Our family always celebrates every members birthday on the actual day. Birthday parties with friends also happen but usually at a later date. The birthday boy or girl in our family also gets to choose what we eat for all the meals on their special day. Sometimes it requires planning, sometimes it's last minute but its always fun!! Also all of the things we do are always on a budget....so yes, we do a lot but we always work around a budget and try to make sure it doesn't hurt us financially (we do have 5 kids)!!
This year, our youngest daughter turned 15!! FIFTEEN!! WTH!?!
Freak out aside, I wanted to do something a little different for her this year. I got the idea to put goodies (gum and cash--one dollar bills) in balloons and blow them up. I was going to dump all of the balloons on her floor while she slept but the husband liked the idea of hanging them so we did that instead!!
The next morning she ran around the house popping balloons and gathering up treats!! She tends to be a little more of a typical grumpy teenager so anytime I can make her smile feels like an amazing gift!!
TOTALLY POPPIN' BIRTHDAY BALLOONS
1...Buy some packs of balloons (about 10' or so)...as many as you want!! We got them at the dollar store!!
2...Get some goodies to put in the balloons (ideas: makeup, money, lottery tix, gum, candy, scavenger hunt clues....I could go on and on but you see where I'm going with this) We did gum and 1 dollar bills!!
3...Put one thing in each balloon and blow it up!
4...tie a ribbon to the balloon!!
5...hang them all over the house the night before the birthday date!!
6...do a little happy dance cuz your house is crazy festive and you can't help but being in a "do a little happy dance" kind of mood!!
7...when the birthday boy or girl wakes up give them a pin and let'em get to poppin'!!
It was so fun to watch her run around the house popping balloons and collecting goodies!! She was smiling so big and that always makes my heart happy!
