Princess Castle

 For Christmas Lena wanted a princess doll castle.  When I looked into buying it I was surprised by how much it cost and then when I read reviews that all said the pieces break pretty easily, I was not too excited to buy it.  So I decided to make one myself.  I bought this bookcase at the thrift store and turned it into a doll castle.  I had a lot of fun doing it and Lena absolutely loves it.  Just don't tell her that mommy made it because you know she asked Santa for it.

 

 



Amazing Race

I put together an amazing race game for my family reunion it included route cards, detours and roadblocks all around my parents house and yard.  It turned out pretty fun.

Construction/Dump Truck 2 year old Birthday

 For my little man's birthday I did a construction/dump truck theme.  First I made him a birthday shirt.  I cut out the image of a truck on a piece of cardstock, then set it on the shirt while I sprayed fabric spray paint on and around it.  It was super easy, but I think it was perfect for the look I wanted.

 For his cake I just did a chocolate circle cake with chocolate frosting.  Then I used crushed oreos and Heath bits as dirt and some little toy construction trucks on top.  I really love the way it turned out.

Since he is turning two I didn't throw a huge, full blown party, but we did have a couple friends come over for a playdate.  I set out some of Thayne's favorite snacks and fun themed names for them.  They had some sticker sheets they could do, but mostly just played in the dirt. :)

Paper Bag Book

 This is one of my favorite things to do for showers, it works well as a guest book/best wishes book.  They are just so simple and cute.

Others I've done  1, 2, 3.

Baby shower game

 I put together a game for my friend's baby shower.  It's one of my favorites, a candy bar matching game. I used a big piece of cardboard and paper.  I printed pictures of the candy bars and the matching words. Then put pieces of scrapbook paper with numbers on top of them. I was sick for the shower so I didn't actually get to see it played. I hope it worked. ;)

Baby Shower Candy Bar Matching Game

Match candy bar names with pregnancy and baby words and phrases.  For example, "whoppers" would match "10 pound babies"  If you make a match you get the candy bar.

Matches

now and later- contractions

milk duds - dirty diapers

good and plenty - precious moments

hot tamales- heartburn

jelly belly-  postpartum tummy

milky way- breastfeeding

lifesavers- epidurals

fast break- mommy's sleep time

baby ruth- baby girl name

sweettarts- nurses

snickers- baby giggles

whatchamacallit- naming baby

3 musketeers- triplets

rolo- baby rolls over

nerds- hospital accountants

twizzlers- umbilical cord

mr. goodbar- anesthesiologist

5th avenue- hospital address

mounds- breast engorgement

look- baby's eyes

big hunk- daddy

rocky road- drive to the hospital

runts- premie

100 grand- hospital bill

Young Women's

 The new 2013 theme for the youth is from D&C 87:8 "Stand ye in holy places and be not moved."  I've had a chance to put together a few things for the young women using the theme.  And it's been really fun.

 I made these bookmarks so that every girl could have one at the beginning of the year before we had it memorized so we could recite it each week.

 We've been putting together New Beginnings which has been both stressful and fun (as is most YW stuff).   I got to do a little announcement to put on facebook.  The image on the bottom left is from here.  The rest was generated by me.

 I got to help with generating ideas, making poms for decorations, and setting things up. 

I also got to put together this handout to give them that night.  I even wrote the poem.

It turned out great and set the scene for the topics and spirit of the event.

Baby Shower

My mom, my sister and I recently threw a shower for my other sister.  It was so much fun!  I made a paper bag book for the guest book and I put together a motorcycle diaper cake.  We had brunch and decorated bibs and visited and had a great time.   I can't wait to see her little bundle of joy.  

There is a tutorial for the motorcycle diaper cake at sweetaprils.com.

Tangled movie night

For Mutual the girls wanted to have a Tangled movie night and I figured, why not?  And while we're at it, let's make it a party!

Here are links to the printables I used:

sign
banner

confetti/cupcake toppers

doll & crown

The water bottle labels and popcorn bag labels are ones that I made on my own.

I think everyone had a great time, I know I did.

Preschool Board

Lena is 3 which means 2 years until Kindergarten. I was hoping to do a co-op pre-preschool with some friends this year, but it didn't end up working out.  But when I was planning it I put together this preschool board using scrapbook paper, copy paper, and printed words.  Then I got it laminated so I can use wet-wash markers on it.  Hopefully it will still get some use, even if it is just for Lena.

party hat

I wanted to make a party hat for my little man's first birthday, so I googled "party hat tutorials" and got this great link. I think it turned out pretty cute, but not nearly as cute as my birthday boy!