I hope you all have a wonderful New Year’s eve, and New Year’s day. Stay tuned for a new contest announcement in the next couple days!

To celebrate the new year, in January I’m giving away a gift certificate to a party supply contest, check back for the details coming soon.

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There’s not much out there directly related to Webkinz ™in the party area. That doesn’t have to stop you from having a Webkinz birthday party. Just plan your party theme around your favorite type of Webkinz.

If your child likes the tree frog, you can plan a creepy crawly theme for your birthday party. If your child likes the beagle, poodle, or collie Webkinz give your party a dog theme. Other party themes that might work include, a unicorn party, a jungle party, or a cat themed party.

You can make up activities based on the Webkinz website activities. Give the children a “job,” play a trivia question game, or have a gem search.  Have a dress up relay, or plan a scavenger hunt.

Create animal shaped invitations, or use animal shaped rubber stamps to decorate plain cardstock for your invitations.

Use animal shaped cookie cutters to make animal shaped sandwiches, or cookies for snacks. You can give charms, or Webkinz clothes for party favors, or make an animal related craft project.

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What can the children do at your New Year’s Eve Party? Here are some great New Years Eve activities for children. You can have a couple older children be in charge of the children’s activities, or have the adults take turns supervising.

Play pin the diaper on baby new year. Find a large poster board, and draw your best version on baby new year. Blindfold the children and have them stick the diaper in the correct spot on baby new year.

Have a dress baby new year contest. Have a couple dolls, and have the children race down and dress the dolls, the next person races down and undresses. They continue dressing and undressing until the last child has a turn. The first team done wins.

Have a New Year’s Eve scavenger or treasure hunt. Have the children hunt for a list of items you’ve hidden around the room or house.

Have the children make crowns or tiaras to wear while they’re ringing in the new year.

Have the children each bring something to put in a time capsule to be opened next New Years Eve.

Set up puzzles and board games around the room for the children to play. Some fun party games include: Twister Moves , Apples to Apples Party Box Edition, Scene It? Disney Edition DVD Game, Hasbro Electronic Catch Phrase - Music Edition.

You can also play musical chairs, name that tune, or many other old game favorites. You may also want to schedule some down time for the children to free play, and visit with each other.

Also worth checking out:
Printable Games for Holidays and Parties!

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This cake is simple but it makes a great cake for a race car theme.

How to Make This Race Car Cake
Use two cake pans one about 1/2 the size of the other to make the base and top of the car. You can cut the top cake down, and also cut some angles in the cake if it doesn’t look like the proper shape to make the top of the car.

Ice the whole car with the color of icing to match your favorite race car.

Use a Hershey chocolate bar for the front windshield.

Add round chocolate cookies for the front wheels, and doughnuts for the back racing wheels.

Use graham crackers for the spoiler, ice them to whatever color you like. Use smaller graham cracker pieces for the base of the spoiler, and attach the spoiler to the car with icing.

Use a writing tip to pipe icing for the number on the front of the car, and another for the door.

Yellow candies make the headlights, you can also use red candies to make tail lights.

Don’t forget to add the candles!

More race car birthday ideas and supplies 

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I just wanted to wish everyone a Merry Christmas, I hope your holidays are all happy ones.

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Have you thought about having a holiday movie party this Christmas season? There are so many Christmas classics out there it would be hard to narrow down the movies you’d want to show.

Think up some movie related decorations, games, and snacks to match the movies theme. The party can be just your own family, or invite the neighborhood.

Here are a few ideas to get you started.

Make Polar Express Hot Chocolate

Make a Christmas Story Leg Lamp, or bumpus hound floppy ears.

Have a Christmas Story bundle up relay.

Play Grinch tag (put a grinch twist on freeze tag)

Rudolph’s flight school- see who can jump the furthest

You get the idea, the games and snacks don’t have to be complex, just name them after the movie your watching. The kids will get a blast out of it.

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One very important thing to remember when you’re planning a children’s party is that most parties don’t go exactly as planned.

Don’t make your activities and plans too difficult. Children don’t like to be bogged down with details. They’ll have more fun with simple games that allow them some freedom, and room for play.

Make your games age appropriate if you have children of different ages make sure you have rules even the younges children can follow without getting frustrated. Older children will generally still have fun with a simpler game but younger children will not understand a game that’s too complex.

All of the play at your child’s birthday party does not have to be organized. Let the children have some “free” time just to socialize, interact and play what they want.

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What are the top selling toys this year? Here’s what’s hot at Amazon.

1. Jakks EyeClops Bionic Eye A bionic eye that plugs into your TV. It magnifies any object you illuminate to 200 times its normal size on your TV screen. For ages 6-12.

2. IlluStory Make Your Own Story Kit Does your child have a story in them you’d love to get on paper? This kit allows them to create a story including a front cover and authors page. You send the story in, and it’s returned to you bound and type set within a few weeks.

3. Fisher-Price Sesame Street Pizza Party Elmo Elmo’s pizza magically comes to life, moving its eyes and mouth when you press Elmo’s hand!
Children can sing and dance along as Elmo and his pizza sway to their silly pizza song!

4. Mattel Disney Pixar’s Cars Mack Truck Playset Mack opens up into Lightning McQueens home on wheels. Includes a play lift, weight machine, and a car wash.

5. Hannah Montana “In Concert Collection” Deluxe Singing w/ “The Other Side of Me” Everything Hannah Montana’s hot this year, but this is the hottest. Hannah plays her most popular songs for your child to sing along.

These are 5 of the hottest toys this Christmas season. What’s popular at your house this year?

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Here’s a simple handmade gift you can make for a Christmas, or a winter party favor. Make a couple and pair them with mugs, and they make great teacher’s, or grandparent’s gifts.

What you will need for each hot chocolate gift bag you make:

Wilton 12” Disposable Bag

two packs hot chocolate

1/4 cup mini chocolate chips

1/3 cup mini marshmallows

curling ribbon

Layer the the inside of the bags with the hot chocolate first, then the mini chocolate chips, and the marshmallows on top. Tie the bag shut with the curling ribbon, and you’re done. You can also add a handmade gift tag for a great finishing touch.

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During the month of December Little Fun Little Learning will be randomly posting giveaways. The big giveaway is a blog makeover valued at $100. You all know I’m right on the giveaways. Hop on over to Little Fun; Little Learning to check out what else she’s giving away this month.

The latest giveaway is Oopsie Dazies, unique hair bows for girls. Oopsie Dazies were created by Cindy, a stay at home mom, who was frustrated by the limited choice of hairbows she could find in the store. I love it when I hear about SAHM success stories.

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