Shark Birthday Party!

   I am always thrilled when a customer emails me with pictures of my products used at their fabulous parties. This sweet customer, who I have known for several years now,  put on a shark/water themed party for her now two year old!
    I can still remember seeing pictures when little Gus was born, such a sweet little man and close in age to my little guy, too.   I always get excited when Clare emails me to get working on another custom project.....like her little bundle of joy due this July! Can't wait to whip up some more custom work for little 'E' when she arrives!
  Thank you, Clare, for sharing your little man's awesome day! I loved looking at the pictures!

 

Clare used a custom BB banner to hang behind the snack table....These banners come ready to cut and hang, or printable! You can either hole punch each piece to assemble with a ribbon, or use clothespins like Clare did to hang...looks so cute either way!

Click here to see more custom banners!

 

I love how she used blow ups to go with the water theme, love the palm tree!

 

Together, Clare and I came up with this Shark Invitation....she choose this design from about 5 or 6 proofs I sent to her and I think she chose the right one. So cute!

To see more BB kids invitations, click here!

 

Finally, Clare wanted some sticky labels for her goodie bags. These are address label sized custom labels that matched her invitations and banner. Glad they worked out and looked so adorable!

To see some more labels, click here! 

Remember, anything can be customized!!!

 

Custom Coloring sheet!

Because I love all of you so much, I have decided to offer an (almost) FREE coloring sheet! Use this sheet to customize your child's next birthday party or just at home on those rainy days! Set up a coloring station at the party where you provide everything they need to 'customize their ride.'  Set out crayons, glue sticks, stickers, pom poms, glitter, anything to help them create a custom truck.  Use the coloring sheet in an activity station or roll it up and tie it with a ribbon to stick in the party favor bags :)


Click Here to purchase this custom coloring sheet in my Etsy shop.



Are you having a truck themed party? Well check out my adorable Truck Invitations and printable party accessories! Click the links below to find more Truck themed Stationery!

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Truck Birthday Invitations and Envelopes.


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Printable Truck Birthday Invitations.


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Printable Truck Party Set.

Shaving Cream Fish Bowl

      I did this craft with my son after we saw an aquarium at the Dr.'s office. He was fascinated by the fish, the coral, the movement. A light bulb went off over my head. What a perfect opportunity to teach him about the ocean, and give him his own little piece of it! This is a simple project with just a few steps. It is not your run of the mill paint brush to paper craft, and sometimes a change is nice.
Materials:

• Shaving cream
• Fish stickers (or cut outs)
• Washasble liquid watercolors
• White cardstock
• Construction paper
• Spatula
• Cookie Sheet
• Scotch tape

   Start by getting out all of your supplies and setting up your 'assembly' line before you bring your kids over.  First cut out a fish bowl shape from a thicker type paper (do not use construction paper for the fish bowl!)...it doesn't have to be perfect, a circle with a small lip at the top is ideal.

   Let your child spray the shaving cream on to the cookie sheet.  Then, allow him to squeeze several dots of watercolors on top of the shaving cream. Push the fish bowl down about half way into the shaving cream/food coloring mixture.
   Remove the fish bowl from the shaving cream mixture and place it onto a few paper towels. Now scrape off the shaving cream using a spatula. Get as much of the shaving cream off as possible and allow the fish bowl to dry for about 20 minutes or until it is dry to the touch.
  Now you can decorate your fishbowl with your fish stickers! I found this was the best time to talk to Eli about different types of fish, where they live and what they eat, etc. (as well as remind him that the Dr. had an awesome tank that we got to see at every check-up!) He also enjoyed counting the total number of fish in his bowl and naming their colors.  I used some cute (free) printouts to teach him the actual fish parts and their actual names. My biggest pet peeve is when parents dumb things down for their toddlers...you'd be surprised at what they can learn if you just explain things to them!
    Lastly, glue your fish bowl to some blue construction paper (or any color for that matter) and enjoy your fish tank on the fridge for several days before it gets over run by new projects :) Happy crafting, everyone! 

If you haven't heard of liquid watercolors, check them out!