Pot O' Gold game (freebie)

I came up with this game last year & it was a big hit.  

Here's the original post - I hope you enjoy it!

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My game is inspired by the Turkey Feathers game by The Idea Room.  

The lizard & ladybug had such a blast
 playing the simple dice & clothespin game over Thanksgiving.  

I wanted to make a St. Patrick's Day version.

I already had the painted clothespins so a rainbow seemed like a no-brainer.

I found a free pot of gold graphic and created this fun little game.

The rules are pretty simple.  

Each player gets a card (click HERE for card & instructions) and 6 clothespins.  

Each player rolls a dice (or die, if you're proper).  

Add a clothespin to the corresponding number.

The first one with a Rainbow wins.

 

the ink in my printer is a little wonky...but you get the idea.  

I'd love to know if you like this game & if you use it, I'd love to hear how the kiddos like it!

ShamROCKS idea & freebie

While browsing the candy aisle, I spotted some green apple Pop Rocks (3/$1). 

 An idea was born!

It's so simple!!

take these

add one of these

(click HERE for the tags)

and you have

a cute and festive (and cost effective) treat for St. Patrick's Day!

Enjoy!

School snack idea & freebie lunch box note

Here's a simple snack idea I put together yesterday. 

 It's perfect to put in a lunchbox (I've included some simple lunchbox notes) 

or it's great for an after-school treat.

I already had all of the ingredients.  

fruit roll up (Target brand), mini Nilla wafers and a Hershey kiss

Doesn't is sorta look like a pencil?? 

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 add one of these simple (but sweet) lunchbox notes

and you've got a cute, simple and tasty school snack.

Click HERE for the lunchbox notes.

Have a great Tuesday!!

Our Spring Break (so far)

so the husband is off this whole week also..

which means EVERYONE is home which means our routine is out the window.

We spent yesterday doing a whole bunch of nothing.  

The weather was perfect, the kids got dirty & I'm exhausted.  

Our plan is to spend a few days at the beach, see the Lorax, 

have a few play dates, and try not to go nutso :)

Have you had Spring Break yet...

or are you having it soon or not until next month 

(like most of the country)?!?

Happy Leap Day 2012

Today is one of those funny days that comes around every 4 years. 

 It also happens to be my wedding anniversary.  

It's our 8th year of marriage but only our 2nd 'official' anniversary. 

 I've yet to come up with a gift for the husband...BUT I did put together these Leap Day treats to send with the lizard to school :)

Stretchy frogs, Reese's 'frog eggs' and this printable tag from She's {kinda}Crafty makes a fun little treat to celebrate this fun day.

*I added the saying on the back (click HERE if you'd like it).

 I hope you have a great Leap Day!!

Do something EXTRA fun!

Pot O' Gold game (freebie)

My game is inspired by the Turkey Feathers game by The Idea Room.  

My kids had such a blast playing the simple dice & clothespin game over Thanksgiving.  

I wanted to make a St. Patrick's Day version.

I already had the painted clothespins so a rainbow seemed like a no-brainer.

I found a free pot of gold graphic and created this fun little game.

The rules are pretty simple.  

Each player gets a card (click HERE for card & instructions) and 6 clothespins.  

Each player rolls a dice (or die, if you're proper).  

Add a clothespin to the corresponding number.

The first one with a Rainbow wins.

 

the ink in my printer is a little wonky...but you get the idea.  

I'd love to know if you like this game & if you use it, I'd love to hear how the kiddos like it!

Happy Hump Day!

sharing here :
Be Different Act Normal

Blue Cricket Design
Night Owl Crafting 
Teagan's Travels

Happy President's Day

The lizard is home from school today & the husband is off of work too.  

I need to make sure I have some fun activities to keep us busy :)

I did a little searching on Pinterest and found a cute ideas.

Here's just one (of 8) fun ideas from How Does She.

Lasso Lincoln 

A fun President's Day word search from Party Supplies Hut

And what's a holiday without a fun dessert??  

This flag cake from 17 and baking would be perfect!

What fun Presidential things do you have planned today???

Valentine Countdown fun (& freebies)

This is a project I used last Valentine's Day..basically a hide and seek with a Valentine's twist.  

For 14 days, I would hide a little treat for the kids to find.  

They had a good time with this last year.

It's that time again :)

This is part of my post from last February...

I've included the heart numbers for you!  

Enjoy!

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Here's what I used:

pipe cleaners (cut in half), clear treat bags and numbered heart tags

 

The idea is to hide their treat and have them find it.  

My kids love hide and seek so this is great for them.  

Plus, it may give me 5 minutes peace :)

We are starting off with lollipops (heart shaped to be exact)

 If you wanted to do something like this yourself...

but don't have the pipe cleaners and/or clear bags.  

Use some ribbon and plastic snack bags.  

Or twisty ties and saran wrap. 

 

I just think it's a fun treat for the kids 

and it gives them something to look forward to each day!

 

**Oh and if you need heart tags..here you go!**

days 1-6, days 7-12, days 13-14 & blanks

 

Happy February 1st!

a whole new decade..

and I started it with these 2 goofballs!  

I {heart} the lizard & ladybug!

Super simple 100th Day of School treat

If your kids are celebrating their 100th day of school soon & you want to send a cute treat...this one is so so simple.

Everything Bagel pretzels (from Rold Gold) and pretzel sticks.  

Add them together and ... see the 100??

Cute, right?!

You can either put them in snack bags for each of the kids 

OR put them in a big bowl and let the kids make their own '100' for fun :)

The lizard will be taking these to school this week for his celebration!

planning WAY ahead

I already have a few big deals in the works...

my 40th, the husband's grandfather's 90th and Valentine's Day.  

BUT I had a few discussions with the lizard & ladybug this weekend and they agreed to have a Super Hero Party.  

Now, their birthdays aren't until May but I figured I'd get cracking early :)

I've seen some really really great ideas for Super Hero Parties.  Since it's going to be a combo party..I need to make sure it's not to 'girly' or 'boy-y'

I've even created a Pinterest board to start saving my ideas.  

Here are some of the great ideas I've found:

Maria of Love & Sugar Kisses created these adorable cupcake toppers 

(she's also making some goodies for my 40th Fiesta). 

The ladies of Anders Ruff created this SUPER party.

These adorable capes and masks.

I love the idea of individual capes & masks!  

My thought is to have a pool party & have the capes double as towels.  

Can any of you make these??  

I don't can't sew :)

There you go, this is what I was doing last night.  

Instead of ALL the other things I needed to do, I was searching for Super Hero ideas.

I hope your weekend was a little more productive than mine :)

Fab Finds Friday (NYE inspiration)

I can't believe this will be my last post in 2011!!  

Where has this year gone?  

Today's finds are all about New Year's Eve...and last minute party ideas.  

Whether your celebration is HUGE or low-key (like ours), 

I hope you find a little inspiration today.  

Plus I'm sharing my own little NYE kit :)

If you're still looking for decorations, Piggy Bank Parties has 3 great collections!! 

They are a deal, only $5.00!! 

If you're not stalking Oink! The Blog of Piggy Bank Parties...you really should be!  

It's one of my FAVES!

Looking for a fun, festive dessert?  

These New Year's Eve Midnight cupcake from Confessions of a Cookbook Queen are perfect!

How adorable are these?

Click here for the recipe & instructions.

Looking for something fun to do with the kids? 

Mique of 30 handmade days is sharing this great resolution activity printable. 

Click here to get yours.

I've already printed some for our NYE!

Another great activity for the kids comes from The Idea Room.   

New Year's Eve Countdown Activity Bags.

 

Click here for the instructions (and free printables) along with Amy's activity ideas.

Here's my contribution.  

A NYE kit for the kids.

Borrowing this idea from One Charming Party.  

I got a few aluminum pans w/lids from Dollar Tree.  

The graphic is from Graphics Fairy - enlarged to (sorta) fit the pan.*  

You could use any color paper and hand draw a clock too :)  

I'm filling the pan with candy, noise makers, masks & 

anything else that will keep the kids entertained. 

If you wanted, you could add clock hands and have the kids countdown to midnight.  

Lots of ways to use this simple NYE kit.

I wish you all a very very Happy New Year!!

 

New Year's Eve (flashback)

I plan to share lots of great 'new' New Year's finds tomorrow...

but in the meantime, here's another look at our NYE party from last year!!

Here are some of the highlights.

The table before the 'real' food.  

I had a branch (already painted from Halloween) that I added black and white poms to (thanks to Kristy - The Purple Pug for that idea).  I used a cake stand to hold the paper fortune cookies we made (got that idea from Home Confetti).

Oreos baked inside brownies = Black and White brownies

My 'countdown' cupcakes.  I used black card stock and metallic pen.  

Dipped a marshmallow in clear sprinkles (for the sparkly effect) 

and added it all to a lollipop stick.  

The cupcakes are Funfetti (of course)!

Champagne 'bubbles' (donut holes) - thanks to Kim - Party Frosting!

I used my New Year's printable (attached to card stock & a dowel) as centerpieces.  

They are standing in jars of black eyed peas:)

A can of Rotel and black eyed peas became our 'lucky' salsa.

The pasta was festive because I used bowties and curly noodles.  haha

A little bubbly.  I punched 2" circles of silver card stock then used a 1" punch.  

The glasses cheapo plastic came apart so I could add the 'bling'.

 I can't have people leave without something.  

Some reNEWing hand scrub for the girls, chocolate bars for the guys 

and some snazzy sunglasses (since we were whooping it up during the day)

The kids LOVED counting down and yelling 'HAPPY NEW YEAR'.  

They loved it even more when the saw their bubbly :) 

Kiddie Cocktails (cherry Caprisuns with a few cherries)

Everyone had a fun time.  The weather was great..the company was great & it was early enough for everyone to get the heck out so I could get to bed early :)

Cheers to a fabulous 2011!!

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I hope you're all having a great last week of 2011!!

Hanukkah party (flashback)

Tonight is our Hanukkah party and I'm in full prep mode!  

Don't forget my FranklinCovey weekly planner giveaway.  

Enter HERE!

Here's a look at our Hanukkah party last year!

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I wanted to share some of our Hanukkah party before next week...

Here are some highlights: 

all of the printables are from Frog Prince Paperie (love them)

 

 yes..dreidels (part tres)

chocolate chip cookies and blue candy canes = yummy menorah

jelly filled donut bites

ravioli, fried cheese and more donuts

Star of David made by the lizard (popsicle sticks and crayons)

the glass bottle (Starbucks coffee drink) filled with blue colored rice

all the kid's crafts.  

Noodle art/jewelry, coloring pages & crayons.  

White lunch sacks to make luminaries are there too.

We had a fun night. 

Ate way too many donuts :)

Next week, more holiday goodies..

I hope you all have a great weekend!!