Goldfish Smiles Across the Miles

What do you send to fabulous family FULL of kiddos with summer birthdays?

Customized Goldfish gift boxes - that's what! 

Knowing the Goldfish party cups were such a hit with my son's class as his bday treat, I was excited to create these birthday boxes on GoldfishMyWay.com to send to our far-away friends.

The site takes you through a short and sweet five step process to choose your occasion, write a message, upload a photo, pick your colors (yes - you get to choose the colors!), and then choose size and quantity.

The hardest part of the whole process for me was choosing which photo! Luckily, you can choose two full color photos - one for the front and the back to go along with your personal message - so that makes the decision a wee bit easier.

I decided on the large gift box and then a set of 12 party favor boxes so that each kiddo would have two each. (You probably just did the math - yep, six amazing kiddos and an equally amazing mama!)

My dear friend had no idea that a giant Goldfish box would be arriving on their doorstep so both she and the kids were really surprised when they opened it up to see their smiling faces on the packaging!

And, of course, it made me smile to be tagged in her facebook status later that day -

Got the COOLEST Goldfish Birthday box from some friends today. The kids are loving their personalized boxes. Too stinking cute! Thanks Kelli Perkins!

Such a fun gift to give! Thanks Goldfish My Way - brillant idea!


*I am a Goldfish Smiles ambassador so this is a sponsored post, but all opinions expressed are my own. Love those Goldfish!

Thumbs Up for This Teacher's Gift!

When it came to coming up with a class gift from my daughter's kindergarten class a couple of years ago, I was all thumbs.

Or I should say - the kids were all thumbs!

Literally.

Armed with a canvas bag from Michael's, fabric paint, and markers, I dipped my daughter's thumb to make the flower petal prints the night before so the bag would be dry. I took the bag to school the next day to get nineteen more thumbprints! I had asked her teacher beforehand if I could pull a few kids at a time into the hallway do help with a special project during center time - wink! wink!  Being that it was Teacher Appreciation week, she was more than happy to oblige.

With fabric paint squirted onto a paper plate pallet (and baby wipes at hand), the kids choose a color and made their mark! They were excited to write their names with Sharpies underneath too. I added smiley faces once the paint was dry and then wrote their teacher's name across the top.

She absolutely LOVED it, and the kids loved having a hand (or thumb) in creating their teacher's gift!