Make-It-Monday Mod Podged Notebooks

Before I know it craft show season will be in full force. While cleaning I found a stash of these mini notebooks I had bought last year at the start of school ( when they have all these wonderful school supplies CHEAP!!) Anyways I decided to decorate a few of them. It is so simple to do and they seem to be a big hit at the shows.
First  you need a notebook.

 Put a thin layer of mod podge on the front of the notebook. Add scrapbook paper. I trace mine first and cut it out but you can put the full piece on and then use a xacto knife to cut around the edges.

Repeat on the other side.Cover top of paper with another thin layer of mod podge. Let dry

So simple to make and very functional!

Make-It-Monday (Fruit and Smore Cones)

Last week my family rented a cabin at a state park about 2 hours from our home. We have did this numerous times now and I like it because we can cook all of our meals at the cabin and it saves us a lot of money! Before we went I started looking on pinterest for some different recipes and I came across this one for a dessert. It looked so yummy and since it was different than the usual smores I wrote it down on my list. I am sure glad I did because my girls loved them!

Fruit and Smore Cones

strawberries
bananas
mini marshmallows
chocolate chips
waffle cones

First you take your waffle cone and fill it with the ingredients listed above.

Next wrap your cone in foil and place on grill.

Cook over charcol for 5-7 minutes. Make sure you turn the cones often or they will burn ( we found this out the hard way!)
Unwrap your cones and enjoy!

Rock Star Themed Mother/Daughter Event

Last weekend a friend and I put on a Rock Star themed Mother/Daughter Event for Girl Scouts. It was open to all ages and we told them that we would provide a snack, craft, game and photo shoot. We ended up having around 130 people show up and I think we had a great time! We charged $7 per couple to help cover the costs of the building and all the supplies and food we needed.
We started by putting the flyer out and having all the RSVP's due to us 2 weeks before the event.
This would give us enough time to go buy the food that we needed.
On the day of the big event we had lots of work to do! After all this was a rock star party and we felt that everyone should be treated like one! To start off we put a red carpet down so they could walk it as they went into the banquet hall

The girls loved this ( and so did the moms!) We set 2 tables up at the beginning of the red carpet where they would check in at and pick up their programs and VIP passes. You can't have  a rock star party without VIP passes!

They had to show their VIP passes to the security man at the door to get into the building

When you got inside we had it all decorated with a pink and black theme ( because that is what my 8 year old wanted lol)

Each table had a centerpiece that was a old wine bottle. It has been painted and had guitars that were printed out on the computer mod-podged on them. We had some fillers in it along with the table number ( each mom/daughter had an assigned table)

At the girl's seats we had record's made out of cd's. They were painted black and again had the letters mod podged on them.

At the moms seat was a piece of paper that thanked them for coming

Before everyone arrived we had to make ourselves get in the mood to party. For my 8 and 5 year old this meant having their hair sprayed pink

My 5 year old only wanted the back of hers done. I said what the heck and had mine done to!

Now everyone was in the mood!

Because Jane and I have a girl scout troop we wanted to have some fun with it. We have 2 bears in our troop that go home with the girls. At our last meeting we only had one girl who hadn't had it before so I brought the other one home with me. It wanted to party to!

When everyone arrived we had them go inside to take pictures and eat.

We didn't actually charge them for the food but you can't have a concession stand menu with out prices!
After they had ate we moved onto a craft. We made rock star bags. They were a big hit!

We played rock star bingo and gave out a ton of door prizes. I made up the bingo on the computer. Instead of using numbers we used words that went with the rock star theme.
From our feedback forms it seemed that everyone had a great time....now to start planning the theme for next year!!!!

Teacher Appreciation Week ( Day 5)

Today I am going to share with you the final gift that I have made for my daughters school. Next week I will let you know how well they liked them. Before we get to that gift here is a review of what I have already shared this week

Donuts

Popcorn

Yoohoo drink

the poem to go along with it

 

The cup of mints

The poem to go with it

For day 5 we have soup mugs. Because I couldn't find 26 of either one of these mugs I had to get 2 different kinds. Here is what they look like and the poem that goes with it. If I can find some individually wrapped crackers over the weekend I will add them to the soup.

I opened the lid on these and stuck the soup inside.

I also wanted to share some ideas for the assistants for the school. I think they get overlooked a lot but they play an important role in the classroom.

starbursts

dum dum suckers

goldfish crackers. I will package these up in seperate packages closer to time

mints

fortune cookies

I hope some of these ideas helped you out!