Free Printable Valentine’s Bingo

This fun conversation heart Bingo game is perfect for Valentine’s Day! It would be fun to play with emerging readers to practice reading and sounding out skills. Or with older kids for fun! Of course you need conversation hearts for your markers!

Valentine’s Conversation Hearts Bingo Game Free Printable

There are five bingo sheets, so if you have more than five players there will be multiple winners when someone gets Bingo. You can cut out the hearts on the first two sheets to use as your “draw” pile when playing the game. And when someone gets Bingo you can award them a little chocolate heart or the privilege of being the “announcer” for the next round.… Read the rest

How to Surprise Your Kids With a Cruise

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This year for Christmas I wanted to gift my kids an experience. I know that’s like the trendy thing right now. And for good reason. But also, trends aside, we’re just getting to that point in life where the playroom is full, the closets are jam packed, and I do not want any more stuff in my house. With the kids getting a bit older as well I can’t get away with a lego set for most of them anymore. And heaven knows we don’t need any more legos anyway.… Read the rest

Nativity Hot Cocoa Bar

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For our church Christmas party I was asked to be in charge of the Hot Chocolate bar. We were having more of spiritual and reverent agenda where we focused on the story of Christ’s birth, so I wanted the refreshments to reflect that. At first it seemed like a challenging task, how do I make Hot Chocolate reverent? But I will share what I came up with, I hope it is helpful to you! If you are looking for a more fun and cheery feel check out my Whoville Hot Cocoa Bar here.… Read the rest

Quarry Park Adventures Tips & Review

Our day at Quarry Park was hosted, all opinions are my own.

This was our second time to Quarry Park in Rocklin, California and we loved it as much as the first! Last time I took my son and his friends for his 10th birthday and I thought “this is just perfect for 10 year olds!” This time I took my older son and his friends for his 13th birthday and I thought, “this place is just perfect for 13 year olds!” Quarry Park is where fun meets adventure meets thrills. It’s an old quarry that has been turned into an adventure park.… Read the rest

Free Harry Potter Party Invitation

I loved designing this invitation for my son’s Harry Potter party. I’m sharing a free template for you today so that you can use it for your muggle Hogwarts celebration as well! You can easily download it and then add text. But don’t worry, if you’d rather I handle all that for you I can do that as well!

Free Harry Potter party invitation template

How to Edit this Template for your Harry Potter Party

  • First, you’ll want to download the jpg file with the form at the bottom of this post.
  • Go ahead and save the file to your computer (or phone) and then open it in a photo editing program (like canva).
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