FREE printable Easter egg hunts

Although its snowing outside and I still have 44 days until Easter, I have been

passing the time creating Easter egg hunts . 

Forty four days may seem like alot but they tend to go by quickly.

Baskets goodies still have to be purchased, eggs filled and letters to the Easter bunny written.

As well as the yearly trip to the Greenhouse and pictures with the Easter Bunny.

So if you like to have your eggs in a row or find this post last minute, here are a few

different Easter egg hunt clues.

Most hiding spots can be found in any home.

Mix and match to customize your very own hunt.

I have 12 numbered plastic eggs I place the clues in.

If you can not find the numbered eggs, number them yourself with a sharpie.

Now that my eldest is 11, I got to step up my game ALOT MORE.

She remembers previous years hiding spots , so I have to find new spots every year.

One year it had snowed and I left footprints. Good thing Daddy was out checking on that rabbit he saw hopping around and good thing I used his boots too.

Happy Easter hunt planning!

DIY Woodland party ideas and free printables

February is my birthday month and this year I needed a common theme. One that would make a princess and tomboy happy. Neither one would agreed on Spiderman or Shopkins. You would think being twins they would have the same taste but no such thing.

This year I decided to have a Michael's crafting party because they love to make things and I am not feeling having paint on my white chairs.

Michael's has alot of themes but the only theme they could agreed on was a Woodland theme and it could not have been more perfect.

First I found this fantastic and free Woodland clip art kit from

Mandy Art Market -Free Woodland Animals Clip art 

Then I got to work making the girls initials and the numbers by cutting them out of bristol board, wrapping them in lime green wrapping paper. Embellishing them tissue paper flowers for the princess and leaves and vines for my tomboy.  Both letters and numbers were glued onto a piece of ribbon so that they could hang off the wall.

Here is the finished product in action.

Next was the green backdrop for the wall behind the table.

I spread out 3 plastic tablecloths lengthwise on top of each other, Folded the very top about half an inch twice and stapled the fold across the top. Then I made various cuts about and inch or two in width all the way to the stapled fold. In the picture below are two sets of the backdrop side by side.

The name banners were made from a pre cut banner kit, 2 alphabet sticker packages and some woodland stickers of course.

Using the same wrapping paper, I cut the triangles and folded over the top onto a long piece of string and glued it to make the happy birthday bunting. 

This is the template I found after I had free handed the triangles.

Will definitely be using this the next time I make a bunting to make it easier.

The customised water bottles and cupcake toppers were a big hit.

My girls and guests loved the all decorations and personal touches.

The kids got to make a fox mask, an owl bookmark and a fox picture frame.
Taking snack breaks in between the projects as the paint and glue was drying.

It was the best birthday party ever! says the foxes.

Here are some Woodland birthday printables to make your the bestest ever too.

Thank you cards

Water bottle labels

Cupcake toppers

If you want to make your own printables, check out  Mandy Art Market
for this beautiful Woodland clip art and more.

Free Valentine's day cards and printables

With a little more than half way through winter, Valentines day is coming up rather quickly, 16 days to be exact.

This is my busiest time of year with the girls birthdays and Valentines day only being days apart. To think the obgyn wanted to induce the twins on my older daughters birthday. Good thing it didn't turn out like that. I have enough work trying to incorporate the totally different likes of the twins let alone adding a tween girl into the mix. 

This year we are having venue birthday parties and I am reusing the twins third birthday party theme of Hello Kitty. I had planned and purchased and entire Shopkins theme but a few months ago one of the twins decided she no longer liked Shopkins because they had eyelashes. So there went that idea of one theme for them all. Hello, Hello Kitty.

Instead if not decorating for Valentines day, I incorporate it as best I can with the current birthday theme. Four days is not enough time to put up Valentines day decor and they are all born during the this wonderful holiday. Why not celebrate both!

I try to use pink , red and purple as my colour scheme with hints of blue for my dinning room.

Then go with a cupcake and sweet shop theme in the kitchen.

The rest of the house is filled with cupid, hearts and lots of LOVE.

These pink votive candles are from our wedding,

 complete with the Just Married confetti still inside.

In the blink of an eye thirteen years just flew by .

Thank you God for our Blessings!

Here are some free Valentines day printables and cards to celebrate your blessings.

Wishing you a very Happy and Blessed Valentines day!