My baby is having another birthday. And with it comes great pride and a little sadness. Isn’t it funny how we pull children forward – growing, learning and becoming – yet we – as parents – find it a bit hard to see them walk away from the baby years. I do anyway. This week,…
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Kids Birthdays with Meaning
You have never seen children so happy as when they are clubbing a Care Bear piñata to death with a plastic baseball bat at a child’s birthday party. This past weekend we celebrated another birthday party chez nous – and again trying to do it with some meaning. This year’s theme was ‘ol skool –…
Armpit Fudge
As posted, tweeted and promised here is Armpit Fudge. The recipe comes via Loblaws cooking camp – it is so loverly easy and kids (well my kids) like the armpit part just as much as the eating. Armpit fudge is great for the cottage, camp or birthday parties (birthday party post alert – coming next…
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Lots of stuff happening in the Parent Club. Overwhelming, stressful, exciting, dreadful stuff. The stuff that makes great blog posts and ridonkulous dinner party conversation (let the comments and invites roll in!). Let us start with two words…ARMPIT FUDGE (tune in tomorrow same bat time same bat channel) www.parentclub.ca
Birthday Parties – Shaving Cream Art
This is a fun activity for preschoolers and school aged kids. It’s messy and uses Papa’s shaving cream (which causes huge giggles!). Remember that food colouring stains EVERYTHING so cover the table (cover the kids too if you think they are clumsy at all). The video below shows how to make shaving cream art with…
Kid Birthday Party Planning
Hosting, yet another, birthday party this weekend. Since it is an 8 year old party — I’m trying to keep it kid-centred (with parental intervention for fires and fights). Here is the general plan…8 kids to celebrate 8 years old (ok – really 9 kids bc Thing 2 doesn’t get counted in the birthday invitation…
When Food is the Enemy at Birthday Parties
We once went to a birthday party where the birthday child had a sever peanut allergy . When the (homemade peanut-free) cake came out one child pulled out a container of dates and fruit. “He can’t have cake – no refined sugar“. Some studies have shown that children with autism can benefit from gluten-free, casein-free…
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Reader Feedback: Birthday Tips
“At Child A’s fourth birthday we made decorated “binoculars” I made them ahead of time by stapling together two TP rolls and adding a string, on the string I had attached a tag to write the child’s name on. A bunch of stickers and fancy metallic markers and we were all set! The next year…
Birthday Tips – at home
A few tips for the “Location: Our House Birthday Party”. How do you fill the time? Combine activities. Have the child make their loot bag item; be it a hand print on an art canvas, a decorated t-shirt, a pot & seeds combo, a painted bird house, or other craft. (e-mail Parent Club if you…
Art tip…
If you are at a loss for something to do…surf over to HUGOESCARGOT. This francophone website has over 8,000 images available for you to print off and colour. From popular comics like Dora, SpongeBob, and Winx to seasonal and birthday images…it is a great resource. (Birthday tip; print off a bunch of colouring pages and…