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10 Mermaid Party Food, Craft, Decoration and Party Favor Ideas

28 October, 2014 by ES Ivy

mermaid party ideasHere 10 great ideas for mermaid party food, craft, decoration, and party favor ideas for a mermaid birthday party, swim party, or to go along with a mermaid book for a Mother-Daughter book club. (You know, a book like Miri Attwater and the Ocean’s Secret.) A lot of these sites have a lot of other amazing ideas, so be sure you check them all out!

  • Sandcastle Cake
  • Pet Fish Soap in a Bag
  • Fish Paper Lanterns
  • Mermaid Costumes
  • Mermaid Tail Cupcake
  • Make your own Sparkle Putty
  • Jellyfish Paper Lantern
  • Make a Floating Jellyfish in a Bottle
  • Starfish-shaped Pizza and Shell Salad
  • Fish and Waves Cupcakes

ocean's secret cover 190 x 250Tired of giving bags of plastic junk and candy for party favors but don’t have the time to make your own favors? Give the gift of reading instead! Paperback copies of Miri Attwater and the Ocean’s Secret, the first book in the mermaid princess adventure series, make great party favors!

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Athena Costume – Greek Goddess Costume for girls

26 October, 2012 by ES Ivy

Athena costume or Greek goddess costume - If your girl or teen wants to dress up like Athena from the Percy Jackson series for a book character parade or Halloween, homemade costumes are super fun! Here are some ideas and directions for how to make a DIY greek goddess dress. It's no-sew and super easy!

A no-sew Athena costume for girls

The books I write for kids are fantasy, so it’s probably no surprise that we’re big fantasy readers around this house. My middle grader, Sparkle, has just discovered the Percy Jackson series and is tearing through them. (Can you call it “discovered” when her brother has been begging her for years and she only read it because her English teacher put The Lightning Thief on  a reading list?)

Some parents would be appalled that English teachers are encouraging kids to read something as commercial as The Lightning Thief. I think it’s great! To me, the main reason for assigning books is to turn kids into readers….

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