Comments on: Summer Stock: July Birthday

By: Leora

Leora — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:31:50 +0000

Yup, this year I’m ordering a fairy ice cream cake. A lot easier than baking in July (though more expensive).

By: Jewish Side

Jewish Side — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:29:37 +0000

the doughnut looks great, reminds me of that other time when you had something with pink frosting and you asked people to guess what it was made from, and turned out that it was beet juice?

Happy early birthday to your daughter!

By: AscenderRisesAbove

AscenderRisesAbove — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 02:46:09 +0000

nice choice for a nosh Enjoyed the strawberries and watery wednesday (glad you did not get your camera wet!)

By: Rivka with a capital A

Rivka with a capital A — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 19:16:36 +0000

wreaths are even easier!! cut out strips, from cardboard cereal boxes, to be painted. Then collect leaves and flowers from out of doors and glue those on. Add sparkles and… voila!!

By: Leora

Leora — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 09:35:17 +0000

Thanks, RivkA, these are all great ideas. I am thinking of maybe having the craft be fairy wreaths for their heads and I’ll make the wands in advance. I already own lots of ribbon. Sometimes when I go to the dollar store, I see some pretty ribbon and it comes home with my other purchase.

By: Rivka with a capital A

Rivka with a capital A — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 07:18:48 +0000

Fairy wand ideas:

Sticks — can be painted/decorated by the kids

an alternative would be to spraypaint the sticks in advance (silver/purple/pink)

Decorations for the top of the wand:

1. cardboard stars — kids can trace a star onto a cereal box, cut it out, then paint it or cover it in aluminum foil.

2. styrofoam balls can also be used to top the wand, but I prefer cardboard stars for 3 main reasons:
1. cheaper
2. environmentally friendlier
3. neater

Adding sparkles is messy, but makes a nice affect.

Adding ribbons is nice. Depending on how much you want to invest, you can get 1-3 different color ribbons for the kids to attach to their wands.

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Fairy games, just take the “normal” games and change the characters.

For example, instead of pin-the-tail-on-the-donkey, copy a picture of tinkerbell in the cage (when she was caught by Captain Hook) and have the girls try to “place the key in the lock” to free tinkerbell.

By: Glennis

Glennis — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 02:37:32 +0000

I can see the kids liked the strawberry donuts, I am just surprised you could get it from them to photograph after the first bites.
Happy birthday to the little one, and hope the fairy thing goes well. Make them all a wand just a star on end of a silver painted stick with a bit of sparkle and tinsel, fairly easy, for young children.

By: Leora

Leora — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 20:54:59 +0000

Kids know the best parts to nibble.

By: Leora

Leora — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 20:54:38 +0000

And there is a hole where one of the candles was placed. One candle for this year and one for last year, said the teacher.

By: Leora

Leora — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 20:53:50 +0000

Fairy dust. Good one. Magical rainbows. Oh, the possibilities are there…if only I had all the time and energy in the universe…