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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Free Rustic Christmas Party Invitation

Hello friends! I’m adding to the collection of Christmas invitations available on the blog today with this fun rustic design. As with all my designs I can personalize it for you or you can download this free version, add text in canva and you are good to go!

Free 5X7 rustic Christmas party invitation

How to edit this Christmas invitation template

  • First you’ll want to download this free template. You can do that with the form at the bottom of this post. You’ll be sent the google drive download link in an email. Pick the template you want and download it to your computer (or phone).
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How to Play Muggle Quidditch

For my son’s Harry Potter birthday party one of our main activities was a rousing game of Quidditch. I would say of all the activities, this was the crowd favorite. Being a huge Harry Potter fan and having read the books on multiple occasions I set out to adapt the game of Quidditch for a bunch of 10 year old muggles ;).

boy holding DIY broomstick ready to play quidditch at a harry potter party
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DIY Harry Potter Broomsticks

To start I made brooms for all the kiddos. It was a lot simpler than you might think. I got 4 foot wooden dowels from Home Depot and cut them in half to make 2 foot brooms.… Read the rest

Last Minute Halloween Ideas

Are you looking to create a little Halloween magic with your kiddos, but you’re short on time? Then you are in the right spot! I’ve got some ideas, printables and activities that will be sure to get your wheels turning. You can click through each heading to see the full post for each idea. Let’s do it!

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Play Bingo Boo

This is a fun Halloween bingo spin off, perfect for kids working on their letters or handwriting. This printable game can be played with candy corn as markers. Or you can slip the cards into page protectors and use dry erase markers to mark each square they’ve gotten by writing the letter.… Read the rest