Musical Dice

All of you Cricut owners or want-to-be Cricut owners, 

listen up!

I have had my Cricut for almost a year & have used it quite a bit!

BUT...those cartridges are SO EXPENSIVE!

I have avoided buying cartridges, usually borrowing the fonts/designs I need from friends, but I recently decided to do some research on software. 

I ALMOST bought Sure Cuts a Lot, but after researching, discovered 

Make The Cut 

would be a better option for me!

And so I purchased...

and it did NOT disappoint.

I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE it!

Here is a quick little
HOW TO, JUST FOR YOU...

using my new software!

(which by the way, cost as much as 1-2 cartridges)

I wanted to make 

"SONG DICE" for my preschool class.

Essentially...blocks of wood that they can ROLL & it will decide what SONGS we sing during music time!

I opened up my MAKE THE CUT program & just searched the MTC Gallery for pictures to coordinate with kid songs. It is REALLY SIMPLE...just click IMPORT...MTC GALLERY & type in whatever you want & I almost always found what I was looking for! You can also import ANY image from your computer, or a pic you googled,etc...but I was trying to do this QUICKLY...aka...before my son's nap was over!

I wanted to do TWO dice, so I needed TWELVE songs total & I easily laid out all 12 on my "12x12 virtual mat" using my Make the Cut program!

Then I pushed CUT!

Those of you who use Cricut cartridges, know that I would have had to cut each word & picture INDIVIDUALLY...so being able to LAY OUT THE ENTIRE PAGE & then click CUT saved me SOOO MUCH TIME!!!

While the cricut was doing it's work, I went to work with some of my own cutting...

I needed 3" squares for my blocks & I used bright, fun colors, since they will be for Preschool!

Don't mind the raw edges, I need a new paper cutter...bad!

Next, Mod Podge your squares onto your blocks...

and take a pic before your flatten out all of the wrinkles;) 

oh wait...don't do that, unless you are me!

*There are 4 blocks, because I decided to make a duplicate set for our Church Nursery, since I oversee them!

Go check on your vinyl...

realize that the words you were printing were SUPER SMALL & the vinyl got eaten up in some areas

(No fault of Cricut or Make the Cut, just can't do super small letters in vinyl)

But, I decided the pictures were cute by themselves & as long as I know the songs, it shouldn't matter that the song titles are not there!

AND... they are ready to roll!

 Super Easy! Right?
I can see so many options with this simple craft...
Chore dice
Boredom dice
Family Night dice

Let me know if you use a Cricut & have software or are looking into it!
I would love to answer any questions, 

although I am still just a beginner!

Now...I'm off to write Make The Cut, because they should pay me for this amazing advertising, huh!? haha!

***updated:

I wrote them & am now a Make The Cut affiliate! If you want to order the software, please do so by clicking the button on MY sidebar! I'll love you forever!

 I'm kidding, but here is something I am very serious about...

 

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