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DIY Elmo Party: Milk Bottles

January 7, 2013 By Holly Leave a Comment Filed Under: Celebrate, Design/Create, Elmo's World Party, Kids DIY & Crafts

I have had lots of people write asking me where they could find these tiny milk bottles. So today I am sharing my secret. Ready… they are actually glass latte bottles that I get at Target! I know that some people have started selling similar ones on etsy, but this way you get the bonus of having […]

DIY Elmo Party: Polka-dot Backdrop

January 6, 2013 By Holly Leave a Comment Filed Under: Celebrate, Design/Create, Elmo's World Party, Kids DIY & Crafts, Party Decorations

After searching high and low for a polka-dotted fabric that I could use as a backdrop for this Sesame Street Party, I finally decided to make my own. I think it will be a great backdrop that can be used over and over again. Supplies: 2 Yards White Fabric, 6 bottles fabric paint (we used […]

Family Christmas Card

November 26, 2012 By Holly Leave a Comment Filed Under: Christmas

Every year my mom tries to find time to order our family Christmas cards and write an update letter to friends and family. This year I thought I would save her some time and came up with this ‘year in review’ Christmas Card. I saw one similar on minted’s website, but I couldn’t customize it the way […]

Elmo Party Food

September 10, 2012 By Holly Leave a Comment Filed Under: Celebrate, Elmo's World Party, Party Food

I don’t believe that you have to spend a lot of time and money to throw a great kids party, and a huge part of that is keeping party food simple. It also helps to serve food that you can prepare beforehand. For this Elmo’s World party, we served pizza bagels, carrots & dip, watermelon […]

Elmo Party Decorations

September 9, 2012 By Holly Leave a Comment Filed Under: Celebrate, Elmo's World Party, Party Decorations

This week we will be sharing all of the pictures and ideas from our recent Elmo’s World party. We turned an ordinary kitchen island into a colorful party table by making this polka-dot backdrop. Add in balloons, festive table-wear, and lots of party food for a great ‘Elmo’s World’ kids party! Elmo and his favorite food- pizza. […]

Elmo’s World Party

September 6, 2012 By Holly Leave a Comment Filed Under: Celebrate, Elmo's World Party

Next week we will have all of the fun details to our latest Elmo’s World Party, along with some fun DIY ideas for your party! Have a great weekend!

{Back to School} Classroom Book Nook

August 31, 2012 By Holly 1 Comment Filed Under: Design/Create, Kids DIY & Crafts

With back to school in full swing, I have been spending lots of time in my mom’s elementary school classroom helping to set up for the first day of school on Tuesday. After visiting Ms. Bunkowski’s art room, I wanted to share a fun classroom idea that she came up. This would also work great in […]