I am obsessed with Disney. Always have been. So when my niece asked for a Disney Princess Party I jumped right in. Planning this party kept me up until the wee hours of many nights, making "just one more thing!" Invitation: As always we used invitations from Punchbowl.com. They have an excellent selection of Disney … Continue reading Disney Princess Party
For his 7th birthday party my son chose a Ninja theme. We decided that the guests would be Ninjas-In-Training and we would train them to be official Ninjas by the time the party was over. It was such a blast! Ninja Headbands, Ninja obstacle course, and Toilet Paper Nunchuks were just a couple of the … Continue reading Ninja Party
We had a Ninja Party (post coming soon!) for my son's 7th Birthday. Obviously having a weapon was a necessity. We made Nunchuks to give every child upon completion of their Ninja Training Course. It was quite simple and fun to make these! And they looked pretty convincing, even though they were only toilet paper … Continue reading Nunchucks
My son has a new-found love of playing Go Fish. It's tonnes of fun, but we have a major problem: he can't hold seven cards in his hand at one time. We've used cereal boxes to block them, but that makes it hard for him to reach around to the deck. We tried sticking each … Continue reading Child Playing Card Holder
We are a very Harry family. Harry Potter, that is. So when we needed a new plan for improving attitude and behaviour in our house I decided to to try out the method used at Hogwarts: House Points. Each child starts the week with ten jewels. Whenever they do anything excellent they get a house … Continue reading House Points
It was my turn to have the cousins over yesterday (always a blast!), and I knew it was supposed to be a brilliantly beautiful day so we would be outside for most of it. I love to incorporate crafts into any area I can, so I decided that we would try to make our snack … Continue reading Watermelon Happy Faces
Almost my whole family went camping this past weekend at Grundy Provincial Park: Nana, Papa, 3 aunts, 3 uncles and 8 cousins, ages 1 to 11. It was supposed to feel like 40 degrees and be sunny, so we were quite shocked when an enormous thunderstorm rolled through at 1:30 in the morning and made … Continue reading Paper Boats
My son loves animals. But usually not things like dogs and cats. More like Bengal Tigers (cause they can swim), Pumas, Snow Geese and, wait for it... Flying Squirrels. One day he came up to me and said, "Mum, can you make me a flying squirrel costume?" I thought about it and decided I could. … Continue reading Flying Squirrel Costume
My family loves camping - my husband especially. So, when the kids and I were thinking of Father's Day craft ideas, this one was decidedly perfect. The big kids were able to do almost all of it (just not the glue gun part at the end, or the tying of the twine) so it really … Continue reading Fire Starters
Do you need ears for your cat costume? Or Lion, Tiger, Wolf...the list goes on and on! Well, we needed cat ears for a Catwoman costume for out Batman Birthday Party. These are so quick and easy, and they look adorable. Bonus: One size fits all! Supplies: Black card stock or Bristol boardSnap hair clips (preferable black, … Continue reading DIY Cat Costume Ears
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