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birthdays

birthdays: birthday parties, birthday crafts, birthday preparation

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tween birthday gifts: our top 5 picks for girls

After reading this post, I promise you’ll have gifts covered for the next ten birthday parties for the tween girls in your life. Seriously. Buy …
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monthly craft gift for kids: kiwi crate

      Often people ask me for cool gift ideas for holidays and birthdays, and though I often immediately share with them my holiday …
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frozen birthday party: best ideas for crafty kids

Since Frozen 2 is currently all the rage, I had to share our Frozen birthday party ideas one more time. This is the best Frozen birthday party ideas …
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how to throw a rockstar frozen birthday party—snacks to serve

Now that Frozen 2 is out in theaters and is such a hit, we needed to share the Frozen birthday party snack ideas. Frozen is all the rage these days, …
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butterfly birthday bash

simple, sweet butterfly birthday with awesome ME boxes

    Our Cora had a Butterfly Birthday Bash Playdate, which was fun and simple and beautiful and full of butterflies and perfect for …
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how to celebrate a golden birthday

Golden Birthday: that rare and exciting birthday when the date of your birth matches your age. Yes! It’s true! So special? It’s …
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more secrets to an awesome fairy party: flower napkin rings

I promise that I’m not turning into a fairy party junkie–this is my last fairy princess spa party-related post, and it’s a …
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doll cake

how to make a doll cake (& other sweet fairy party treats!)

    Cora’s Fairy Princess Spa Birthday Party was such a blast to plan and host–not necessarily because of the beautiful fairy …
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secrets to a fabulous, at-home fairy princess spa party

    Cora has spent literally the last six months talking about her March birthday party. She talked about the party every day.  Every. …
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how to make a beautiful no-sew fairy skirt

how to make beautiful, no-sew fairy skirts

Cora just turned five, and what better way to ring in this big and exciting year than with a Fairy Princess Spa Party? For months, my tiny one has …
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best of teach mama countdown: #1 — candy sushi

I know, I know. It kind of makes me laugh, but our how to make candy sushi post has seen quite a bit o’ traffic over the last year. As part of …
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bumblebee birthday ideas: bumblebee wands, pens, games

bumblebee birthday ideas: bumblebee wands, pens, games

  We’ve been very busy over here lately, as this week I helped organize and run our elementary school’s Kindergarten Orientation (so …
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how to make bumblebee cupcakes

It’s a sweet, buzzy-bee cupcake New For Us Friday this week, thanks to Cora! Our Cora turned the big-numero quatro this week, and for weeks and …
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nfuf: new ‘Cat in the Hat’ epidodes (and big Dr. Seuss giveaway!)

Big thanks to all who expressed interest in this giveaway! At this time, the contest is closed. Jessica from NH was chosen by random.org as the …
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three cheers for an awesome cheerleading birthday party!

Maddy celebrated her big #7 last month, and we rang in her birthday with a cheerleading birthday party, complete with expert cheerleaders, homemade …
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perfectly perfect pool party cupcakes

My sweet boy turned five this week, so we celebrated with a handful of his close pals at our favorite summer hangout–the pool. His only request …
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sweet butterfly snacks & birthday fun

birthday butterflies and hide-and-seek game

We celebrated Cora’s big #3 in springtime style this past weekend, with butterflies, her favorite hide-and-seek game ever, and pink and purple …
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almost too cute to eat– princess & the frog cupcakes

Can you tell how we rang in Maddy’s big numero seis birthday? That’s right–this past weekend, we celebrated by taking Maddy and a …
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