Dragons Meet Paper Airplanes

We all love paper airplanes right? So what happens when a creative Dad combine his love for things that fly (paper airplanes) and dragons? The Dragons of Armita.

Nate is the creative genius behind this pdf book and asked if we'd like to try them out. The verdict? LOVE it! The pdf book (or cd) comes with printable plans for 4 different and totally unique dragons (we've made 3 so far!). Each one has it's own personality and flying style. There are tips on how to best fly each dragon as well as easy instructions on how to fold them. I love that they come with their own stands too!

Both my 9 and 8 year olds love them. I think they'd be great for younger ones too with a little help. The pdf is $2.99 and you then can print as many as you like. I see these as being a great party activity! Or print out a few sets to have on hand for your own secret stash.

I think these are so smart. They are a great way to get your kids thinking about how they could create their own as well! If you have artistic kiddos they could decorate their dragons however they like!

Get your own Dragons of Armita book HERE I'd love to see/hear about what your kids think if you do!

Shadow Puppets

So simple and classic and yet so fun! Shadow puppets can be made with your hands, toys, or paper cut outs. I found some fun shadow puppet inspiration to share with you today. A perfect fort activity I think!

How about this shadow puppet theater from Makedo - they have the how to and a free printable for you on their site!

Minieco also has some great printables!

You can find some educational printables here

I love how A Wednesday Afternoon folded a paper in half to punch eyes and cut out a mouth before having her kids design their own puppets

Some spooky templates from Chez Beeper Bebe

There are even some shadow puppets for purchase

Alpha Bravo Charlie

Have your kids discovered the NATO phonetic alphabet yet? 

[DOWNLOAD HERE for free personal use]

Love them Madly recently introduced her boys to it AND made them some awesome new tshirts!

The phonetic alphabet is a great way to nurture spelling with your little army guys. Go check out the great tutorial and more pictures from Love them Madly! 

See you tomorrow! Over and out.

First Day Printables

Many kids are starting here in AZ today (some already started) and mine start on Wednesday. I can't believe summer flew by us so fast! We still have adventures to blog about! Anyway I thought I'd make up some printables for you as I made them for myself for those first day photos. I've seen a few that were a little more involved or cutesy but I thought if there is any way my boys are going to let me do this in the future they need to be a little more "masculine" and plain. 

Let me know if I'm missing something. I know the phrases are a little different everywhere. If someone from another country would like some just send me an email and give me a list of grade levels!

Download here:

PRESCHOOL / KINDERGARTEN / 1ST / 2ND / 3RD / 4TH / 5TH / JUNIOR HIGH / 6TH / 7TH / 8TH / 9TH / HIGH SCHOOL / 

Files for personal use only please.

I have back to school Lunch Jokes too! My boys always love these. Not sure if I'll work on more or not but here are the ones I did last year

Olympic Printables

We have Olympic fever over here. The boys love cheering for their favorites and getting to see the different sports we don't normally watch. They loved archery, fencing, gymnastics, and swimming so far. I've seen so many great printables and activities I thought I'd share some more in case you need a prescription for Olympic fever too.

Tinyme has some gorgeous free printables (sign up for free on their site for full access to all their amazing printables)

Evite has created a Summer Games Trivia Printable for us to use! They also have some gorgeous summer games invitations on their site! Download Trivia Card HERE and Answer Key HERE

I love the word games in this Summer Olympic printable from Homeschool Journeys

Have an Olympic picnic (we might have to do this today!) with these printables from Confetti Sunshine

Who else has Olympic Fever?!

Opening Ceremony Bingo!

If you're watching opening ceremonies here's a fun bingo printable from Tiny Me. Big thanks to Big D and Me for sending me the link!

Olympics!

My boys are so excited for the Olympics this year! They love seeing all the ads out and can't wait to watch some of the events. To wear out their energy a bit before they watch tv how about hosting your own olympics?

Love this party from A Small Snippet SO much! Lots more great photos here

DIY medals from Collage Collage

DIY torch from Domsetic Goddesque

This awesome party even has some great printables! from Bird's Party Blog

Are you/your kids getting excited for the Summer Olympics?

BIRTHDAY CARD!

Just wanted to say thank you to everyone who voted for my card throughout the Catch My Party contest and for the HP community who voted in the second portion as well! I shared this a couple times on the All for the Boys Facebook page and several of you took the time to vote. My design won! You can print your own card for free on the HP site HERE