The first day of school isn’t the first day of school without a photo op! Start this yearly tradition with your younglings–it’s totally fun to see the pictures pop up year to year. If you need a first day of school free printable sign, I’ve rounded up a few I think are totally photo-worthy! Click…
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How to Make a DIY Viking Ship Centerpiece – How to Train Your Dragon Party Ideas
Any good How to Train Your Dragon party or Viking party needs to have a DIY Viking ship included in the decorations. For my first How to Train Your Dragon party, I built a huge mast and sail and made an entire table into a Viking ship. Hindsight has shown me that this is probably…
How to Train Your Dragon Party Ideas
This How to Train Your Dragon party idea post is part of a social shopper marketing insight campaign with Pollinate Media Group® and Universal Pictures Home Entertainment, but all my opinions are my own. #pmedia #TrainYourDragonAtWalmart https://my-disclosur.es/OBsstV Need a few How to Train Your Dragon party ideas? I’ve got a few new ones for…
Older Kid Easter Egg Hunt Ideas at Home
Every Easter my family has a tradition of hunting Easter eggs through the house immediately when they get up. I can remember watching excited little faces grabbing a basket at the threshold to their doorway just waiting for mom and dad to say “go!” then watching them scramble through the house in search of all…
Lucky Charm St. Patrick’s Day Favors for the Classroom
It’s a good thing my son likes to take St. Patrick’s Day favors to share with his class. Because I randomly ordered a pound of Lucky Charm’s marshmallows ONLY on Amazon without any thought about what to do with them. (You can do the same random sort of shopping for freeze dried marshmallows here.) Some…
Unicorn Free Printable Classroom Valentines
Tween age girls love unicorns. Little girls love unicorns. Heck, I even know adults that love unicorns! It totally makes sense to bring a little magic to the classroom with unicorn free printable classroom Valentines. We came up with these after a trip to Target. I let my son rifle around in the dollar bins…
Free Pokemon Printable Valentines Cards
Pokemon seems to be a favorite that is going to stick around – and there are no shortage of kids that LOVE the imaginative critters in this game. When Valentines Day comes around this year, you can let your favorite Pokemon trainer hand out Pikachus with these free printable Pokemon Valentine cards! Aren’t these the…
Disney Princess Baby Shower with the Cricut Maker
Someone asked me the other day what kind of decorations can you make for a party with Cricut? The answer is really anything! This Disney princess baby shower has so many details I made with the Cricut Maker and its different adaptive tools I really could not have pulled it off without it! Disney princess…
Easy DIY Neighbor Gift: Chili Seasoning Kits
I love having something small to give my friends and neighbors for Christmas. Because frankly, I love being generous, but I don’t always have fun to do lavish for everyone. A DIY neighbor gift is usually what I end up doing. Something thoughtful and edible usually does the trick to make people feel warm and…
Happy Pumpkin Spice Everything Free Printable Art
It’s that time of year where you can almost smell the pumpkin spice on the air! The heat is blessedly about to break for cooler weather and pumpkin spice everything is about to make its appearance. Even in home decor. Because really–can you pass up a snarky framed typographic print that celebrates pumpkin spice? I…
First Day of School Free Printable Sign for Last Minute Moms
My kids have been using this first day of school free printable sign for the last 6 years. I love it. I love that I see it pop up in my friends’ pictures on Facebook this times of year. But I also love to change things up every once in awhile, so I have a new…
Top Ten Road Trip Activities for Kids Unplugged
This post is sponsored by The Kraft Heinz Company, General Mills, PepsiCo and Publix. All thoughts, ideas for unplugged road trip activities for kids and feelings are my own. I really do love Publix anyway, so writing for them is a treat! Are we there yet??? Those words coming from the backseat are enough to…
Bunny Butt Terra Cotta Pot Pen Holder Teacher Gift Idea
My kids’ teachers work hard, and like most teachers, are largely underappreciated. When I have a chance to send in a little gift to them to give them a small thank you, I take it. For Easter this year, they’re getting a cute little bunny butt terra cotta pot pen holder. It’s a great teacher…
Free Printable Sunglass Valentine
I’ve been hearing it quite a bit this year: my kid thinks he’s too old (or cool) to give out classroom Valentines. Tween Valentines are tricky; you can’t do anything too little-kiddish and the options for something a bit more mature are a little limited. This Free Printable Sunglass Valentine might check a few of…
Despacheeto Free Printable Classroom Valentine
Have I got a free printable classroom Valentine for you! After listening to the song “Despacito” on the radio ad nauseum this fall, inspiration struck along with a fit of silliness for Valentines this year. Instead of candy, these Valentines use a single serve pack of Cheetos…and a quaint little free printable classroom Valentine tag…
Ninja Non-Candy Classroom Valentines Free Printable
Many many parents are on the hunt for Non-Candy Classroom Valentines to try to avoid food allergies so everyone can be included in the celebrations. I say yay for these parents! Makes it so so much more fun when everyone can be part of the party. For some serious cuteness that the kids are going…
Christmas Pickle Ornament Free Printable
Kids in general love having the chance to give a little gift to their classmates around the holidays. Some years that ends up being a production, and you have to love the classroom favors that are EASY…and if we’re honest, aren’t chock full of sugar. Which is why this year I’m loving these Christmas Pickle…
Glitter Light Bulb Garland + Printable
It’s craft lightning time again! That means I’m offering up one super easy craft that takes less that 15 minutes to make (not including drying time) as part of a big bloggy group, so there’s more than just one fast Christmas craft out there for you to pick up. I’ve got a really fun glitter…
Holiday Light Stroll Party Ideas
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions in this Holiday Light Stroll Party are mine alone. #HolidayFlavorsAreHere #CollectiveBias Over the Holidays, I’ll use just about any excuse to get people together to celebrate. Even if it’s just walking through the neighborhood to look at some Christmas lights. It’s…
Mario Brothers Piranha Plant DIY and Question Mark Box Tutorial
From the day I put up our Super Mario Trunk or Treat post, I started getting questions about the Piranha Plant DIY and where the heck the graphics were to make the Question Mark Box. Going to be totally honest here, on the difficulty scale, this plant project is about a 6 or a 7,…
How to make a Mario Brothers Boo Ghost DIY
One of the character decorations from our Super Mario Trunk or Treat was the Boo ghost. I’m not sure exactly which version of the game he’s in, but my kids assure me that he’s cool and he’s in there! So I’m going to show you how to make a Mario Brothers boo ghost in a…
Mario Brothers – How to make a Bob-omb DIY
Big props make a huge difference when you’re setting up a birthday party or a Super Mario trunk or treat display like we did. Big doesn’t need to mean costly; there are plenty of inexpensive items to use to make space consuming props that look great. Following is how to make a bob-omb that shows…
Sleepover Waffle Bar Ideas
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone, and all Sleepover Waffle Bar Ideas also came from me. #EggoWaffleBar #CollectiveBias One of my favorite new food crazes is the food truck. They’re like traveling little boxes of gastronomic delight that put out unique and creative food…
DIY Boo Banner in 10 Minutes
I believe the only thing I love more than Halloween decorations are Halloween decorations that are cute and super fast to make! This BOO Banner is absolutely both of those, and a perfect Craft Lightning project. But that’s all felt! How on earth can it take you less than 10 minutes to make? Answer: I…
Captain Underpants Family Movie Night
“This post is part of a social shopper marketing insight campaign with Pollinate Media Group® and Snyder’s-Lance, but all my opinions are my own. #pmedia #Pop4Captain https://my-disclosur.es/OBsstV” We love family movie night! We all snuggle into the couch and watch a new release together, along with having a few movie snacks and a movie-related activity….
Paw Patrol Party Hat
One of the fun parts of having a character party is getting into character! For the Paw Patrol Party we threw (see it here), we put together some fun Paw Patrol Party Hats using some pretty inexpensive items. These match the characters Rubble (construction dog) and Marshall (fire dog). How to Make a Rubble Paw…
Surf’s Up 2 Luau Party
I love adding a little theme to our movie nights, we went all out with a luau party to really make it feel like a tropical treat! You’ll see lots of easy ideas in this post to help make your surfing movie night even more awesome. We watched Surf’s Up 2 for our family night–but…
How to Make a Welcome Basket for House Guests
This “how to make a welcome basket for house guests” shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #BlueLizardSummer #CollectiveBias. It’s always fun to have a bit of overnight company, and when company does show up it is a nice gesture to have a little welcome basket…
DIY Hangover Kit
Now you have to fill your diy hangover kit with things that will take the edge off the morning after!This post was sponsored by my friends at Cricut. They have amazing products, so you’re going to hear all about my opinion on that, but these thoughts, feelings and ideas are my own. Also, there are…
Free Printable Pokemon Valentine
Pokemon seems to be a favorite that is going to stick around – and there are no shortage of kids that LOVE the imaginative critters in this game. When Valentines Day comes around this year, you can let your favorite Pokemon trainer hand out Pikachus with these free printable Pokemon Valentine cards! Aren’t these the…
Zombie Party Ideas and Gruesome Recipes
Looking to throw a dead man’s party this Halloween? You’re in the right place! Within this post lies a rich graveyard of Zombie Party Ideas just ripe for the plucking! To tantalize all your living and dead senses, there are a even a few zombie-friendly free printables for you to download and tips on proper…
Minecraft Party Favor DIY – TNT!
For our Minecraft Trunk or Treat display (see it here), we came up with a fun way to give out Halloween candy that went along with our Minecraft theme. The materials for this Minecraft party favor are nothing more than a recycled cardboard, red tissue paper and a free printable you’ll find in this post….