download – Dabbled https://dabbled.org Experiments in Art, Craft, and Food - an archive Wed, 04 Apr 2018 20:46:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 145231836 Dr. Who Birthday Party Invitation (downloadable template, too!) https://dabbled.org/dr-who-birthday-party-invitation-downloadable-template-too/ https://dabbled.org/dr-who-birthday-party-invitation-downloadable-template-too/#comments Fri, 08 Jun 2012 14:13:37 +0000 http://dabbled.org/?p=7260 For The Boy’s 7th birthday party, we’re doing a Dr. Who theme… My little anglophile is a big fan of the recent version of the series.  So I needed to design an invitation.  I ran out of time to do printed invites, so this is just going out by email, with a little extra explanatory text.  The “Celebrating” Dalek is quite cute, but I couldn’t resist adding the Tardis Blue envelope from the Impossible Astronaut episode, as well. … [ KEEP READING ]

]]> For The Boy’s 7th birthday party, we’re doing a Dr. Who theme… My little anglophile is a big fan of the recent version of the series.  So I needed to design an invitation.  I ran out of time to do printed invites, so this is just going out by email, with a little extra explanatory text.  The “Celebrating” Dalek is quite cute, but I couldn’t resist adding the Tardis Blue envelope from the Impossible Astronaut episode, as well. [For those who asked, yes the Dr. Who cake will be coming next week, I’ll be doing a how-to, like the Angry Birds cupcakes, Dragon Cake,  Perry the Platypus Cake, and Clone Trooper cupcakes of years past.]

Dr. Who dalek birthday party invitation

I got the coordinates of the location from Google Maps (using these instructions) – but to avoid stalkers, I did change the coordinates in this image!

Want to use this for your own party?  Download the photoshop file (without the Happy Birthday text on the flag) – you can modify the time / date / location info on the ‘card’.  If you don’t have photoshop, I’ve also included the image as a jpg, with the text removed.

The artwork is my own, and is CC licensed Attribution/Non-commercial.  Which means please don’t use the image for profit, and give me credit :).

]]> https://dabbled.org/dr-who-birthday-party-invitation-downloadable-template-too/feed/ 33 7260 The Little Game Box https://dabbled.org/the-little-game-box/ https://dabbled.org/the-little-game-box/#comments Thu, 17 Dec 2009 13:02:07 +0000 http://dabbled.org/?p=2743 Here’s a great little stocking stuffer you can make yourself. My 4 year old played a game similar to this* at grandma’s over Thanksgiving, and loved it, so I thought a pocket version would be a great little ‘handmade’ Christmas gift. I’ve included (almost) everything you need to make one for yourself as free downloads! Just grab the file, print, and add your own Altoids tin for a cute little gift that fits perfectly in a stocking!… [ KEEP READING ]

]]> LittlegameboxtopHere’s a great little stocking stuffer you can make yourself. My 4 year old played a game similar to this* at grandma’s over Thanksgiving, and loved it, so I thought a pocket version would be a great little ‘handmade’ Christmas gift. I’ve included (almost) everything you need to make one for yourself as free downloads! Just grab the file, print, and add your own Altoids tin for a cute little gift that fits perfectly in a stocking! This freebie is a present for you, my readers, because if I didn’t have you, there wouldn’t be much point to this.

You can make 2 different games with this set, both a “Treasure Hunt” game like the one The Boy liked so much (explained below), and also a “Memory” game (your standard Concentration type card matching game).

The free download set includes 3 sheets of cards (60 cards in all — yup, 60 original Dot drawings! I think I’m insane.), instruction sheets, and labels perfectly sized for sticking on the top of an Altoids tin.

Little Game Box Download Set

Wanna see what you get? Click on a pic below to view larger or as a slideshow.

To play the Treasure Hunt game:
Lay squares out in a 5×5 or 6×6 grid–or whatever size you want. One player hides a dime or other small marker under one of the squares. Remaining players try to guess which square by asking questions, and all squares not matching the answer are removed from the grid. (Example: “Does it fly?” If the answer is No, then all flying things are removed from the grid. If Yes, then all things that DON’T fly are removed.) Players take turns until the marker is found. Winner gets to hide the marker for the next round.

*I have no idea of the name, but it was more complex than this… this is a simplified version suitable for small ones.

Enjoy!

PS… I did spend WAY too much time doing this, so if you like it, I’d love a blog link, a tweet, a stumbled or a facebook or whatever to this post, to share the love :)

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