zebra Archives – The Pinterested Parent

We did it! We finished our footprint crafts from A – Z with our final 3 letters X, Y & Z. Here they are, the last in our collection.

X is for X-Ray Fish

Paint your child’s foot with silver paint & press onto a piece of paper.

Dab on a little white for the eye & paint in the fins.

Paint in the bones & add a little color to the fins. Add an eyeball & fish lips to finish off your craft.

Y is for Yak

Paint the foot in brown & press onto a piece of paper.

Paint in the ears, horns & the head fur.

Use a lighter shade to paint the bottom of the face & paint in more fur on the bottom, under the chin & on the sides.

Add the eyeballs, nostrils & mouth. Also add lines to the horns.

Z is for Zebra

Paint the heel of the foot in black & then the rest in white. Press onto a piece of paper.

Paint in hair on the top as shown. Add ears & then nostrils to the black portion.

Paint in eyes by dabbing a bit of black & then white & then black again. Add the stripes to finish off your zebra head.

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Has it really been 2 years already? The past 24 months seem almost a blur. You are no longer a baby. I will no longer have to refer to your age in months. You are 2. I still can’t believe it.

One of the disadvantages of having a winter baby, is having to be confined to the indoors. I have a fairly good sized family. I would love to be able to include everyone, but unless I want to throw 3-4 separate parties, it just isn’t possible. Summer babies have it made, outdoor BBQ’s are ideal for large get-togethers. We wanted to keep it simple. We kept a small guest list, with only 16 attendees including the birthday girl.

Mai is an animal lover, so we chose a zoo themed party. Our party was a little last minute due to work, the holidays & an upcoming vacation. I still wanted to give her a great party ,but was limited on time & did not want to spend a ton. I think we pulled off a lovely party for our little tot, without too much stress, planning or breaking the bank.

Simple pink garland & a couple of paper lanterns were hung from the ceiling. I hand cut two number 2s out of heavy scrapbook paper & used a hole punch to dangle from the lanterns.

I loved these zebra print plates & napkins. They were perfect for our party, but they are over priced & come so few in a package. I mixed & matched the zebra party supplies with lesser priced pink plates & napkins. I alternated the napkin stacks in pink, then zebra prints.

This simple party prop was made out of old cardboard boxes & scrapbook paper.

The letters used to spell out Mai’s name were a wall hanging we received at my baby shower. They came in handy today.

This is a singing Happy Birthday elephant that we received on Mai’s 1st birthday. It was a perfect addition to our zoo themed day.

Our cheese, cracker & salami platter was supposed to be a lion, but looks a little more like a mouse. It looked differently in my head, but it was still cute & tasted good.