Super Mario Brothers Volcano Cake

With the help of the hubby I made this fresh Super Mario Brothers Cake for my son's 5th birthday party. If the kids weren't impressed, well the adults were. It's fun to come up with an idea then make it and have it done and have a new fun creation. My husband came up with the tea lights as the different levels you have to pass in each world...great idea! I really love making birthday cakes. The volcano is made with a barbie dress cake pan and I thinned out the frosting and dripped it right on. The green cake is actually a gluten free/casein free cake for my other son who can't have wheat or milk products. We try to include him in the fun as much as possible, so he doesn't feel left out. Awesome!

Chore Sticks

I've been trying to motivate my almost 5 & 3 year old to do simple chores around the house. I was looking for some sort of chore chart on the web and I came across this fantastic idea for CHORE STICKS from this blog: Make and Takes. So simple and easy to use. Eli's sticks are blue and Leah's are purple. When they get done with their chores they just flip them over to the colored side up.

I got the clip art from The Idea Door, really cute.

Thank you very much, and I sized down the clipart to fit on the sticks. They turned out super awesome. I was very crafty today I must say.