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…
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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….
Minecraft Trunk or Treat Ideas
Trick or treating is fun…but TRUNK or treating is a complete blast! We look forward to our trunk or treat events every year because they combine all the fun of handing out (and getting) candy and wild and crazy creative Halloween decorating. MINECRAFT trunk or treat is our theme this year. Yes, I’ve relented and…
Jungle Safari Birthday Party Ideas
My young friend Sidney was born a conservationist. I’ve never met another person so enamored with or concerned for animals. She even had her wildly talented mother turn her room into a treetop hut overlooking the Costa Rican jungles–with all the correct trees and animals painted on the walls.When her birthday rolled around this year,…
Emoji Party Lanterns Tutorial and Free Printables
This post is sponsored by the lovely people at Elmer’s Products. Their glue and X-acto knives live in my daily craft stash! Even though they’re sponsoring this post, I promise all thoughts, ideas and opinions are my own. It’s the details in parties that make them so fun. Especially when creating those details is so…
Emoji Party Ideas to DIY
Welcome! Glad you could pop in for a happy party pick-me-up full of great tween emoji party ideas! If you need a hands-down winning party theme for your 9-12 year old girl, look no further than your phone’s text message screen. Emojis are everything right now. And tweens, with their great understanding of a wild…
10 Minute DIY Father’s Day Gift – A 6-Pack of Love!
This post is sponsored by OnlineLabels.com. All thoughts and ideas are my own! It’s about that time where we remember dear old dad and celebrate him with BBQ and a lazy day. If you’re anything like me, a gift for dad usually ends up being a bit of a scramble as I tend to put…
Left Shark Pool Party Ideas on a Budget
The minute I saw Katy Perry’s halftime show last year…I knew I had to throw a Left Shark Pool Party. The cartoony take on a day at the beach was just too much fun! When my little Katy Perry jamming, shark-loving friend Sidney wanted some ideas for her birthday pool party….well, I couldn’t help myself…
How to Age Unfinished Wood for a Father’s Day Gift Fishing Frame
My dad loves to fish. I think he’d rather sit in a boat with a line in the water rather than do anything else in the world. When father’s day or a birthday or Christmas roll around for him, picking up something fishing-related for him is always a surefire winner. This year, I watercolored…
Supermom Mother’s Day Brunch: A Party Guide for Dads and Kids
This post is sponsored by Hallmark and Walgreens. All thoughts, opinions and ideas are my own. #HallmarkAtWalgreens #CareWithACard One of the great Mother’s Day traditions that seems to have evolved over the years is the ritual of Mother’s Day brunch. The funny thing about this to me has always been that mom is supposed to…
75 Valentine’s Day Free Printable Ideas for the Best V-day Ever!
The internet is a treasure trove of Valentine’s Day free printable things. I guess I knew that, but I didn’t realize the quantity and the pure talent of some of the artists putting them together. Totally amazing, y’all. Most of what I found grouped nicely into kids, parties, art, adult stuff and gifts. Scroll down…
Family New Years Eve Party: Pajama Party Down!
Every year we try to come up with a new and creative way to have a family New Years Eve party that is kid-friendly but also is fun for the adults. It’s a tall order, but once your tots are past the toddler stage and don’t require as much direct supervision, it’s totally possible. That…
Cappuccino and Cookies Cookie Exchange for a Girls Night In
You This post is sponsored by Hills Bros.® Cappuccino drink mixes and Wal-Mart. All thoughts and ideas are my own! #CappTheNight #sponsored One of the many traditions during the holidays that is carried out in homes across the country is the cookie exchange. I’ve been to plenty myself, and I’ve gotta say the themed ones…
Thanksgiving Photo Transfer Ornaments
Thanksgiving should put all of in the mind frame of being thankful for the things we have–whether that is family, health or wealth. Around this time of year, I’m especially thankful for the people in my life that are my nearest and dearest. When I’m setting the Thanksgiving table this year, I’m adding a little…
How to Make Paper Poinsettias
Beautifully wrapped gifts are somehow just more special, aren’t they? Learning how to make paper poinsettias is great way to spruce up your Christmas packages and gifts. Plus, it doesn’t take a huge crafty skill level to pull these off. It’s mostly cutting and glueing, so even if you’re a craft novice, you can give these paper…
10 Minute Easy Christmas Decor: A Christmas Frame Filled with Joy!
With Christmas prep in full swing, I am totally fond of quick-to-make projects that look awesome. Like this one. In less than 10 minutes you can assemble a cute little shadow-box frame that is going to look darling out among your Christmas decorations. It would make a great gift as well! Thanks again to Country…
Thanksgiving Tree of Thanks Free Printables
Years ago–six to be exact–I posted up one of the first ideas for a kid’s table at Thanksgiving. This was pretty new ground back then — and boy how far we’ve come! I still love that table–the ideas were simple and easy to do among all the cooking and cleaning that seems to trail the…
Vampire Bat Lollipop Favor Free Printable for Halloween
This week is totally full of Halloween festivities, in and out of the classroom. Which also means it’s a week where we have to have TONS of Halloween tricks up our sleeves! Preferably the inexpensive variety. But inexpensive candy is usually a bore, and who wants that? With a little fun wrapping to make vampire…
Breast Cancer Free Printables – 2015 Update!
A few years ago (already!) I put together some free printables for October’s Breast Cancer awareness month. It’s more than a little humbling how year to year they continue to be highly popular, with many requests to tweak little things about the printables. And after personal experience with breast cancer, I think breast cancer awareness…
Mad Science Halloween Free Printables
My kids are totally in love with the Mad Science Trunk-or-Treat trunk from last week. They can’t wait to do it again. One of them has been wearing the “spare parts” sign on their forehead around the house. Potential spart part donor? Well, we’ll hope not! I really want you all to be able to…
Mad Science Lab Trunk-or-Treat Ideas
One of my favorite things during the Halloween season to participate in is my church’s Halloween Fest / Trunk-or-Treat. Everyone rolls into the parking lot with their cars, pops open their trunks, then proceeds to decorate the back of their cars in crazy themes. The kids come through in their costumes and trick-or-treat at the…
Fishing Party Favor for Grown Ups
My father’s birthday was last week, and I’ve been thinking about him a bit. My earliest memories of dad are of him standing on a boat, sweet smelling cigar and fishing rod in hand. I know for a fact his cigars were allowed nowhere near the house, so that’s probably why they were an away…
Summer Bucket List Free Printable
Summer time…that few months of year full of sunshine, fun, and the incessant “I’m bored!” cries from the kids. Sometimes just having a plan or something to be excited about is enough to keep a few of these away, so I’ve come up with a list of things everyone should try during the summer and…
BBQ and Brews on BHG
Backyard BBQs with darling themes are so perfect for summer in so many ways. They’re a good excuse to gather family and friends and host a few fun group activities. My friend Natalie of Southern Belle’s Charm held one such BBQ recently as an event to appear on Better Homes & Garden’s web site. It…
Smart Cookie Jar Teacher Appreciation Gift in 10 Minutes (or less!)
It’s been a fantastically fast school year, and it’s almost time to love and adore those wonderful teachers that grow our children’s little minds. I’d venture to say most of us are huge on gratitude and short on time to show said gratitude. As part of Craft Lightning with Crafty Hangouts, here’s a way to…
You’ve Been Booed! Free Printables to Delight Your Friends
This little Halloween tradition that has sprouted up in the last few years is pretty cute. You stealthily leave a small bag of treats on friends and neighbor’s doorsteps and declared them “Booed.” The gift offerings are small, but the thought really brings out the smiles. Who doesn’t like being thought of like that? To…
A Latte Teacher Gift Idea for the First Day of School
Both my kids started school this week. There were equal parts relief and sadness as they are both in elementary school now–sad to admit they are no longer babies! But on the first day of school, we showed up with our smiles on and a little present for our new teachers. This teacher gift idea…
Teacher Appreciation Free Printables
This year, I was a little slow on the draw for teacher appreciation week. Mostly because I had bought these darling Lilly Pulitzer travel mugs (my son’s teachers are Lilly fanatics) and I wanted a clever tag to go with them. But the more I thought about it, it wasn’t clever I wanted, I just…
Free Easter Printable Bunny Tails Favor
It’s Easter week, Moms. I don’t know about you, but I just this morning thought about if I am going to send in an Easter treat for the kids’ classes. That’s “if.” IF that happens, my kids will be taking with them an Easter class favor that is something simple…easy to bake, easy to assemble,…
Graduation Party Sprinkle Cake and Glitter Cake Topper
A few years ago, when I did my last graduation party shoot, I used some number-shaped lollipops to top off my grocery-store purchased cake. Now, if you have a good-sized budget, you can order custom lollipops and such for cake toppers. Most people I know won’t do that, so here is a much less expensive,…
Graduation Party Favor Free Printables, Tutorial and DIY
***Free printables now updated for 2019!!*** Every great party has a great party favor! The graduation party favors for our party were easy to make, and fell into my favorite party favor category–chocolate and consumable! Hershey kisses decorated with graduation printable kiss stickers (which are free printables here on this page!) are tucked into cellophane…