A guest to a baby shower or a gender reveal party that’s just a few weeks away, and you can’t figure out what to get. There are standard items like precious baby clothes, bottles, diapers, wipes, and receiving blankets, but they’ll get a ton of those from other guests. You could select something from the registry; however, you’ve waited so late, there’s barely anything left. While it may seem like mission impossible, there are still plenty of great ideas. Check out this list of baby shower gifts … [Read more...]
Four tips for Throwing a Great Pool Party for Children
This post contains affiliate links. Children love pool parties and are a great way to keep children active during the winter months. Local leisure centres or private sport centres will often rent out their facilities for an hour or so for group parties. Before planning the next pool party for your kids, here are a few helpful hints to keep in mind:1. Safety First and Foremost You will be responsible for the safety of the children at your pool party. If the party will consist of a large … [Read more...]
Finding Dory Party Bags
June 17th Finding Dory is coming to theaters! As with all Disney movies, I'm sure kids will want to have Finding Dory themed parties. When this happens to you, come on back for these awesome party bag ideas! Fish Rice Crispy TreatsArmed with a fish shaped cookie cutter I made rice crispy treats.3 Tablespoons butter 1 Package (about 40) Marshmallows 6 Cups Rice Crispies 1 Package blue chocolate wafers, meltedOver medium heat melt butter in a large sauce pot.Add … [Read more...]
A Simple S’more Bar + Printables
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #LetsMakeSmores #CollectiveBias #sponsoredAs a kick off to summer we decided to have some friends over for a S'more Bar. It's been a cool (temperature) beginning of summer so having a fire in our fire pit and making our favorite summer treat was a fun idea. Since we did this over Memorial Day weekend we decided to go with a patriotic theme for the S'more Bar.After a quick visit to … [Read more...]
Steps to Planning a Pool Party
The great news about planning a pool party is that the most important element is already present: a pool. In fact, just mentioning the words “pool party” to your kids (and their friends) will get you half the way there. All that’s left to do is supply some food, beverages, a little age-appropriate entertainment and essentials, and you are on your way to the season’s best pool party. For more great tips on games, themes and organizing a pool party, check out these sites:Pool Party … [Read more...]
Party With our #DisneySide
Disclosure: I received a complimentary party package to facilitate this #DisneySide party. All experiences and opinions are my own. Yours may differ. I had so much fun planning our DisneySide party with the amazing pack of goodies provided by HP, Ocean Spray, American Tourister and Disney. I made a plan with the things that were provided.I was given some runDisney cheer cards so I decided to let the kids decorate them. I always was given some Mickey and friends cupcake … [Read more...]
3 Ways to Use Christmas Lights Year Round
As I sit in my dining room day after day and type up blog posts and chat with friends on social media, I am always looking for new things to write about. I want to find things to share with you, whether it be recipes, crafts, parenting tips or anything else I think is of value.Today as I look around my house for inspiration, the cute white "twinkle lights" as I refer to them, caught my attention. I thought, that would make a fun post, so here we go! To purchase Christmas Lights throughout … [Read more...]
Make some ‘Sweet’ Party Glasses
Today I am preparing for my New Year's Eve party with some friends and their children. We don't drink, but we like to have a good time. I thought it would be fun to jazz up our Martinelli's with some sugar rimmed glasses. It's easy, only involves two ingredients and has 2 steps! Once you gather the supplies - glasses, a lemon sliced up, colored sugar - you are ready to being. Rub the lemon slice around the rim of the glass getting it fully wet with the juice. Dip the … [Read more...]
Murder Mystery Maniacs Party
Disclaimer: I was provided all of the supplies to host this amazing party complimentary for review purposes. All experiences and opinions are my own. Yours may differ.Murder Mystery Maniacs is company that provides murder mystery parties. They have an amazing number of themes to choose from. They have different types of parties such as dinner parties, corporate events and teen themed parties. Each provide an enjoyable evening for an impressive amount of guests. As you can see, I had a fun … [Read more...]
Carousel Cake
1 10 inch Bundt Cake1 10 inch round cake board, covered, or a large plate (I used my cake stand)1 container (16 ounces) white frostingAssorted animal shaped cookiesDecorator gel (optional)Assorted candies and decorsColored or striped drinking strawsPaper for carousel roofMake cake according to recipe (this chocolate cake,or white cake is yummy!) Place cake on prepared board Tint frosting whatever color you wish. Frost cake.Outline animal shaped … [Read more...]
Finding the Right Venue
There are a lot of events in life that require just the right venue. It may be a wedding, reception, party, meeting, whatever it may be, you want to host it at just the right location. For certain events the right venue can make or break the event. I participated in a craft show once that was not in the right venue. It was in a hotel conference room and over flow was in the hallway. I don't think the hotel was the problem, it was that it was hard to find, tucked back a little far off the street … [Read more...]
Fancy Nancy Party Featuring The Orb Factory
Disclaimer: I received the following products for review purposes. No other compensation was received. All opinions and experiences are 100% my own. Your experience may differ. If you click a link in this post, you will be taken to the sponsor's site.When we find a series of books we love we stick to it! We love Fancy Nancy at our house. She is such a sweet little girl with some high style! My daughter was very excited to learn that The Orb Factory wanted her to throw a Perfectly Posh Fancy … [Read more...]
Happy Birthday Talking Ginger #gingersbirthday
Talking Ginger is a cute little kitty turning 5! He and his friends have their own apps with interactive toys! To celebrate his birthday, his friends are throwing him a huge virtual party, and you are invited to join the fun.Take a look at a great website called Talking Ginger's Playground where you can see a trailer about Talking Gingers Birthday app that will be out in late April. There is also an email address where you can email Ginger birthday wishes that will be put into a drawing to … [Read more...]
Santa Bread
Today's recipe was visually an epic fail! But my girls LOVED it and it was yummy, so it was totally worth it! I know what changes I'll need to make the next time we make it- and there WILL be a next time! It was so fun!Gypsys Melting Pot gives a recipe for the dough that I’m sure is delicious, but I’m a lazy chef, so I just bought Pillsbury Simply Rustic French Bread Dough instead. (I used 2 of the Pillsbury containers) “Divide into two portions, one slightly … [Read more...]
Gyspy Melting Pot
Okay folks, you know how I feel about creative and simple recipes! I just fell in LOVE with Gyspys Melting Pot! They do an awesome job compiling super cute and totally adorable recipes and crafts that are so simple and so creative! I was so excited to share them with you! I’ll post 2 today and 2 more on Thursday.Christmas treeGypsys Melting Pot made it with veggies, (Click here to see theirs!) but my kids are MUCH more likely to eat fruit! And our family tradition is a Christmas … [Read more...]
