LuvTheMagic985
Mouseketeer
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- Nov 16, 2005
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Well I posted on here to see if anyone had ever made any homemade badges like the ones you can buy @ Disney or Ourlaughingplace...but I didn't recieve any responses. So I pulled up my boot straps and did one myself...that came out really great! And it cost me less than $1 each.

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Anyway...I started out wanting those little badges that all the Disney Cast members wear...too much $$ for a small pin...so I made them myself. The ones u buy r made of a plastic...I made mine from very thick card stock. I simply found a few pictures of badges that the kids liked online, saved them to my puter, colored out the names(if there were any) inserted the kid's names using the Disney font and coordinating color. To make it somewhat stiffer, I glued (3M Spray adhesive) two pieces of card stock together after they were printed. I used an exacto knife to cut through both pieces. Michael'ls sells the pin assembly that I glued onto the back ...and tadah.....CM Badges all around. Very close to the real thing. I even foiled one to get that metal look.
The kids cheered and they had fun helping. It was a quick afternoon craft session and way less than $13 each!
Sorry KC10family...I really didn't use templates...i copied a picture of one and worked from there, but if u have an idea or want 1 like i used,please let me know and I'll see what I can do w/ a name u provide and send the finished one to u in email to print out.