DIY Monster Themed Birthday Party

My baby was turning one, so I had the difficult decision of what to do for his party.  I knew I didn't want to do the same theme that I did with my first, so off to Pinterest I went.  No themes stood out to me but I finally decided on a Monster Party.  

We decided to go home to Kansas and do a party with family and have another one at our house a week later with friends and our local family.  For the parties I made the invites, thank you cards, birthday banner, monster magnets and coloring books for the monster goodie bags and monster party hats..  My MIL went all out and got monster hats and napkins.  My SIL even made a kick ass monster cake and smash cake.  I reused the hirchair banner that I made for my first (another pinterest find).

All of theses items were super easy to make.  I found all my monsters for free at mycutegraphics.com.  I found a card design that I liked and made it myself using InDesign.  For the party bags and hats all you need is a sharpie and some googly eyes.  The magnets were also super easy.  I saved bottle caps of all sizes and painted them, then added googly eyes and feathers for hair.  I added cardboard to the back of the cap to make if a flush surface and then added the magnet.  To make the highchair banner all you need is some ribbon and a hot glue gun.  I cut the ribbon to fit my highchair and then hot glued ribbon of varing lenth and width to the back to the ribbon I measured for the highchair.  I attached the highchair banner with some scotch tape.

Theme parties can add and Pinterest can be overwhelming.  It will save you money to make most of the items yourself and remember it doesn't have to be perfect or a lot.  A little decoration goes a long way.

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-Jill

Easter For The Smaller Rabbits: Our Favorite Easter Pins!

Happy Easter!

This past week has been full of candy-filled Easter baskets, bunny-shaped crafts complete with cotton-balls (that one only acquires from a younger child in school) and the famous egg-hunts that render our kids either super happy, (Mommy, look at all the eggs I found!) or really pissed off. (I didn't get enough eggs!)

Thanks to the magical craft wizard called Pinterest, we can finally get in touch with our creative side and redefine our holidays.

AKA, acquire a ton of pins when nothing on Facebook seems appealing and hope that one day you might just be bored enough to complete some of the crap you pinned three years ago. 

But if you're already running late with no time to spare in time for the weekend, never fear! Us girls at The Mother Luck have you covered. We've picked out our favorite Easter pins for both the younger crowd (and one for the other). 

These adorable "chickie bird" fruit cups.   The idea is so simple yet so cute! All it takes are some sharpies and BAM! Adorable chicks. 

This toddler-approved name egg hunt. This is a great idea for kids that are learning how to spell, too! If your child already knows their name, use different letters to spell out Easter related words! 

An Easter bunny trail! I didn't find the exact source for this pin, but it seems fairly easy to do either with flour or chalk paint. 

This lollipop garden rules.  The idea is to plant jellybeans in the yard and they're supposed to grow out to be candy that the kids can go pluck in the morning! 

More ideas for Easter crafts for toddlers!  The ideas are endless and sure to keep your young ones busy and happy! 

Easter goodies for the toddlers! This one is simple but really helpful and should keep all tots happy!

And one for the moms who wish to celebrate later….

An Easter Basket Cocktail! Oh goodness…. the Peep' just sold me on this little delight. If you miss out on an adult egg-hunt (ha) we suggest sipping on one of these and playing it out in your mind!

Happy (egg) hunting!

-TML