Magnetic Interactive Board

I saw this idea on Pinterest and was very excited when I found the drip pan at Walmart. Before we were using Velcro for our daily board to talk about the day of the week, letters and numbers. The magnetic board is better because my son can reach it and take things on and off easily.

 This drip pan was about eleven dollars at Walmart. I got some plastic hooks that I stuck on to hold our days of the week and numbers for the date. I used the double stick tape to stick it to the window of one of the doors we have in our house.  The tape is the kind that almost feels like foam...not sure the name of it.

 Our hooks with the containers holding out extra stuff we don't need on the board.

I found these really neat foam sticker numbers and letters at Walmart, so I took an index card cut them in half and stuck the letters on the cards. I also got a role of magnets with the peel off back to stick on the paper. I think I will have to hot glue it though because the sticky side is not adhering well.

We change the day and date everyday so I got the clips instead of putting magnets on the backs of this.

All done! We also have shapes, numbers and some random magnets. My plan is to take some small toys like little cars and hot glue magnets on to them so my son can play with them on the board.

I also considered painting on the board with acrylic paint to make it more decorative, but i kind of like the silver board. I'm also concerned the paint would scratch off if a magnet is scraped across it. I may experiment more with it down the road.

Cupcake and cake fun

My older sister was asked to make cupcakes for a friend's party.  The party was for a six year old boy, which was perfect because my sister is an expert on six year olds, having one herself.  It was so much fun making these cupcakes together. We did a lot of googling and pinteresting until we found what we were looking for. We decided on a ninjago angry birds theme for the cakes. My sister did some amazing baking and made the cakes and the icing from scratch. I did the decorating on all the cupcakes and my sister did the sky and grass on the big cake.

Here is the link for the cupcakes: http://www.cupcakeproject.com/2011/09/ultimate-vanilla-cupcake-test-baked-by.html

Here is the link for the icing: http://www.cookingclassy.com/2012/09/my-favorite-fluffy-buttercream-frosting/#


I think if my sister and I lived in the same place it would be insane the things we would come up with.  We had a lot of ideas that may have been a little over the top.

Even if you are not doing a themed party having a special cake or cupcakes is a great idea to make your birthday party unique! Be creative and think outside the box for the next party you host! It doesn't have to be stressful, it can be really fun.

Angry Bird cupcakes

 Pig cupcakes

Pigs and Angry Birds Cupcakes

 Adult cake

Birthday boys personal cake

Ninjago cupcakes

Plane goody bags

I am at the end of my big trip in Taipei with my one year old son. I saw on a Facebook post a while ago about making airplane goody bags for the people that have the pleasure to sit next to small children on a plane. I did some more pinteresting and googling and came up with a cute idea for my goody bags.
It is a nice ice breaker for those that get to sit next to you and warms them up to you.

Crafty Birthday Party

 One Hundred Acre Wood Themed First Birthday

I had a painting I had made that I hung on the wall. I got those lanterns from Party City that I hung from the ceiling.

The happy birthday sign is just pieces of paper with the letters taped on to a streamer and hung on the wall.

I took some terracotta flower pots and painted them with acrylic paint to make them look like honey pots. They are pretty inexpensive from Wal Mart.  I then took some index cards and drew some of the Winnie the Pooh characters and a label for the food.

Tigger Tails: cheetos!

Piglets pigs in a blanket!

These Cake pops were not too difficult to make. I dipped them in purple candy and put them down on wax paper with the stick up. This caused one side to be flat. I then put a little icing on the top of the honey pot and then dipped it in some yellow sprinkle sugar.

 

 

 

 

 

1st Birthday party!

Goody Bags! I drew two different pictures that I found in my sons books.  I then copied them in a black and white copier (much cheaper than color) and colored in the balloons red. I then glued them to the brown paper bags filled with some treats for our guests.

Close up of goody bags. Fun and sweet way to decorate goody bag.