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4 Toy-Inspired DIY Kids’ Costumes

October 21, 2017
Holidays , Minifashionista , Style

I believe in recycling and re-using what you have and the same philosophy comes up during Halloween when I’m preparing costumes for our endless series of special events. See my last post about 8 easy DIY Costumes from last year here as an example! This year, I took a slightly different approach and let Juliet”s favorite toys serve as the inspiration to all our make-at-home costumes. They were so fun to create with her and for her. See below for some costume inspiration and let me know what you think you could create at home with what you already have!

Baby Momma. Does your doll love dolls? Make her a mommy this year! With an infinity scarf, I made her a makeshift baby carrier and stuffed her Water Baby in there. Props could include, a (plastic) wine glass (I filled our with sparkling water), a Starbucks cup, a cellphone, a stroller, baby bottle, purse and kitchen accessories! We glammed her up as a fab mom but you could easily do the stressed out mom look and opt for a more disheveled tee shirt and leggings paired with some under-eye circles and messy hair lol!
Beautician. If your daughter is like mine, she is obsessed with anything beauty-related. Here she is making over Barbie’s hair, make-up and nails. The Barbie hair styling bust came in handy for this photo opp (as well as for our recent Barbie-themed play date read more here. You could however, easily use any long-haired doll, play make-up, or an apron filled with tools (ours was from Melissa & Doug).
Veterinarian. Do you have a doctor’s set and some stuffed animals? It’s easy to re-create this doctor’s costume with a button down shirt, glasses, a cute stuffed animal and doctor’s tools (stethoscope, thermometer, bandaids, suckers, etc). My friend made this lab coat and gave it to us as a hand-me-down and it completed the costume!! BTW, if you haven’t already heard of Parker, you’ve got to check him out! While he looks like your classic, cuddly teddy bear, he actually digitally interacts with an app for an immersive, augmented reality experience! We live in the future, I tell you!
Rock Star. Encourage your kid to rock on with his/her favorite musical instrument of choice and/or a microphone. Get flashy with the outfit, and have fun! I gave Juliet’ an 80’s rocker look with MY fishnet stockings, hair in a side ponytail, a bright neon dress, toy guitar and sunglasses. Must have sunglasses.

Thanks to the toy sponsors who sent us the beloved toys! Follow us on IG and watch our IG stories to see the toys in action!

Seedling for the interactive teddy bear and doctor’s set

Just Play for the Barbie styling head and Water Baby Doll

For more Halloween inspiration see the below links!

See my past Halloween parties here.

A Teddy Bear Tea Time with Bubble Fun

September 2, 2017
Celebrating , Posh Playdates

Where did summer go? As summer’s last hurrah, I organized a last minute, mommy and me meetup and decided to theme it around a teddy bear tea time. Each child was asked to bring in a favorite teddy bear and join us at our place for a posh play date filled with tea sets, bears and bubbles! Thanks to Gazillion Bubbles, we were able to wow our guests with the most fun bubble makers the kids had ever seen.

We started the play date outdoors by setting up a picnic area for Juliet, her friends, and their teddy bears. A play tea set and felted desserts took center stage while the little ones playfully challenged one another to blow bigger and bigger bubbles.

This was possible thanks to the incredibubble wands, giant palm jugglers, giant bubble mill and giant power wand supplied to us by Funrise and Gazillion Bubbles. They made bubble making (and bursting) a breeze even for these 4 year olds! Even us jaded moms (and teddy bears) were seriously impressed.

After all that excitement, we went in for a little snack and toddler tea time with our teddies.

Snacks consisted of cranBEARy trail mix (with teddy grahams, pretzels, popcorn and rice cakes), mixed BEARies, mini cupcakes that Juliet made topped with Teddy graham cracker heads, and Nabisco teddy bear treats along with a selection of hot or cold teas and water.

The moms enjoyed our own version of bubbly. And each of our champagne glasses were filled with a special treat.

Decor consisted of recycled, re-purposed Oh Joy for Target decor, wrapping paper and Target dollar bin fans that I featured at my ice cream socials this past summer and other parties.

For the activity, Juliet led storytime by singing “Brown Bear Brown Bear What Do You See.”

I was so proud of my little hostess with the mostest!

Not only did she do a perfect job reciting the book from memory (1 of 5 books she has memorized word for word), but she was an absolute sweetheart sharing all her toys, helping get drinks and prepping for the party.

Other unBEARably cute party details included the teddy bear face masks that I created by cutting a free printable I found online and then adding a chopstick and washi tape to the back.

They doubled as party decor (each was placed at their table setting) and was also used as a photo prop.

Teddy bears sat nearby to hang out and get fed and bear paw prints lined our front entrance and hallway floors leading everyone towards the PAWty.

I can’t believe summer vacation is already coming to a close. These buddies begin school next Thursday and have collected many fun memories to begin the school year with. I hope you also enjoyed your summer vacation!

Tell me what you liked most about this bubbly teddy bear tea!

Special thanks to our product sponsor, Gazillion Bubbles and RenBeaniePR for helping us to celebrate the last bit of summer in such a memorable way! To see these bubbles live in action see my IG story today or click here for a full demo.

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