School starts for us next week and I wanted to make something for those of us with younger kids. If you are tired of your kid answering “fine” when you ask about their day, then hopefully these school notes will help them to open up a bit more!

My son is not a talker when it comes to things that happen at school, but if you ask him about some kind of video game, he won’t stop talking. Typical boy I think. I designed these notes to try to get him to tell me more about his day.

Now that his little sister is also going to school, I’m sure I’ll learn more about what’s happening at school. She doesn’t need ANY prompting to talk about her day. ha!

Look at the genius idea a reader came up with for her kids!  Athena spray painted frames, inserted the school notes and is using a dry erase marker each day. Thanks for sending this to me Athena, I love this idea.

Download the Free School Notes:

• School Notes (Color)

• School Notes (Black & White)

© 2011 Amy Locurto – Non-Commercial – For Personal Use Only

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I recently asked Facebook friends what they would like to have as a gift for Mother’s Day. The most votes was a for a pretty bookmark with a book. Well, forward this to your kids, husbands and friends. These bookmarks are pretty, free and just for mothers!

Download and print these free bookmarks for a great last minute gift for any mom. I also made a coloring sheet version for kids. I’m having my kids color me some for sure! Enjoy:-)

Download the Mother’s Day Bookmarks.

Download the Color Sheet Bookmarks.

You might also enjoy:

• Mother’s Day Cards & Tags
• Super Mom & Moms Rock Note Cards
• Mothers Day Free Printable Flags

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I’m excited to reveal my new fairy DIY party printables!!

These printables are a simple and easy way to create an amazing one of a kind fairy party for your little princess! Just download, print, assemble then add some pixie dust and you’re all set!

Choose from 4 different fairies. Find one that looks most like your party girl.

The “Lauren” fairy is featured above.

This fairy party pack comes with 8 PDF files you can print yourself!

• 5×7 Invitation (This has editable text fields so you can customize with your party information.)
• Cup Cake Toppers (2 designs- easy to cut with a 2 5/16″ paper punch)
• Centerpiece
• Butterfly Fairy Wand Craft (Ready to be decorated- A fun activity for your party!)
• Napkin Holders (2 designs)
• Coloring Sheet
• Thank You Card
• Goodie Bag Labels (This has an editable text field so you can add a personal message.)

Purchase Here

Choose from 4 different fairies… find one that looks like your party girl.

Your party pack will contain everything above with the party girl of your choice. Once you purchase, an email will be sent to you with a link to download the files. These files are yours to keep and print as many times as you like. Colors may vary depending on your printer.

IMPORTANT: Files cannot be shared or used for resale/commercial purposes. All artwork is copyright by law and for personal use only.

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These are free printables you can keep on hand for car trips, restaurants, and just about anything to keep your child entertained. There are a ton of these on the internet, but these are a few of my favorites.

Cathe Holden has an adorable retro I Spy printable.

I love my little mermaid coloring sheet. It’s always a hit at my house.

My son love mazes and word searches like these cute St. Patrick’s Day activity sheets on Fantasy Jr.

Check out these cute Winter Olympics 3-D Mascots and coloring sheets.

I can’t leave out all of the cool Star Wars Clone Wars printables over at StarWars.com

Some more of my favorite sites for kid printables:

Nick Jr. Printables

Family Fun Printables

Kids Learning Station Printable Preschool and Kindergarten Worksheets

Classroom Jr. Printable Worksheets

Kaboose Printables

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My baby wanted a mermaid party.

Here is what she got….  Enjoy!

I had the best time drawing her as a mermaid for the invitation!

Her name was on the invite, I just put “girl” on here for the blog.

I think these cupcake toppers took a lot longer to make than the cup cakes! I now have them for sale in my shop.

The food was sushi sandwiches, brownie bombs, brownie starfish pops, goldfish crackers, fruit, pizza and blue Gatorade.

Little Mermaids

The guests were four little girls and one little boy (her boyfriend!). More about him later… ha!

I made these easy no sew mermaid tails for the girls. I didn’t realize how tall they all were compared to my girl! So some were way shorter than they should have been. You can see directions on how to make these at the bottom of this post. Of course, each mermaid got a crown too!

We had lots of fun and games!

Pin the crown on Ariel (which even the older brothers wanted to do), an under the sea treasure hunt and the older siblings had a blast in the dance contest! Oh my… there were some moves going on that should have been outlawed!! LOL! And of course opening presents at the end was a big highlight!

Taking photos as a mermaid was a hit, even with a few boys!!

I bought a large blue foam core board and spray glued a large cut-out of the mermaid drawing. I cropped in close so you couldn’t see their hands holding the board.

More Decor & Goodies

I found cute Ariel lunch boxes half-off at the Disney Store and filled them up for goodie bags. The boys all got Sponge Bob cups filled with pirate stuff. Centerpieces were big cut-outs on silver chargers with pearls and shells surrounding them. I also had a table with a treasure chest and more food, but didn’t get photos.

How To Make…

A no sew mermaid tail.

Sushi Sandwiches

Roll cheddar cheese, cucumbers, cream cheese and turkey up in a piece of white bread. I also added mustard to some.

Song List

• Under the Sea, Little Mermaid Soundtrack
• Caribbean Birthday My Princess, Kiskadee
• Happy Birthday, The Ting Tongs/ Yo Gabba Gabba!
• Happy Birthday, Delroy Wilson/Reggae

Dance Contest Songs (the kids loved these!)

• I Like to Move It, will.i.am/Madagascar 2
• Jump N’ Move, The Brand New Heavies/Happy Feet
• Jump Around, House of Pain

Thanks for coming to see the party! I had a blast making everything and hope you got some inspiring ideas.  -Amy

Want to have a party like this? Then download the Mermaid Party Printables!

Choose from 4 different mermaids. Find one that looks most like your party girl!

Shop now!

You might also like my Fairy Party Printables. They are super cute too! See the Fairy Party here.

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