Today I didn’t sew at all — I was too busy cutting out and putting together these fun Cubees from CyberDrone at deviantART. These are some of the decorations for my son’s family birthday party next weekend. It’s kind of silly (since Elliott is turning 28), but for years I have done either a GI Joe or Transformer theme for his birthday parties — Emily always has a Hello Kitty theme. It’s just a tradition now and I can’t imagine doing anything else. Also, it’s a fun challenge to come up with something new each year.
These little papercraft toys are a lot of fun to make, and there are tons of them out there — Cyberdrone has similar patterns for Star Wars, Star Trek, Transformers (the best looking Cubees since they’re sort of squarish to start with) and many others. All you need is a color printer, some card stock, scissors & a razor blade. There’s no glue or tape involved, since it’s all done with slits and tabs. Some papercraft toys are extremely elaborate and difficult, but these are really easy — and they’re free!
Those are very cute! I am going to head over there and see what I can find! I hope Elliott has a happy birthday!
Those are so cute, I’ll have to check out the Star Wars for my boys!~
Those are cool! You are the best mom EVER!! That must be so much fun for your kids to revisit their childhood “friends,” especially with a fun loving mom like yourself.
Oh how fun! You know boys never really grow up. 😉 LOL
I think it’s great fun that you’ve stuck to a theme with the kids’ Birthdays.
I think my grandsons will love these. Five boys under 6. They love transformers. Just got out of storage their father’s (my sons) transformers and star wars stuff.
Their expressions are so detailed. Very cute 🙂
Thank you for the link. I’ll hop on over to check it out.
We like those cubeez a lot, too. I try not to print them on my home printer, however–our ink is water-soluble, and it just doesn’t look as good to my eyes as a laser printer does.