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Every little girl wants to be a princess. So when her birthday comes around, smart Moms and Dads know the best way to make it really special, is to have a princess birthday party. Here are a few ideas to make it a fun and unique event:

1. Every princess needs a palace, so first we must decorate the house! You can get pink sparkle tulle rolls and garland the tulle along the walls and tables. Tie big bows on the back of the chairs. Remember, the more girly and frilly the better. Next, place some inflatable unicorns, frogs & butterflies around to give the house the feel of an enchanted palace. You can give these away as prizes during the party. Groups of pink and purple balloons add a lot of visual punch and create a party atmosphere. I love placing plastic “glass slippers” filled with candy or other treats at each girl’s place setting!

2. Now we need food and treats! No matter what you choose to serve, little girls especially love the special touches that reflect the princess theme. Sandwiches or other foods can be cut out with princess themed cookie cutters. A really fun idea is to place pink rock candy in little treasure chest shaped favor boxes. Now each princess has her jewels! Lollipops in the shape of roses, flowers, frogs, stars or tiaras will complement your theme as well. Bubble gum shaped coins can be used as treasure in a centerpiece or on a side table. Of course, the cake should be shaped like a palace. Make sure to ask the baker to tint the cake pink on the inside. Another unique touch is to serve pink hot chocolate as a special princess beverage.

3. Another important element for a good princess party is the costumes. Give each girl an inexpensive tiara and wand as a party favor. If you want to go all out, give them each a ribbon tutu, as well. The little girls will have great fun dressing themselves, each other and showing off their princess style. Don’t forget to take pictures!

4. Next we need favor bags for the princesses to take home and enjoy. Rather than the usual gift bags, how about cute little purses that say “Princess” on them? Inside you can add sparkle body glitter, cute beaded jewelry, oversized jeweled rings and sparkling body stickers.

5. Plan some great age-appropriate activities to entertain your little guests. Children love a simple treasure hunt; hide plastic jewelry around the party room or in the yard. Pin the crown on the princess games are available and are sure to make everyone laugh. Guests could make their own princess wands or crowns using craft store supplies or princess craft kits. Hang a piñata shaped as a castle, dragon or tiara! How cute and fun!

6. Don’t forget there may be a prince or two at this party, so you might want to have a few prince crowns, swords and shields to delight them. You might even want an inflatable dragon for a prince to conquer!

Now you know how to throw a GREAT princess party. Be creative and enjoy!!!

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There are a huge variety of crafts that you can do with your children to let your Christmas spirit shine. They can be given to others or used to decorate the house. Start after Thanksgiving to allow plenty of crafting time, and to give yourself time to enjoy the fruits of your labor.

Cards.
One great thing you can have your children make to give to others is Christmas cards. These special cards can then be given to grandparents, aunts, uncles, and other friends and family members. Depending on the age of your child you can get more and more complicated for loads of fun.

1. Start with some construction paper.
2. Give them crayons and or markers to draw with.
3. Add some pretty holiday cutouts or stickers.
4. Glitter glue can top it all off with some special fun.
5. If your child is too young to write a message, you should add it for them. If they are old enough to write out a message have them practice and write out a special message to complete the card.
6. Help them to mail the items for even more fun.

Reindeer Ornaments.
You can help your child make reindeer ornaments from their hands and feet prints. These are excellent to do a few years in a row and to keep to show the growth of the child.

1. Start by helping your child trace their hands and one of their feet onto construction paper. The hand prints will become the antlers-the foot print will be the face.
2. Cut out the shapes and glue them to a piece of paper, creating a reindeer face.
3. Allow them to decorate the reindeer with googly eyes, a pom-pom nose, a mouth, and ears.
4. Make sure you write down the date and age on the back.
5. You can add a ribbon and bells if you have them on hand to further personalize your reindeer.

Glitter Window Stickers.
Glitter window stickers are easy to do and can be done in all sorts of shapes. Use inexpensive white glue to make these simple sparklers.

This one will need to be set up. You want to firmly tape a piece of plastic wrap to a piece of cardboard. Make sure it is completely smooth.
1. For younger children use white glue to draw the outline of a star. Allow them to use the glue to fill in the star.
2. Then sprinkle the glue with glitter.
3. Let it dry for 48 hours. Then carefully peel the dried shape from the plastic wrap. The glue shapes will stick to the window and remove easily after the holiday.
4. Older children can make more complicated designs. You can also glue small sections of the sticker, glitter it, and then let it dry to the touch so you can make different colors. This is great for bells and other ornament shapes.

These are just three of the crafts that you and your kids can enjoy at Christmas time. You can make items to decorate your own home, to decorate gifts, or to give away.

There are a huge variety of crafts that you can do with your children to let your Christmas spirit shine. They can be given to others or used to decorate the house. Start after Thanksgiving to allow plenty of crafting time, and to give yourself time to enjoy the fruits of your labor.

Cards.
One great thing you can have your children make to give to others is Christmas cards. These special cards can then be given to grandparents, aunts, uncles, and other friends and family members. Depending on the age of your child you can get more and more complicated for loads of fun.

1. Start with some construction paper.
2. Give them crayons and or markers to draw with.
3. Add some pretty holiday cutouts or stickers.
4. Glitter glue can top it all off with some special fun.
5. If your child is too young to write a message, you should add it for them. If they are old enough to write out a message have them practice and write out a special message to complete the card.
6. Help them to mail the items for even more fun.

Reindeer Ornaments.
You can help your child make reindeer ornaments from their hands and feet prints. These are excellent to do a few years in a row and to keep to show the growth of the child.

1. Start by helping your child trace their hands and one of their feet onto construction paper. The hand prints will become the antlers-the foot print will be the face.
2. Cut out the shapes and glue them to a piece of paper, creating a reindeer face.
3. Allow them to decorate the reindeer with googly eyes, a pom-pom nose, a mouth, and ears.
4. Make sure you write down the date and age on the back.
5. You can add a ribbon and bells if you have them on hand to further personalize your reindeer.

Glitter Window Stickers.
Glitter window stickers are easy to do and can be done in all sorts of shapes. Use inexpensive white glue to make these simple sparklers.

This one will need to be set up. You want to firmly tape a piece of plastic wrap to a piece of cardboard. Make sure it is completely smooth.
1. For younger children use white glue to draw the outline of a star. Allow them to use the glue to fill in the star.
2. Then sprinkle the glue with glitter.
3. Let it dry for 48 hours. Then carefully peel the dried shape from the plastic wrap. The glue shapes will stick to the window and remove easily after the holiday.
4. Older children can make more complicated designs. You can also glue small sections of the sticker, glitter it, and then let it dry to the touch so you can make different colors. This is great for bells and other ornament shapes.

These are just three of the crafts that you and your kids can enjoy at Christmas time. You can make items to decorate your own home, to decorate gifts, or to give away.

There are many small businesses that can be run at or from your home such as accountancy or public relations but there are many folk who are rather limited to the home or ned to stay very close to it, such as mothers of young children, who need simple business ideas which do not require start-up capital or educational qualifications and which can be carried out mainly at home.

Business ideas like gardening are obviously of no interest to these folk as the majority of the work is outside the home. Unfortunately most if not all the work at home lists we come across seem to overlook these people and trot out the same old material on home based business. There is a huge difference between ‘work at home’ (WAH) and ‘home based business’ (HBB)!

For those WHAMs and WHADs (work at home moms and dads!) there is a great list of WAH business ideas at WorkAtHomeFiles.com aimed at helping the true work at home types looking for ideas to either make a little extra cash or choose a complete lifestyle and healthy income. Lets take a look at just a small few of those ideas here:

Affiliate Marketing

Affiliate marketers sell products in return for a commission or per lead payment. This is arguably easiest when the product or service is sold from a website though it does not always have to be that way – programs like the hugely popular Avon one for example are really affiliate programs. There are many who make a great living from affiliate marketing and there are some who make millions. This is also a great way to make a little extra if thats all you want. If you are looking to get into it I can genuinely recommend The Wealthy Affiliate, an online training resource I belong to myself. It condenses a whole heap of learning curve into a few weeks and gives excellent support and tools, it even has tools to make website building foolproof.

Antiques

There is plenty of money to be made in this field. If you have an eye for antiques then just trading in them can be very profitable however if you can also do some basic restoration work you can really gain here. We’ve seen some huge profits made on collectibles that have had a just a little touching up. Antique collectors like many niche interests also tend to show less seasonal or recession time slowdown.

Arts and Crafts

If you have hobbies like woodwork, leather work, making jewelry and the like you might find a ready market for your creations at local weekend markets and fairs. You might also be able to sell to specialty stores. Not able to get out on the weekend either? – Sell your wares on eBay.

Assembly and Installation Service

I got this idea from a neighbor – if you have a knack for installing home theater systems or sound systems and are able to get around your own neighborhood then offer your assembly services. How about assembling all those flat-packed furnishings delivered from furniture stores? This is an area just begging for neighbourhood services. You can maybe even get the stores to advertise your service for your area if you live near a mall.

Notice these ideas are just a few of the many honest home businesses – Read on below for many more.

Simple and Honest Work at Home Ideas

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