Valentine’s Day is just around the corner and if you’re in need of inspiration for gifts, I’ve round up 27 Inexpensive Valentine’s Day Gift Ideas. These are perfect gifts for everyone you love in your life! 1. Hug in a Mug – This gift idea is a fun and simple present to put together, and …
DIY & Crafts
I love to make seasonal inexpensive crafts. These DIY Jute Christmas Trees are not only inexpensive, they are very simple to make (children can help assemble them) and they only require 3 supplies. These trees are a great Christmas craft that will last many seasons. They are versatile mix into all kinds of Christmas decor! …
Hansel and Gretel costumes from Grimm’s Fairytales are easy to make and were fun for my kids to wear and act out. The Fairytale is of German origin and was recorded by the Grimm Brothers. Before Halloween, I read it to my kids out of our Grimm’s Complete Fairy Tales book. I edited it a little …
I had a lot of fun putting together this Gretel Costume from The Brother’s Grimm Tales. My daughter, Aurora, enjoyed dressing up like Gretel. Gretel is a little German girl in the Hansel and Gretel Fairytale. A weeks before I dressed my kids, I read them the fairytale from our Grimm’s Complete Fairy Tales book. In …
Having lived in Germany for over a year, I had fun making this Hansel Costume from The Brother’s Grimm Tales. Hansel, from the Fairytale, Hansel and Gretel, was an easy Halloween costume to put together. I just dressed him as a traditional German boy would. You really only need a few things. Supply List Lederhosen— …
My kids LOVE Wild Kratts. My son has been begging me for a Wild Kratts Birthday party for months. With a little planning and some great deals, I was able to put this Wild Kratts Birthday Party on for less than $100.00. Here’s how… Set Up To set up, the kids and I went around …
I was pleasantly surprised with how easy it was to make a DIY Cake Topper Banner. It only took about 10 minutes to make, it was customized to our party theme and color scheme, and the best part was, it was free to make! I saw the cake topper banner (pictured below) at a party …
My neighborhood is so wonderful. They have been very welcoming, kind, and have great attitudes about helping others. This area has been working for almost a year on shipping thousands of items to Zimbabwe in a large shipping container. The container had clothes, newborn packets for mothers with a lot of baby supplies, rubber snakes …
Medieval Birthday Party Recently, my family and I attended the Medieval Times dinner and show in California. The kids who attended with us aged from 3-13 and they were all mesmerized—in fact, every child and adult in the arena that I observed and had a blast! This visit inspired my daughter’s Medieval Birthday Party. At …
I wanted to share with you our 2017 Halloween Costume Reveal + 5 Fun Halloween Activity Spots for Kids in Utah and Salt Lake Counties Halloween was so fun this year. Kids this age (just about 3 and 5) are so so fun during holidays. They are old enough to realize that they are doing …
I was upgrading my friend’s home and he loved the dishwasher he currently had—the only problem was it was out of date/black. All of his other appliances were stainless steel. We searched around and the equivalent dishwasher in stainless steel would have cost him over $450.00. I decided to see if we could change the …