The Emoji craze seems to never go out of style these days! Here at Cupcakes and Lace in Northern Virginia, we recently crafted up fun Emoji pendant necklaces at a Jeweler Junior Girl Scout Badge Crafting Class. Check out the supplies and directions below to make your own. Supplies: Beads (we loved these fun polka […]
Here in Loudoun County Virginia at Cupcakes and Lace, we love teaching Girl Scouts how to earn their badges! We love the new spin we put on the Brownie Painter badge…cake themed! Below are some ideas you can use to help your troop earn the painter badge with a fun cake twist! Teach them about […]
We often get asked what sewing machine we recommend for our kiddo students (and adult students!). In our classes here in Northern Virginia, we use the Singer Styist 7258 sewing machine. We would strongly recommend these little work horses for any beginner or even intermediate sewer wanted to purchase a new machine. There are many […]
We love unicorns and we REALLY love this unicorn bark. I mean how pretty is this! Make this at your next birthday party! Supplies: 3 melting chocolate packets (you can buy this easy melting chocolate or grab some white chocolate chips) food coloring spoons sprinkles fruit loops or any fun topping! baking sheet preferable with […]
Pretty much every girl we come across loves Disney’s Moana! We wanted to share this super fun Moana inspired headband we made at a recent Moana summer camp here in Northern Virginia. Supplies: Fake flowers (craft store or Dollar Tree!) Green card stock or thick paper (half sheet) scotch tape or duck tape hot glue […]
Hi local Northern Virginia parents of young girls in Kindergarten to 8th grade! Check out our super fun summer day camps! Our sewing studio located in beautiful Aldie Virginia (Loudoun County) is the perfect spot for your daughter to keep busy (and learn a life skill!) this summer 2017! Offering a variety of themes and […]
Here is Northern Virginia at our Aldie studio, we hold private troop workshops for Girl Scouts. We recently held a Little House on the Prairie Class and the girls earned out Prairie Fun Patch! If you would like your troop to earn this fun patch you can get them right here! You don’t have to […]
In one of our summer camps this past summer we had a Star Wars themed American Girl Doll crafting day! Want to make mini Princess Leia hair buns for your doll too? Check out the instructions below! Supplies: thick brown yarn roughly about 8-10 inches long (we found this colored yarn at JoAnn Fabrics that […]
We have the best summer craft for you to make for your American Girl Doll or 18” Doll…a camping tent! See below to make one for your doll! Cupcakes and Lace AG Doll Tent Supplies: one new flat cardboard box (we bought these from WalMart for about $1.5o each…make sure to get the larger […]
In one of our recent summer camps for girls here in Aldie, Virginia the Junior Girl Scouts earned their Gardener badge by completing several fun outdoor projects and sewing gardening themed items too! Our DIY Kids Terrarium Craft is awesome for a birthday party, project idea when earning the Gardener GS Junior badge, or just […]