lollipop invites how-to...

here are the promised pics of the avi's invite. i love the way that they turned out. they weren't hard, but they are a little bit timely.

**try to glue yours together a little straighter than i did this first one:)

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{the finished product... unwrapped}

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{a closer look at my crooked edge:)}

{here is the template i made for the actual info part}

i made it to have the colors to match my papers...

this one is made to be the size i made mine. but you could always shrink it down.

you just want to make sure that this one is about 1-1 1/2" smaller than your patterned paper.

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{i used this circle cutter by making memories, i got it at Michael's craft}

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{just cut a front & back sheet for you lollipop. i made mine with 9" Styrofoam, which i got at the cso

i cut my sheets as wide as the cutter would allow}

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{i glued 1 1/2" satin ribbon around the edge of each disc... after i glued the

dowel in}

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{cut 1 1/2" strips to acordian fold for around the outer edge of you lollipop}

you will probably need 3-4 strips depending on what size you make &

how tight you fold them.

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{after you have folded all of your strips, glue them together in a long line, then

glue the ends together to make a circle}

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{hot glue around the edge of your styrafoam, them stretch your acordian paper

& hold it down until the glue is set}

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{make one small accordian paper to glue in between the patterned & word

circles.

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{glue them all together, again paying attention to the space on all sides}

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{this is what it should look like from the side}

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{glue another piece of patterned paper onto the back, i went with a circular stripe

on this side instead of the horizontal stripe on the other side}

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{wrap each one up i clear cellophane & tie with ribbon of you choice}

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{making it look as close to a real lollipop wrapper as you can}

{& tada! one lollipop invite... or you could omit the word part & use then as decor}

the party is on saturday... gotta get cookin'