Saturday, September 17, 2011

Diary of a Wimpy Kid : The Cheese Touch

In case you missed the last few days on my blog, I am sharing a few goodies from my son's recent Diary of a Wimpy Kid birthday party.
 If you'd like to see the invites (complete with free files) please see this post:

In case you haven't read the books, seen the movies, or have a "Wimpy Kid" in your house, here is a little back ground on the "cheese touch". In the first book in the series, there is a old piece of Swiss cheese rotting on the black top in the playground. One day a student touches the cheese and starts "the cheese touch epidemic"... it's transferred by a student with the "cheese touch" touching another student. The good news is that if you have your fingers crossed, you are protected.

For these goody bag cheeses, I cut a 4" x 4" piece of yellow paper (I used Bazzill card stock) and printed one of these two sentiments (one on each side).  

Next, I used an assortment of punches to cut the Swiss cheese holes. My largest punch was a 1" circle, the smallest was a standard handheld hole punch. Just be sure to avoid the areas with the sentiments.

I them took an olive green, grass green and brown ink and smudged up the "cheese" to resemble the old molded, rotten cheese in the book (and movie). I think I did a pretty good job, but the texture in the Bazzill card stock sure made a difference tool.

The front...

.... and the back. :)
http://www.4shared.com/photo/GUOKff7f/cheese_touch_1.html?
Here is the back sentiment... free for download via 4 Shared.
http://www.4shared.com/photo/eJW_c7bL/cheese_touch_2.html?
Here is the front sentiment... free for download via 4 Shared.

Come back tomorrow to see how I made the goody bags... including TONS of handmade goodies.
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8 comments:

1 Carrie K said...

How cute! My grandkids and I tease each other aout the "cheese touch" all the time!

2 Dixie said...

This is so cute! I love the "mold", it turned out great. Can't wait to see more of your birthday party creations!

3 Rhonda Miller said...

So cool. I think my DD told me about the cheese thing when she read the book. TFS.

4 Creations by Shirl said...

This is cute Cheryl...
Luv the creativity you got.. awesome!

5 abusybee - DoubleClick Connections said...

These are so funny! I have heard many stories about this cheese from my daughter!

6 Georgiana said...

Many of my students love this book too. Your party goodies are way too much fun.

Georgiana
Carson's Creations

7 Paper Compulsions said...

Oh I love this! I used to teach elementary school so I am all in support of anything that involves children's literature. This is soo creative and fun. You did a great job. I am sure your son will remember this forever too:)

Jani
papercompulsions.blogspot.com

8 D said...

Not the cheese touch! These are absolutely fabulous! A huge hit for sure :)