Mini Hershey Bar Made from Hershey Candy Wrappers!

Another Trash to Treasure Barbie Miniature Project

This was a fun and easy project! Save those wrappers!

I used a Hershey's Mini to make a Barbie sized Hershey Chocolate Bar.

Instructions

1. Eat chocolate.

2. Flattened wrapper. Cut away all the silver part. Then cut the rest in half.

3. Cut a piece of foam or thick cardstock, measured to the size of the lettering on the wrapper. 

4. Cut and glue to foam or thick cardstock. Cut excess from the back. 

5. Bend the edges for a realistic look. 

Miniature Eggs Using Nail Polish, Sunny Side Up!

I made miniature eggs for my daughter's Barbie dollhouse using nailpolish (clear & white) and yellow Play Doh for the yolk. 

You can probably use glue to make it nice and rubbery if you don't have white nail polish. I haven't tried it using glue, but I am a big fan of glue art! I can see it working.

Instructions

1. On wax paper (or plain white paper), dab a white nail polish layer. It doesn't have to be a perfect circle, real eggs aren't.
2. In the middle, add a teeny, tiny piece of yellow Play Doh or clay for the yolk. 
3. Cover everything with clear nail polish. Let dry.
4. Add more white polish around the egg for the yolk. Let dry between layers.
5. Add more clear polish all over the egg, especially over the yolk part. 

Repeat the process, letting dry between layers until you get a nice thick texture and nice clear layers over the entire egg.

After it is dry, cut it from the paper. The white paper or wax paper on the bottom helps keep the bottom sturdy.

My white nail polish bottle looks beige & not white
due to bad lighting.
Use a nice white for a really white egg!

Through the years!

My daughter as the Princess & the Frog, Supergirl and The Little Mermaid!

Both the Supergirl and mermaid costumes were hand made.

The number props were made using foam core board from the dollar store. I just drew the numbers free hand and cut with a box cutter.

 Numbers 1 & 2 were decorated with streamer paper cut into squares and glued on. Number 4 was wrapped in tulle and covered in seashells. I used 4 foam core boards for the Number 4 to make it sturdy.

The Little Mermaid Birthday Party!

The Activities Table


Ariel's Jewelry Boutique: every guest received a necklace.
The DIY necklace, where the children designed their own necklace out of candy.
Temporary tattooes!
Pirate swords, pirate mustache, and pirate patches!

For the cooler, I tried (miserably) to make it look like a treasure chest. We kept the children's juices and water bottles in there, easy reach!

On the bottom right of the table, each child received a set of sand toys for our Prince Eric's Sand Castle Contest!




DIY Snarfblat!

I found a tutorial for this fun bubble maker here, and I thought it looked like the snarfblat, so we had the kids make their own! It was really inexpensive to make and they really loved it!

To make this kid friend photo booth, we took a large folding table, put it on its side and added fun water inspired fabric!

The Little Mermaid Inspired Birthday Photoshoot!

My daughter will be four soon, and every year, we do a themed photoshoot instead of a birthday party.

Except this year. She decided she wanted a party, too! 

Saying she loves mermaids is an understatement. She wanted to be one, so we made my daughter mermaid for a day! It was a lot of fun shooting, the beach was warm, and she got a kick out of other kids calling her Ariel when they saw her!

Photography by Valentin Photography.Location: Leo Carillo Beach, Malibu, California
Costume by me. 
Cuteness by my daughter.

I made the number prop using foam core board and seashells. 

My Daughter Turned 3

Last year, instead of a party, we had a photoshoot with my daughter for her second birthday.

We kept it simple, basically just a costume with a number prop. If anything, the location is what brings it all together!

The Princess & the Frog theme!

We decided to keep it going, so this year we did another one!  This time we did a Supergirl photoshoot.

My mom made her costume, and I made her boots and the number 3 for the prop.

Pictures were done by ValentinPhotography.com.  

These were taken at a train yard.  

DO NOT TAKE PICTURES NEAR TRAINS UNLESS YOU HAVE TWO PEOPLE DESIGNATED TO WATCH FOR ONCOMING TRAINS!  The trains were very hard to hear!

This used to be a rock!

Making sure the playground is free of
bullies!

So I tried the Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred

All I can say is wow!  I am only on the 7th day and I lost 6 lbs.

I was aiming for 2 lbs., but I'll take it!

I will post before and after pics after I am done.  This workout combines strength and cardio in less than 30 minutes.  I use 5 lb. weights.

Aside from doing the 30 day shred workout, I also eat extremely healthy.

I drink a lot of water all day long, eat fruits and veggies.  Brown rice instead of white, whole grain bread instead of white!  

I also added the 30 day plank challenge, 30 day crunch challenge, and the 30 day squat challenge.

Biggest differences:

My back is becoming more toned, as are my arms.
My tummy is shrinking!  This was a problem area after I had my daughter.
More energy!

If I snack, I just allocate my calories to my daily total, which I keep track on sparkpeople.com.  I also snack healthier.  Instead of chocolate, I eat apples with Nutella or peanut butter.  I don't use mayo anymore, I use avocado...even on tuna!
I can't wait until my 30 days are up to see the new me!