Category: Gift Guides

Gift Guides, Kids, School, School Gifts

Easy Kids Birthday Favors – Free Printable Tags

Erin Sluka

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Easy Kids Birthday Favors - Free Printable Tags

 Our youngest will be 9 in a few weeks and I just booked his party at and now have Invitations, party favors and classroom favors to prepare. The party is for 10 cards and his class favors are for 24. Because a student in his class severe allergies she does not allow food gifts so kids typically bring in trinkets to hand out. I found some water bottles for under $1 and am doing those, but I needed tags to print and attach.

HP Gift Tag

This is what I use my HP Print and Photo Projects download for. I have it installed on my Mac and I just open it, choose a project and design and print. I found this tablet, changed the text and had them printed in under 10 minutes. It took me longer to cut all the string for tying these onto the bottles.

Birthday favor tags

I have an HP Instant Ink eligible printer. The HP Envy 7640 costs under $130 and can print, fax, scan, copy and do photo wirelessly. I am so excited about the wireless feature on this printer because I can sit on the couch and while reading emails or messages, I save it as a document right on my phone then open my HP All-in-One Remote app and hit print! My copy is sitting on my printer and I never left the couch or promised myself I will print out later only to forget.
Why do I need an HP Instant Ink compatible printer? Because it works with my ink cartridge to send a message to HP when I am low and I have ink at my door within days and before I run out! How simple is that?

Making gift tags

If you can’t find water bottles, try attaching tags to bulk and inexpensive favors like keychains. Until I stumbled across these bottles, I almost used some Emoji keychains I found for under $15 that was enough for his entire class.

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I printed 24 copies, cut them each out and cut 25 strands of ribbon. Used a hole punch so I can insert the ribbon and tie to each bottle. The great thing is that these bottles were under $1 and were BPA free plastic.

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Having my HP Envy printer and access to a Project Download that anyone can access makes these party set up projects so easy. See all of the projects you can do with HP Printables.

invitations

water bottle favors

Gift Guides, Kids, Reviews by Anthony, Video Reviews by Anthony

Skylanders Imaginators Cursed Tiki Temple Level Pack- Video review

Erin Sluka

Sample sent for feature

skylanders level pack

For the first time in franchise history players can unlock more than 100 new offerings for their Skylanders Imaginators. The Cursed Tiki Temple Level pack includes a new Sensei character: Wild Storm, a life Creation Crystal, and an Imaginite Mystery Chest.

cursed tiki temple

Anthony shows you in the video below how he took the crystal in this pack and created his own Life Skylander Imaginator.

skylanders imaginators

The chest unlocks 80 creation parts that go into your creation bank so you have more body parts and weapons unlocked to create more Imaginators. Watch his video for a peek into the pack and setting up the creation part of the game.

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~ Anthony’s Review ~

Here is Anthony’s opinion of the NEW Skylanders Imaginators Cursed Tiki Temple Level Pack

College Bound, Easter, Fashion, Food, Gift Guides, Spring 2017

3 Easter Basket Ideas for Adults, Students and Children

Erin Sluka

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Enjoy these Easter basket gift ideas

easter basket gifts

Those Easter baskets can be so hard to fill sometimes. We have 3 boys ages 8, 19 and 25. That is a child, college student and adult. I can’t buy packs of Pokemon cards and split and one boy likes chocolate and one is trying to stay away from sweets. The youngest has a list full of wants and then the older boys have needs. So what seems to be a good divide? Socks, sweets and unique school supplies.

cupcake

Imagine it is the year 1914 and you can order wrapped snacks to be delivered that were baked fresh that same day. Of course this was a small business in a small town. Today they are Tastykake and offer everyone fresh-tasting individually wrapped snacks.

snowballs

I only wish I could locate these in retailers near me. According to their website they are available in supermarkets and other retail outlets throughout the East, Southeast, and Southwest. The kids will love these sweet treats in Easter themes.

sock

Remember when getting socks was the worst gift ever? Then remember entering adulthood where you have to budget every item you buy and getting socks becomes the best and most useful gift ever? I love getting socks and with older children they appreciate the gifts that stock them up on everyday items they now don’t have to go out and get themselves.

gold toe

The reason why Gold Toe socks make a great gift is that they have styles and fits for everyone. I love Gold Toe because I wear ankle socks most and they never slip into my shoe. I have bought so many socks that slip when I walk or wear after just a few washes and have to toss them. My Gold Toe socks last and stay put.

pens

Have a student? They need writing supplies. They may not admit it because they’d rather have gift cards and cash but I always like to attach gift cards to useful gifts for our college student. Attaching cash or a food gift card to a package of pens or highlighters make the git a bit more fun.

pen gifts

Target has some fun Pilot pens and markers that write smooth and are erasable. Find Pilot Frixion erasable pens and marker pens in different colors. They also have erasable highlighters. The Pilot Precise V5 writes so well as a pen and now they have a deco collection in fun colors and designs. Also find these on Amazon.

Visit these fun brands for more fun and retail locations.


Gift Guides, Home, Spring 2017

LED Lights – LOFTEK Rechargeable Ball Lamp Cordless Night Light

Erin Sluka

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Whether you need soft light inside or outside, you will love the color choices and amount of light the LED Ball Lights from LOFTEK puts out. We had a weekend of nice weather and I decided to use my LED lights outside. It is so pretty lit up at night. I love the soft pink and blue colors. There are 16 colors total to choose from.

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Of course, you can use indoors also. There is a protective cap when you use it outside so that water stays out of the charging port but I plan to keep mine in our guest bedroom for fun when we have the older kids over and then I can easily carry outside when we entertain.

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Not only is this a great party or decor light, it is also eco-friendly. These LED lights are completely free of UV, IR, lead, mercury, and other toxic elements. Choose from round, cube, stump, mushroom, pyramid and Christmas tree shapes. You can really put life into a space with a few different shapes lit up in different colors for your home. These are available on Amazon and are a Prime qualifier.