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DIY Bath Salt Recipe For Kids: Spa Birthday Party or Girl Scout Spa Event Ideas

We recently hosted a spa class at our studio in Aldie, Virginia and the girls loved making these bath salts! Check out our recipe below to make some of your own!  This is an easy recipe to use at a spa birthday party or spa themed Girl Scout event.  Grab some paper bags or plastic […]

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18” American Girl Doll Mini Disney Frozen Icy Drink-Tutorial!

Here is a fun and inexpensive kids craft to celebrate the Disney Frozen movie! Hey, you can make this for your 18” doll, American Girl doll, Build a bear or any stuffed animal!  This would be a super fun Frozen birthday party activity!   Check out the tutorial below. You will need: small handful of pony […]

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How to Make A Miniature Bed For A Cute Stuffed Animal!

This is a fun and easy kids craft to make for your little stuffed animals! It only take a few supplies.  We made it for a cute Spring Bunny but you can make it for any 3-6 inch stuffed animal!  This is a pretty fast craft that would be simple enough to do with a […]

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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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How to Make Earmuffs For Your 18” Doll!

At one of our recent 18” doll accessory crafting classes in Northern Virginia, we taught the girls how to make warm earmuffs for their doll! Want to make one for your doll?  Check out the directions below! Cupcakes and Lace 18” Doll Earmuff Supplies: Craft Foam 2 Giant Pom Poms one jumbo fuzzy pipe cleaner […]

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How to Craft Mini Spaghetti For Your 18” AG Doll! Video Tutorial!

Do you love to craft mini items for your 18” doll or American Girl doll?  Or if you don’t have an 18” doll how about your favorite teddy bear? We have the perfect DIY video tutorial for you.   In this fun and quick video we will show you how to craft up a mini […]

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Santa’s Elves Toymaker Junior Badge Workshop

Santa’s little Girl Scout elves earned their 1960’s retro Toymaker Junior badge at one of our recent winter classes in Chantilly, Virginia! Since Christmas is right around the corner we decided to put a whimsical holiday spin on this Toymaker badge.  We discovered these awesome retro 1960’s Girl Scout badges from Ebay. This badge is […]

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Turn a $1 Store “Barbie” into a cute Native American Barbie! Craft Ideas for Girl Scout Badges!

In one of our recent Girl Scout Badge Workshops here in Chantilly, Virginia we helped the Brownies earn their super fun retro Indian Lore badge! Since we stocked up on some of the really unique ‘council own’ badges before the GSUSA badge change we decided to have a “Pioneers and Native American Day”!  The first […]

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