• Superpunch: A Baby Seal Pinata (eww, but funny!)
• Also at Superpunch: 60’s style Star Wars Posters
• Awesome Wedding Ring Design via Dudecraft and others
• Robot Jellyfish!

Cutesy Crafty:

• Toddler Bathrobe from Dishtowels! | Dollar Store Crafts
• Samster Mommy: Tutu Tutorial #1 – Stuffed Tutus
• A Field Journal: Pink Parasols

• Make your own cycling cap with Paul at Dudecraft.  Very Cool
• Make a rocket with Sylvia’s Super Awesome Mini Maker Show

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So, a query for you more experienced parents out there:

The Boy just turned 5, and we’ve been wondering what and how much to do around beginning reading.   He loves to be read to — we read both picture and chapter books to him before bedtime every night, and he has a learning video game that he likes, that seems to have some basic phonics and sight words in it.  But he’s not really showing much interest in reading himself.   He can spell a few words, and is pretty good with letter sounds.  So I’m wondering… do we try to work…

I spotted these Bender (from Futurama) cupcakes over at Duhlicious and had to share them here with you guys.  What a cute idea…

mădălina says:

For these toppers I used Wilton Edible Writers on hard fondant disks. The cool thing about edible writers is that you can use them to doodle, and they are safe to eat. Personally, I’m not a big fan of fondant, but they make for a perfect canvas. Instead of using fondant to fully cover your cupcakes, you can make disks to top your cupcakes.

She has a video tutorial on making them, including how to draw Bender!

Go check it out.

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When I posted the Perry the Platypus (of Phineas and Ferb fame) cake from The Boy’s birthday party, reader Janelle asked for the How-To, so she could do her own for her daughter’s birthday party. Her ingenious idea was to use twinkies to make mini Perry cakes… and they came out wonderfully! She shared them on the Dabbled Facebook page, but I thought they were too awesome not to share here as well!

Janelle says:
“Finally!!!! Thanks to the “Dabbled” instructions on the Perry the Platypus cake I gathered the courage to do my first fondant cake. Due to a broken ankle…

Over at The Decorated Cookie, there’s a great tutorial for decorating your marshmallows for your summer picnics.  What a fun idea!  She even goes step by step on how to do the featured drawings!

It’s been a while since I added to my how to draw on food series. And to my marshmallow collection. So here is something to cover both: marshmallows for your summer barbecue. These are incredibly easy to make and take mere minutes. You can put them on lollipop sticks and display them in a glass jar on your picnic table for a treat (assuming marshmallows won’t melt…

Cleaning out my feedreader last night, and found a bunch of interesting articles… So here are a few!

This guy is awesome… Way cool pancake creations from Jim’s Pancakes!

At Superpunch: a Shark sleeping bag
and also more clever ads for Star Wars Weekends at Disney’s Hollywood Studios.

At Neatorama: This is just weird.  Wear This Plastic Ball on Your Head So You Can Enjoy Some Peace and Quiet

A third grader in Texas gets detention for possession of a Jolly Rancher. What the heck is the world coming to?

Anatomy of a goldfish cracker (and other cool links at Superpunch)

Star Wars meets Mexican bingo (Loteria) at Dudecraft

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As long as I’ve been blogging about interesting food, I’ve been finding and loving cakes done by Debbie Goard, of Debbie Does Cakes. Well, I recently got to interview her for Foodwhirl! So head over and check out the interview, and get inspired… You’ll never guess how she got started doing sculpted cakes, and go see what her most bizarre cake orders have been!

Go read the Interview: Debbie Does Cakes

More CAKE! on Dabbled..

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Dabbled Friend Some Art Mama has a great tutorial up on how to make some really pretty fabric flowers…

Fabric Flowers Tutorial at Some Art Talk

Tutorial: Make a fabric flower wreath

While we’re on the subject of flowers..Here’s some paper flowers she did last year.

And no post about fabric flowers would be complete without mentioning Craftypod Sister Diane’s Kanzashi in Bloom
book, and her cool video on making kanzashi flowers.

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Cool links roundup: Enjoy!

Food themed Art Prints, KISS Cassette tape sculptures, and more … at Superpunch

Geek alert: Star Wars themed car wash, complete with a squad of Slave Leias

Very cool jewelry featuring cephalopods and other sea creatures at Stellanova via Cephalopod Tea Party

Wow, what an idea… make a rose from plastic spoons at Can’t Stop Making Things

A roundup of birthday party ideas at the always fab One Pretty Thing

Via Dollar Store Crafts, check out this tank top from t-shirt tutorial by Found in the Ali.

Via Craft - Love this idea of turning a Russian Nesting Doll into a pin cushion!

Here’s some of the recipe goodness recently spotted…

Dabbled readers are so creative!  Here are some of the cool things that I’ve seen recently in the Dabbled flickr group.  (If you’re on Flickr, come join us!)  Several of these have tutorials, so go read the links below.  And if you’re featured here, don’t forget to grab your I Was Featured Button!

1. The Stomach, RIP Pterodactyl Pants is always so creative… a plush stomach?
2. Chair pad Love how the chair pad matches the cute sewing machine cover!
3. Dia de muertos brooch from Penny Dog Accessories (Want to try resin? Her tutorial on Resin is HERE!)
4. Silk Tie Easter Eggs from Tresijas [Related: How to make Silk Tie Eggs |  Tresijas…