FREE printable St. Patrick’s Day school lunch notes

It’s time for new free printable school lunch notes! This time, we’re celebrating St. Patrick’s Day with shamrocks and good luck. : ) The notes are designed so you can share your love, and so that you can talk about ways that your family is lucky and blessed. They’ll be such happy and positive notes for your little one to get with their lunches from now until St. Paddy’s! I can’t wait ...
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►  Posted under FREEBIES, holidays, school days, St. Patrick's Day by Heather

FREE printable family dinner questions

I have the most exciting free printable for you today! I’m thinking it’s going to be right up your alley… it’s cute, colorful, and designed for you to have fun with your kids and create special memories with them. It’s a jar of family dinner questions – over 180 fun conversation starters, including get-to-know-you questions and kid-friendly trivia! How fun is that! : ) I designed this printable exclusively for HowDoesShe ...
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Dog and cat party: Thomas and Ruthie are 7 & 4

This sweet dog and cat theme party was thrown for a brother and sister, Thomas and Ruthie. At the party, kids loved getting to “adopt” a dog or a cat toy to take home, and the dog and cat theme desserts were a big hit too. But the best part was that the party benefitted the local Humane Society! Read on… Thomas and Ruthie’s mom, Betsy, made all of the cakes and ...
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►  Posted under cat / kitten, dog / puppy, FREEBIES, parties for boys, parties for girls, party features, philanthropy by Heather

FREE printable Valentine’s Day school lunch jokes

Happy Valentine’s Day!! I have a little something for you to celebrate – some free printable Valentine’s Day school lunch jokes! I shared these yesterday on Skip to My Lou as part of Cindy’s fab Print Your Own Valentines series. If you didn’t download these at Skip to My Lou yesterday, come and grab ‘em now! : ) Regular Chickabug blog readers might recognize that these lunch jokes match the Valentine’s Day school lunch notes that I ...
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Fancy flirty fondue party with FREE printables

This is a first, on my kid-friendly blog: This post is for adults only! How about that?! It’s a little something just for you ladies, so you can throw a party for yourself for a change. ; ) Invite your friends over for a “Fancy Flirty Fondue Party”! My friend Shelley from HowDoesShe came up with this awesome idea for a pre-Valentine’s Day girls’ night out. She says, “My friends and I decided ...
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►  Posted under FREEBIES, holiday parties, party features, Valentine's Day by Heather

FREE printable Valentine’s Day school lunch notes

The free printable school lunch notes that I made awhile back are one of the most popular free printables I’ve designed – so I thought, why not make some just for Valentine’s Day this year? You can send your little one to school with a note of love every day leading up to Valentine’s! In the file, there’s a page of pre-printed notes and a page of totally blank notes. ...
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“Girls’ Night In” event for breast cancer awareness

Today I’m happy to share a lovely party that styled by Carolyn of A Touch Of Style Events. The party was held to raise funds for breast cancer awareness, so a pink color scheme was a must – but I also love the black and white stripes and black bow accents that give the party table a dramatic, Parisian feel! Carolyn says, “Every October in Australia the Cancer Council encourages women to host ...
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Sock monkey photo booth {with a free printable}

Alaina of Holland Family Life used my free printable sock monkey puppet template for her son Zane’s first birthday! She had some crafty ideas for the template that I wouldn’t have thought of! Alaina had guests make sock monkey puppets, and by mixing up the hat patterns, everyone’s puppet looked a little different. Mounting the sock monkey onto handles and cutting out eye holes turned it into a fun photo booth ...
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►  Posted under FREEBIES, party features, party games & activities, sock monkey by Heather