Halloween! DIY goodie treats

Happy halloween! 👻

I made a quick trip to Target and picked up some goodies, sweet treats, and such. 

In between michaels craft store and Target they fulfilled all my halloween needs. 

I wanted to come up with something sweet for the teachers at Liam's school, I also wanted to satisfy all the little kiddies too! They can't have chocolate or nuts so I settled with some: skittles, fruit snacks and some gooey candies. 

I thought they came out super cute. I grabbed some halloween themed clear bags at Target and made some

Personalized tags at home and printed out on card stock. 

For the teachers I wanted to do something a little different....

I got some good candies, the Reese, Hersey bars, and Kitkats. We know adults aren't into the junk! Got to make those calories count!

I picked up some bucket lateens at Michaels craft (70% off so it was a great deal) got a gormet chocolate chip cookie, stuff with tons of other great sweet treats. A few plastic bugs and spiders and it came together just sweet. 

I used some cute halloween clothes pins I found at Michaels and also were on sale. 

We are halloween ready in this house!! Liam reminded me that I missed a few people at his school; lunch lady, and the helpers. So I picked up a few little goodie boxes and stuffed some sweet treats in there. Don't want to leave anyone out. 

The Chinese box I used to stick some sweeties for my little boy in. He's been struggling to convince me to let him open it already. Silly boy. 

Hopes this inspires your craft side to get spooky. Think about it you get to munch on candy while you put things together. 

Enjoy and have a safe and happy halloween! 

Pasta Dogs!

I saw this on a friends website and thought I would try it out. This was so neat and Liam and my husband loved them!

First you cut a hot dog up into small pieces and then slip uncooked pasta through each piece of hot dog. Continue with desired amount of pasta.

Once you have them done place them in a pot and boil until pasta and dogs are cooked.

Wa-La!

You have Pasta Dogs!

Eat and enjoy! My family loves them! : )

Simple, inexpensive, Princess Party!

Liam's best friend Addie is turning 5 years old this week! We decided we would throw her a small little princess party at our house one afternoon after school. Most decorations were bought at Walmart, streamers, paper plates, napkins, princess wands, and balloons. I also stopped at the local Dollar Tree to pick up a few other items such as a tiara, punch balloons ( the kids love those) and a princess happy birthday banner. In total in decorations I spent $13.89.

I thought this came out really nice, I just used a foam butterfly I had laying around and some letter stickers and this came together perfect for the princess seat.

Streams really go a long way if you have patience and put some time in with these. I love doing this out from the center of the room and twisting it out. It makes such an impact for a low cost!

These wands go perfectly and I got a bag of 4 of them for under $2.00 at Walmart.

I just love these balloon sticks I found on Oriental trading website, they were just a few dollars for a big bag full and they really look awesome and you don't need helium!

I used shredded paper for the bottom of the vase to add some color and decoration.

The party was a huge success and was done so inexpensive! I love to bring joy to the kids and this certainly was a great princess party!

Happy 5th Birthday Addie!