CALLING ALL CRAFTY LOCALS!

Have you guys seen the new Handmade Charlotte DIY kits for Pottery Barn Kids? They are to die for adorable and perfect for crafting with your favorite little people. There are four kits (1,2,3,4) in all and they are each as great as the last.

I am so excited to announce that I will be hosting a free in-store craft event at Pottery Barn Kids for Handmade Charlotte's brand spankin' new line of DIY kits! We will be making some rad super hero wrist cuffs or an owl habitat to go along with the Handmade Charlotte DIY kits that you can pick up during the event to ensure the crafty fun times keep going when you go home! We will be at the Pottery Barn Kids location at Trolly Square in Salt Lake City on Saturday, March 7th at 11am. Spots are limited and need I remind you this is a FREE awesome event? So yeah, spots will go fast. 

So if you're local and you're looking for something crafty to do with your kids, join us! There will be two sessions: 11am-11:30am and 11:30-12pm. The whole family is welcome to join in on the fun, but remember this is an RSVP event only so snag your spot by contacting the local store. And if you're not a local reader, I'm bummed to not be able to craft with you BUT you can check out your local PBK here and sign up because there is an event happening at every location across the country. How rad is that?! I hope to meet and craft with you and your kiddos!

TOY STORY PARTY!

Elliott recently turned six (HOW IS HE SIX?!) and he requested a Toy Story themed party. He's kind of obsessed and I was happy to oblige. Of course, I am sure he had the party store decorations in mind. You know, the cheesy, hideous ones. That's just not my style. Ha! So I created my own version. It was simple and easy and most importantly fun!

For the cupcake toppers, I made what I call pixar balls. You know the ball the lamp jumps on at the beginning of ever pixar movie? It makes cameos in a lot of their films, but the first was Toy Story! I don't think everyone recognized them, but that's ok by me.

The toys were the main decorations. Elliott has quite a collection going and we added a few he didn't have to the decor and had them double as gifts. He loved walking in the room and seeing the new toys!

Ok. Let's talk about the letter balloons. I cannot say enough wonderful things about these balloons. I got the letters I needed to spell out "Lets Play" and "Howdy" and strung them up with fishing line. To me, the balloons really made the party! The best part? They are REUSABLE. That's right. You can inflate and deflate and reuse them for your next bash. Incredible! You can get them from a lot of party stores etc. but they are made by the amazing and wonderful Northstar Balloons.

The show stopper was probably the backdrop. I wanted to in a way, recreate Andy's wallpaper from the first Toy Story movie. You know, the clouds. It was simple enough, but a little time consuming. But TOTALLY worth it, right? Right. To make it, we just used blue streamers and attached them ceiling to floor vertically with sticky tack. Then we used double-sided tape to attach the cut out clouds to create a similar pattern. It was perfect for our party and our friends and family seemed to love it as much as we did! 

Some other party details! I made a pin the tail on bullseye game for the kids to play and somehow managed to not get a single picture of it! Bad blogger. The kids loved it, so that's what matters. At least that's what I keep telling myself. Ha! We also had the genius idea to have the Toy Story soundtrack playing in the background. This was the perfect magical touch! It made us feel like we were at Disneyland hanging out with Woody and Buzz. I think this was probably one of Elliott's favorite parts too. That boy loves the details! All in all it was a great way to celebrate and we all had a blast.

Happy birthday, little man!

TIC-TAC-TOE VALENTINES

How about a rousing game of tic-tac-toe this Valentine's day? These would be fun and really easy to hand out to little friends. Print out a bunch and draw on them or use candy to mark your spaces! We are kind of in love with these Dots candies too. Cherry vanilla and passion fruit? Yes please! They are the perfect game pieces. You can play along too! Download the printable right here and have some fun with your valentine.

LOVE IS IN THE AIR VALENTINE TATTOOS

It's no secret I am kind of obsessed with temporary tattoos. These fun heart balloons will look great on your kiddos arms this Valentine's day! After I made these red and purple ones, I decided to add some blue and green to the mix. If you like them, you can download them right here! Keep them for yourself, or use this "love is in the air" printable to hand them out to friends. If you've never made your own temporary tattoos before, it's so easy. Get some tattoo paper (I use this one) and print out the design onto the paper and follow your paper's instructions from there. It's so easy and so much fun!

PUTTING A RING ON IT VALENTINES

Let your little valentine's know you like it, by putting a ring on it. Ha! I don't feel entirely comfortable referring to anyone as "it" but you know. You can't argue with Beyonce. This printable is super easy and the little rings can be anything from ring pops to these little erasers. I'm partial to toys for valentine's day. Or any other day for that matter. But whatever floats your boat! Get the download right here and have fun getting the song out of your head. You're welcome!