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Ruby’s rainbow cake

For Ruby’s 5th birthday she told me she would like a rainbow birthday party.

So we sent out rainbow invitations, set up a rainbow treasure hunt and her dad made a beautiful rainbow birthday cake.

The rainbow birthday cake was super impressive. It really was beautiful.

And the surprise is when you cut it to find the rainbow colours.

Jason said it was also easy to make (he covered the outside in whipped cream and smarties, instead of icing).

He is our birthday cake maker. He likes to make impressive and beautiful cakes for us.

So it has become a birthday tradition. That dad bakes the cakes.

And I love that this shows the children that we can all bake. We can all be part of the party preparations.

Pretty special I reckon.

Jason has baked all kinds of birthday cakes… a ladybug, dinosaur (check out the teeth!), teddy bear, a super impressive pinata cake, treasure island cake, Peter Pan on Wendy’s roof and a castle cake!

??? You can follow along on Facebook and Instagram to see snippets of our days ???

Blessings, Kelly

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July 18, 2016 by Kelly

How to make a simple Waldorf lantern

This is a sponsored post

The idea was for the playgroup children to make their own Waldorf lanterns this year.

We made a good start, with most of the children colouring their watercolour paper and painting them in olive oil. The oil does a very special ~ and I think magical job ~ it turns the watercolour paper semi translucent. Allowing the candlelight to shine through ?

Then we had a public holiday and many of us ended up with colds. So Max and I ended up finishing the lanterns ready for our playgroup Winter festival. And I thought I would share how *smile*

You will need

beeswax crayons
watercolour paper
olive oil
children’s wool
paint brush
scissors
hole punch
beeswax tealight candles

And away we go…

You can also use watercolour paint if you prefer *wink*

We tend to leave our watercolour paper to dry overnight, and then continue the project the next day.

You can learn how to make a wool twistie here *grin*

And there you have it, beautiful simple Waldorf lanterns!

Just add a beautiful beeswax tealight candle and you are ready for a Winter lantern walk.

We love using pure beeswax candles from Queen B in our lanterns (and in the house) Their scent is simply devine!

This post was sponsored by the beautiful shop, Dragonfly Toys. An Australian based Waldorf inspired shop which aims to keep the magic of childhood alive.

And Dragonfly Toys is offer 15% off for friends of Happy Whimsical Hearts at their store until 8 August 2016. Just use the code HAPPYHEARTS at the checkout.

You can see our last playgroup Winter festival here, as well as our Spring festival here.

??? And follow along on Facebook and Instagram ???

Blessings, Kelly

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July 11, 2016 by Kelly