Football Treats

Wow, I can't believe it is already February!  Time is flying around here.  I thought I would share some fun football treats I have found around the web.  This weekend is the Super Bowl and even though my team is not in the game, I still enjoy getting together with friends.  We go to a friend's house and the guys watch the game, the kids play outside (it's supposed to be in the mid-high 60's), and the ladies just chat and watch the commercials!  

1. chalkboard table
2. football crackers
3. watermelon helmet
4. game day guacamole
5. football rice krispy treats
6. faux buffalo wings and celery

Have a great weekend! Go Giants (since I've been to NY a few times, I'll root for the Giants).

Candy Canes

What to do with these extra candy canes that have not been eaten?  We are trying to take a sugar break (at least until Valentine's Day) at our house.  Well, during my daily cruise on Pinterest, I found this pinned:

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How cute are these!!!  The Idea Room has a great tutorial on how to make these.  I may attempt to make them this weekend.  I'll let you know how they turn out.  

Do you have any great ideas on how to use up candy canes?  I would love to hear your ideas.

Embrace

Wow...it has been a while. Life has been busy, but great.  I have chosen a new word for 2012, embrace.  Maybe I had secretly chosen it a couple of months ago.  That is why I have been absent from the blogging world.  I have really been cherishing the time with our son.  With him being our only, I feel like time is flying, so I want to embrace my time with him.  But I do want to embrace the things I like to do as well, so I do hope to blog a bit more.  I still enjoy parties and designing them.  


Happy new year!  I will chat with you soon.

Halloween Party

Long time, no post.  Life is busy this time of year, and I cherish every moment that I have with my son.  So, needless to say the blog posts may lag from time to time.  I did want to share our Halloween party we had with some of our preschool friends this past Saturday.  I was running low on time to make up my own printables, so I used this printable party set from Amanda Parker at Shinding Parties to Go. 

It was a really fun set of printables.  The photo props were a hit, and I used them in my classroom on Halloween to get some silly pictures of my first graders after reading Go Away Big Green Monster.  

Here are the party details.  When the kids arrived, they played with ghosts (white balloons with ghost eyes drawn on them).  It's amazing how entertaining balloons are to 4 year olds.  After the children arrived, we went on a pumpkin hunt.  We had his a couple dozen mini pumpkins in the yard.  So the kids found them and we rehid them a few times.  Next, we played tossed the spider in the pumpkin.  This was just throwing plastic spiders into pumpkins.  

Instead of carving pumpkins, we decorating and painted them with various art supplies.  Here are some of the girls creating their masterpieces.

For snacks I made spider crackers with peanut butter, crackers and pretzel legs, we had chocolate milk with bat straws, and decorated a cookie.

While they were eating we took our silly pictures...so fun!

I hope you all had a wonderful Halloween.  I know we did, and now the holiday madness begins.

My superman!

Pumpkin Party Package

Happy Sunday everyone!  We have been very busy around here with fall activities and school.  I wanted to let you know I finished up the pumpkin party package and it is up in my etsy shop.  This would be a great one for birthdays, baby showers or a Halloween party.  I will try to get some more pictures of them in action this week.  Here is the preview:

You can find this package here.

Pumpkin Party Planning

So I haven't totally committed to having a pumpkin party for my son this year (I feel like I am so busy), but just in case I do I have been working on some printables.  Here is a sample of the invite and cupcake toppers I cam up with.  

I am working on a banner and some food tents.  The toppers and invites are available in my Etsy shop if you are interested.

Candy Corn

Candy corn is a big weakness of mine.  I try really hard NOT to buy a bag until October 1st, because once I buy one bag it doesn't stop until November 1st.  Well, I broke down and bought a bag this week and boy are they tasty.  I couldn't help it, there are so many cute candy corn ideas that I needed a bag for...inspiration!  Here are some of my favorite candy corn ideas I have come across.  I love these candy corn treat bags.

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I love any macaron, especially candy corn ones!

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Candy Corn Krispies

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Candy Corn Waffles, a great way to start off a day!

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These candy corn vases are fun.

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Okay, even if I tried to make these they would not look like this...yummy!

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This garland is fun, although it wouldn't last as a decoration in my house.  I would just eat it!

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Candy corn is a fun treat and a great way to add a little color to decor.  What fun treats have you made that have been inspired by candy corn?  Have you made any fun decorations that are candy corn themed?  Do share, I love new ideas.