Pearlie in the Park: Books and a Party
Pearlie in the Park: Books and a Party Edit: Full Pearlie Party post here. PudStar turns six next week and to date we’ve managed to convince her that family parties are the way to go. She had a Middle...
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Book Party: Pearlie in the Park This afternoon we celebrated PudStar’s sixth birthday with a ‘Pearlie in the Park’ fairy party and it was just lovely. Lots of funky little fairies running around and a...
View ArticleTop Ten Favourite Books at Six Years Old
Top Ten Favourite Books at Six Years Old Now We Are Six When I was one, I had just begun. When I was two, I was nearly new. When I was three, I was hardly me. When I was four, I was not much more. When...
View ArticleBook Party: Ladybird
Book Party: Ladybird Poor Chickpea. She came into the world screaming and then, due to a hefty dose of reflux, she continued to scream for approximately two years. She was a cranky, cranky little bug...
View ArticleBook Gifts for Girls: ‘Truly Tan’ Spy Kit
I asked my soon-to-be-nine niece what she would like for her birthday somewhat dreading the answer. She replied that she knew I would get her books (clearly I am the Book Aunty) and that she also...
View ArticleBook Party: EJ12 Rocks!
Book Party: EJ12 Rocks! As you may have gathered, I’m rather a fan of book parties. Seriously what’s not to love? The theming is done for you, often there are enough food mentions in books that the...
View ArticleBook Party: Dinosaur Party!
Book Party: Dinosaur Party! Warning: Photo Fest As mentioned in my post last week about dinosaur books (here), The Wild Thing AKA ChickPea loves a dinosaur book or twenty. We’ve been reading ‘How to...
View ArticleBook Party: Flower Fairies
Book Party: Flower Fairies My sister and I grew up pouring over the Flower Fairy books by Cicely Mary Baker, so it was no surprise to me that when her little girl requested a fairy party, it was heavy...
View ArticleBook Parties for Kids
Book Parties for Kids As you may have gathered, I’m rather a fan of book themed parties. Seriously what’s not to love? The theming is done for you, often there are enough food mentions in books that...
View ArticleBook Party: Bollywood
PudStar’s 7th birthday party theme came about over a family dinner discussion…oh…about a year ago. Disco parties for young children were mentioned and discussed and dissected and debated and theorized...
View ArticleFavourite Books at Four Years Old
Favourite Books at Four Years Old So ChickPea turned four today. I probably should be saying – wow, I just can’t believe it, but actually I’ve felt every single bit of that four years – all the...
View ArticleNinja Book Party
Ninja Book Party I am starting to get super excited about all the FAB events I’m involved in at next weeks Story Arts Festival Ipswich (SAFI). Not that I’m in any way biased but I think this is very...
View ArticleHow to Host a Ninja Book Party!
How to Host a Ninja Book Party! I’ve had an afternoon full of ninja moves, ninja illustrations and general ninja chit chat, at the Story Arts Festival Ipswich (SAFI) Ninja Book Party. Enormous thanks...
View Article‘The Fairy Dancers’ Book Birthday Party
As you may have gathered, I’m rather a fan of book themed parties. Seriously what’s not to love? Aside from the obvious joy of seeing a book come to life, the theming is all done for you thanks to the...
View ArticleFive Years Old and a Literary Unicorn Party
ChickPea turns five tomorrow. Five! It feels like she has always been here and despite her daily stomping, roaring and screaming she makes us laugh everyday with her quirky take on life. She is...
View ArticleBook Party: Thelma the Unicorn
If you follow me on social media, you’ll know that ChickPea is a dinosaur loving, roaring, stomping kind of a creature. So it was no surprise that she requested another dinosaur birthday party (see...
View ArticleBook Party: Alice in Wonderland
In one of those really weird online/offline worlds collide moments…I ordered a gorgeous organic cotton nightie for Pud from online company Nightie Night Lane a few years ago and noted that one of the...
View ArticleBook Party: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
I have been buying Nightie Night Lane pyjamas for a few years now and, as happens when you buy from a small business, you chat via email with the owners and get to know them a little. Incredibly...
View ArticleHow to Run an Online Party (because #covid19)
Last week was PudStar’s 12th birthday and she was meant to have a few close friends for a wood fired DIY pizza party, backyard firepit and sleepover. Clearly with coronavirus hitting Australia (mid...
View ArticleBirthday Books at 9 Years Old
ChickPea is NINE! It seems like just yesterday we were having her first birthday party, a ‘Bad Tempered Ladybird Party’ because she screamed with reflux pain for the first year of her life! Then she...
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