• Birthday,  Celebrations,  Crafts

    Lego Party Round-Up

    If you have young boys (or even older boys), then it’s very likely that their life revolves around LEGO creations like ours does. I love it and encourage the creativity that LEGOs provide. Both my boys play with them almost exclusively, so it was no surprise when they came to me requesting a LEGO themed birthday party. Even though they are two years apart they wanted the same party! Excellent!! Less work for me. I decided to have 2 parties on different days to keep the party day chaos to a minimum and it worked out great! In all the years of throwing parties, I don’t think I’ve ever purchased…

  • Birthday,  Celebrations,  Crafts,  DIY Tutorials

    How to Make LEGO Minifig Crayons

    When both boys said they wanted a LEGO birthday, I was excited to get started planning everything. There really wasn’t any pre-made LEGO party supplies, so I knew I would be making most of my own party gear. I began searching on-line for ideas for the LEGO party when I saw this cute LEGO minifig shaped ice cube tray made of silicone. It was perfect, but to be honest, I didn’t think the payoff for all the time spent making shaped ice cubes would be all that great! Then I remembered as a kid we used to make crazy crayons by mixing different colors of crayon and melting them into…