I like the Octonauts show, I think it's cute, educational and not annoying like some children's cartoons. I create a round-up of free print...

I like the Octonauts show, I think it's cute, educational and not annoying like some children's cartoons. I create a round-up of free printable Octonauts activities for you and your kids to enjoy. Get a free printable Octonauts maze from Scholastic book club Get free printable Octonauts bingo from the Suburban Mom Octonauts spot the difference form Scholastic books club Get Octonauts Octo Crew and vehicle cards from Jovial Spondoodles Find shark facts cards here Find Octonauts printable colouring pages and activity sheets from Octonauts.com Get Octonauts Alphabet printables from Funkidoo Get a Captain barnacles log, Peso's band aids and a mysterious places printable notebook from Misadventures of a Mum Get Octonauts match the Creatures activity pages from Scholastic Books club Get these Octonauts paper templates from Hot Hands bakery, just cut out the templates and assemble.

I absolutely love the Octonauts. I especially love that there are Octonauts books - and they're fantastic! We own a few of them (The Octonauts & The Frown Fish is a favorite here) and they are well read. Meomi did an incredible job with the writing, the stories, and the artwork. And then Disney did

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I like the Octonauts show, I think it's cute, educational and not annoying like some children's cartoons. I create a round-up of free printable Octonauts activities for you and your kids to enjoy. Get a free printable Octonauts maze from Scholastic book club Get free printable Octonauts bingo from the Suburban Mom Octonauts spot the difference form Scholastic books club Get Octonauts Octo Crew and vehicle cards from Jovial Spondoodles Find shark facts cards here Find Octonauts printable colouring pages and activity sheets from Octonauts.com Get Octonauts Alphabet printables from Funkidoo Get a Captain barnacles log, Peso's band aids and a mysterious places printable notebook from Misadventures of a Mum Get Octonauts match the Creatures activity pages from Scholastic Books club Get these Octonauts paper templates from Hot Hands bakery, just cut out the templates and assemble.

I like the Octonauts show, I think it's cute, educational and not annoying like some children's cartoons. I create a round-up of free printable Octonauts activities for you and your kids to enjoy. Get a free printable Octonauts maze from Scholastic book club Get free printable Octonauts bingo from the Suburban Mom Octonauts spot the difference form Scholastic books club Get Octonauts Octo Crew and vehicle cards from Jovial Spondoodles Find shark facts cards here Find Octonauts printable colouring pages and activity sheets from Octonauts.com Get Octonauts Alphabet printables from Funkidoo Get a Captain barnacles log, Peso's band aids and a mysterious places printable notebook from Misadventures of a Mum Get Octonauts match the Creatures activity pages from Scholastic Books club Get these Octonauts paper templates from Hot Hands bakery, just cut out the templates and assemble.

I always feel that there are so many party ideas out there and so few birthdays to do all those ideas! I really really wanted to do this Kite Birthday Party {easy, sweet, beautiful no?} But she really wanted Peppa Pig or Octonauts for a party theme. I had lots of ideas for both! There are so many good ideas out there! Since I am trying really hard not to do too much this year I reluctantly had to let most go! {Carboard Box Gups, Amazing Cakes, jelly fish decorations etc} Here are some of the things we did do: And lest anyone thinks that my birthday parties are quiet and relaxed my tip is to take a lot of photos BEFORE the party. I knew this party would be filled with babies and toddlers and a couple of four years old in our tiny house. Chaotic describes it pretty closely! Party food was: Blue jelly cups with sea creature lollies on top, clam biscuits, Octopus Dip {made from Red Capsicum and Hommus and Olives}, Cake and Cheezels {because they're orange and kids love them} Paper Plate Masks. Idea found here . Paint plates in colour of each octonaut. Draw eyes on with Black Marker {google each character to see their eye shape}To make their noses I found a octonauts colouring in page and just cropped the nose and printed four out. Print out the Octonaut hat on copy paper and stick on top each character. Attach a paddle pop stick to hold them. Since most the kids were not really interested in games I'm glad I didn't organise too many. We had pass the parcel with sea stickers in each layer and an octonaut toy for the prize, Pin the Patch on Kwazii {I just printed a A3 picture of Kwazzi and cut out black card patches} and some Octonauts colouring in. And any old person could purchase the $70 Octopod house {I was considering it!} but not everyone can have an awesome homemade one!! We had grandad whip us up one out of recycled things and it was just as good and has had lots of playtime! Thanks Grandad! I buy up Tshirts at Target on sale for $3-4. I happened to have an orange one in the stash so we knew that had to be the birthday shirt. To match in with Octonauts colours I chose some blue fabric from my stash. To make our number birthday shirts - print out a number on paper, use it to cut out fabric and felt. Sew onto Tshirt. Easy! There are so many awesome Octonauts cakes out there. Gup Cakes, cakes shaped like barnacles or Kwazii, The Octopod {how?!} etc. I knew these were ALL above my Cake -Making abilities and I had limited time to prep for this party. So I opted for a very easy sponge cake with cream in the middle covered in blue icing. I crushed some plain biscuits {cookies}to look like sand and stuck on some gummi lolly turtles and star fish. A set of all the Octonauts characters was a birthday present, but I said no playing with them till after they come off the cake lol. With a few strategic placed characters I think we pulled off a pretty good octonauts cake for a person with not much cake making ability! Even though it was pretty simple and pretty crazy party she loved all the elements and was one happy girl and that is all that matters I suppose.

I always feel that there are so many party ideas out there and so few birthdays to do all those ideas! I really really wanted to do this Kite Birthday Party {easy, sweet, beautiful no?} But she really wanted Peppa Pig or Octonauts for a party theme. I had lots of ideas for both! There are so many good ideas out there! Since I am trying really hard not to do too much this year I reluctantly had to let most go! {Carboard Box Gups, Amazing Cakes, jelly fish decorations etc} Here are some of the things we did do: And lest anyone thinks that my birthday parties are quiet and relaxed my tip is to take a lot of photos BEFORE the party. I knew this party would be filled with babies and toddlers and a couple of four years old in our tiny house. Chaotic describes it pretty closely! Party food was: Blue jelly cups with sea creature lollies on top, clam biscuits, Octopus Dip {made from Red Capsicum and Hommus and Olives}, Cake and Cheezels {because they're orange and kids love them} Paper Plate Masks. Idea found here . Paint plates in colour of each octonaut. Draw eyes on with Black Marker {google each character to see their eye shape}To make their noses I found a octonauts colouring in page and just cropped the nose and printed four out. Print out the Octonaut hat on copy paper and stick on top each character. Attach a paddle pop stick to hold them. Since most the kids were not really interested in games I'm glad I didn't organise too many. We had pass the parcel with sea stickers in each layer and an octonaut toy for the prize, Pin the Patch on Kwazii {I just printed a A3 picture of Kwazzi and cut out black card patches} and some Octonauts colouring in. And any old person could purchase the $70 Octopod house {I was considering it!} but not everyone can have an awesome homemade one!! We had grandad whip us up one out of recycled things and it was just as good and has had lots of playtime! Thanks Grandad! I buy up Tshirts at Target on sale for $3-4. I happened to have an orange one in the stash so we knew that had to be the birthday shirt. To match in with Octonauts colours I chose some blue fabric from my stash. To make our number birthday shirts - print out a number on paper, use it to cut out fabric and felt. Sew onto Tshirt. Easy! There are so many awesome Octonauts cakes out there. Gup Cakes, cakes shaped like barnacles or Kwazii, The Octopod {how?!} etc. I knew these were ALL above my Cake -Making abilities and I had limited time to prep for this party. So I opted for a very easy sponge cake with cream in the middle covered in blue icing. I crushed some plain biscuits {cookies}to look like sand and stuck on some gummi lolly turtles and star fish. A set of all the Octonauts characters was a birthday present, but I said no playing with them till after they come off the cake lol. With a few strategic placed characters I think we pulled off a pretty good octonauts cake for a person with not much cake making ability! Even though it was pretty simple and pretty crazy party she loved all the elements and was one happy girl and that is all that matters I suppose.

I like the Octonauts show, I think it's cute, educational and not annoying like some children's cartoons. I create a round-up of free print...

When I started planning K’s Ocotnauts Party, I had this big idea that the goodie bags should include a themed gift from each member of the crew. But my big thing with goodie bags is no junk. Everything in the bags must be useable and fun. I have a big ... Read More

What are The Octonauts, you ask? Fantastic question! I'm still not exactly sure, but my 4-year-old niece is in love with them, and can recite an entire book to me (word-for-word, and with inflection and definitions). However, the simple fact that it's a British TV show gets my approval, so when I was asked to make an Octonauts Halloween costume for my niece, I readily agreed. Plus, when you're paid in Bello Tea gift cards, it's just a win-win situation for everyone. Here's the costume that I had to create: Dashi Dog. She's pretty adorable! I used Simplicity 1704 for the pattern, and it was nice and straightforward. Have I mentioned how much I love being able to just make a pattern without modifying it? I found almost all of the materials at Hobby Lobby. I know, I know. I'm boycotting them. Except, it's hard to boycott a store when no one else in the area has the colors that you need! Yay for 40% off coupons! Skirt with interfacing The skirt was a light pink broadcloth. I originally was going to put interfacing on the entire dress, but after doing that, it was like HELLO SUPER STIFF NOT AWESOME. I pulled it off of everything but the skirt, which definitely needed the extra structure. For the top of the dress, I cut off the bottom of the tan fabric and added a pink strip. I figured it was easier than trying to lengthen the skirt. I reshaped the collar a little to give it rectangular corners instead of rounded corners. I then penciled the design on and machine embroidered it. I did mess up a little, but it's not very noticeable unless you're super close (like this photo!) For the details, I simply whip-stitched some white ribbon to the bottom and added a big, white button. For the hat, I molded some craft foam around a measuring cup, then cut out a band from the same foam. Those got glued together, and my husband paint a dark blue stripe around the band and the Octonauts logo on the top of the hat. I insisted on making the hair for Dashi as well. I went through a lot of frustration over it, because it shouldn't be that hard! I made the Fruity Oaty Bar Girl heads completely out of the same fleece material! I finally ended up sewing two ears to a stretchy headband. Of course, I forgot to take any photos of it, but check it out in the final photo. The final piece of the costume (which I almost forgot about, because I didn't know how to do it!) was the boots. My friend brought over a pair of winter boots, and I basically just covered them. Again, I used the craft foam, and I actually whipped these together in about 45 minutes. Here are the materials that I used: one winter boot, one large piece to wrap around the top of the boot, and one piece for the toe. I figured out the shape by putting the foam around the boot and cutting until I had a basic shape, then trimming it up until it fit the way I wanted it to. The cut-out bit of the larger piece is off-center so that the ends can overlap. The pieces are designed to end right where the rubber sole starts. I was concerned about them becoming a trip hazard if they covered any more than that. The top of the covers also extend just a bit over the top of the boot. I then put the toe piece on the boot, wrapped the large piece around, and tacked the corners of the toe piece with hot glue. I removed it from the boot and reinforced the seam a bit more. Next, I added some elastic to the bottom of the cover. This is so that the boot can slip into the cover, but not move around once it's in place. Finally, I added velcro so that the boots fasten on the inside of the ankles. I did this so that they looked nice and smooth when viewed from the side. Hopefully, they won't unfasten if she bumps one boot against the other. I used red velcro for that WOW effect. Okay, I used red velcro because that's all I had handy, and I didn't feel like running out to buy more when I needed a literal two inches. Here are the finished boots! Finally, here is a side-by-side of my niece with the original reference photo. She was quite excited to get the finished costume; there was a fair bit of jumping up and down and squeaking. I think she looks fantastic!