Toys “R” Us One Stop Party Shop

PercyVites' has partnered with Toys "R" Us to make our party planning simpler. It is an affordable one-stop party shop for all of our birthday needs. PercyVites offers customizable digital birthday invitations for our children with themes from popular shows like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, PAW Patrol, My Little Pony, and more. These affordable birthday invites add extra fun to birthday party planning.

All Hail King Julien Party

We had the pleasure of attending an advanced screening party to watch All Hail King Julien, and learn the steps to King Julien's dance and have fun King Julien style. We also bought the fun home as we celebrated watching the rest of the episodes at home with party hats, balloons, squawkers, and New Year's Eve glasses. 

Rice Krispies Multi-Grain Shapes Crafternoon

Whether it is family breakfast or having an afternoon snack, it is always great to have easy, nutritional food choices for our children to enjoy. My children enjoy eating cereal mostly for breakfast, but occasionally they would eat it as snack as well. I really enjoy using the regular Kellogg's Rice Krispies to make snacks for my children, and find my inspiration for recipes from their site.

Our DohVinci Art Class House Party & Giveaway

DohVinci from the makers of Hasbro's Play-Doh comes a new, customizable craft kit that allows our children to have complete control...without the mess! It is very easy to use; all we have to do is insert the deco pop into the styler, close the styler and start creating fun designs. This type of deco is fun for anyone. The best thing is it is easy to clean up, which was awesome when I hosted the DOH VINCI Art Class House Party.

Jake and The Never Land Pirates Yo Ho Matey Party

Walt Disney Records CD, Jake and The Never Land Pirates: Yo Ho Matey is available on October 15th. We hosted a listening party to celebrate this exciting new release. My children and their friends enjoyed playing like pirates and listening to the catchy songs during the party. 

Making Magic Carpets For An Aladdin and Jasmine Themed Party

My daughter is a Disney princess fan and my son a Marvel Heroes fan, so we are very excited about the new Kinder partnership with Disney princess and Marvel Heroes toys. Two in three eggs within the specially marked Disney princess or Marvel Heroes Kinder surprise packages will have their favourite character. Browse and vote for your favourite toys on Kinder Facebook.

We Had A Sea Of Fun Watching A Turtle’s Tale 2 As Sammy Escapes From Paradise

We had a wonderful party to watch A Turtle’s Tale 2 – Sammy Escapes From Paradise with a few friends and family in celebration of its release on July 9th. While enjoying this funny, adventurous family entertainer I served sautéed potatoes, mini chicken pizza, fresh strawberries, popcorn, almond covered chocolates and cupcakes. 

Animal themed LEGO party

I sent this invitation to some friends last weekend to bring their little ones for a LEGO party in our home.  We were so excited and thrilled to organize this LEGO themed party because my children are huge fans of LEGO DUPLO.

Both boys and girls loved the variety of Animal themed LEGO DUPLO and we heard lots of farm noises in our home during the party :)  Children played with our previous collections of  LEGO DUPLO toys plus these Toddler line products such as the build and play cubes, pull along, building set and brick box.  

These Toddler line LEGO DUPLO are mostly for children age 1 1/2 to 3-4 year, however children over 4 will enjoy these as well.  The build and play cubes have cute windows that will encourage children to play peek-a-boo.  The pull along fun wagon has 15 pieces that encourage children to build on the base and pull the wagon. 

Children really enjoyed hearing the stories from the "read and build" LEGO DUPLO books such as the Busy Farm and Let's Go Vroom!  

Following the step-by-step pictures on the books to build and see the characters becoming 3D is very exciting for little ones.

Children also enjoyed playing on our LEGO DUPLO Zoo app on the iPad during the party.  

This interactive app is for children from 2 to 5.  Our LEGO DUPLO fans will enjoy solving the challenges they come across as Jack Rabbit and Giraffe's goes by air, land and water to make it to Lion's birthday.  

 

For the party I served, Beetroot cheese sandwiches, Lego cake pops, Carrot and celery, Animal crackers and juice.

To make the beetroot cheese sandwiches you will need...
cream cheese
steamed or boiled beetroots grated
sandwich bread

After placing the cheese and beetroots in the sandwich bread cut it into shapes.

To make the LEGO blocks cake pops I used...
a box of chocolate cake
1/2 cup to 1/4 cup chocolate cake frosting
white melting chocolate
smarties

Bake the chocolate cake following the instructions on the box.  Then crumble and mix it with cake frosting.  Children liked helping prepare this part as we formed the shapes and dipped the top of the cake pop into the melted chocolate before placing the smarties.

When the kids played "paste the duck" I had some of the little ones crying because they didn't get it in the correct spot.  However, when each child got a pack of crayons, stickers and a package of fun activities to do and take home they forgot about this :)

We had a fabulous animal themed LEGO party, while listening to the DUPLO jams.

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Quilled card

Quilling is so much fun and we can make lots of creative things.  I made this card to give as a birthday card.

I used the tools and paper from here.

To make this flower, I first made...

8 teardrop shaped purple shapes

1 orange tight circle

1 eye shape with green for the leaf 

and quilled half the paper to a loose circle for the stem 

Positioned it, where I wanted then lightly glued and placed it on the card.

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Oatmeal play dough

Oatmeal play dough is easy for children to help measure and make. This play dough will keep children engaged and help them become creative.

The oatmeal gives a unique lovely texture.

You will need...

1 cup flour

2 cups oats

1 cup water

food colouring

Mix the dry ingredients and gradually add water to make a smooth dough.

Separate it into balls and add a little bit of food colouring and mix. The play dough stores well for about 3 to 4 days in a ziploc bag.

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Fun kits to bake with children for the holidays.

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Tiramisu even children can have

This version of tiramisu is made without raw eggs, so completely germ free :) and there is no alcohol so you can have any amount you like.

We made individual cups for a little party.

things you need for the filling

*make 24 hours earlier

2 cups whipping cream and 1 tbsp lemon juice to make mascarpone cheese

instructions are here in this link it is very easy and doesn't cost too much to make it at home

*make at least 1 hour earlier

3 egg yolks and 1/4 cup vanilla flavoured sugar to make zabaglione custard cream very easy and detailed instruction in this link

1 cup whipping cream and 2 tbsp icing sugar whip till it makes peaks

Mix all these three together; the cheese, custard cream and whipped cream for the filling.

48 savoiardi or lady's finger cookies store bought

2 cups of hot water, 4 tbsp nescafe and 3 tbsp sugar mix together to dip wait a little till it is easy to handle before dipping cookies because the water is hot

Dip the cookies in and out, quickly or it will become soggy and layer in the serving dishes or dish then put the filling and layer cookies again in the opposite direction from before. Put the filling again and sprinkle cocoa powder or a shaving of chocolate on top and leave for more than 1 hour or overnight before serving.

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Party sandwiches with beetroot

What you need... to make these quick colourful sandwiches which are perfect for anytime especially for a party.

1/2 cup beetroot boiled and grated

1 tbsp butter or margarine at room temperature

1 tbsp mayonnaise or more to taste

1/4 tsp salt to taste

1/4 tsp pepper to taste

sandwich bread slices depends on how much filling is put

Ask an adult to help boil the beetroot till it is soft. Then after it is cool, grate it.

Combine butter or margarine, mayonnaise if using, salt and pepper to make a paste. If needed add more margarine and mayonnaise.

Apply a thin layer all over evenly onto one side of the sandwich bread then cover with another slice of bread.

There is no need to butter the sandwiches separately.

Cut the sandwiches into any shape you like, and eat it cold or at room temperature.

Recipe is from torviewtoronto.

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