The requested URL /cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=149402 was not found on this server. BrickArms Brickmania Roaglaan's Customs BrickJournal LEGO® HomeSpecials and Featured Items Specials and Featured Items Custom BrickArms Tan Stahlhelm w/ Two Sided 3 Color Wehrmacht Print Custom BrickArms Gunmetal Stahlhelm w/ Two Sided 3 Color Wehrmacht Print Custom BrickArms Dark Gray Stahlhelm w/ Two Sided 3 Color Wehrmacht Print VAB 6x6 Armored Personnel Carrier British SAS is now in stock! CLICK HERE for more recent NEW RELEASES! Sometimes the only thing keeping your LEGO model from perfection is a smooth, solid-color face. Some model sets come with a set of decals that give that design just enough extra details to push them over the edge into realism. Making your own decals may seem like a daunting prospect, but it's actually not all that hard. Once you've got the design done, you're more than halfway there. You can find special decal paper on the web or at some stationery stores.
Sketch out the basic idea of your decal, or find an existing picture or danger decal (pictured) by searching on the Internet.Download and install an image editing program. The tools on a program like Microsoft Paint may not be enough to do everything you need to do with this image, and a program like Adobe Photoshop costs hundreds of dollars. You can find a free, more powerful image editor on the web, like GIMP (listed under Resources). Start the image editor of your choice, and use the "Line" tool to make a 20-pixel-long line. Print this out onto a piece of regular paper.Hold the 20-pixel line up to your LEGO model, and compare that to your drawing from earlier (if you did one). This will give you a sense of scale for how large your decal will come out. For more on scale, note that if a LEGO Minifig represents a person just under 6-feet tall, then each brick should be about 1½ to 2 feet tall.Replicate or import the image of your decal into the image editor program.Resize the image to be around the scale of the model.
Your printer may vary slightly on how large the 20-pixel line comes out, so adjust your decal design accordingly. Make it larger or smaller than 20 pixels depending on how big you want the design to come out.Print the design out onto a piece of regular paper again, (you may be able to recycle the 20-pixel page), and cut the image out.Hold the sample decal up to your model. Look at how the design printed, as well as whether or not it looks good at that size and shape.Return to the image editing software. If you're happy with the way the decal looked on paper, print it onto the decal stock (see Resources) and leave it for a few minutes to let the ink dry. If the image didn't look quite right, make some adjustments and retry printing it on regular paper. Repeat the adjustment and re-printing process until you have an image that looks right. I'd like to make my own stickers like the ones produced for LEGO sets using a design I've made in Photoshop. What do I need to make stickers for LEGO, what kind of printer do I need?
Will the stickers be able to come of my LEGO bricks cleanly? Can I also get sticker paper on a transparent sheet? At office/stationary stores such as Office Max or Staples you can get printer friendly sticker paper. The 'AVERY STICKER PROJECT PAPER' comes in clear or white. You can shop around for different finishes. Some are more paper like and other are more like plastic. From experience this is only good for flat surfaces. To ensure maximum adherence, I recommend to clean the surface with a soft soap. After the surface is dry, rinse it with 99% alcohol and let it air dry. this will remove any remaining oil or dust. You can then apply the sticker to the surface. You can print you design directly to it and cut it to size using scissors or a craft knife. For complex shapes, you can use a swivel craft knife: One important point that the previous answer omits: With the typical "water slide" decal paper, after printing your pattern, generally with an ink-jet printer to get the colors you want, you must waterproof the pattern by spraying several coats of Krylon clear enamel or equivalent and allow it to thoroughly dry before cutting out and trimming the decal and putting it in water to remove the backing paper.
Also, except in unusual applications, you will want to apply the decal to a WHITE brick, not one of the other colors. This is because of the subtractive nature of printing: white is assumed to be the starting color.Browse other questions tagged stickers customization or ask your own question.LEGO Stickers & Decals Group Since May 23, 2008me! Please add any decals or stickers you wish to share with the world.
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I found heaps of great free printables and other great ideas for you to hopefully be inspired by. I've included products available to buy online. It's all here on the one page. By creating this page, my aim was to save you the hours of time spent having to find it all yourself. I really hope this is a useful tool for many mums and dads to create a fun-filled and memorable party for your little one! I believe there's lots of fun to be had when creating a party. The only thing stopping you is your imagination and your willingness to go that extra creative mile! This invitation is the size of a standard photograph: 6x4 inches. You can print them at your local photo shop or even upload it to a print-on-demand site and order them to be printed on photo paper (choose matte printing if possible so it's easiest to write on). Or you could print at home on photo paper and set it for 2 or 4 to a page and then cut after printing. If it's printed on glossy paper, the only problem will be that it won't be that easy to write on.
You'll need to use permanent marker for the writing to show and stay without smudging. Once you've got your invitations sent out, you'll need to start planning activities for the party itself. Here are some ideas: Highest Brick Tower: Use just bricks (or any Lego pieces if you prefer) to make a tower. Whoever can make the highest tower that can remain standing for at least 5 seconds wins! Building Race: Give each party goer a small activity $5 Lego building pack. Do a ready set go thing and whoever can build the set first wins a prize. Car Contest: Award prizes for the best-looking car, the one that goes the furthest, the car that wins a race, etc. Toss the Lego Game: Set up buckets or paper rings of different colors that are each worth different points. The ones furthest away or smaller are worth more points. Have the kids take turns tossing Legos and whoever gets the most points after a certain amount of turns wins a prize. Best Figure Drawing: Use the blank Lego figure below and set up a coloring table.
Each child is to create their own unique Lego figure. The best idea (chosen by the birthday child perhaps) wins a prize. Play Pretend: Most kids these days have seen the Lego movie, and if they haven't, they'll still recognize characters such as Lego Batman and Wonder Woman. Print out some of these character masks listed below and have them play pretend or perform in skits. Printable Face MasksLink below pictures Party FavorsAfter the party is over, you might want to hand out some gift boxes or party favors. Here are some ideas and printables that will help. Papercraft Party Favor BoxesLink below image.All kids love stickers. With these printables, you can print Lego stickers at home and use them as party favors or include them in crafting activities at the party itself. Make Your Own Ninja Ninjago Balloons If your little one is particularly into Ninjago Lego then these balloons are going to make them super excited!! The folks at Halegrafx have created these awesome eyes repeated on a sheet for you to easily print on your home color printer.
Print them directly onto a full A4 or Letterhead sticker sheet and then cut out to easily stick directly to your helium filled balloons. Sheet of Nine Lego StickersLink below picture Party FoodThemed snacks are always fun. Here are a few of my ideas for Lego-themed cakes and snacks that kids will love. I've made a video of heaps of very cool Lego Cakes to give you lots of inspiration! - All photos used with permission Lego Cake and Cupcake Ideas Click thumbnail to view full-size If you can find a Lego-shaped mold, it's really easy to make Lego chocolates. Put chocolate buds in microwave safe bowl. For about a cup full microwave for 2 minutes. Don't worry if the buds still look whole because you'll stir it and they'll slowly melt away. You don't want to overheat the chocolate as it will burn. Then just pour or spoon the chocolate into the mold. Freeze or refrigerate and voila! When they're hard you just turn them upside down and gently tap or twist them out.
How to Make a LEGO Block Cake Sensationally talented Sweet Sugar Belle has written a step by step cookie tutorial. If you haven't already seen Sweet Sugar Belle's blog then you must have a look around while you're there. Not only does this gorgeous girl make the most fabulous cookies ever, but she shares all her tips, how-tos and recipes with everyone! I made her cookies, and honestly, they were the best sugar cookies I'd ever had! Every time I see her work, I marvel at her creativity. She is a joy to behold. I hope these photos will give you heaps of ideas and inspiration for your own party. Sticking with primary colors is always a great way to keep a theme working well. In this one, they stuck to the same primary green, primary blue, primary yellow and primary red colors throughout and it makes the party really pop! Wonderful LEGO party by Sarah of Melbourne Australia Kirsten (a mom) has some great details from her party Black marker on yellow cups is all it takes to create these awesome mini figure head cups!
Marker on yellow bags with a cut out top piece stuck is how to create Kirsten's mini Lego-head goody bags! I love her idea of the table runner which she made herself using paint and a texta/marker lid!! And her idea of home-made LEGO wrapping paper is great and the perfect activity to get the kids involved.. She used duplo, stuck it in the stamp pad (or you could use paint), and then used them like a stamp! (The same could be done with lego bricks for sure). And Kirsten proves that making a racetrack doesn't have to be expensive or take forever! She used a fold up table ... left one side folded to create the steep dip and then added a bottom piece for the cars to glide off the bottom. Just tape on some lines and you've got yourself a ready made DIY LEGO car race track! Tau's 5th Birthday Lego Party! Tau's mum, Sue, made chocolate covered marshmallow lego-head pop treats! Her inspiration came from Amy (also shown on this page).Photos and ideas used with permission from Sue.
Making marshmallow candy pops are easier than you might expect! You have two options for making the marshmallow base. 1. When Sue made her mallow men . . . she cut a mini marshmallow in half and then attached the cut stickier side face down on a larger marshmallow. 2. Amy sliced the bottom off a large marshmallow and then cut a smaller circle out of the cut piece (Amy used a frosting tip to create her circle cut outs). She then attached the circle with stickier cut side facing down on top of a large marshmallow. Although for cake pops, it's recommended to use candy melts, I've since realised that candy melts are really just thicker chocolate. Sue actually found it quite a long task having to make her marshmallow pops with candy melts as it was a thick paste to begin with and even after adding oil it was not thin enough for dipping. She ended up having to use her cake spatula to even out the chocolate which took a lot of time. She says if she were to do it again it would be with yellow colored white chocolate (so I recommend using normal white baking chocolate).
Heat your white chocolate and add the yellow coloring. (To color chocolate, you must use a powder or oil based food coloring! Do not use standard food colorings as they are water based). When I melt chocolate I heat about a cup of chocolate in the microwave for no longer than 2 minutes. When I pull it out of the microwave most of the buds are still formed, but that's ok. I just stir for a while and they all melt and combine together. (You don't want to overheat chocolate as it will burn). Then just attach your lollypop sticks to the marshmallow bases and dip away. Sue used black frosting for her faces which look great. You can also use edible black pens (edible pens won't show as dark as frosting, and the lines won't be as thick). How cool are the lego pop holders in the photo? Sue's obviously used rectangle polystyrene. She cut rounded pieces, then glued them together to look like a Lego brick, then painted them blue! Make a Photo Cut-Out Stand After finding a giant cardboard box on the neighbour's front lawn, Sue thought up the idea of a photo face cut-out stand for the party.
When I saw her I idea I realised this would be perfect to use for your party thank-you cards. You could get a photo of each child (and if you make a double cut-out stand, it could be a photo of both parent and child) in the cut out and then get the photos printed on cards (Zazzle can do that) or just print them out on standard photo card stock. Then, handwrite a thank-you message. What a fabulously personal card. It will be a keepsake many of them will keep forever. Sue also made a wonderful party game that is perfect for Lego parties. She set up a table and filled it with just Lego pieces, and the kids spent as much time as they wanted building their own Lego racing cars (as did most of the parents too!). When they'd all finished they raced them! Sue had a very special drag racing track made for the occasion, but you could create any kind of racing track (downhill preferred of course). Amy Locurto's Great Lego Party How great does cheese cut into circles and put atop crackers look!!