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Archive for March, 2010

Easter is fast approaching, but there's still time to send a gift to your loved ones.

Young and old alike enjoy receiving unexpected treats.

Our Easter Festival Deluxe Gift Basket shown here includes Cadbury Creme Filled Chocolate Eggs, Easter Candy Corn, Butter Toffee Pretzels, Sweet Butter Cookies, Cashew Roca, Easter Peeps, 2 Boxes of Fruit Flavored Jelly Beans, Peppermint Kettle Corn and a Milk Chocolate Foil Wrapped Easter Bunny.

A plush bunny and festive spring time bow make this a gift worth giving!

If you're looking to let someone know you're thinking about them this Easter, you're sure to find the perfect gift at All About Gifts and Baskets.

A basket loaded with Easter fun!

If you have a special little ones who live near or far,  we have great Easter Baskets filled with fun activities and delicious candies made just for them!

Imagine their surprise when they open a package bursting with activities, goodies and even a plush Easter Bunny of their very own.

A great choice is the Bunny Hugs Easter Basket.  We have either a boy or girl version that both include an 8" plush Easter Bunny, 35 page Peeps coloring book, candy corn, Starburst fruit gels, jelly beans, fruit scented bubbles, 3 milk chocolate bunny pals, pastel magic spring, Nerds candies and spring fruit Skittles.

The girl version includes a 3 piece Candy Necklace gift set and the boy version includes a Sports Themed candy set.

Check out our complete Easter Basket selection at All About Gifts & Baskets!

A great birthday party theme for both boys and girls is pets!   You could focus on one particular species like puppies, kittens, horses, etc or use all types of animals in your theme. You can also tie your pets or animals theme into the birthday party favors and decorations.

Below are a few games and activities that would make the day even more memorable!

Pet Adoption Set up a pet adoption center with small plush animals and let each child "adopt" one. Give each child a shoe box to create a home for their new animal. Provide colorful paper, sticky backed craft foam, craft foam flowers, glue sticks, scissors etc. The children can cover and decorate their very own pet house to take home.

Animal Make-Overs Let the kids become the pets! When the children arrive give them an animal ear headband of their choice, or let them make some of their own! You can use felt ears on a plastic headband, or use construction paper to create bunny, kitty or puppy ears. Use fake feathers if they would like a bird headband. You can complete the look by drawing whiskers and noses on the children with face paint.

Hopstacle Course Players will hop like bunnies through an obstacle course you've created with pillows, boxes, chairs etc.

Lilly Pad Hopping Like musical chairs! Make fabric or felt lily pads and place them in a circle. Play music while the kids hop from pad to pad. When the music stops everyone has to find a pad. The frog without a pad is out! Take one pad away and start again.

Pin the Tail on the . . . Monkey, Bunny (use cotton balls), puppy or kitty.

Little kids loves trains - especially little boys!  There are so many fun ideas to bring a train theme to your party games, decorations, food and more!

How about making a cupcake train?  One idea is to frost each cupcake a different color, connect each "car" with licorice and use Nilla Wafers as wheels.

Below are some of my favorite train themed games and activities to make your little one's birthday a hit!

Coal Toss Decorate buckets or shoe boxes like trains. Have each child toss "coal" (balls of tin foil, rolled up black socks or beanbags) into the buckets. 3 in a row or the most coal in wins.

Station Stops A fun idea is to create different "Stations" for each child to stop at. Tape up a sign giving each station a number. You can even pass out "boarding passes" for each child to take to the stations. Some examples of stations are:

1. Decorated Cookies Station
2. Punch/Soda Station
3. Tattoo Station (have Temporary Tattoos for the children to put on)
4. Coloring Station (Lay out color sheets from coloring books or printed from your computer).
5. Train Painting (Buy wooden train ornaments from your local craft store and set out water paints for each child to paint their own train).

Follow the Locomotive Line up the kids with the birthday child at the head of the train. Turn on some fun music and have the birthday child lead the "train of people" by making creative moves that everyone must follow (e.g., jumping, hopping, skipping, spinning, rolling on the ground, waving arms and any other fun gestures.