Naturally Fun Parties for Kids~ A Book Reveiw!

Naturally Fun Parties for Kids

By: Anni Daulter with Heather Fontenot

A while ago I volunteered to review this party book, and I got it in the mail last week. I will tell you thin, I was not disappointed!!!!! This book has it all~ invitation ideas, decorations, recipes, time lines, and activities!!!!! There are 12 different parties, 3 for each season of the year. Each of them is different and unique, and each of them is earth friendly and beautiful!!!! When I first saw this book I fell in love with it! If I had gotten it from the library, I would have probably bought myself a copy! There were so many great ideas here and it was like holding a pintrest board in my hands! I know for sure that there are at least five different parties in this book that I think that I can realistically do easily this year! The ideas are simple, but the results were unbelievable! There are a ton of pictures in this book and they are really beautiful. I love how they use what they have on hand and show you how those elements can really work together to become a party that will impress any guest you invite! But enough talking, I will show you what I mean! I was having my sister in law over and I thought it would be an amazing opportunity to use some the ideas from this book to have an Easter egg party! The first party in this book is the Egg Dyeing Spring Party! It is a beautiful outside party with upcycled fabric banner, fabric wrapped glass bottles with flowers in them, Inspirational banner made with fabric and sticks, bread baked in flower pots, and of course egg dying (they include all the natural dye recipes). I thought I would pull out some the ideas and apply them to my house (it was too cold to be outside). The results were wonderful!!!! I think that it was really pretty! Here are some pictures for you to see and I will tell you what I got from the book!

Here is where our party took place!

I used a variety of vases I got from a thrift shop and added some pretty spring flowers and fabric strips to them! This was one of the decorating ideas from the book and I really liked how simple and pretty it was!

Here are the cups to hold our paint. The fabric I had was rainbow and I had the right color for each jar! :)

Here is my fabric banner. It was one of the main decorating ideas in this party and it was so easy and pretty! All I needed to do was cut the fabric into strips and tie it on to some string! Easy Peesy!

Here is my version of the inspirational signs. They used one piece of material and put the word on it. I did what was best for my space and they looked really cute!

Here are our wooden eggs and paint all ready to go. Because my sister in law live a ways away, I thought that painting wooden eggs instead of dying real ones would be better for transportation! It was a great project and the results were wonderful! The kids painted the eggs up right away and then they moved on to some painting on paper! When is painting never a fun thing to do?

Food for lunch was a simple picnic type affair. In the book, they had some wonderful looking recipes for bread baked in flower pot, egg quiches, and frozen lemon pops! With so many kids, I thought that finger foods would be a bunch of fun and easy!

Finally, here is eggs after they were done a dry! Aren't they cute? I think so, and as the kids all said these are eggs that cant break and wont rot! ;)

So my opinion is that this book is really great! Its perfect for any type of party you want ideas for or for any fun get together that you want to add something special to! We are going to have a blast with this book and hope that you check it out too! Let me know what you think!



Happy St. Patricks Day!!!!!

Well last night I worked really hard last night and managed to pull together a bit of Irish fun for the family today! I decorated the table all up and everything was ready for the girls when they woke up! It was pretty simple with the right ideas from Pintrest and a bunch of stuff in my stash!  Here is what we did for the holiday!

The table had some white napkins, flowers with printables, green leaf balls from Pup's Princess Party, Pompoms, and a little leprechaun Bunny made a couple of years ago!

Here is a link to the printables I used for the circles (yes they were free!).

St. Patrick's Day Printables

I printed Subway art printable for the shelves

Printable are Here!

For lunch I tried this sandwich idea that I saw on...you guessed it.... Pintrest! I spread cream cheese on one side of the bread and topped that with lettuce. Then I used a small heart cookie cutter to make the shamrock! Bunny LOVED it. She ate two! Pup pulled the lettuce out and then ate it! ;) We are still working on eating all of our veggies! ;)

Cute huh? The link for these are here!

Dinner was a traditional corn beef brisket and boiled potatoes. I planned to have some carrots too, but I forgot to buy them! So I sauteed some zucchini and squash for an added veggie (I told the girls that they were gold! Neither of them bought it and they really didn't want to eat them). I also cut up some pears! Here are some pictures of out dinner that I remember to take!

For dessert, Bunny made a cake all on her own! Admittedly and I helped her measure out the oil, but she used the mixer and everything! She was so proud of herself! We made it green for obvious reasons and I put some chocolate ganche on the top! It was really great!

So that was out holiday fun! I hope that you all had a wonderful day too! St. Patrick was an amazing man, and I'm so happy to have such wonderful fun to celebrate his life! Happy St. Patrick's Day Everyone!!!!!



Pup's Princess Party!!!!

Well today was the big day  and everything turned out so well!!!!! Pup loved her princess party (even though she was a little tired by the end). Everyone had fun and everything turned out really pretty!!!! I must say I am pretty proud of of how it all turned out! It was simple, pretty, and purple....everything I was hoping to for! The little crowns and wands for the kiddos were a great hit and it was so much fun to fun to watch them all running around as princes and princesses! Pup loved it all! She tore through the gifts (as every 3 year old worth their salt will do), she blew out her candle, and played with everyone!!!!



 I simply can not believe that she is three years old! My baby is not a baby anymore, she is really a big girl! Part of me a sad, but most of me is so proud and happy of the bubbly, loving, and enthusiastic girl that she is! I love her spontaneous hugs and kisses! I love her ability to think that everyone and everything is the best ever! I love that she loves so totally and completely! I love her like crazy! So here are the pictures of my little Princess's big day!

Here is the kitchen area. It always seems like the headquarters of the house, so it deserves some special treament! I ususally go all out here! I really love how it turned out! the bunting and the giant moss covered 3 really make me smile! I love it!

The cake!

Here are some of the printables I made for the party! These little princesses are all over! I love how sweet they are and that they really make the theme in small little ways all over!

The living room. Here is where was do gifts and where alot of people sit to talk! I really love to make this room special too! The bunting was just perfect! It was just so pretty!

Here is our entryway was our princess center! Crowns, wands, and necklaces for the girls. Crowns and belts for the boys! Everyone was a prince or princess!

Here is our backroom (playroom)! This is always where the kids end up! I had our school tables put back there! One for a kitchen party, and one for coloring! The tepee um Royal Castle was all set up for play on one corner, and the other corner held a cozy reading area with a ton of princess books!

We also had a bunch of fun food!

It was a really great day! I had a ton of fun planning this party! It was simple and pretty! I hope to make all of my printables available for you all soon if you want them! Let me know what you think! I love comments!!!!!