Monthly Archives: October 2017

Family, Food, Photo-A-Day

Eva’s Harry Potter Birthday Party 2017

Eva and her Harry Potter Cake
Photo-A-Day #4568

I specify 2017 because she had a Harry Potter themed birthday last year too. This year she is even MORE into the story of the boy wizard. Allison and Eva set everything up for the party as I was sleeping from work the night before. They worked out all sorts of fun things for everyone to do like watch The Chamber of Secretes and have massive amounts of popcorn and candy. They even got some old keys to make necklaces for everyone and also some little glass bottles with stoppers that look like potion bottles for everyone to drink from. I probably did not have to get as many pizzas as I did as the kids were already stuffed from all the snacks. They saved room for cake, though.

Allison made Eva very special cake that looked like Hagrid made it, on purpose. It is a real lo-tech way to make an authentic Harry Potter themed cake. I thought it was great and so did Eva. Many of her friends are also into the books and they know that Eva is so there were some great Harry Potter themed gifts that she received. Eva took it upon herself to tell everyone in the room why her friends were her friends and what she liked about them as she opened the gifts from each person. I don’t know exactly where that came from but that is totally Eva.

Food, Review, Toys

Review: Frost Your World with Sweetlings

Frost Your World with Sweetlings

We received some Sweetlings toys to play with and review for free. Opinions are our own.

The kids love to bake. Eva has a large plastic tub filled with baking utensils and things for decorating her creations. Both kids are also fans of Nerdy Nummies. They love doing things with food. This isn’t always practical for us, though. There is a lot of cleaning up and prep that needs to be done. Not to mention having to eat everything, too. That is why Sweetlings are the perfect food shaped craft for the kids to do.

Creating Frosted Friends with Sweetlings

With these kits the kids can create friendly food with personality and flair. The frosting for the Sweetlings is a whipped clay. There are additional accessories that you can use to decorate your Sweetlings.

A Sweetling Donut

Eva created the Sweetlings Frost-A Friend. It was a donut. The kid comes with 1 small whipped clay tube, 1 large whipped clay tube, Star Tip and Cap, Base, Glitter, Decorative Shapes, Plastic Sprinkles, Accessories, Decorative Background, Tweezers and Instructions. That kit is $9.99 and is for ages 6 and up.

A Sweetling Mini cupcake

we didn’t want Andrew to be left out so Eva let him create the Sweetlings Frost-A Mini Friend. this kit goes for $4.99 and includes 1 Whipped Clay tube, Star Tip and Cap, Base, Glitter, Decorative Shapes, Accessories (his had butterfly wings), Tweezers and instructions. They each had a great time making their creations.

You can find Sweetlings on social media. You can find them through their toy company, Alex Toys and the Alex D.I.Y. line on Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest and Facebook.