Lego Birthday Party

Today, my boy is 6! 

And, he is obsessed with Legos! So, we had a Lego birthday party for him - at the Lego store! It was perfect! I had so much fun planning his party, I wanted to share all the details with you today.

The invite!

The Lego store does a mini build each month. The kids get a little set with everything they need to build that month's chosen creation. Then they get to build it in store and take it home. Since kits are limited, each kid gets a ticket for the build. I thought it would be so fun to make the invitation like a ticket too (I followed this template).

The goody bags!

Of course everything had to be Lego themed! I found some yellow paper bags at the dollar store, made some Lego faces and printed them on yellow card stock.

I made some little coloring books, using images from the Lego movie. I even incorporated a little sewing by stitching down the center of each booklet, to secure all the pages. 

And melted an entire big box of crayons into Lego minifigures. 

A couple of marshmallow pops to look like Lego heads.

I had the most fun making these temporary tattoos! 

(all packaged up in little zip bags) 

To finish up the goody bags, a few candy bricks - that you can actually build with! 

This month's mini build was a space rocket with launching pad and control center.

So cute!

Master builders in the making!

Hooked

While fishing yesterday with Daddy, Little Miss reeled in her line and snagged her finger on the hook while trying to grab the line. Although she wouldn't allow it to be taken out (it was a little stuck), she was pretty determined to continue fishing until she caught at least 1 fish! This girl has such tenacity!

By the time they got home, she had had the hook in her finger for 4 hours! I couldn't believe it! I immediately got ready to take her to Instacare, but first she wanted to stop by the End Of Summer Neighborhood Popsicle Party so she could 1) get a popsicle and 2) show all her friends.

We were in and out of Instacare. She told everyone we passed about her little finger. She was quite brave when they had to give her 2 shots of Lidocaine to numb her finger and thought it was pretty cool that it made her finger 'fat'.

The kids came home with 4 fish. Little Miss caught the biggest one :)

Fairy Forest

A couple months ago, a friend of mine told me about a Fairy Forest she heard about. After doing a bit of research, I was able to find Its location, and we all went out there last month. This place was so amazing! It's located in an area of woods that was so open, with trails winding in and out of the trees. Nestled below the trees, in the trees and  in the small clearings were fairy houses, dwellings, villages and trinkets for all the fairies.

First thing we saw was the Enchanted Forest, where Tinkerbell and her friends live. 

This little ranch was my absolute favorite! I love the little pigs and cows. It even had a little chicken coop!

Fairy Stonehenge.

We spent a couple hours in the forest. There was so much to see, I don't think we got to it all. Every couple of seconds one of the kids would call out "Woah, look at this!" "Look what I found!" "Hey guys, I found something over here!". 

My kids wanted to make some houses for the fairies too. So I got a couple of small bird houses and some glitter paint. I found a cute little set of picket fence and picked out a few fake flowers. The kids also brought home a few pine cones to paint.

 A couple days later, we headed back to the forest to give the fairies their new houses. A few minutes after we got there, we got caught in a hail storm that lasted at least half an hour! We were pretty soaked by the time we found a good spot for our houses.

 

We also sprinkled some glitter around their new houses and marked a pathway for visitors. 

Hope y'all have a magical day! :)

Hand Print T-shirts {A Tutorial}

One of my favorite holidays is Independence Day. I LOVE IT! I go all out each year, and start planning weeks (sometimes months) ahead of time. I usually get the kids a new patriotic outfit each year. But this year,  I thought it would be fun to make 4th of July T-shirts with my kids.

While I was visiting my brother last week, we gathered all the kids to make shirts. This was a great activity for them. They all got pretty creative with their own shirts. 

It was the perfect activity to fill up an afternoon.

Here's what you'll need:

T-shirt

Red paint

Blue paint

Fabric Medium
Sponge brushes

Potato

Masking tape

Cardboard to fit inside the shirt

First thing, make a potato stamp. If you've never made a potato stamp, they are super easy!

Simply cut the potato in half.
Draw your shape on the cut side of the potato.

Cut around your shape.

Ta-da! Potato stamp!

Prepping the paint:

Did you know that you make any paint in to a fabric paint? All you have to do is add fabric medium. It helps  the paint to set softer, more flexible against the fibers. It also won't crack as much (if at all)  in the wash. 

Simply mix 2 parts paint to 1 part medium, until well blended. 

Next, place the cardboard inside of the shirt. The cardboard should cover all areas that you want to paint. I then did a dry run with placement of the kid's hand, then made stripes with the masking tape with their hand still in place. 

Painted each little hand

And press firmly into the open space on the shirt.
Make sure to press the middle of the hand and the fingers well.

Gently lift hand from the shirt.

For my shirt, I wanted to use each of my kids' hands; and I wanted them to make a heart. My boy was in a little bit of a hurry, so the middle of his palm didn't quite get pressed down as much as it should have.

 Next, we used the potato stamps to add stars,

And, painted between the tape stripes with a sponge brush.

 I also did a thinner line of paint along the top and bottom of the first and last stripes.

Here's my nieces' and nephews' shirts:

 And, here are mine and my kids' shirts:

Hope ya'll have a great holiday!