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An Activity-Packed Sanrio / Hello Kitty Birthday Party
Update: I’ve moved this party to my new blog home! The updated post includes even more photos, party tips, and ideas from our Hello Kitty party. [Click here to see the full post on Once Upon a Theme!] Continue reading
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A Finding Nemo, Under the Sea Birthday Party / Movie Night for $100!
My oldest daughter recently turned 20, and she knows I’m a little into themed parties, so she told me I could throw her the party of my choice. Her only request was that I pick something really random that she doesn’t actually care about. I spent a couple hours brainstorming theme ideas, and decided the Continue reading
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On Cloud 9 – The Ultimate Girl’s Night In
We had a small get together to celebrate Elsa’s 9th birthday last weekend. She invited one friend (and the friend’s mom), her 2 sisters, and her brother’s girlfriend. I also invited one of my own friends, but she ended up sick that day and couldn’t make it unfortunately. So we ended up with a perfect Continue reading
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Halfway to Cloud Nine
I can’t even express how excited I am about this party. So excited that I’m about 99% done with it with a full 3 weeks to go. At this point I’m almost reaching to try and come up with more things to throw into it so that I have more planning I can work on. Continue reading
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A Super Themed, Super Mario 3rd Birthday Party for a Super Kid!
For 13 weeks I’ve shared my planning process for this party. Now it’s time to share the results! First, let me share how the final setup looked. Sky Land was the main seating area for the party guests. So here’s how the party went. The party’s start time was 6:00 p.m. And dinner was served Continue reading
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Making Interactive Mystery Punch Blocks
Since I’m making 75 blocks for this party (I currently have 60 finished and 15 to go!), I figured I could go the extra mile on 5 of them to use as interactive props for the party. I’ve seen this idea done a few ways on Pinterest. I decided to do mine this way. I Continue reading
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Making Party Food More Fun
As is common with themed parties in this day and age, I like to have a themed menu and create some decor to go with the food. Now that I have my menu set, I bought some more Mario graphics on Etsy, downloaded a Mario font, and used them to make some themed food signs. Continue reading
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Making 3D Mario Blocks
A few weeks ago I finished making all the sides (450 in all) for the question mark and brick blocks. This week I’ve begun putting the actual boxes together, starting with the 6” size. The process is not rocket science, but I’ll share it anyway. First I assemble the boxes using packing tape. This part Continue reading
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Making a Mario Kart Cupcake Track
As I wrote in my last blog post, I had the idea this week to create a race track cupcake display for Noah’s Mario birthday party. I was pretty excited about this idea so I got started right away. The process was kind of tedious, very Photoshop heavy, and hard to explain, but I’ll do Continue reading
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Making Piranha Plants
✨ Update: We’ve moved! This Piranha Plant tutorial has a brand new home with updated photos, clearer instructions, and free printables to make your project even easier. 🎉 👉 Click here to view the updated tutorial on my new website! Continue reading
About Me
I’m a highly introverted mom of 5 who follows the attachment style of parenting. I’ve been stay-at-home mom for over 20 years and have lived in 5 different states. I have a bachelor’s degree in accounting will never use it. My obsessions are home decorating, party planning, all things DIY, neurotic cleaning, Quicken, Disney World, rocket launches, and photographing wild animals and children (which are basically the same thing). I decided to start this blog as a way to carry on endlessly about stuff I like doing.
Florida Life with Laura 