Creativity and Fairytales

My daughter is obsessed with princesses! Everything from tiaras to jewels, even princess stickers and movies, it all has to do with a princess.

So as her birthday is approaches, I have decided to throw her a fairytale party. As I was looking through Pinterest and other websites, I decided to get a head start on figuring out the details.

One thing I thought would be fun is a play castle.

I had seen some castles that you can buy pre-made at hobby lobby, but I wouldn't be me if I took that route first. So I decided to figure out how to make one on my own. I looked up different materials I thought could be helpful, but I settled on tri-fold presentation boards.

I started by laying the boards, white side down. I folded one flap so it made a 90 degree angle with another board. I glued the flap properly, then repeated on the other side with the thirds board.

 

 

After I finished glueing the boards together, I took a piece of fabric and glued it to each open end and folded the flaps backwards.

 

 

As you can see from above, I cut some windows in the castle. These windows also allowed me to make the castle more "complete."

 

 

(she wanted to be in the shot)

 

Once we got it all glued together, we decided to put it upstairs in her playroom. Here's what happened next. :)

 

 

 



She wanted all her toys in her castle.

 

Then decided daddy needed to have "lunch" in the castle too.

 

 

I remember when he use to make fun of guys when they would have tea parties with this daughters. ;)

Angel Agirre, this one is for you!

(Next time I'll make sure he's wearing a hat, jewelry and nail polish!)

 



Idle Hands are the Devils Playthings..

Well, maybe not the devil, in my case, but definitely mischief!

I have to say life with a two year old is never dull! My kiddo woke up in a bad mood Monday morning, but I thought things would get better once we went to daycare for an hour or so. Not so much!

She didn't want to be dropped off, and when I picked her up her teachers, who have never said she has had anything but a great day, informed me she had a rough time. After hearing this news, I decided to take her home, give her lunch and let her nap off her bad mood.

Sounds simple right!

Once we got home, I let her go upstairs as I put some food in the oven. In the time it took me to go to the restroom and check on the food again, she had successfully emptied a toothpaste in a Tupperware, filled it with water, taken the vapo rub out of the bathroom and mixed it all together. After this concoction was made, she decided to smear it all over herself, her whiteboard easel, her toys, and a few stuffed animals. !!!!

After I got it all cleaned up and fed her, I put her down for a nap. I thought I would restart my batteries by taking a nap as well, to see if we could "start the day over."  As I was in and out of dreamland for the next hour or so, I kept an ear out for any sign of toddler movement from upstairs. I must have dozed off, because, when I opened my eyes, she was standing in front of me.

The first thing she said to me, which should have tipped me off immediately, was that she peed her pants. The problem is that while her skirt was soaking wet, her underwear were dry. !! So I smelled the skirt and it wreaked of Windex. Of course I ran upstairs to see what I could find.

This time, she had decided to empty a Windex bottle on herself, toys, and the carpet. I think she must have figured since I was cleaning up her mess that she would try and be helpful??

Let's just say this was a stressful day!