Gearhead Mom

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

For The Kid Who Has Everything

Posted by Missy W. @ 8:54 AM

You know, I really thought I’d have a baby by now, but no. Stubborn kid. Regardless, I lined up some wonderful women in the blog-o-sphere to write some guests posts for me this month. I hope you enjoy them. Today is the first one!

Big, huge thanks to Dawn from Pink With Sparkles for writing today’s post.

The number of kiddie birthday parties that my girls attend is ridiculous. We have two this weekend…and it’s mid-August, which is usually not birthday party season since school is out and people may be away.

I pride myself on the fabulous original gifts my girls bring to a party. I am not the type who runs out to a big box store on the way to an event, purchasing whatever is on the end cap and shoving it into a gift bag. I put some thought into our gifts!

The gift we are bringing today is for a five year old girl who has EVERYTHING. She’s an only child and only grandchild with well-to-do grandparents, so, you can imagine. This girl is jaded.

I had to be creative, find a gift that would appeal to a five year old girl, yet not another Hannah doll or princess wand. The best place to start? Etsy!

BeccaBeeDesigns had the most adorable child’s cooking apron with kitchen utensils; it came with an oven mitt, whisk, and a rolling pin! I thought about buying a chef’s hat to go with, but decided a girlie cookbook would be more useful and fun! I paired the apron set with the Pink Princess Cookbook by Barbara Beery. There are recipes inside to please any princess’ palette.

I don’t think that they are opening gifts at the party (it’s at one of those kiddie gym places and they discourage that there, which is good.), but I’m sure the birthday girls will be pleased with our gift.

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