Valentine's Day Party!

Recipe for Fun!!:

Number one: Have an amazing husband who encourages you, supports you and is just plain amazing! (He is also my incredible post party clean up helper!)

Number 2: Decorate!!

I have always wanted to try making one of these tissue paper flowers! I had so much fun!! I chose pink of course! Here are some great links on how to’s:

1. crafts.kaboose.com
2. You tube : enter in “make tissue paper flowers with your kids”
3. No, the blue flowers are not mine, however were the biggest inspiration for mine! (Image found on google search. I am not able to find the website).

Number 3: prepare crafts for the kidlets! When I host parties, I love to have everything ready for when the kids arrive. Here I prepared the craft table to the kids when they arrive. We made clear contact paper heart crafts. www.allkidsnetwork.com. The kids were able to decorate their heart however they wanted. I loved seeing their creativity!

Number 4: Have some activities prepared for the kids!!

1. We played a game that the kids had to guess how many candies were in the container. Whoever won had to share their candies with their friends at the party while we all sat down for story time.

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2. We read Franklin’s Valentines. This is such a great book about friendship!

3. The kids each received a bag of candy hearts. They had to see who could make the tallest tower. This was even a hit with the mommies!!

4. We then had a balloon race. This was so much fun! Putting balloons between your legs and running in a race is quite hard for those little legs!!!

5. The next activity we did was have a sword fight! Well…..what else do boys do at a Valentine’s Day party?!

 

6. Finally it is COOKIE making time!!! Or is it eating time?! 

                         

Number 5: I sent each little one home with a party bag complete with candy, bubbles, stickers and some more candy!! (Sorry Mommies!!)

Some great websites I used for my party ideas:

1. www.amazingmoms.com
2. www.dltk-kids.com
3. www.familyfun.go.com

HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY

Letter P: Paintings, Peanut M and M’s, Porcupines, Picnics and more!!

So many things that begin with a P!! Some things we did not capture onto pictures was…. made popcorn, made pizza, had fun with play dough, talked about playing with puppies (tried to get daddy to buy us one!) and played, played, played!!

Painting: My boys love to paint! It allows them to use their imagination. I love to see their focus, their designs and the fun they have! When my oldest was old enough to start painting I was that Mom that did not enjoy the paint being mixed together! It drove me crazy….after having two boys…you learn that you will ALWAYS have brown paint!! (from them mixing colours constantly!) And you just have to accept that!! Same things with play dough!

 

   

In their workboxes today I surprised them with peanut M and M’s!! Looks like it was a hit!

 

We did try to have a picnic at the park today, however it was below zero and our lips were blue and our fingers were frozen….so were our sandwiches!

 

We made a porcupine craft. I cut a paper plate in half and the boys painted it and we glued toothpicks to the paper plate and made a head and feet. Looks pretty cute! Daddy couldn’t tell what they were, but who said they had to be PERFECT!?

 

And we PLAYED today!! So PRECIOUS!

 

The Letter P: Making Peanut butter

This week my youngest is learning about the letter P. What better way to do this than to make peanut butter! My oldest had to follow the recipe! It was a part of his workbox. What a surprise!

 

 

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Race Car Themed Birthday Party

     We had a birthday party for my youngest. He LOVES cars. Here is what we did for the special day!!
I tried making a racecar birthday cake.


I also made hot dog cars. I got the idea from www.familyfun.go.com under their party section theme cars. These were very easy to make and the kids loved it!!! (Well…so did the adults!)

Each child got to take home a balloon and these candy cars. Again I found these at www.amazingmoms.com. All the kids LOVED it! and they were so easy to make!

Here is the birthday table!

Each child also took home a craft. I found these for $1.50 each at Michaels.

And here is the happy birthday boy with his new car carrier! He loved his day!

Race Track Birthday Cake!

My youngest just turned three!! Wow! I have no idea where the time went! He is just in love with cars, so what better way to celebrate that with a race track birthday cake!
First I started with two circle cakes.
     
Then I frosted both with white icing.

The next step is to put two round bowels in the middle of the two circles and top the cake with crushed oreo cookies or chocolate chips etc.

Next you cover the rest of the cake with green sprinkles….but be sure to do it quickly as the icing dries fast!! Then add in your race track with white frosting.

Next you add in your cars and flags. (I used toothpicks and ribbon that I purchased at Michaels) My youngest got to choose the cars he wanted from the store! Be sure to wash the cars first!! I also put them on wax paper.

Now enjoy the part!!