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    TMNT Birthday

    Cowabunga! My oldest recently turned eleven and requested a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle pizza party for his family and friends. Here is how we celebrated using simple supplies, little expense, and not much time (as his little sister’s birthday was just around the corner). I also made some printable crafts, photo props, banners, and food labels that are free to download below. Hoping these ideas and printables can be useful and fun for your ninja fans! Decorations: We stuffed the arms and legs of a TMNT costume with pool noodles and added a green balloon on top to create Leonardo doing the splits above our fireplace. My kids helps me…

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    Fruit Birthday Party

    Recently my middle daughter turned 6 and requested a fruit themed birthday. Bright, sweet, and very orange-inal, it was a fun theme that reflected my daughter’s personality. Here is how my kids helped me to put together an absolutely pear-fect, easy, and inexpensive birthday party to celebrate with her family and friends. Hoping these ideas and printables can be helpful and fun for your family too! Decorations: I really loved these ballon fruits from Oh Happy Day. She makes the funnest things out of balloons. My kids helped me to blow up various balloons we had leftover from past parties and cut out leaves from construction paper to make these…

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    Timber Rattlers Party

    Recently, we threw an end of the season celebration for my son’s little league team. They were the Timber Rattlers. Here is how we quickly set up a simple, inexpensive, and fun party in our home to celebrate a group of 10-year-old little leaguers. Hoping these ideas and printables can be helpful to you if you are either celebrating a baseball team or hosting a snake or reptile theme party. Decorations: We made large swirly snakes out of poster board. I purchased this pack of poster board from Walmart and used an extra black piece I had. As a child, I used to make swirly snakes from paper plates by…

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    Derby Party

    Here are a few easy, quick, and affordable ideas to celebrate Derby Day. Hoping these ideas and printables may also be helpful and fun for your classroom or home as well! Decorations: My kids helped me to create these easy and fun rose suncatchers to decorate. I made a template for the roses that is free to download below then printed them out onto black cardstock. I cut the insides out, overlapped the circles and then placed contact paper over everything. Here is a quick video tutorial of how to make them: The kids went to town adding cut up pieces of red tissue paper for the roses and green…

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    Dr. Seuss Party

    Recently we threw a party for Dr. Seuss’ Birthday! We have celebrated his birthday in our family for the past decade and it has become a fun tradition that my kids all look forward to. Here is how we pulled it off using simple supplies, little expense, and not much time (as it was in the middle of the week on a school day). I also made some free printables that are free to download below. Hoping these ideas and printables can be fun for your kids too! Decorations: I made simple cutouts of Dr. Seuss’ silly fish out of colored poster board and hung them up all over our…

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    Superhero Birthday Party

    My oldest recently turned ten and we celebrated with a superhero themed birthday party at home. This was his third superhero themed party. He had one when he turned four and then again when he turned seven. My son just loves this theme. Here is how we pulled it off using simple supplies, little expense, and not much time (as his little sister’s birthday was just four days away). I also made some printable superhero masks and food labels that are free to download below. Hoping these ideas and printables can be fun for your kids too! Decorations: I purchased a pack of paper plates from Walmart and used painter’s…

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    Doctor Party

    Recently we celebrated my favorite doctor’s birthday… my husband who is a pathologist. We served some of his best-loved foods and I made some fun themed printables that is free to download below. Hoping these ideas and printables can also help you to celebrate your favorite doctor, future doctor, or healthcare worker. Decorations: I made these Snellen inspired eye charts to place around the house to decorate. There are some free editable versions that you can find online, however I wanted a thicker font and more control over where each letter was placed as well as a border so I made my own. My husband doesn’t exactly go by Dr.…

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    Unicorn Birthday

    Recently our middle daughter turned 5 and requested a unicorn themed birthday. Colorful, unique, and lovely, it was a wonderful theme that reflected my daughter. Here is how my kids and I created an easy and affordable birthday party to celebrate with her family and friends. Hoping these ideas and printables can help your kids to enjoy some simple yet still magical fun. Decorations: When planning, we always start by looking at what we already have. My daughters have been obsessed with unicorns for years. I am actually surprised it took us this long to have our first unicorn themed birthday. We gathered all their unicorn toys as well as…

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    L.O.L. Birthday

    Recently my oldest daughter turned 7 and requested an L.O.L. Doll themed birthday. Fierce, creative, and so fashionable, it was a fun theme that reflected my daughter’s personality. No one was surprised when she told us her favorite dolls were Queen Bee and Royal Bee. Here is how my daughter helped me to craft her DIY home birthday party to celebrate with her family and first grade friends. Hoping these ideas and printables can help your kids to also enjoy some simple and fabulous fun. Decorations: We made pool noodle music notes and some cardboard boomboxes to help add a pop of color and fun to our kitchen. The pool…