I think these are so cool! My son loves the singing birthday cards, now they have singing mylar birthday balloons.  I think the kids will love these (adults- not so much, especially after the hundredth time it’s played).

I hope they come out with some others.

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Here are some fun St. Patricks Day links:

St. Patricks Day coloring pages

Seasonal Kid’s Activities has a cute Shamrock wreath craft.

Printables for Kids has lucky clover count and color worksheets.

St. Patrick’s Day party supplies.

Enchanted Learning’s Crafts and printables.

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This list is courtesy of Jennifer at Tree Hugging Family (one of my absolute favorite blogs), and Pregnancy and Baby. Thanks Jennifer for letting me “borrow” this great list!

Tree Hugging Family is giving away an amazing gift package to one lucky reader - smooth organic baby soap and an organic, bamboo, cotton, adorable onesie.

Deb at She Knows Party (another one of my fave blogs) has, “Cake Art” a decorating book from the Culinary Institute of America up for grabs. I love decorating cakes, and this looks like a great book!

WearyParent is giving away the cutest Zoobie Pet ever - if you haven’t heard of Zoobies, you have to go see, it’s a great gift for little ones.

Cyndi has two free magazine give-a-ways / contests going on right now. One is at Layers Upon Layers and the other is at Jewelry & Beading.

At my other blog, Mother Earth’s Garden I have a contest where you might win $30 cold hard cash. What’s better than cash?

Here at The Kid’s Birthday Fun Review you could win a Unicorn Races, beautiful children’s book. NOTE: the children’s book give-a-way is almost over - so hurry!

Gayla, our cool channel editor, and Mom Gadget blogger has a Ultreo Ultrasound Toothbrush contest going on - this is not just any old toothbrush either; go see!

Karen at Thrifty Mommy has a neat Disney book give-a-way (and a blog party going on!) perfect for kids.

Pregnancy and Baby’s got a slick Baby Sign language book contest happening. If you win, you can talk to your babe, before he can speak… how fun is that?

Now, go enter, enter, enter! And good luck.

If you have a contest you’d like me to add, leave it in the comments section, or contact me this weekend and I’ll add it to the list!

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5 Minutes for Mom is hosting The Ultimate Blog Party, and you all know I’m all about parties! Sooo, I’m excited to be able to participate in this party, meet other bloggers, and check out some new blogs. My next love after planning parties is blogging. I’m a blogaholic.

While you’re visiting stop by our current giveaway (a beautiful book called Unicorn Races from Purple Sky Publishing) or leave a comment on this post so I know you were here. I’d love to return the favor.

I love cooking, crafting, cake decorating, and planning children’s parties. I enjoy sharing my favorite ideas and recipes here at the Kid’s Birthday Fun Review. I hope you find the information useful when you’re planning your next holiday, or birthday party.

I’m glad you stopped by, and I hope to see you again!

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Preschoolers are so easy to entertain, but you will want to keep things as simple as possible to keep yourself from pulling your hair out.

Sidewalk Fun

If it’s warm outside get them outside to blow off some steam. Sidewalk chalk or sidewalk paint are great fun for preschoolers, let them draw each other’s shadows, or make shapes, letters, or simple pictures. Draw up a game of hopscotch to play.

Homemade Sidewalk Paint

1/4 cup cornstarch

1/4 cup cold water

6-8 drops of food coloring

Mix cornstarch and cold water together in a small container. Add the food coloring and stir. Repeat this process to create different colors of paint. Washes away easily with rain or water.

Play Dough

Playdough is a fun and easy thing to do with preschoolers at a party. Keep the playdough in one area, with plastic on the floor to catch any pieces that may escape. Get several colors of playdough, and some cookie cutters or let them mold their own creations.

Make your own playclay recipe:

Edible Play Dough

1 cup of peanut butter

1 cup of corn syrup

1 1/4 cup of powdered sugar

1 1/4 cup of powdered milk

Mix all the ingredients together. Your kids can form their own creations, then eat them. Make sure they wash their hands before playing with this play dough and they should work on a clean surface. You can provide coconut, nuts, raisins, sugar coated candies, or sprinkles for them to decorate their creations with.

Play A Simple Game

When you’re playing games with preschoolers stick to games with simple rules they may be familiar with. Some good preschool party games to play include the old favorites, Simon Says, Duck Duck Goose, Freeze Tag, Warmer/ Colder, and simple scavenger hunts.

You can also lay a large sheet of butcher paper (leftover wrapping paper works great too) or use a plain white roll of paper, on a long table or on the floor and give them some simple drawing books, and some crayons or colored pencils. Let them make a mural for the birthday child.

You can also set up craft stations, and let them rotate between the stations, just make sure you have an adult helper for each station.

Whatever game or activity you plan to do with preschoolers keep it simple, and if it’s not going well regroup. Free play time always works well if none of your ideas are working out. Don’t get too stressed and have fun with it!

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Colored sugar can be a simple decoration for cupcakes, cookies or even birthday cakes. Coloring sugar is simple, you don’t have to pay a premium price for sugar sprinkles in the store. You can make them yourself at home.

All you need is sugar and liquid food coloring in your favorite color. For each color of sugar sprinkles you’d like to make have one half a cup of sugar in a bowl or plastic bag. Add a couple drops of food coloring to the sugar and mix or shake until the color is mixed in. If the color is not dark enough add a couple more drops of food color, until you have the desired shade.

Store your colored sugar in an airtight container or plastic bag until you’re ready to use them.

Put them in an old spice shaker and shake the sugar on your cookies or cupcakes. You can also use a stencil to make patterns on your cakes with the sugar. Lay the stencil in the desired spot on your cake or cupcake. Sprinkle the sugar over the mold or stencil. Remove the stencil carefully and you should have the pattern left on your cake.

Colored sugar is so easy your kids can help you make it and make the decorations. It’s great for cookie or cupcake decorating parties.

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Deborah is giving away a copy of “Cake Art” at She Knows Parties. I love cake decorating books, and I thought you all might too. At least it may come in handy when you’re planning your next party.

What do you have to do to get entered? Hop over there and leave an amusing party anecdote in the comments - something funny that happened at a party you attended, or a mishap from a party you planned. A winner will be chosen at random.

Sounds like it will be fun to read all the stories, good luck!

Purchase at Cake Art Amazon

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A treasure hunt can be adapted to almost any birthday party theme. It’s perfect for a pirate, under the sea, or mermaid theme, but it can also work for almost any party (just change the name to something clever related to your theme). It’s a fun game, and many children are already familiar with it.

Hide the clues ahead of time so no one sees where you put them. The best way to lay out a treasure hunt is to hide the treasure first, then work backwards until you get to the first clue.

Define boundaries, so no one wanders off, gets hurt, or gets lost.

Make your clues clever and cryptic (coded). You can use codes the kids have to break, or you can use riddles, and even drawings for the clues.

The kids can search for the treasure individually, or it’s even more fun if you let them work in teams. The size of the teams will be determined by the number of children at the party.

Make it even more fun by making everyone a winner in the end.

Pirate and Mermaid birthday supplies. 

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