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Squishmallow Pumpkin Birthday
Recently my youngest turned six and requested a Squishmallow pumpkin birthday. Here is how my kids and I created an easy and fun, low budget celebration to share with friends, family, and neighbors. We ended up having thirty plus kids attend! Hoping these ideas can by useful and fun for your Squishmallow birthday parties. Many of these ideas would also work for a fall classroom party, general pumpkin party, and even Halloween. Decorations: I love using inexpensive paper plates and painter’s tape to quickly decorate a space. Here I used two packs of tangerine orange colored paper plates to create a giant pumpkin. I added two green plates to make…
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Star Wars Birthday
Recently my son turned thirteen and surprisingly requested a return to home birthday parties. Last year we celebrated at an arcade and though he really enjoyed it, was limited by guests and time. Invitations were sent to join him in the dark side for episode thirteen. Here is how my kids and I created an easy and fun, low budget party to celebrate. Hoping these ideas can by useful and fun for your Star Wars fan, whether young or old. Decorations: I love using inexpensive paper plates and painter’s tape to quickly decorate a space. Here is my son’s favorite character, Boba Fett made out of green and red paper…
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DIY Back to School Decorations
Here are a few easy, affordable, and fun ways to decorate for back to school with your kids whether you are organizing a back to school party, back to school night, or just want to make the first day of school a little extra special. Whenever possible I have included printable templates that you can use to recreate them. Most of our decorations cost only a few dollars in supplies. In addition, everything is very kid friendly. Hope these printables and ideas can help make back to school season more festive and fun! This file is best printed out onto regular paper and used as a template to cut onto…
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Matilda Birthday
Our middle daughter recently turned eight and requested a birthday party based on Matilda by Roald Dahl. The story is about a brilliant child named Matilda who lives with her less than ideal parents. She attends Crunchem Hall, a school headed by a tyrant known as the Trunchbull. Roald Dahl has a gift of creating stories that children can’t seem to put down. My kids always want to read just one more chapter and they have read and reread all his stories many times. Here is how we turned our home into Crunchem Hall to celebrate my daughter’s birthday with her family and friends. Hoping these ideas and printables may…
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Patriotic Party
Recently we hosted a party to celebrate our nation’s 249th birthday. Here is how we pulled it off using simple supplies, little expense, and not much time. I also made some patriotic party printables that are free to download below. They could be used for any patriotic holiday (Labor Day, Veterans Day, Memorial Day, or the Fourth). Hoping these ideas can be useful and fun for your family or classroom as well! Decorations: Inexpensive paper plates from Walmart and painter’s tape was used to create this easy and quick backdrop in minutes. I made a star template that is best printed out onto white cardstock, cut, and taped to blue…
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Ballerina Craft
Do you have a budding ballerina? In our home we have three who have really grown in grace, poise, and confidence as young ballerinas. Today I wanted to share a fun craft that my daughters all recently made. This was a project that they really enjoyed and was a neat way to preserve some of the blooms from the bouquets they received from their latest performances. We started off with blank 11X14 canvases that were kindly gifted to us from my kids’ classmate. I set out a few acrylic paints in red, pink, and white, as well as my kids’ favorite watercolor paints from Faber-Castell. I also provided some gold…
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Easy DIY Easter Decorations
Here are a few easy, affordable, and fun ways to decorate for Easter with your kids! Whenever possible, I have included printable templates that you can use to recreate them. Most of our decorations costed only a few dollars in supplies. Everything is also kid friendly. Hope these printables and ideas can help to make your home more festive and fun with your kids this holiday season! There are five designs included. It is best printed out and used as a template to cut out onto black cardstock, and covered with contact paper. Kids can decorate their suncatchers by sticking on different colored tissue paper squares. When trimming, leave a…
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Visiting Southern California
Recently we traveled to Southern California for spring break. We visited UCLA, Universal Studios, Disneyland, and Legoland. I wanted to share our experience below as well as some dos and dont’s to help save your wallet and sanity. Hoping this post may be helpful if you are planning on visiting Southern California in the near future! UCLA/WESTWOOD DO visit a college campus with your kids long before they begin their own application process if you can! My oldest daughter was stunned at how huge it all was. Seeing all the young, energetic, and motivated scholars walking around campus plants the seed in their minds that this in time, could be…
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Saint Patrick’s Day Printable Activities
If you are looking for some simple and engaging activities for your kids this Saint Patrick’s Day, you have come to the right place. Here are a few printables that are all free to download for personal use below. There is a gold coin alphabet hunt, counting mat, lucky soup recipe for water play, as well as some simple shamrock templates that can be used for more crafting fun. Hope these printables and ideas can help to add some simple and enjoyable fun for your kids this holiday season! This simple alphabet mat is a fun way for preschoolers to work on letter recognition. Print onto cardstock and laminate or…
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Mardi Gras Masks
Today I wanted to share some printable masks that kids can make and wear to observe Mardi Gras. My kids really enjoyed decorating and wearing their masks and learning a bit more about why people celebrate this day. I hope your kids will enjoy these too! This file is best printed out onto white cardstock and given to kids to color and decorate as desired. My kids love painting and were recently gifted this wonderful fine tempura paint set from PRIMO. They really enjoyed the large selection of colors and how vibrant they were. My oldest daughter wanted to make her mask more bird-like. We discussed how some masks worn…
