kiddos

Mini Kite Invitations: Kite Party

Spring is the perfect time of year to throw a kite party. This little kite invitation isn’t just cute, the little kite actually works! You can keep it in your bag for impromptu kite flying. These fun little invites are really easy to make. Just build a few small kites out of tissue paper and then attach them to a piece of cardstock that includes all the party information. Presto! Every guest is sure to feel special from the moment their invitation arrives in the mail.

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Easter Clothes for Kids

One of my favorite parts about Easter Sunday is seeing all the littles dressed up in their adorable Easter outfits. Those miniature suit jackets and fancy dresses are enough to make my heart melt! I don’t have kids of my own yet, but I can’t wait for the day when I can spoil them with new clothes on Easter. I’m pretty sure their outfits will look something like this…

Girls: 1. Cross My Heart Bobbi 2. Candy Anchor Dress 3. Leather Ballerina Flats 4. Jean Jacket 13. Kirstie Dot Denim Shirt 14. Super Skinny Colored Dot Skimmer Jeans 15. Leather Sandals

Boys: 5. Ludlow Suit Jacket 6. Everyday Shirt 7. Turquoise Straight Jeans 8. Combination Docksiders 9. Aviator Sunglasses 10. Striped T-Shirt 11. Chino Style Bermadas with Belt 12. Kids Converse Jack Purcell Low-Tops

Wool Alphabet DIY

I saw these felt letters in Copenhagen and fell in love. I really wanted to figure out how to make them. They are really cute and sweet toys. They make a great Christmas gift or would even be cute attached to the outside of a gift. It’s a pretty simple process and the materials are common household items except for the wool roving which can be found online or at most crafting or knitting stores. See the instructions below.

Material Needed: Wool Roving, Bubble Wrap, Soap, Rolling Pin, Scissors, Hot water, Bowl

Step 1: Lay your bubble wrap (bubbles up) and tear small strips of wool roving and place on top of the bubble wrap creating the shape of the letter. Continue to tear and place the felt, layer upon layeruntil it is around two inches high.
Step 2: Dampen your felt pile with warm soapy water and cover the letter with bubble wrap, bubbles facing down (towards the felt) and roll with rolling pin.
Step 3: Open the bubble wrap and using your fingers roll the felt together to create the desired shape – make it compact as it will expand
Step 4: Place the letter in a dish of hot water. Remove the letter from the dish and squeeze out excess water
Step 5: Start rolling the felt together in between your hands or fingers (creating heat and friction)
Step 6: Use the scissors to help shape the letter (cut if one side is longer than the other or if you need the inside of a letter cleared out)
Step 7: Continue dunking your letter in hot water and rolling the letter in your hands (area, by area – ex. Legs of the “A”, inside of the “A” – you need to work each and every part.) Once your letter is the desired shape and tightness – squeeze out any excess water and let it dry. Each letter takes about 20 minutes.

All photography by Heather Zweig for Oh Happy Day
Art Directed by Jordan Ferney
Crafting by Stacy Wichelhaus

OMY

I get really excited when I see something that feels new and creative. That’s how I feel about the French Company OMY. They have really innovative products that I haven’t seen other places. I loved these cool paper bag costumes and that coloring wall is amazing.

Fruit Stickers for Kids

Here is a DIY for those parents with kids starting school. I was thinking about cute ways to send notes and jokes in lunchboxes and I remembered this genius post by Kathleen of Twig & Thistle on making Valentines from fruit stickers. I thought it would be cute to apply the same concept for school lunches -with jokes and notes for your child. This idea is really simple. Just download it and print onto adhesive label paper. Then cut out the stickers and add them to a pieces of fruit in their lunch box. (The free download is right here.)