Last week my 2 and 3 year old were having lots of fun experimenting with different painting techniques, aka painting with everything they could find, and we ended up with lots and lots of paintings. Instead of recycling them we turned them into Easter egg decorations...and got some great scissor practice in at the same time! My preschooler practiced his cutting skills and turned the paintings into Easter egg garland and then into an Easter egg … [Read more...]
Cowgirl Birthday Party Ideas!
Yee haw! A cowgirl party is so much fun and can be easy to do. Most of the details you'll see in our party were put together just days before the party. Well, except for booking the horses, those were set as soon as we had a party date -- they are a very important part of the party! We had 2 horses come to the first hour of the party to ensure the kids would get plenty of rides and the kids had a blast! We had two different play areas set up to … [Read more...]
Pirate Party Ideas!
Arrrgh Mateys! Grab an eyepatch and pirate hat and listen to the tale of how we threw a pirate themed birthday party! Ahoy landlubbers! Yo ho ho! We couldn't have a pirate party without pirates, so the first thing we did was pass out eyepatches and pirate hats to everyone. And encouraged lots of pirate talk! Then as we waited for everyone to arrive the little swashbucklers went out back to play in our pirate themed stations. A DIY … [Read more...]
Mickey and Minnie Food and Dessert Ideas!
It is always fun when you can come up with party food that fits your theme. We came up with lots of Mickey food ideas while planning my daughter's 2nd birthday party and have decided this was one of the easiest party food themes ever! Appetizers and Snacks: Mickey can be found all over the snack world -- fruit snacks, cheese and fruit packages, dried fruit packages, juices and more can be found almost all of the major food stores. My favorite was … [Read more...]
Mickey and Minnie Party Games
Instead of traditional party games at my 2 year old's party we went on a Mickey Mouse Clubhouse adventure! The kids had to help the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse friends get to The Birthday Dance Party. Unfortunately, there was trouble. So who did they ask for help? Toodles, of course! First, they had to get Mickey's microphone away from the sleeping giant. Luckily, Toodles had a lullaby they could use to help him stay asleep. Then, they had … [Read more...]
Minnie and Mickey Favor Bags and Mouse Ears
Birthday party week continues! And today is all about celebrating with Minnie and Mickey. First up -- favor bags! We made Minnie and Mickey Mouse bags for each of the kids that came to my daughter's party. Inexpensive and easy and cute! Here's what we did: My oldest helped me paint mouse faces on each of the red bags. We used red bags because that was all we could find enough of, but it would be cute to use buckets and chalkboard paint … [Read more...]
How to Make Easy Minnie Mouse Centerpieces
Welcome to birthday party week at Coffee Cups and Crayons! I'll be featuring fun party ideas all week and am kicking off the Minnie and Mickey party series with an easy Minnie Mouse centerpiece idea I made for my youngest's Minnie and Mickey birthday party. Minnie Centerpiece Supplies: 2 small styrofoam balls 1 medium styrofoam ball black acrylic paint wooden dowel wooden skewer floral block (check the dollar … [Read more...]
Leprechaun Mischief!
When we woke up this morning we saw that we were visited by leprechauns last night! Everything was out of place and there were gold coins everywhere. But, we did not catch one in our trap! He was very tricky and somehow managed to turn the pile of gold coins we left into green ones! And there was lots of silliness in the house! Toys in the bathroom, a banana in place of the phone, our calendar all messed up, furniture tipped over, and many, many … [Read more...]
