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Ultimate Sports Birthday Party

May 15, 2013 By Kara 5 Comments

This past weekend we ~~survived~~ celebrated my son’s 7th birthday party with 14 of his friends. He loves playing sports and even says he wants to be a professional basketball player when he grows up so we knew that a Sports Birthday Party was in order.

As I showed you last week we made a M&M’s basketball cake for his actual birthday and then had his birthday party at the park on the weekend. I think I finally got it right this year when i decided to have the party at the park. It was PERFECT! Plenty of room for all of the little guys to run around and get crazy without me stressing out about my house. Why did it take me so long to think of that? But with the games/activities we had planned we knew a sports birthday party needed to be somewhere with more room to run. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Crafts/Activities, For the Boys, Party Ideas Tagged With: Birthday, Birthdays for boys, Easy cakes, Party ideas

Sports Cupcakes

May 14, 2013 By Kara 10 Comments

Last week I shared my son’s M&M’s basketball cake that we made for his 7th birthday. Since his birthday fell during the week we did his sports party with friends this weekend and needed a little treat to give to them. Of course we thought of sports cupcakes. I will be sharing all of the fun we had at the party later this week. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food/Recipes, For the Boys, Party Ideas Tagged With: baseball, Birthday, Birthdays for boys, Easy cakes, Fun Food, Party ideas, sports

Basketball DIY Cake Stand

May 9, 2013 By Kara Leave a Comment

This week I shared my son’s basketball birthday cake and promised to share how to make an easy DIY cake stand.

I have a nice, glass cake stand that I normally use for our cakes but I had a specific look in mind. After looking online for a plain metal cake stand and seeing that everything cost more than I wanted to pay, I decided to make one. This was the easiest and most inexpensive project I have done in awhile and I got exactly the look I was wanting.

Dollar Store DIY Cake Stand [Read more...]

Filed Under: Crafts/Activities, Food/Recipes, For the Boys, Party Ideas Tagged With: Birthday, Birthdays for boys, Easy cakes, Party ideas

M&Ms Basketball Cake

May 7, 2013 By Kara 20 Comments

Yesterday we celebrated the 7th birthday of one of the coolest kids I know. When he grows up he wants to be a professional basketball player so naturally he would want a basketball cake for his birthday. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food/Recipes, For the Boys, Party Ideas Tagged With: Birthday, Birthdays for boys, Easy cakes, Fun Food, Party ideas

Legoland: 10 Tips for Planning the Ultimate Legoland Adventure

May 2, 2013 By Kara 7 Comments

As mentioned in my 10 Reasons to Visit Legoland post, we returned from Legoland, CA last week. Today I am sharing some of the tips and tricks I learned to help you in planning the ultimate Lego adventure.