Whoooo’s the cutest?! Posing with her cute owl hat!
I absolutely love, love, love the adorable owl hat I bought for my daughter for her Look Whoooo’s Turning 1! owl birthday party (post coming soon!). I bought it at Gymboree. She looks so stinkin’…
Themed Days And Special Occasions
Find crafts, activities, DIY, gifts, party ideas and more fun ways for celebrating birthdays, special occasions, themed days, milestones, movie nights, & more!
We love special occasions and themed days around here and look for any excuse to get creative and even go all out with DIY decorations, creative food, themed crafts, fun activities, awesome printables, and more kid-friendly ideas.
Ideas For Special Occasions
There is a wide variety of special occasions and milestones kids experience growing up. Milestones such as losing their first tooth, their first day of school, graduation, and more.
Kids Birthday Party Ideas
Themed parties, especially birthdays, are my favorite. I love to do popular characters and other fun birthday themes for my kids such as soccer and puppies.
Fun Family Movie Nights
Many of the birthday themes are perfect for movie nights with family and friends (and vice versa).
Gift Ideas
Of course many of these special occasions have you looking for gift ideas, and we love to share everything from fun and cute products to creative, handmade gifts.
Disney Pixar’s Up Movie + Snacks & Crafts
My son and his buddy had a Disney Pixar’s UP movie playdate earlier this summer. Such a cute movie if you have never seen it! Here are the activities we did that day: The boys…
Printable Greeting Cards You Can Color
We regularly use DLTK’s custom greeting cards for things such as birthdays and holidays. You can customize each card by choosing a greeting, image, and adding your own message. Then, you have a choice of either printing…
The Polar Express Family Movie Night Ideas
We had a The Polar Express family movie night! This is my little guy’s 1st year watching the movie. He never paid attention to it before, but this year he loved it! The Polar Express Family…
Madagascar Escape 2 Africa Movie + Crafts & Activities
Awhile back, my son and his buddy had a *Madagascar Escape 2 Africa movie playdate. We love to add a little extra fun by adding activities related to the theme of the movies we watch including crafts…
Jungle Safari Birthday Party
My little guy turned 2 last year! For his 2nd birthday we had a Jungle Safari Birthday Party with a couple of his friends from the playgroup. He also had a Penguin Winter-land Party with…
Disney Pixar Cars Movie + Crafts/Activities
My son had a movie-themed playdate with his friend and they watched Disney Pixar’s Cars. I made the boys their own movie tickets I found over at Momma’s Playground (I just added in the date…
Ice Age Dawn of the Dinosaurs- Movie + Crafts & Activities
We had our 1st Movie Themed Craft Day and chose to do Ice Age Dawn of the Dinosaurs. I regularly read the blog Momma’s Playground and was so inspired by her super creative movie nights…
Dr Seuss’s Horton Hears A Who Crafts, Book, & Movie
My son loves the movie Horton Hears a Who (affiliate link) so I knew for sure that I wanted to do related crafts and a book with my son in honor of Dr Seuss’s birthday earlier…
Penguin Winter-land Birthday Party!
This year, I threw 2 different birthday parties for my son (1 out of state with family/friends & 1 where we live). I still can’t believe he is 2 years old already! For the out of…
Make Your Own Edible Wands ~ EASY!
I made these edible wands for a prince and princess play date but they would also be very cute for a princess birthday party or fairy party. They are so simple to make! I used…