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A Very Crafty Birthday at the Urban Craft Center

April 12, 2011 By radmegan 5 Comments

This weekend, I hosted a private party at the Urban Craft Center in Santa Monica. The event was in honor of an 8-year-old birthday girl. She and 10 of her closest BFF’s wanted to celebrate by learning to needle felt cupcakes. (Eight-year olds with barbed needles… How many of you just winced while reading that?)

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While there were a few Band-aids and hugs doled out to the girls who ended up with needle-induced “owies,” most of the girls were tireless in their drive to complete not just one needle-felted cupcake, but an entire bakery’s worth of woolen treats!
Proud Cupcake-MakerProud Cupcake-Maker
Should I feel bad about getting them hooked on this craft at such a tender age? Because I do not feel bad. In fact, it was really inspiring to see eight-year old get so excited about piles of woolly fluff, hear them discuss the eating habits sheep, and watch them fill with pride as they completed each project.
Needle-Felted Cupcakes
Mind you, this was a private birthday party, so the birthday girl’s mom supplied decorations, lunch AND cake. Even with real cake to tempt and distract them, many of the kids kept sneaking back to the crafting table to make more needle felted confections.
Crafty 8-year Olds!
After the girls inhaled their (non-felted) cake (from SusieCakes! One of my favorite bakeries in LA!), and all of the crafting supplies had been put away, I received several thank you hugs and drawings from my pint-sized craft-a-holics. 
The birthday girl and all of the party-attendees left with huge smiles. I left and went home to collapse on my couch with a nice cup of tea. All in all, it was a successful crafting birthday party at the Urban Craft Center and a fun way to spend a Saturday afternoon!
If any readers in Los Angeles are interested in having a private party (for kids or adults) at the Urban Craft Center, let me know, or fill out the party request form on their site, here.




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Comments

  1. Kassi @ Truly Lovely says

    April 12, 2011 at 2:21 pm

    HOW CUTE IS THAT?!?! So cool that you get to share your love of crafting with others! :)

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  2. radmegan says

    April 12, 2011 at 2:29 pm

    Thanks so much Kassi! Yea, it was a blast!

    :)

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  3. Marty J. Christopher says

    April 12, 2011 at 5:32 pm

    That’s funny. I did, for a brief moment, think about kids stabbing wool with a barbed needle. But then I realized that I sewed at that age, and, in general, 8 year olds probably do things that are much more dangerous than supervised needle felting. Then I also realized that the fact that I even for a brief second worried about the potential for kids I don’t even know to hurt themselves really makes me old. : O )

    PS. I love the cupcakes! So cute! They did a great job.

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  4. radmegan says

    April 13, 2011 at 1:16 pm

    Marty, I think that means you are thoughtful and caring, not old! :)

    Thanks for the comment!
    xoxo
    radmegan

    Reply
  5. Janee Lookerse says

    April 13, 2011 at 4:22 pm

    You should definitely NOT feel bad. And I did wince. :)

    xoxo
    Janee
    yellowbirdyellowbeard.blogspot.com

    Reply

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