TUTORIAL: Korean First Birthday Dohl Invitation If you decide to make one, please share your experiences. Okay, maybe he ate more than sorted, but he helped nevertheless. Even my little Piano Man enjoyed helping me sort the Skittles. This was truly one of the most enjoyable projects I have done for my little one.
Here are other examples of Dohl/Dol Towers on Pinterest. ( Photos Above: Voila! Another completed cultural craft project for you to try!) Then I worked to complete the top of the tower.) ( Photos Above: The weight from the hot glue and candy began to weigh down the Dohl tower, so I flipped it upside down. ( Photos Above: Then I worked on the horizontal spacing.) ( Photos Above: I started making the column first, to make sure the spacing was correct.) In the end, I chose to create a simple pattern, but you can make your pattern as simple or elaborate as you like. Design your colored candied pieces to your desired specifications with hot glue.Īt first, I tried using regular ole’ Elmer’s glue, but the Skittles kept sliding from its place, thus, using a hot glue gun was the only way to go. Your eyes will find uniformity when you make columns/rows as opposed to randomly fitting beans in spaces.) Step 10. ( Photo Above: Remember to aim for straight lines, horizontal and vertical. You will want to carefully place white beans in the spaces in between the black beans. Trust me, you will go through a lot of glue sticks, so it might be best to use as much all-purpose glue to save money and your hands from touching residual hot glue.) You can use all-purpose glue, such as Aleene’s Tacky Glue, or Elmer’s glue for the beans, and save your hot glue gun for the candy. In my case, I worked a little surgical magic to fix my mistake.) Step 8. I miscalculated the width needed for the Skittles to fit evenly in a column. ( Photo Above: This is what happens when you don’t plan ahead. I forgot to move my lettering up a bit, and so the candy pieces didn’t fit to match the other Dohl tower. Remember to center lettering and with candy placement pieces in mind. Map out a general outline of where you want candy pieces to go. Cut the circle template, cover the top of the container, and glue edges over the top. Trace the circumference of the oatmeal container.
Wrap and glue (with Elmer’s glue or all-purpose glue) additional piece(s) of white 8.5 x 11 paper to cover the rest of the container. Remember to leave a little bit at the top, cut edges to make flaps at the top of the container. Tape the Korean lettering template on the oatmeal container. You can get your Dohl Tower Lettering template here. Print out Korean lettering on 8.5 x 11 paper.
I will receive a small commission on purchased made through these links.)* Instructions: Step 1. *(Some of these items in the supply list contain affiliate links. – the skies the limit!)Įmpty oatmeal container(s) (to sort candy) Supplies:Īleene’s Original Tacky Glue or Elmer’s glueĬandy (such as Skittles, peppermint candy, gumballs, M&Ms, etc. Once you have your template and all your supplies ready, you can follow these instructions to make your very own custom and color-coordinated Dohl tower for your little one’s first birthday party. If you don’t need your child’s name printed out, you can print out a general Dohl Tower Lettering template here. You don’t have to use Microsoft Powerpoint, but I am just used to this old-school method when designing my template. I changed the fonts to my desired style via Microsoft Powerpoint and added a simple border around the Korean lettering. If you are looking to make a Dohl tower with your child’s name, you can either type Korean letters with this online program or copy and paste the words from an online translation program, such as Google Translate or Reference Translator.
How to Create Korean Lettering Template for Dohl Towers The parents were kind enough to keep the same color scheme for their son’s birthday party, so making a new Dohl tower was much easier. They were happy to use Linus’ Dohl tower from his birthday, but I thought their son should have a Dohl tower dedicated to his Korean name.
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