Affiliate links appear in the following post. Although shopping the embedded links won’t cost you any additional dollars, it might mean that I earn a small commission on any purchases made. Your support of this blog is always appreciated! As usual, I waited until the last minute to start thinking about what to make for the girls' friends at dance for their Halloween party tomorrow night. Sophie's first request was bat shaped cookies and I thought I had her convinced to just buy the Little Debbie brownies shaped like bats, but when Gran send us {this} super cute suggestion. It looked simple enough, but I decided to try using Double-Stuf Oreos since we can't bring peanut butter and I figured it would be easier than spreading each individual one. It turns out, this was one of the easiest ...
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A Valentine’s Day Tutorial
My girls LOVE a good craft. I will admit that Ella has asked why we don't just buy a box of Valentines at the grocery store, but when I offer a craft as an alternative, she jumps right on board. There is nothing better that playing with paper and scissors when it's too cold to go outside. Since the girls will exchange Valentines at school and at dance, we opted for a few different designs. Ella's cards were appropriate for both groups, but for Sophie's friends, we had to make two different treats. Here is how we turned this basket of goodies into three super-cute Valentine's Day treats for our friends! For Sophie's "school" we decided to give fruit squeezes because there is a pretty wide range of ages. I bought strawberry Go-Go Squeezes and made a printable file that says "Hey, ...
Birthdaypalooza: Mermaid Tails
Affiliate links appear in the following post. Although shopping the embedded links won’t cost you any additional dollars, it might mean that I earn a small commission on any purchases made. Your support of this blog is always appreciated! After seeing a mermaid towel for sale online, I couldn't help but think that Gran could clearly make one just as cute for a fraction of the cost. It only cost us $16 and 30 minutes one afternoon after school to whip this one up. We were halfway through the process before I realized we weren't taking pictures, so you'll have to bear with my very rudimentary illustrations. I really wanted to share the tutorial, pictures or not! We used these oversized bath towels for our mermaid tail. How adorable is this? Pin this post for later! ...
Birthdaypalooza: Pinata!
I'll admit that I kind of laughed when Ella told me she wanted a pinata at her party this year. I figure that since she didn't ask for very much we could certainly pull that off. I looked around on-line a bit and called some local stores, but I couldn't really find what I was looking for. Then I read this blog post and remembered this blog post. If they can do it, I can do it. Right? So I started with my computer, pinterest and a big cup of coffee in my favorite cup ever (yes it has a cross-stitched watermelon!), these supplies, and it doesn't hurt to have an assistant (even if he is a vampire -- remember on the vlog I was watching this while folding laundry? well i finished all three the next day during this little project). First, I cut out two large number fives and several ...