Haunted House Halloween Doormat Last year, I searched all over online for a Halloween doormat that would match my porch haunted house and ghost decor. I couldn’t find anything under $60.00. Since I had purchased 10 blank coir doormats using a coupon from Home Depot earlier I had many blank doormats on hand so I …
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DIY Halloween Witch Broomstick Here are two different tutorials on how to make a witch’s broomstick for Halloween. Both of these varieties are very simple to make and are fairly inexpensive as well. Supply List for The Dollar Tree Witch Broom Stick—Variety #1 Branch/stick (find outdoors) hot glue brown floral wire 3-Cinnamon Stick mini brooms …
How to make an Isabela Encanto Barbie Cake… A while ago, I threw an Encanto birthday party for my daughter. I posted a tutorial of how I made the Mirabel Barbie cake around that time and never did get around to posting about how I made this Isabela cake. Today, I’m finally getting around to …
Tree Stump Cake for a Woodland Birthday Party I threw a woodland party for my son’s second birthday and made this tree-stump strawberry vanilla cake. I choose strawberry vanilla because I found a fantastic vanilla cake recipe (link below) and I know that vanilla pairs well with strawberries. Also, strawberries can be found in the …
My daughter and I made this Cheese & Tomatoes Mushroom Display for a Woodland Party. Our guests loved this little display. They caught on immediately that it was supposed to represent mushrooms growing on a log on the forest floor. It was very easy to put together. My eight-year-old was so excited to help me …
Woodland Party Decoration Ideas I decorated for a woodland-themed party for my son’s two-year-old birthday. I decided to try to decorate using items that I had on hand and could forage myself, thereby saving money and getting a more authentic woodland feel using the decorations. I had some cut logs that were from aspen trees …
Woodland Party Food Ideas Food for a woodland party is easy to assemble as there are many woodland-themed food ideas! I did a lot of research and I found so many creative ideas on Pinterest and Google that I couldn’t possibly do them all, which is why I’ll post my round-up of darling ideas for …
Kids’ Woodland Party Tablescape. Recently, I threw a birthday party for my two-year-old and I set up the kids’ tables to reflect the woodland theme. The kids who came to the party seemed to really like the table decorations as did my sweet mother-in-law who choose to sit with the kids. When guests like the …
This is the Adults Woodland Party Tablescape that I made for my son’s Woodland birthday party. I like to set up different tablescapes for adults and kids when I am having a large party. I do this because it’s fun for me to come up with different ways to decorate tables. I like the creating …
Recently, my youngest child turned two; I put together an inexpensive Woodland Birthday Party to celebrate with family and friends. I had so many compliments from friends and family who attended this party. I loved decorating and creating items and food for this party. What drew me to a woodland theme was that I knew …
These are 12 Free Things to Do in Kauai for Families with Young Children We took our family, including four kids under 9 years old to Kauai for nine days. We had a fantastic time! We were budget-traveling and so we only did free activities for nine days. Our kids loved each day and had …