Birthdays

We wrapped up our school year this week. Not much to report on that front. No big event, just the first week of our summer field trips as celebration. I've been using a lot more paperwork and less pinterest so nothing really interesting to post school wise, but I thought I'd fill in a few gaps from the last few months starting with birthdays!

Lemur's Frozen party (because don't we all know someone doing a Frozen party this year :p )

Fortunately for me this was right after Christmas so I picked up the snow fluff, snowmen, and other decorations cheap, cheap, cheap.

The one high dollar item I picked up was this:

And were they ever worth it. My sister found them at the hallmark store for a little bit cheaper than what they are going for on Amazon. The kids had so much fun playing with these before, during and after the party.

I got the recipe for the candy glass (ice shards) off Martha Stewart, but apparently they've removed the recipe. This one is pretty close if memory serves.

Howler's Mermaid Party -

Believe it or not almost everything on these tables came from the dollar store, the shells, the net, the streamers, the utensils.

I got the foam crowns and jewels off Amazon.

And after struggling with Rapunzel's tower last year I opted for plastic this year. I got lucky again and found the kit on sale at a local craft shop, but here's the link for Amazon. It was a lot easier to do than I expected... once I got the edible part to cooperate! 

Never underestimate the dollar store! The streamers, shells, and necklaces were the biggest hit of the party... oh, and the fish.... Little cousins had fun terrorizing the goldfish :) Not from the dollar store, but pretty cheap anyway.