Our Little Shark Turns 3! When it came time to choose a theme for C’s third birthday, it was obvious — ocean! C is fascinated with sharks, tropical fish, whales, coral reefs, sea stars, dolph…
When third-quarter boredom sets in, give kids something crafty to do. Download a few of these helmet printables from Craft Jr. for the kids to color. Source:
FREE Martin Luther King Jr. printable to teach your Kindergarten students about equality! This MLK Jr. egg activity provides a great visual of being different on the outside but the same on the inside!
Circus-style bubble letters to print and use as letter templates, banner lettering, or circus crafts.
Use these prompts as "exit tickets" for Jr High to High School Art students. They will critically think and be creative even until the class bell rings!!
Lego Ninjago Theme Birthday Party: This 'ible is a while in the making. It's been on the to do list for 4 months now. I haven't had the chance to get around to writing it and I finally decided I needed to crank it out before I forget most of the details. Sorry for the wait, if anyone…
Today I'm going to show you this super cute Coffee Filter Bat Craft that's great for Halloween decorating or even a theme unit about bats.
So, the big day finally came this weekend...the boys' joint Super Mario birthday party. They had a great time with all of their little friends! I didn't take as many pictures as I would have liked, but here are the ones I did take... My Super Mario wall decor. I ordered the wall clings from ebay. The banner from birthday express. And the rest of the scene, I made...the coin blocks, bricks, ground and pipe. Here are a few close ups of the wall... We played a couple of fun games. At the beginning of the party, we had a Yoshi Egg Hunt using plastic easter eggs. I hid gold coins inside the eggs for a fun surprise! Another one of the games we played...Fireball Toss. I made it out of a big box, some large oatmeal containers and a bunch of construction paper. Turned out pretty cute I think! They each got to throw 5 fireballs (I used the red balls from our ball pit balls). And they won gold coins which they thought was pretty cool. Chow time! Pinata! Here's a link for the pinata I used. I love how Jonathan has both of his hands full of candy...cute! One of the games I was really excited about was a treasure hunt called 'Save the Princess!' Since there are 8 worlds on the Mario game, I made clues coordinating with each world. For example, World 3 is ice world on the game so, my clue said, 'Mario slips and slides on snow and ice, but penguin makes it really nice. To get to World 3: Find your favorite ice cream and tell us what you see!' I had the next clue hidden in the freezer by the ice cream. I bought these gold stars and taped my clues onto them. This way the kids knew what they were looking for...a big gold star. I sent the kids all over the house...downstairs, upstairs, outside, back upstairs...all over! It was a lot of fun. The final clue led them outside to the side of our house where they found the princess sitting on top of a treasure chest with the last star which said, 'Yay! You saved me! You're the best! Now for more Mario fun, open this treasure chest!' Inside the treasure chest, I had all the kids' goody bags. The gold stars with their clues. The treasure chest. I covered a cooler with brown construction paper...it was super easy! I had to use different shades of brown cuz that's what I had, but I think it worked. Why are there two princesses you ask?? The pink one, Princess Peach, is in regular Mario and the peach one, Princess Daisy, is in Mario Party. Vann wanted to use them both...although he knew nothing about the treasure chest...I kept that a surprise! All of the goody bags inside the treasure chest. The cupcakes...here's my vent about the cupcakes. I think the stand and the toppers turned out good. The cupcakes, not so much. I think they tasted ok...but their appearance was not up to par. I made everything lactose free so, Chayce could eat it and well, frosting is hard. I have yet to find a recipe I can decorate well with. This one started out good. I made it, stuck it in the fridge for a bit, then piped in on in a cute little swirl like I always do....but it started getting all melty. My nice, pretty cupcakes became not so pretty. Turns out...the lactose free butter I use is not solid at room temperature...good to know. Maybe should've practiced this before the party. Oh well, such is life! I know now for next time. And I meant to incorporate more little Mario guys on the cupcake stand, but time just got away from me and I barely remembered to snap a pic of the cupcakes at all. The not so pretty cupcake display. The cupcake toppers. The kids loved these! They picked their cupcake out by who was on the topper. I bought the Mario stickers on ebay. And click here for how I made them. Singing Happy Birthday to my little Chaycers. He loved it! Blow! He needed some help with this. Next up...my sweet Vannipants! I love how he's smiling with his eyes...my friend Jen calls this smizing! Make a wish! Cupcake time! I love how Chayce is eating his cupcake...too cute! That was good! Half of the boys' loot...they got totally spoiled!! The other half...lots of really fun stuff! I gotta tell ya...see that Perfection game...we played that all night long. And by we, I mean all the adults! Aunt Casey helping Vann put together his Mario Kart Wii track. Chaycers is holding his light saber and watching a movie on the couch. Molly's there for moral support :) Vann playing with a little Lego guy. Chayce got this cool car that lights up...he loved it! He would press the button and then jam out...adorable! Vann checking out R2D2...Star Wars is a big hit in our house right now. More dancing! The boys sword fighting with their light sabers. We even turned off the lights and had a fun light show! Kinda cool pic! And that's it! That pretty much sums up our party day. The boys had such a great time! My project this week is to make room for all of their new toys. I have lots of rearranging, reorganizing and purging to do. Hope you all had a great weekend!
I LOVE to decorate for VBS! Sadly, I don't usually do anything small. I think because I got saved at VBS as a child. At that time my family didn't go to church. A family friend had invited me to go. I still have fond memories of what the church looked like decorated, the crafts we did and the guest speaker who was an x-hobo and what he spoke about the night I gave my life to Jesus. All of my heart goes into the prep for VBS and prayer that Jesus will change a child's life forever during that week! I really enjoy looking at other people's ideas and get a glimpse into their creative process so I thought maybe there is someone else there who enjoys that too so I'm going to share. I used foam insulation board to create our city scape. I started out w/ a VERY rough idea and used a hot knife to cut the board then began painting. Once the outline was done I added some dimension with a different color in the middle and then cut a rectangle out of a sponge and painted "the lights" in each building. My husband helped me put all the different pieces of insulation board together using skewers. There are three different sizes cut from the boards to create each row of the skyline. The taxi cab is made from a yellow tri-fold project board we found at Hobby Lobby. I cut the taxi out using the edge to make the tires flat so it could stand on it's own. Then I added the taxi sign by using two pieces of paper and sandwiching toothpicks in between then sticking it inside the top.
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Use playdough to finish the patternon these ice cream printable pattern strips! EASY and FUN summer math and ice cream activities!
Free downloadable robot coloring sheets and robot coloring masks. Perfect for a robot birthday party or an afternoon robot craft idea.
I received free products from Oriental Trading Company to facilitate this party. All opinions and ideas are my own and are not influenced by the party who provided this opportunity. Playdates are such a fun way to get kids together
Planning a Bee-themed party for a girl or boy? This list of cute Bee party ideas will surely help you in getting inspiration while planning …
This adorable CONSTRUCTION THEMED THIRD BIRTHDAY PARTY was submitted by Jennifer Yun of May Details. How cute is this party?! I absolutely love all of the darling Construction Printables; they're so cute! I also love the plastic Construction toys used as decor! This party is so darling and is "packed" full of really cute ideas that any little boy would thoroughly enjoy! The Construction party ideas and elements that I like best from this awesome birthday event are: The awesome chocolate pie wheel "cake" The adorable printables The cute construction signs that spell out Alex The fun orange "dirt" cups with tool label spoon toppers The cute favor bags dolled up with cautionary washi tape and MORE!
Oh how I wish I was someplace where hibiscus flowers are in bloom! On the other hand, I suppose making it through a brutal winter help...
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Host an amazing birthday party for your son with these birthday party themes for boys. He and his friends will have a blast no matter their age.
Here is a super simple paint recipe that is sure to delight little fans of Disney's Frozen.
Top 10 ways to rock your 80's theme party. Rockin 80s party ideas.
Last week, I shared all about the superhero decor for our PTO's Parents' Night Out. Today, we're looking at how to make cityscapes inexpensively. They are perfect for a night on the town theme or superhero party.
If you want an easy and fun outdoor game for your summer party, look no further. This Lei Necklace Relay Race is set up in a snap and is hilarious to watch. It’s perfect for your Hawaiin-themed party. Kids of all ages will love the fast-paced and funny aspects of this summer outdoor game for …
