Virginia, we taught the girls how to make tons of mini pretend restaurant cuisines, food and furniture for their 18” or American Girl doll! In our own 5 day camp we taught the girls a different country and cuisine each day and […]

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DIY Harry Potter Golden Snitch Craft! Great party craft idea!

Here at Cupcakes and Lace in one of our recent badge workshops we crafted all things Harry Potter…our favorite was this Golden Snitch! Are you looking for fun craft ideas for a Harry Potter party?  This DIY tutorial is super fun and inexpensive!  Kids will LOVE making this and they will especially enjoy playing Quidditch when […]

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DIY Kids Flip Flop Tutorial-Reuse Fabric Scraps!

Here at Cupcakes and Lace, in one of our recent summer camps the girls sewed summer skirts and decorated flip flops! Want to fill the hot summer days with a fun activity to do with your young girls?  This is a great summer crafting project or great idea for a birthday party!  This is also […]

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