Felt Paper dolls

So... we are headed out of town and I needed some activities to keep the girls occupied during travel time.   On pinterest I came across these cute felt paper dolls.   The website had a link to purchase a pattern.  They looked simple enough and there were a few things I definitely wanted to change.  I wanted mine to be smaller so the girls could hold on to them while riding in a car seat or to put on an airplane tray table.   So this is what I came up with:

Baby Gifts:

Bankets, bibs, burprags, boogierags and baby dolls!

Two of my friends had babies in these last few months... one had a boy, the other a girl.   I had fun working with both sets of colors! 

The pink and brown set: a furry blanket, a double layer blanket, a receiving blanket, 3 burp rags, 4 boogie rags, a travel changing pad & a handmade doll.

 

 

The green and white set:  double layer blanket, taggie blankie, a burp rag, and a travel changing pad.

 

Frozen Birthday Party

Ok!  So I finished up London's Frozen themed birthday.  We were originally planning on doing a party just at the house like all the parties we've done before... but then we suggested having cake outside the theater, then going and actually watching the Frozen movie with all of her buddies!  She was very excited (imagine lots of squealing)!  This idea was genius because it cut out a lot of stress and planning on my end. 

For the cake we just purchased a cake from Vons, it was a "snowboarding" theme, and I asked them to leave off the snowboarder, and when we picked it up I quickly added "Frozen" figures.  I got the figures at Walmart from a "busy book" that they sell (comes in Frozen, Princess, Disney fairies, etc...)

I decided to focus mainly on the favors since that'd be the thing going home with all her friends.   So here are my Anna/Elsa flip dolls:

Anna / Elsa flip doll

Anna / Elsa Flip Doll

 

This was the most enjoyable birthday party for me.  I literally had no stress and I got to enjoy celebrating with my kiddos!   London and the 5 other girls that joined her also had so much fun watching the movie and dancing outside the theaters... and inside the theaters... I apologize to anyone who may have been in our theater and had a live musical performance from 6 preschoolers! 

One thing I would have done differently (courtesy of my sister's creativity):  Purchase a bag of the "fun sized" m&ms and then make and attach little tags that said, "London is celebrating her 5th birthday.  We apologize in advance for any extra noise.  Enjoy your movie and a little treat from London!"  then pass out the m&ms to the movie theater goers who were in the same theater as us in the seats surrounding us.

Mermaid Flip Dolls

So these are the little flip dolls I made for the girls for Christmas this past year.

 

Each girl's doll had different colored hair: light brown, red, and brunette.  I did this so they could tell them apart (no fighting or accusations is a plus!!!)  On one side they are princesses, flip them over...

 

...and they are in a hula dress (as my 5yr old has called it.  Then fasten the skirt with the loop and...

...now they are mermaids.  

 

My five year old's doll is very well-loved.  My 2.5 year old has shunned her brunette doll because she wants the one with red hair.   I may be revising her doll soon and doing a hair transplant since she makes it clear she wants her to look like big sisters.  And I'm not sure how my niece enjoys hers.