Great Toy Sales at Kmart

I read on Stockpiling Moms last night that K-mart is offering 50% off their clearance toys. I went this morning and found a few Christmas and birthday items for my older two. (More on that coming next Tuesday for my Frugal Finds post.) For more details, check out Stockpiling Moms full post here.

Take Advantage of Birthday Freebies

Is it your birthday soon? Make sure to enjoy some of the freebies restaurants are offering for birthdays. Check out my article, Restaurant Birthday Freebies, to take advantage of the many offers for free restaurant food on your birthday or your birthday month.

A Fun Meal for Kids or a Halloween Meal

My daughter's birthday is just a few days before Halloween, so this year we had her birthday party on Halloween. A few of the food items had a Halloween theme, but I imagine kids would love these recipes any time of the year as it is fun to have food that looks like something.

Remember all of the Crescent rolls I got at Jewel a few weeks ago? I used 5 packages and 40 hot dogs to create these "Crescent Mummy Dogs." Kids and adults a like liked them. In fact we had a little less than 20 people at the party, but only about 5 hot dogs were left at the end.



For one of the appetizers, I created these Ghoul Fingers. I believe I originally saw the idea while watching a Robin Miller episode on Food Network. All you have to do is put a small amount of ranch dressing on the end of the carrot and attach a sliced almond to that to create a fingernail on the finger. This tray was completely gone by the end of the party.

I shared this post at $5 Dinners, Tempt My Tummy Tuesdays and The Grocery Cart Challenge.

A Creative Birthday Cake Idea

My son's birthday is in June, and we always try to create a special cake for him. Neither I nor my husband have much artistic talent, so creating the cake is always interesting.

We found this Pool Party Cake in an issue of Simple & Delicious and made it for his birthday last year. He liked it because it had so many candies on it. The only problem we had was making the lounge chairs. For some reason they would not keep their shape.

See Life As Mom for more great cake ideas!