Back To School Discount at Fashion Playtes
Fashion Playtes is offering back to school discount for first time purchases. Girls can design their own clothing at Fashion Playtes. It’s their own custom made dresses, tops, jackets, hoodies and more. Let her add rhinestones, graphics, appliques, underlayers, ruffles, ribbons, and even your own label with your name! My daughter loves her shirt and dress and wears them with pride.
Know that you’re daughter will have an outfit or piece of clothing that is as unique as hers! And best of all, save $10 on your purchase! Makes a great gift from grandma, auntie or godmother too. Help make her Back To School special with her own custom designed clothes from Fashion Playtes.
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Avocado Dress-Up Site and Coloring Contest
Avocados From Mexico, the website that provides information and recipes about avocados announces their Dress-Up site and coloring contest. The Dress-Up contest opened August 16 and ends September 19 at midnight PT. It’s open to children aged 4 – 12 years of age from the US.
This contest is fun and easy! Just print the black and white coloring page of one of the Avocado Amigos – Ava or Al – then color and design the page. Add hats, facial features and other accessories, color Ava or Al and then upload the image to the website (must be uploaded and entered by an adult).
Three winners will be chosen from the following age categories:
- 4 years and younger
- 5 – 9 years old
- 10 – 12 years old
These are the prizes:
- Grand prize – $250 Bank Issued Gift Card
- First Runner Up prize - $100 Bank Issued Gift Card
- Second Runner-Up prize – $50 Bank Issued Gift Card
And for parents, there’s some amazing recipes from Celebrity Chef Rick Bayless on the main site. As well as Back To School recipes such as this one:
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I wrote this blog post at the request of Avocados From Mexico, making me eligible to win a $25 iCard gift card.
Back To School Already
This summer has flown by and it’s back to school time for us in two weeks. My daughter will be attending middle school this year so it’s a big transition for all of us. We are prepared though! We’ve already been to visit the school and will be back for their open house.
This weekend is tax free shopping in my state, so we’re going to hit the stores for the school supplies she needs. This always makes both of realize that it’s time to get back into a routine. It’s actually exciting too when there’s new books, clothes, and other supplies in the house.
I tell my daughter about what it was like for me at back to school time, especially when I was starting high school, which was an all girls school. This brings some humor into our talks as she can’t imagine that I went to a school without boys, not that she likes boys or anything!
Top 9 Costume Occasions Beyond Halloween
For those of us who like dressing up, costumes aren’t just for Halloween. If you play your cards right, there are plenty of other occasions where you can get away with wearing a costume. Here are 9 of our top favorites.
- Renaissance Festival – Every year, when the Renaissance Festival comes to town, scores of people attend – and a great deal of them attend in costume. Most costume retailers online have an assortment of Renaissance and historical costumes to choose from. Another option is to browse thrift stores and vintage clothing retailers, and put together your own costume.
- Theme Parties – Theme parties are becoming quite popular! A lot of people enjoy throwing decade parties – the 20s, 50s, and 80s are the most popular decades – where guests dress up and dance to period music in a house decorated with period décor. Other theme parties include vampire parties, pirate parties, and just about anything else the host can think of!
- Book Release Parties – What better way to celebrate the release of a long-awaited new book than with a costume? This kind of party was popular for the release of Harry Potter and Twilight Saga books, with many attendees dressing up as their favorite characters.
- Conventions - It is almost impossible to go to a convention without seeing tons of attendees in costume. The classic example is the Star Trek Convention, but costumes are popular at others too, such as Disney, anime, and comic book conventions.
- Masquerades - Many of us, when we think of masquerades, think of formal balls, such as those in Phantom of the Opera and The Man in the Iron Mask. Masquerades are still around today, however — they are simply parties were everyone is expected to come wearing a costume and mask. The excitement is in not knowing who you are partying with, of course!
- St. Patrick’s Day – St. Patty’s Day is one of our favorite holidays! This is the day when everyone is Irish – you get the luck, the drinking, and everything else. Whether you are going to a St. Patty’s Day parade or a party at your friend’s house, costumes are welcomed and encouraged!
- Mardi Gras – Depending on where you live, Mardi Gras may be a big deal, or not much at all. But you don’t have to live in New Orleans to celebrate Mardi Gras! Instead of staying home watching the parade on TV, invite some friends over for a private Mardi Gras celebration – and tell them to come in costume!
- Christmas - Everyone loves Christmas — whether they celebrate religiously or not, this is a fun and festive holiday season for many people. This is also a time when you see a lot of costumes at work and at parties: elf costumes, Santa and Mrs. Claus costumes, reindeer antlers, and so on. May everyone be merry and wear a great costume!
- Photos – One of the most fun times to get dressed up in costumes is for photos. Think about it – you could send pictures of your adorable newborn in an even more adorable costume for double the oohs and ahhs.
Although we tend to think of Halloween as the supreme costume holiday – and in many ways, it is – there are many other reasons throughout the year to dress up. Wearing costumes is fun because it gives an opportunity to be someone else for a little while, or at least to have fun like someone else! What are some of your favorite excuses to dress up?
About the Author: This post is by Vern, who enjoys writing about everything from business to biology and fashion to fiction. This post was inspired by an adventure in shopping for childrens costumes with his daughter for a school play.
Momma’s Chic Motion Sickness Bags
Momma’s Chic Sicbags has come up with the perfect solution to the problem faced by thousands everyday!! Great, disposable and sanitary MOTION SICKNESS BAGS that can handle even the toughest messes. These bags are HUGE and are available with several unique logos. The TRAVEL DESIGN displays all kinds of travel including, car, trucks, boats, cruise ships, helicopters and canoes just to name a few. Each bag comes complete with its very own SANITIZING WIPE for safe and quick clean-up. The bags can be folded to fit in a coat pocket, glove compartment, handbag or a back pack. The other logos include a design for MORNING SICKNESS, something that most pregnant women suffer through, and a design for children’s use, comically named PUKE UNIVERSITY. These unique bags are available in packs of 3 or packs of 10 per design.
These functional and attractive bags are the perfect addition to your car, boat, camper, school bags, pocketbook. You never know when the need will strike, but you will know you are prepared for the emergency. Pregnant women will find them extremely helpful when commuting or when driving. Moms and Dads with toddlers will also be grateful if they have these great motion sickness bags with them when the unexpected happens. These oversized bags will hold up to almost any emergency use and the bags have tabs for safe and sanitary disposal into any garbage facility. You will never have to worry again about nausea or vomiting when you have these bags with you. No more embarrassment in making a mess of your car, train seat, or friend’s boat!!
THESE BAGS ARE GREAT GIFTS FOR THE NEWLY PREGNANT MOM IN ANTICIPATION OF THE DREADED MORNING SICKNESS!! Grandmas- to -be should give these as a gift immediately. It will be most appreciated by the moms-to-be!