Angry Bird Cupcake Picks

My son is crazy about Angry Birds and told me he wanted an Angry Bird Cake. I always decorate my kids cakes myself but with everything going on I did not feel like I had 5-6 hours to devote to cake decorating, plus we had his party at a sprinkler park and I felt like cupcakes would be a better solution. All of the birds are made from scrapbook paper and glue and I attached a lollipop stick to the back of each. I made all the patterns up myself and I think that they turned out really well and of course my son loved them. I will admit that they took a couple of hours to make them, but I was not standing up at the counter doing it, there was not a huge mess afterwards and I was able to do them at my leisure instead of the night before and they were much easier to transport!!

Yellow Bird, White Bird (sorry he is washed out on the paper) and Green Bird

Black Bird, Blue Bird, Piggie and Red Bird

Alphabet Bags

My sister informed me of this idea for reinforcing the alphabet with young children. It is super easy to do and does not cost much money. All you need is the alphabet letter (I printed out both upper and lower case letters and then laminated them), random things you can find around your house- I did not purchase anything except for foam, and a large zipper bag to store all the items. There were some letters I had a harder time finding items for so I am making items out of foam (for the letter A I made an alligator, anchor and an acorn). My kids love this activity and I think that it a great way to reinforce the letters with hands-on learners. So far I have completed letters A, B and C. Here are my bags:

The letter A:

Angel
Acorn
Ambulance
Airplane
Anchor
Alligator
Ant
Alf

The letter B contains:

Bow
Book
Boxing glove
Book
Button
Bunnies
Bell
Bag
Ballet Shoe
Bears
Bottle
Bib
Bottle

The letter C:

Candy Cane
Chess pieces
Cross
Crown
Cat
Cake
Candy
Clown
Cactus
Coat

My Handmade Angry Birds!!

My son is crazy about Angry Birds so a few months ago I stumbled across Obsessively Stitching. She has a great tutorial and patterns for making Angry Birds. She has a lot of great crafting and sewing ideas, many of which even novice crafters can create. I am not great at sewing by any means but I was even able to create them (I will admit I did have some help on a few from my mom so we could get them done in time!). This was one of his two favorite birthday gifts (the other was a hand painted set of nesting dolls painted by my mom).

The Whole Collection!

Three of the Piggies!

Saffery Moore Review and Giveaway

Saffery Moore is an Etsy shop run by Rachelle. She makes toy wallets that are a great way to keep kids occupied during car trips and errands . She is a stay at home mom to three and she loves to create things herself rather than using a pattern. Rachelle makes items for both boys and girls and also does custom orders.

Her wallets come in different styles and patterns. The train wallet holds four wooden trains and has two tracks to play on.

Train Wallet and Track to Go

The child's tool belt comes in both boy and girl styles and has three pockets for tools and two hammer loops.

Child's Tool Belt

The Littlest Pet Shop and Polly Pocket Wallet and Play Mat has five pockets and the playmat features a pond, river, stone path and flowering trees.

Littlest Pet Shop and Polly Pocket Playmat

The Matchbox Car Wallet and Road to Go features five pockets for cars and a road to play on.

Matchbox Car Wallet and Road to Go

The crayon rolls have eight pockets and can carry up to sixteen crayons. They also fold over so the crayons will not fall out or mark up any other items.

Crayon Roll

The 3 Across Tic Tac Toe is made of felt and features a back pocket for carrying the game pieces.

3 Across Tic Tac Toe

I was sent a Matchbox Car Wallet to review. My son saw it and immediately wanted to play with it! I think that it is great it is very sturdy (which is really important in our family!) and the baseball pattern is adorable.

It folds together and fits perfectly in a purse or diaper bag and the fold over flap keeps the cars from falling out (which is great since I tend to lose a lot of items on the bottom of my purse.



The cars fit great on the mat and this is a great toy for keeping the kids occupied on trips or outings. We love our Matchbox Car Wallet and would definitely recommend it!



Buy It! You can purchase items from Saffery Moore on Etsy.

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Lil Bundle of Joy Review and Giveaway

Lil Bundle of Joy is an Etsy shop run by Malissa, a mom of twin three year old girls and a newborn baby boy. She makes and sells adorable owl themed baby toys as well as other baby necessities.

Her plush animals are adorable! She makes her owls in two sizes small and large. The larger owls in a larger size which measures 6" x 6" and they come in a variety of colors and patterns.

Plushie Baby Girl Owl- Flora

Hoppy the Baby Bunny

Malissa also makes fun crinkle toys with ribbons. The owls have ribbon wings and feet.Her owl crinkle toy was also featured on Etsy's blog in their post about children's travel toys.

Friendly Owl Crinkle Toy

Tiny Crinkle Toy- Shark Attack

The shop also carries other baby necessities including burp cloths, blankets, bibs, travel diaper pouches and changing pads.

Perfect Travel Diaper Pouch- Safari Animals

Five Piece Fresh Flower Onesie Bouquet for baby girl

Set of Three Burp Cloths Farm Friends

Ultra Soft Friendly Owl Lovey Blanket- Blue Frost Owls

Fun and Functional Baby Bib Baby Girl

I was sent two products from Lil Bundle of Joy a large owl plushie and a baby owl plushie rattle. I opened up the package and immediately saw how adorable they were! They are so soft and great for little kids. The plushie rattle has a ribbon loop that a baby ring link toy will fit through. This way you can attach the toy to a carseat or a stroller so the baby will not drop it out.

The owl plushie is adorable and would make a perfect lovie for a little one!

My son and I both loved the products Malissa sent us. They are adorable and I would recommend them!

Buy It! You can purchase items from Lil Bundle of Joy on Etsy. Now through you can receive 15% off your purchase with the discount code DOTCOM15.

Win It! Malissa is giving away to one winner a small owl plushie and a crinkle toy of the winner's choice! To win you must be a U.S. resident. Giveaway ends Thursday, June 9th, 2011. Winner will be chosen via the Random Number Generator. Once notified the winner will have 48 hours to email me with their address or a new winner will be chosen.

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