Here are some of the cleverest crafts we’ve found on the internet this week! Which one will you try first?

• Dollar Store Craft of the week: a candle holder made from a vintage trophy.
• Cathy Attix shows you how to make a spiked up a headband at Trinkets in Bloom.
• The Mat Hatter of Craft Mark Montano shows you how to permanently paint glass plates with an Alice in Wonderland feel!
• Debi Beard glitters an entire chair – who wouldn’t want this chair in their home? Admit it!
• Cathie Filian glans up your dresser with this easy-to-craft perfume tray.
• Metal Stamp Master Margot Potter makes a lucky charm metal stamped necklace.

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It’s been awhile since we’ve come up with dollar store crafty ideas for a party theme. You all have such great input. I have a good one for you today, so get your brainstorms ready! Reader Crista at the Dollar Store Crafts Facebook page asked for some help:

I am planning a Alice and wonderland Costume party for my soon to be 4 yr old in October and need ideas on how to do this inexpensively.

Tea Party: First thing I think of for an Alice in Wonderland theme is a mad tea party! Your 4 year-old is definitely old enough to enjoy a tea party (I have been doing small tea parties with my sons since they were 18 months old, and at about 2-1/2 they really get into it and are able to pour tea, etc.). If you already have a tea set and tea cups, then you’re halfway there. If you don’t, maybe a miniature tea set would be a good gift for your child.

Serving Tray: I love the serving tray shown above (found at Alice-In-Wonderland.net), made with plates, tea cups, and a teapot. You can easily make these using the instructions from the tiered serving tray, but use mismatched tea service stuff (find it at the thrift store).

Eat Me Cakes: Use the Twinkie Bon-Bon instructions to make adorable bite-sized cakes (just write “eat me” with a fine decorating tip or edible marker). I also like the Eat Me cakes at Sprinkle Bakes. You can also serve any kind of cupcake or cake and just put it on a paper doily marked “eat me.” You can get large packs of doilies in the wedding section of the dollar store. (I like this pretty pastel doily-dyeing project at Decor to Adore, too).

“Rabbit Ear” Headbands: I like these fashion-inspired headbands, and I think they’d be fun party favors for an Alice in Wonderland party. Find out how to make them at Chic Steals.

Additional Resources:

• Alice in Wonderland Ideas at One Pretty Thing
• Mad Tea Party ideas at Alice-in-Wonderland.net

Now it’s your turn! What are your great ideas for an Alice in Wonderland party?

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