Dino's for Girls?

Yes!  Girls can play with and love dinosaurs too.  

Have you noticed though that if you would like a girly dinosaur shirt, you may have a hard time finding one?

My middle daughter was invited to her friend's birthday party.  We didn't know what the birthday girl wanted  so I asked her Mom.  The Mom mentioned that her little girl loved dinosaurs and wanted a shirt with a dinosaur.  

So, my middle daughter picked out the colors and the dinosaur outline and I went to work.   I even made a matching hair bow.   

  

To make this shirt, I printed a dinosaur pic to use for a pattern.  After I cut the dinosaur out of fabric, I zigzagged it to the shirt.  Simple.  You could even hand sew this if one doesn't have a sewing machine.  

Butterfly Cake

Another Birthday came and went.

My middle child celebrated her 6th birthday.

She was able to pick out  the colors for her butterfly cake.  She was very happy with the way her cake turned out.

I am so happy that I learned how to decorate cakes...  My kids love being able to ask for a specific type of cake.   (I remember my own mom decorating cakes for my brothers and me.  So I wanted to be able to do the same.)  My kids enjoy having a special cake for their day.

Of course, I made this a gluten free chocolate and white cake.

Minnie Mouse Cake

My youngest is 3.  

How is that possible?  

Here she is in her finished Dress and Ears.  

   

 I also made her a gluten free Minnie Mouse Cake.  It was both white and chocolate.  The white cake mix was Bob's Red Mill Gluten Free White Cake Mix.  The chocolate was Betty Crocker's Gluten Free Chocolate Cake Mix

Minnie Mouse for the Birthday Girl

Someone is almost 3 years old.  

She told me she wanted a Minnie and Mickey Mouse Cake for her party.  

Then she informed she needed to have ears with bows like Minnie Mouse ... 

and a Minnie Mouse dress.

Skylanders Cake

My son is 8!  How is that possible?  8!

He knew what he wanted for his cake.  Skylanders.  I decided to make a Skylander portal and then use his favorite character on the cake.

This was actually my second attempt at the cake.  The first one fell apart...let me explain.  I usually make and decorate the cake a day or two before the party day.  I have not had a problem with cakes falling apart before.  But, this cake was different.  This cake needed to be gluten free so my youngest could eat cake at her brother's birthday party.  I have learned that I can not make a gluten free cake 2 or 3 days before a party.  Thankfully, his party was in the afternoon so I could bake and decorate the cake over again.

This cake was gluten free.  I used the Bob's Red Mill White Cake Mix and a glass bottle of Faygo.  It was iced with butter-cream icing.

She has a dream...

My daughter had a dream for her 5th birthday cake.  She wanted Rapunzel, Flynn Rider, Maximus (the horse), and Mother Gothel.  I colored Rapunzel with icing using this method (found on Pinterest).

Combine for the Birthday Girl

What?  A combine for a girl?  Yes, that is right.  My youngest daughter loves tractors and combines.  One of her first words was 'ombine.'  She is always on the lookout for combines in the fields...even in the middle of winter.  So for her 2nd birthday, I decided to make a combine cake.  I even had corn in the hopper, the yellow from candy corn.

Ready, Aim, Fire!

Ready...

Aim....

 FIRE!!!

I took an easy route on this cake and used the Angry Bird and Pigs from the game, Knock on Wood.  

My son wanted a pinata for his party.  The black bird is my son's favorite.  So I also made a black bird pinata.  

Smash Cake for the Birthday Girl

I love being able to make fun cakes for my kids. For my baby's 1st birthday, I made a small bear for her to enjoy.

Birthday Bear for a 1st

This is the cake I made for the baby's 1st birthday. I was not feeling the greatest when I made it.

Zoe for Zoe

This Zoe was made for Zoe's 3rd birthday!

Strawberry Shortcake, Nana, Papa, Craig, and Shawn

For my daughter's 4th birthday, she requested a Strawberry Shortcake, Nana, Papa, Craig, and Shawn Cake... Interesting... Hmm... how do I meet this request? This is my answer.

Dragon

For my son's magical 6th birthday, he asked for a dragon. He told me the colors that he wanted. I made this cake from 2 round 8" cakes.

May the 'Frosting' be with you

My latest challenge...

Can't Wait for my Princess Cake

We are celebrating our Daughter's 3rd birthday early because I'm expecting our 3rd child around her 'real' birthday. She wanted a princess cake wearing a blue dress. So, I spent most of the day/evening making this cake. After I finish it, I just push it to the back of my counter. I told myself I would get a picture of the finished Princess cake in the morning. This is what I found. My daughter was playing with the doll and eating the frosting. I'm not 'fixing' it before the family party. This will be her Can't Wait for Cake Story!

BumbleeBee Transformer Cake

Here is Bumblebee. It was hard to find a pic of this Transformer because it is full of tiny details. I found a few pics that I liked and had my 4 1/2 yr old son pick which pic to put on the cake for his friend. This is the result.

Bolt for Colt

My son asked if this cake was for him. (It isn't.) He really liked it. I told him to ask for it for his 5th birthday. I also made a pink Princess cake and he thought that was for his sister. 2 cakes, one for each kid of mine, right? No...Do Not touch these cakes. They are for other kids.

Princess Cake

Elmo

Elmo for another 2 year old. This Elmo I made for a friend's daughter. I was hoping that my 2 year old wouldn't see it as she also loves Elmo. Every time I make a cake, my daughter asks if I am making her an Elmo cake. I attempted a 3D Elmo for my daughter's 2nd birthday. She recognized it as Elmo and loved it. Her 3D Elmo cake was a learning experience. I know to make it a little different next time.

Any way, here is Elmo. My daughter did see it when I put it in the car.

Baby Einstein

A friend of mine, The Queen of Free, asked me to make a Baby Einstein caterpillar cake for her youngest princess 1st birthday.