November 13th is World Kindness Day! The holiday was started in 1998 by the World Kindness Movement. It is a great opportunity to teach your little ones about the importance of being kind to others, whether it's being kind to people right in your own home or community or being kind to others across the world. As an elementary teacher, I love having my students create kindness artwork. Last year, students water-colored some of these kindness quotes that I hand-lettered on plain paper. We hung our posters around the school to remind others to be kind and to help brighten the days of other students! Here are some examples of students working on their artwork! And of course, a look at their fini
If you ask my 4 year old what you need for the perfect birthday party, the answer is undoubtedly a birthday banner. This is why her favorite item to sign up to supply for a birthday party for kids in need with Box of Balloons is DIY Décor. We have made several felt garland/banner decorations for different holiday’s at our home and recently made our first birthday inspired garland/banner. Now that we have our first birthday banner under our belt, we are excited to start making some of these for birthday parties for some kiddos in need too! I will show you how we made an adorable “Guess HOO’s 1” birthday banner for my sweet little niece. While this tutorial shows you how to create an Owl them
