Princess Printable

Coloring sheets are a great and easy way to entertain kids of any age - adults included :) It's also one of the many activities we offer in our princess packages. So naturally this inspired us to bring these great finds to you!

Today's printable is brought to you by printables.kaboose.com! Click the image below to download the photo for printing. Happy coloring :)

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Happy Grandparent's Day!!

"If nothing is going well, call your grandmother." - Italian Proverb

Talk about the most ooey gooey warm your heart thing of the day... today is National Grandparent's Day 2012. We must admit that this is the first year we're officially celebrating this day around princess headquarters. So in the name of all things grandparents, we went on a research mission to get our creative juices flowing. Take a look at all the great things we found! Now invite the grandparents over and tell them just what makes them so very grand :)

Funny Poems
Advantage: Grandma

The grandparent advantage
As some of you may know
Is when a tantrum starts
You can just get up and go.

Allergic Reaction

Grandkids have lots of allergies
To eggs, to cats, our pup
But their severest allergy
Appears to be to cleaning up

Texting With Grandpa Coloring Page

Get Crafty

ACCORDION PHOTO CARD
A cheerful, multifaceted display.

Materials:

• Two sheets 8 1/2-inch x 11-inch card stock, 1 dark pink, 1 magenta
• 1 sheet of light pink construction paper
• Drinking glass with 2 1/2-inch diameter for tracing circles
• Family photographs
• Scissors
• Pencil
• Ruler
• White craft glue

Instructions:

1. Trim the sheets of card stock by 3 1/4 inches lengthwise so that each measures 11 inches x 5 1/4 inches.
2. Trim 1/2 inch from the end of each piece so that each measures 10 1/2 inches x 5 1/4 inches.
3. Lay the pieces out horizontally and mark each piece of card stock at 3 1/2-inch intervals so that you have two light pencil marks separating three equal sections of cardstock.
4. Fold the card stock along the lines in the opposite directions so that the folded pieces are 3 1/2 inches x 5 1/4 inches and form a Z shape.
5. Overlap the end pieces of the two different folded card stocks and glue them together so that you have 5 faces on each side.
6. From the light pink construction paper, trace five circles, cut them out and glue them onto the faces of the card.
7. Select an array of family photos and trim them to fit within the circles.
8. Inside each light pink shape attach a snapshot with adhesive glue dots.
9. Display your photos on the nearest table or mantle.

Grandparents Day Book

Source:  http://larremoreteachertips.blogspot.ca/ 

Interview your Grandparents
Sample questions to learn more about your grandparents (For grade school age)

1. Where were you born?  What year?2. What are the names and birthdates of your brothers and sisters? 3. Did you have a pet when you were growing up? 4. Did you get an allowance? 5. Who was more strict, your mom or dad? 6. What were your favorite games and activities? 7. What chores were assigned to you? 8. What did your house look like?  Is it still the same? 9. Did your house have electricity when you were young? 10. What traditions did your family have? 11. Did your family have big reunions? 12. Did you like school?  What kinds of grades did you get? 13. What were your favorite subjects? 14. When you were a teenager, what time did you have to be home at night? 15. How old were you when you met grandma/grandpa? 16. How old were you when you got married? 17. What was your first job? 18. Tell me about my mom/dad when he/she was growing up. 19. What makes you proud of my mom/dad? 20. Have you accomplished what you wanted in life? 21. What do you think the President should do for the country now? 22. What advice would you like to give me? **Source material found at www.grandparents.com and www.grandparents-day.com** SUBSCRIBE to our blog and stay up to date on all the latest and greatest princess news. Party ideas, great deals, recommendations and more! Click SUBSCRIBE at the bottom of the page.

Free Back To School Coloring Sheet

Coloring sheets are a great and easy way to entertain kids of any age - adults included :) It's also one of the many activities we offer in our princess packages. So naturally this inspired us to bring these great finds to you!

To kick off our series featuring free online printables, we naturally looked to our friends over at Scribble Shop. They not only offer great craft materials for kids and adults, but they also have great free down loads for printing. Currently most of these are featured on their blog, but word around the castle is that they'll soon be launching "We Scribble" featuring all of their great coloring pages in one place. This week's printable is a humorous back to school special. Click on the image below to download the printable in various sizes. Happy coloring!!

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Calling All Olympians!

With the 2012 Olympics well underway in London and the fantastic summer weather here in NYC, it could not be a better time for an outdoor Olympian themed party! We searched our memories for our favorite field day activities growing up, as well as did some Pinterest scouring to put together an amazing new board for your party inspiration. Let's take a look at some of the highlights!

SET THE STAGE

Greet your guests at an athlete's registration table and provide any materials for the party. (Team jersey, favors etc.)

Cupcakes are an easy way to serve guests quickly and don't require extra tableware. 

This is an adorable and creative themed table.



ACTIVITIES!

A relay race gets pretty silly when each contestant must relay in the style of card selected.

3 legged race is the ultimate team work!

This looks hilarious and fun! Shower caps are put on and topped with shaving cream or whip cream. Then the team mate must see how many cheetos they can get to stick a landing.

A small balance beam is an easy DIY with a couple blocks and a 2x4.

Kids can get crafty with a medal decoration craft.

Lucky for you we have characters AND party coordinators who can lead children through games at your Olympian party! Better yet, book your party before the end of August and your birthday child will receive a free gift at the time of our visit!!

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Princess Hair Styles

Is your little one all about princess glamour? Well we have found THE ULTIMATE resource for learning how to do easy but impressive princess hair braiding and other styles. Princesshairstyles.com is the best for princess glamour.

Adorable right!? And this blog is full of ideas and how to's. A few minutes of watching an easy video tutorial and we were impressing ourselves! So grab some supplies and have some fun one on one time with your princess. But first, let's see some other great styles to get your creative juices flowing :)

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Craft Party!

We are super excited to announce our most recent NYPP team up with the wonderful folks at The Craft Studio (Upper East Side)!! This super fun packed party location has been open for over a decade and perfectly combines toy store with craft studio. Whether picking up supplies or coming for an afternoon of crafting we're positive you'll be leaving all smiles :)

Impressive right?! I know we were blown away on our first visit. They are most famous for their super creative party ideas and flawless facilitation. With over 18 themes to choose from the sky is limit! Let's take a peak at some of the crafts.

So beat the heat this summer with a crafty indoor party! Since we're now preferred vendors of The Craft Studio, inquire about adding a character to join your party. (Prices start at $225) Hope to be partying with you soon!!!

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Craft Corner: Pipe Cleaner Crowns

Today we begin what (we hope) will be an exciting new, ongoing series: Craft Corner!  With this series, we hope to post monthly tutorials for crafty ideas that you can do with your kids.  Of course we'll have our share of princess projects, but we also plan to do some prince projects (and pirate projects, too -- for all the swashbuckling boys and girls out there). 

For today's tutorial, we have a very kid-friendly (and budget-friendly) craft: Pipe Cleaner Crowns. 

You Will Need:

•        2 pipe cleaners (any color, though metallics look great!)

•        4 bobby pins

•        Five minutes of free time!

1.   First, take one pipe cleaner and make a ring.  Do this by gently bending the pipe cleaner into a circular shape, then wrapping the ends around the ring.

2.   Next, the actual decorative crown part:  You can do this a lot of ways, but my favorite way is three loops.  Make a loop on the center by finding the middle of the second pipe cleaner and twisting around twice. 

3.   Then take one end and make a slightly smaller loop.

4.   Repeat this on the other side.  You should end up with three loops -- the one in the enter being the biggest.

5.   Once you're happy with your shapes, attach it to the first pipe cleaner ring by wrapping both ends around the ring.

For the princes out there, you can use this same method, but maybe instead of the loops, you could do a few points -- Something more reminiscent of a prince's crown.

Once your crown is complete, you can attach it to the top of your child's head using bobby pins on either side (I recommend making an "x" with the bobby pins that way it is locked into place).

These are great for dress-up, but they'd also make wonderful, cost-effective party favors.  You could have a "coronation ceremony" of sorts at your party, giving each boy or girl a crown -- and maybe even a special title!  Duchess Dance-a-lot... Lady Silly-Nilly, Countess Cartwheel... the possibilities are endless!

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