I Toadally Love You!!

I know it's a bit late to be posting our Valentine's Day festivities, but February is a busy month at our house! Here's a little run-down of our froggy fun: 

This year my theme was "I Toadally Love You", so of course the day was filled with all things froggy! Here's a look at a few of the things we did!

First, I printed out this "I Toadally Love You" banner to hang on the window:

 Then, I went through my spring decorations and pulled out my frogs, toadstools, and a tree disk. I have tons of grass around my house, so that made the perfect "swamp" set up.  I set these up on the table and used it for my backdrop throughout the day.

  

For breakfast we had hot chocolate with chocolate frog stir sticks, and frog pancakes. Yes, those are supposed to be frogs. :)

I found some stuffed frogs and frog paddle toys at the dollar store. I'll buy anything for a buck. Obviously.

Then, while the kiddos were at school, I got started on some more frog fun.

 Green kiwi-strawberry punch with matching adorable tags, of course.

Chocolate frogs and cute wrapped mini chocolate bars.

Chocolate frogs on green mint dipped Oreos (lily pads).

Frog cake pops. Yeah, those are frogs.

After school snack. Loved those little guys.

We also had froggy fajitas for dinner which I forgot to get pictures of. I did get a picture of our frogs eyes: deviled eggs. Followed by mint chocolate chip ice cream, and froggy cupcakes. Those were so much cuter in my head. 

It turned out to be a fabulous Valentine's Day, and my kids loved all the froggy love. I love that I pulled this off without spending hardly any money. It just takes a little time and creativity to make your kids feel special, right?

Hope you all had a great Valentine's Day too!

I can't wait for next year, I have most of it already planned in my head! 

The printables I used can be found in my Etsy shop, HERE!

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Puppy Love Valentines Day

Last year for Valentine's Day I wanted to do something special for my kids. I found this adorable idea from The Gala Gals where we got to celebrate all day long. What I loved about this idea was that it was REALLY cheap. I hardly had to buy anything and yet it turned out SO cute! My kids talked about it for weeks!

It started with the theme "Puppy Love". The night before Valentine's Day, after the kids were in bed, I decorated the kitchen table with a cheap red tablecloth, some heart confetti, and a picture I made that said "puppy Love'. I found these adorable dog food containers at the dollar store and knew they'd be perfect for the day's theme! My kids thought it was HILARIOUS that I made them eat out of dog bowls! I also printed out a simple picture with the theme and their names, then I laminated them so we could use them as place mats.

 

While at the dollar store, I found these Valentine stuffed dogs. I had to have them. I'll buy anything for a buck.

So when the kids got up in the morning they found this:

Then to start the day off, we had cocoa puffs in our dog bowls. Awesome, right? Cause it looks like dog food.

I also happen to have a bone shaped cookie cutter that I had never had a reason to use until now. So we had bone shaped toast with our cereal.

Then, while the kids were at school, I got started on some more Puppy themed fun. I made bags with their names on them and filled them with Puppy Chow.

Then, since I knew my kids would think it was super hilarious, I printed out a picture of a fire hydrant and taped it to a plate. I cut up some green paper to look like grass and then I made some chocolate cake balls. It turned out super cute!

When it came time for dinner, we made personal sized pizzas:

I have a mini heart cookie cutter that we used to cut the Canadian bacon into little hearts, because hey, it's Valentine's Day.
We also made bone shaped garlic breadsticks:

We also had pink lemonade in sugar rimmed glasses:

It turned out to be such a fun and inexpensive way to celebrate Valentine's Day and my kids LOVED it! They keep asking me what I'm going to do this year--I'll give you a hint...it looks a little something like this:

Eeeeek! I'm so excited!

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