Room Mom? Valentine's Day Class Party Ideas!

Being a room mom for many years for my girls, I am always on the look-out for great class party ideas!  I ran across these and saved them for later... maybe you can use them too!

When it comes to party planning, nobody does it better than One Charming Party. Here is the Valentine class party they shared on their blog - awesome!

This site shares party hat ideas from paper plates - for every holiday!

I know I shared Bingo the other day, but I had to include it here since Bingo is my go-to class party game if there is extra time!

For older classrooms, these Mad Libs are perfect!!

Make and Takes is a great blog with tons of good ideas - she pooled together these great Valentine class party ideas:

Letter Match - pair up upper and lower case letters - great for lower grades!

Heart Lei made with yarn, straws and hearts!

Giant Tic Tac Toe - use posterboard and handmade felt hearts for the playing pieces. Make a few and you can have 4-6 kids playing at a time!

Three pipe cleaners and each kid gets a new pair of glasses to take home!

Put these together and the kids can put theirs together and then trade with another student for even more fun!

 

Even MORE Valentine Goodness!

 I think these would be great for the girls' teachers! We actually own the donut hole maker, so that would work!  She even includes printable labels!

What a neat idea this is - put a heart on your children's bedroom door each day with something nice about them. Start on February 1st and by Valentine's Day, they have a door full!

Love this idea! I wonder how much tic-tacs are at Costco? 

How neat are these Danish Heart Baskets? Love!

My next Valentine post will be filled with class party ideas!

More Valentine Goodies for you to Enjoy!

 Free Printable Valentine Bingo!

Aren't these paper candy hearts the best ever?

Did you realize how easy it is to make regular cupcakes into heart shaped ones? I didn't, but I do now!

How neat is this paper heart wreath? 

More valentine sharing in the next few days!

25 Christmas Crafts - Yummies

Don't drool on your keyboard as you check out today's yummies! ;)

Money Saving Mom offers us Chocolate Peanut Butter Holiday Bark - would be great all wrapped up in parchment paper and pretty twine or ribbon! Great for teachers, neighbors - everyone you can think of!

Plain Chicken's recipe for Sausage Biscuit Bites would be perfect for Christmas morning!

  More tomorrow!

25 Christmas Crafts - More Printables

I hope you enjoyed yesterday's printables - I have a few more for you today!

Lemon Squeezy offers these cute printable gift tags:

 

If your household has an Elf on the Shelf, you will love these Elf Reports from Magnolia Creative!

 

 



Tomorrow, look for some Christmas yummies!




 

25 Christmas Crafts - Printables

We have had an insanely busy fall. So busy, in fact, that we are way behind on our 25 days of Christmas that we usually share.  So, let's try to get caught up, shall we?!

 

Let's start with all of the fabulous free printables that I have discovered this year!

 

The first set of printable tags is from one of my favorite DIY blogs, Shanty2Chic!

 

Check out these cute retro printable tags from Mom Spark.





 

 

There are 11 great free printables a My Blessed Life.

 

I just love these printable bottle labels found at Ellinee.



A terrific letter to Santa can be found at I Heart Organizing!

 

Enjoy these! More tomorrow!

 

 

Monster Mash Part 3 - More Halloween Fun!

My girls are so excited about Halloween approaching!  We have decided on and ordered their costumes, so I think, hopefully, crossing my fingers, that we are all set for the big day!  I won't spoil the surprise of what they decided to be, so I will share that info later, along with pictures!

Have your kids decided what they will be yet?

I love this idea for a little guy... a jetpack!

How stinkin' cute is that?! And, it doesn't look too hard to make!

Will you be having a Halloween Soiree this year? Yah, me neither. But, if I were, I would totally make these cutlery packets!  They rock - and they are a free printable! Yahoo!

And if I were having a rockin' Halloween party - I would totally channel my inner Martha and make one of these pumpkin coolers!

If you and your spouse are attending a costume party - here is a pretty funny costume idea!

It wouldn't be to difficult to make it out of felt...

One last idea to share with you today... a yummy Halloween snack - puppy chow!

 

Monster Mash Part 2 - More Great Halloween Ideas!

As I often volunteer to be a room Mom for my daughter's classrooms, I am always on the lookout for good class party games. I loved this idea - pumpkin bowling!
Just get one of those lightweight styro pumpkins from the craft store, and tape together some toilet paper rolls and make pumpkin faces on them!

How cute is this decoration? A complete tutorial is provided to help you make it! 

 

Monster Mash! Halloween Ideas for all of us!

I love Pinterest. Love, love, love it.  I love looking at the ideas, the beautiful photographs, and saving the links for a rainy day in a variety of categories.  I have even been known to try some of the recipes, and crafts and decorating ideas that I have run across.

These are my favorite Halloween ideas:

How easy does this Pumpkin Quesadilla look?  My kids would love this!

Redbook shares how to make this glitter spider web using wax paper, elmer's glue, and glitter!

How adorable is this door? Crepe paper and some other items from around the house and you have a decoration to die for!

What great Halloween ideas have you run across lately?



 

Valentine's Day Roundup

We have had a whirlwind month here, so I apologize for writing this Valentine's Day post over a week after Valentine's Day. But, there was such cuteness to be had around here on Valentine's day, I can't not post about it!

I did create the handmade Valentines that I had planned for the girls to hand out to their friends. They turned out pretty cute if I don't say so myself!


I had found the idea here, and she so graciously provided the free printables, which made them so easy!
I ordered the boxes from Paper Mart in the size that was recommended (3.5"x5"), but I think I would definitely go with smaller boxes the next time, maybe 1 1/4" x 4".

My sweet neighbor, Sydney, hosted a little girl's Valentine party with all sorts of fondue and funness! My girls had a fantastic time!


Each table was adorned with white paper and crayons for coloring, and a fondue pot.


No question the kids loved the Chocolate dipped marshmallows the best!


Boys have fun too! :)


Cheese fondue was served with cocktail weenies and bread.


I helped out by rimming the mason jars with melted white candy coating and sprinkles, which was adorable with the pink milk that was served!


Aren't these strawberry skewers fantastic?


Sophia loved the pink milk!


I also made these pretzel rods. Funny though, one of my little neighbors kept bringing them over to me so I could break off the candy part so he could just eat the plain pretzel part!


The kids served themselves from this fabulous dispenser!


There were games and party favors!

And there was Valentine cookie decorating too!

It was so beautifully done and the girls just loved it! I hope that your Valentine's Day was just as sweet!