Fun Christmas Activity for Kids

November 15, 2019November 19, 20194 Comments

Good morning! How has everyone’s week been? I am so happy that today is Friday. Not because it’s been a really long week, but it’s the weekend and I have a lot of fun stuff planned. So I cannot wait for Friday to be over!

Welcome to the 5th annual 12 Days of Holiday Ideas event, hosted by Shirley of Intelligent Domestications and Erlene of My Pinterventures Between Nov. 11th and December 6th there will be hundreds of new ideas shared by over 55 Co-host bloggers!

Go here to see our kick-off collection of Holiday ideas as well as all of this years talented participating DIY and Foodie Blogs. Download this years November and December calendars with all of the topics and dates so you can make plans to watch for ideas!

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We are continuing on the 12 days of Christmas with a fun Kids Activity! Or, a fun day for kids, whichever you prefer. We decided to go with an afternoon of fun for the kids and Oriental Trading Company has helped us tremendously with this! They were gracious enough to give us some of the supplies needed to complete our fun afternoon!

My inspiration was a fun little girl Paris party. We wanted to have some Eiffel Towers and lots of pink! Of course this is my kind of party! We wanted white, Eiffel Towers, pink, silver, gold, snacks, and a fun activity. Thankfully, Oriental Trading was able to help us out with some of these things.

So we started our afternoon by setting the table. We had a beautiful faux fur table runner (I’ll just say that mom and I have really enjoyed petting it, it’s SOOO SOFT) and we used it as a faux snow for our centerpiece. We had some white houses that we used to decorate last year and some Eiffel Towers that I have as decoration around my apartment. And of course to make it Christmassy we added some cute sisal trees. Honestly, how cute is it?

Since this is a kids party, we knew we had to have some fun activities. We found these coloring page placemats on Oriental’s website and knew that these would be perfect for our party. Unfortunately, we didn’t have any kids who were there while setting up for our party, so mom and I got to color the placemats. And Munchy helped!

Since every good party needs some snacks, we thought the coolest thing would to have a cupcake decorating station. So we have some cupcakes that we decorated with pink and green sprinkles from Oriental Trading. Who knew you could buy a whole pound of sprinkles from Oriental Trading? We also got these cute cupcake carriers from Oriental Trading. There are so many different designs of cupcake carriers so you can pick your favorites. Of course, I picked the pink chevron design! The carriers fit two cupcakes or a lot of cookies if you wanted.

The other fun activity we picked out for kids was making an ornament. We found all of the items needed on Oriental Trading’s website. We found these cute open face clear ornaments and I knew what I wanted. I found fake snow, cute deer ornaments, and some tiny sisal trees. Now, some of the deer were too big for the ornaments but the little fawns were perfect size. So with a little hot glue, we were able to glue the deer and the trees into the ornaments before pouring the fake snow in the bottom. How cute are they! And even though the ornaments may require a little adult supervision but they would be cute gifts to take home.

And that’s it! This is totally my kind of party. How fun would this be for kids, or adults? We had so much fun making everything for this party and we can’t wait to actually have a party with our nieces! So thank you to Oriental Trading for helping us set up our Kid’s Activity Party. And thank you for stopping by! See you on Monday!

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Home on the Corner Halloween!

November 1, 2019October 31, 20192 Comments

Good morning! I hope everyone had a wonderful and safe Halloween yesterday. Even though I had to work all day, I was still able to have a little bit of fun and dress up. I wore a pair of Minnie Mouse ears to work but that was it. Nothing too exciting.

But I did have an actual costume that I wore just because. I wasn’t really sure what I wanted to do for Halloween and then I had the random (yes it was completely random) thought of dressing up like Molly McIntire from the American Girl series. Molly was the only doll that looked like me (except for the glasses) and I had the doll and a lot of her things when I was growing up.

So here is my outfit with my Molly doll.

I am very happy with how my outfit turned out! I was able to find everything relatively easy with the exception of my skirt, which I ended up sewing myself. And thanks to my friend Elise who went out on a random photoshoot adventure with me to get this adorable photo.

Mom dressed up as well. For her job, all of the teachers dressed up as different story book characters. And she dressed up as Bo Peep from Toy Story!

She even has a little lamb and everything! I have to say that my mom got very creative with her outfit. She used a candy cane for her staff and fashioned her own ruffles for the bloomers. She also made her cute bow headband! I think it looks so cute and perfect for a story book character.

And of course the dogs had to dress up! Do you remember their costume from two years ago? If not, you should click here because it was cute! So of course, the dogs have to outdo their costumes from before and my mom and I were on the hunt for their outfits!

In this photo we have Rozy Blu the turtle, Ezzy the shark, Zoella aka Munch the lobster, and Maggie the mermaid. Aren’t they the cutest?! They even have their own background and props for the photo. This took a lot of treats, sweat, and convincing everyone to look at the camera to get this photo. But some of the outtakes are even cuter!

And that’s it! This is how we all celebrated Halloween at our house. I hope you enjoyed our little update post and enjoy the rest of your day!

Non-Carved Pumpkin Round Up

September 27, 2019September 24, 20194 Comments

Hello! How has everyone’s week been? I took a day trip up to Yosemite with a friend of mine which was super nice and fun. We had a wonderful time up in the mountains away from the heat so it was relaxing.

This week we are showing off some really cool pumpkins that don’t require any carving. These are the kind of pumpkins I like because I absolutely despise carving. I cannot stand gutting a pumpkin so I much prefer decorating them. So here are some cute ideas if you are like me and can’t stand carving. Enjoy!

Crayon Drip Pumpkin from The Swell Designer

Confetti Pumpkin from Cloudy Day Gray

White Pumpkin with Flowers from Finding Zest

Candy Corn Pumpkin from Craft Project Ideas

Frankenstein Pumpkin from Plaid Online

Painted Pumpkins from Think Make Share Blog

Striped Pumpkins from Makely Home

Thumbprint Pumpkin DIY from Handmade Charlotte

Glow in the Dark Pumpkins from I Love to Create

Fox and Owl Pumpkins from Home on the Corner

Fall Kid’s Crafts

August 16, 2019August 15, 2019Leave a comment

Hello! How has everyone’s weeks going? I cannot believe that it is school time already, where did summer go? Anyway…it is getting closer to fall and I wanted to show of some cute fall crafts that can be done with your kids. And even though I don’t have kids I love doing crafts myself. Enjoy!

Leaf Sun Catchers from The Best Ideas for Kids

Woven Apple Paper Plate from Non-Toy Gifts

Leaf Pressed Bookmarks from Buggy and Buddy

Paper Strip Turkey from Housing a Forest

Simple Black Cat Craft from Easy Peasy and Fun

Turkey Cones from Crafty Morning

Acorn Mosaic from Crafts by Amanda

Leaf Bowl from Made with Happy

Paper Strip Apple from Fireflies and Mudpies

Owl Handprints from The Best Ideas for Kids

Travel Tips

April 26, 2019April 25, 2019Leave a comment

Hello! How is everyone doing? Did you have a nice Easter? I know I did, it was a wonderful day to spend time with my family so I hope you did too.

So today is a repost from last summer. We are getting closer to summer which means the perfect time for vacation! So here were some awesome tips and tricks that I found very useful that could help make your traveling much easier. So enjoy!

I haven’t been on too many flights but I can say that it is hard to pack a carry on bag. Arzo Travels lays out an awesome list of everything that you should pack in your carry on bag for your next flight.

Who doesn’t like snacks? Especially for a long trip you definitely need to have something to eat on the road. Live Laugh Rowe gives her list of snacks that she likes to pack for a road trip.

We all love our pets and we love them so much so that sometimes we want to take them with us on our adventure. The Every Girl complies a list of things to pack and look at when wanting your furry friend to go on an adventure too!

If you are traveling somewhere by car and not by plane, it can be hard to figure out how to pack your car. Stuffed Suitcase shows us how she packs her car for long road trips, which is very helpful!

If you are going on a trip soon, you may need to pack a lot of small items for your adventure. Polka Dot Chair gives us some ideas on things to pack to make traveling just a little bit easier.

Sometimes when you are taking a road trip, you are taking the whole family with you! Lexie Loo, Lily, Liam, Dylan Too gives us some great ideas of things to bring when traveling with kids.

Did you know that there is a “proper” way to pack a suitcase? Business Insidergives us this awesome diagram on how to properly pack for your next trip.

With everyone using technology for everything nowadays, wouldn’t it be nice if you could have a plethora of apps that were reliable for travel? Carry On or Bust compiles a list of apps that they use when traveling that make your life much easier.

This is a HUGE thing! Obviously you want to be safe while traveling and it would be terrible if things got stolen from you. Wise Bread gives a good list of things to take into consideration when you are traveling.

Finally, it’s not really travel tips and tricks, but my trip to Washington from a couple summers ago. I had so much fun and even give you a small itinerary for my week long trip. Click here to check it out!