Smart Home: 5 Ways to Continue the Cinderella Excitement at Home (#31DBBB)

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by Caroline ~ Smarty Pants Mama | on July 20th, 2010 | 11 comments

1. Read! Enjoy Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters.
This African tale takes a unique twist on the classic. Makes a great bedtime read.
See it on Amazon: Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters Big Book (Mulberry Big Book)

2. Dance! Have a Ball!
Not that your princess needs another reason, but why not dress up Cinderella, turn on some classical music and dance at your own ball! All the ladies are princesses, and if the boys (daddy is included) want to join in they can graciously be a prince, or pirates or whatever fairytale creature they wish.

3. Bake and Eat! A Princess Treat – the Fairytale Cookie!
Nothing better than a tiara shaped cookie at the Ball! Try these fairytale cutters with your basic sugar cookie dough to cut out the perfect fairytale cookies. Decorate the cookies to your liking!
R & M International “Little Princess” 6 Piece Cookie Cutter Set

4. Make a Craft! A Fairy Godmother Wand

The Materials: chopstick or other thin stick, aluminum foil, 2 stars cut out of construction paper, ribbon, glue, glitter and other decorative items.

Wrap foil around chopsticks and glue decorative items on stars

Glue stars together with foiled chopstick in the middle. Cast a spell with the finished wand!

5. Sing a Song! Fairy Godmother Song

Salagadoola mechicka boola bibbidi-bobbidi-boo
Put ‘em together and what have you got
bibbidi-bobbidi-boo

Salagadoola mechicka boola bibbidi-bobbidi-boo
It’ll do magic believe it or not
bibbidi-bobbidi-boo

Salagadoola means mechicka booleroo
But the thingmabob that does the job is
bibbidi-bobbidi-boo

Salagadoola menchicka boola bibbidi-bobbidi-boo
Put ‘em together and what have you got
bibbidi-bobbidi bibbidi-bobbidi bibbidi-bobbidi-boo

This post is encouraged by Day 2 of the ProBlogger’s 31 Days to Build a Better Blog course through the ladies from SITS on BlogFrog. I look forward to finding new ways to fine tune SmartyPantsMama.com to make it the very best for my fabulous readers.

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Caroline ~ Smarty Pants Mama

Caroline is a 30-something Hispanic mom based in South Florida. She dedicates her day to her beautiful little girls and her wonderful husband Tom (@SmartyPantsDada) and her extra time to her Smarty Pants Mama network.

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Comments (11)

Maureen Tuesday - 20 / 07 / 2010 Reply

Great list! Must be so much fun playing with Princess Cinderella :D
- admin Tuesday - 20 / 07 / 2010 Reply
  
  It is! She loves to dress up! We had a great time at our Ball yesterday!
Jamie Tuesday - 20 / 07 / 2010 Reply

Stopping by from SITS. Thanks for visiting me!

Love all of these ideas. My big girl (now 10) was so into Cinderella as a little one and now my middle girl (3) is into the same. We'll totally be doing some of this stuff at our house.
mommyk8 Tuesday - 20 / 07 / 2010 Reply

What a fantastic list! That is soo original and cute! I love how you featured a book, recipe, and craft in your list. Nicely done. Your site is great too. I really like the puzzle piece header.
- admin Friday - 23 / 07 / 2010 Reply
  
  Thanks! I tried to have some variety for the different interests kids have. I hope you can use one! Thanks also about the puzzle header! I love it too! Caroline
mommyk8 Tuesday - 20 / 07 / 2010 Reply

What a fantastic list! That is soo original and cute! I love how you featured a book, recipe, and craft in your list. Nicely done. Your site is great too. I really like the puzzle piece header.
Andie Multiplemama Wednesday - 21 / 07 / 2010 Reply

So cute. My daughter is only two and just getting into the "pinpess" stage.
- admin Friday - 23 / 07 / 2010 Reply
  
  I just LOVE the princess stage, too! It's so cute to watch them play in the gown, tiara, and heels! Caroline SmartyPantsMama
Jenny H Thursday - 22 / 07 / 2010 Reply

What a fantastic idea. My 5-year-old niece is "princess" crazy, and this would absolutely make her day. Thank you for sharing this.
- admin Friday - 23 / 07 / 2010 Reply
  
  Thanks! I hope your nice will enjoy these activities! My daughter loves them all! I have a few more that I'll need to share soon! We just can't seem to get enough of the princess things here! Caroline SmartyPantsMama