Aprons - Resue/Recyle project

In the coming weeks, one of my kids will have Greek unit at school, where they have to dress up in Greek attire. They have lots of fun during this unit, which also includes participating in Greek Olympics.

Usually kids wear a chiton made out of bedsheets for this. So earlier today was looking for old bedsheets to make a chiton. Which I did start to make with a old bedsheet I found, but then I was also remembering the other times, I have reused or recycled my old bedsheets..:)

One of those times was when I used the bedsheet to make aprons for my little one and her friends. These aprons were perfect for the cooking bday we had for her. I embellished them with fabric yo-yos. You can find the tutorial to make these yo-yos here.

Spa Day at Home

 

This birthday turned perfect.. what better way to celebrate by relaxing at home with a spa themed birthday :) 

During this quarantine time, we couldn't have friends over to keep with the social distancing rules nor were we going out anywhere. Since we were home, this spa themed birthday seemed perfect and oh yes, the birthday girl loved getting pampered and loved it all.

Movie Birthday Party

Another movie party to celebrate one of my daughter's b'day. What fun they had just being together. Whenever these girls meet, party or not, they make the gathering fun..:).

Escape Room Party

Another escape room party!!
Time was running out and this one, the kiddos escaped just in time with 3 minutes to spare!

Minute-to-win-it Party Games

Few days back, we had a bunch of kids at home. I was looking for ideas to keep them occupied and not be on the screen the whole time. We ended up playing some fun minute to win it games.
I couldn’t take pictures of all the games we did or planned but here are a few.

Halloween Snacks

I have been busy and also lazy lately and hasn't been able to make anything. Even for Halloween didn't do much, so felt bad on the morning of Halloween that didn't make anything special for the kids. So, this was a quick Halloween snack that I made in the morning.

Graduation ideas

We celebrated the end of the school year and the start of the summer with a mini graduation get together. I like to celebrate little and big achievements and that’s exactly what we did this past weekend.

Girl Lego Themed Birthday

We celebrated our daughter's birthday few days back with this adorable Lego themed Birthday party. Lately she has been into Legos. She got that from her brother. I remember those days when he was younger and will play with legos and forget to gather all the pieces after he is done playing with them.And we will find small pieces of lego lying around when we accidentally stepped on those pieces. Those were painful...
So far my daughter has been more careful about her lego pieces and keeps them safe

Chevron Party

Few days back we had a sleepover party. While deciding on the theme I went back and forth with different themes and for the longest time couldn't decide what to do. Finally I went with this Chevron theme. It came together pretty easily and turned out to be colorful and pretty, just the way I like it..:)

Gingerbread House Decorating Playdate

We had a gingerbread decorating playdate this past weekend and the girls were so creative. Its always fun to decorate houses with friends. There was lot of chatting and giggling and also ofcourse eating lot of candies while decorating too. They were all high on sugar by the end. But I think they did get to burn little bit of it, since till the decorated house was getting dry, they played hide and seek and they did run quiet a bit.

 Above was one of the decorated houses.

To make the decorating easier and less messier, I pre-assembled the houses using Graham crackers, so that the kids can get straight to decorating.

Escape Room Birthday

We recently celebrated a birthday, by going to an Escape Room. I have never been to an escape room, so didn't know what to expect. But I had heard about it. What I knew was only that you need to find hints hidden in the room and solve maybe puzzles and crack a code to escape from a locked room.

Polka Dot Party

I love colorful and cheerful parties and this was such a fun theme for a kid's birthday party.

This time we celebrated the Birthday by going to a jumpie place. We met at the house so that we could all drive together to the jumpie place. After the jump house, we all went out for lunch to a restaurant and then icecream place too..:)

Graduation Sleepover Party

We celebrated the last day of school with a mini-graduation party and a sleepover. What a fun way to end the year. Here are the pictures of some of the things I made for the party..:)

Movie Themed Birthday

Check out this movie themed birthday, which was so much fun to put together.
Few days back, we had a small birthday party with just few friends. The kids gathered at home before driving together to the movies.
While we waited for everyone to arrive, the kids snacked on fruits, cookies, chocolate popcorn and cupcakes. I even had a photo booth setup and the kids were natural posing with different props..:)

Christmas/Holiday Snack for Kids

I am sharing some cute winter related snacks I made for a playdate recently. Since this might have been the last playdate for the year, wanted to include soe fun snacks and also which was appropriate for a day at the park. 

Apart from these snowmen, we had santa hats fruit kabobs, reindeer cookies and some really addictive Christmas tree chips from Trader Joes. I love Trader Joes and they have some really fun seasonal stuff. Christmas tree chips were these potato chips in the form of Christmas trees. I could have eaten a whole bag of that.

Laser Tag Birthday

Before organizing this laser tag party, I didn't have the slightest idea about how the laser tag would be. All the ideas came from the birthday boy himself, since he had been to a couple of Laser tag parties of his friends and wanted a laser tag birthday party. And I tell you what, at the party, I got to play a couple of laser tag games and what fun it was!!!. It helped that the staff at the party place were super cool and kept the kids engaged.

So, here are some of the pictures from the party. The snack table is always a fun way to get the theme going.

Halloween Water Bottles

I am late again ..:( I thought I will have this post ready before Halloween, but just got busy with stuff..

I made these water bottles for a Halloween party. I loved it when I first saw the printables here. I like that it adds a fun way of spooky, just the way I wanted for a kids Halloween party. Well, it is late for this year, but mark it to make your own using these printables for next year.

Pretzels Monsters..

We are getting ready for Halloween around here. Actually we are almost set for Halloween. First year ever that I am all set even with costumes for all the kids, two weeks ahead of Halloween. Thanks to a costume birthday party we had to attend last week, we got our costumes ready early.

All the houses in the neighborhood are decorated spookily. The kids are excited about their costumes and just looking forward to lot of candies . My youngest one is counting days to trick n treating.

Mermaid Birthday Party!

This year, my daughter wanted a Mermaid Birthday Party. So I was decided on throwing a swimming birthday party for her at the local YMCA swimming pool. Till few days before the party, when I wanted to book the pool, I came to know that the party slot was only late in the evening, which didn't work for us. So had to come up with other option. I ended up having the party at home, but had to incorporate some water mermaid related games and activities.

Gymnastics Birthday Party

Few days back, we celebrated a birthday with Gymnastics theme. The birthday was at a Gymnastics center and it was so much fun for the girls.

Here are some of the pictures from the party.