Bought your tickets yet for the midnight showing of The Twlight Saga: Eclipse movie on June 30th? Start planning your pre-Eclipse party today with our great food, decoration, and activity ideas here. Create one of these awesome shirts to wear that special night, or come up with your own!

What You’ll Need:
*Solid color shirt – dark colors work best
*Clorox Bleach pen
*Wax paper
*Chalk

Preparation:

Play Charades or Pictionary using Twilight characters, setting, and other details. Below are instructions for playing Charades and Pictionary, along with suggestions.

Charades:
1. Print out the MS Word or PDF version of the Charades Ideas. Cut out each suggestion. OR: Write each suggestion below on a separate scrap of paper. Fold each piece and place in a large bowl.
2. Divide your group into teams. You need at least 2 people per team. Decide on a time limit for each turn -- 3 minutes is typical.

Here's a great game to play at your Twilight Saga party! Going around the circle, everyone takes a turn saying a word or phrase from the Twilight Saga that begins with each successive letter of the alphabet, beginning with A. If anyone is stumped, they are out and the next person takes their letter. Keep going around until you get to Z and then start over again. Last person left “in” wins! Here are some ideas to help you out!

A = Alice, Arizona (where Bella lived before coming to Forks), apple (on the cover of the first book), Aro
B = Bella, blood, bite, Breaking Dawn

Read this classic story by Eric Carle and create your own hungry caterpillar and beautiful butterfly.

What You’ll Need:
*The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
*Cotton balls (5 per craft)
*Green & red paint
*Glue
*Green construction paper (one half sheet per craft)
*Scissors
*Coffee filters (one per craft)
*Washable Markers
*Spray bottle with water
*Pipe cleaner OR clothespin (one per craft)

Preparation:

If your spring flowers haven’t bloomed yet, make these fun easy flowers at home to give to someone special!

What You’ll Need:
*Old magazines
*Scissors
*Hole punch or sharp pencil
*Pipecleaners

Preparation:
*Go through the magazines and find pages that have a lot of color – full-page ads work well. You will need two pages per flower.

Didn't have time to buy a card for Mother's Day on Sunday? It's not too late! Print out one of our FREE Mother's Day cards!

Is the gift you ordered arriving late? Did you forget to get anything at all? Have no worries -- use our printable certificates (such as our I.O.U.s or certificates of appreciation) to show her that you didn't forget about Mother's Day!

Does that special Mom in your life love to garden? If so, she’ll LOVE this gift – a garden tub that you can customize before filling it with all new garden tools, including these great customized gardening gloves! Perfect for Moms and Grandmothers, too.

What You’ll Need:
*Garden Tub (we found this great flexible tub at Walmart & Dollar Tree; metal tubs work well, too)
*Gardening gloves
*Paint (not washable)
*Paintbrush
*3-D fabric paint (also called "puffy" paint)

Give that special Mom in your life flowers that she can keep forever! A fun way to keep your pens from disappearing – and pretty enough to leave out!

What You’ll Need:
*Pens
*Green floral tape
*Plastic or silk flowers
*Sharp scissors or knife
*Decorative glass stones
*Flower pot (no drainage holes, about 3 inches) OR small vase

Preparation:
*If necessary, clean and dry the flower pot or vase.

Mother’s Day is just over a week away! If that special Mom in your life loves to read, make these simple customized bookmarks for her using pictures of her children or grandchildren.

What You’ll Need:
*Construction paper
*Paint or ink (one color for the flower, plus green for the leaves)
*Markers (one color, plus green for the stem)
*Pictures of her children or grandchildren
*Glue
*Clear contact paper

Preparation:

 
With the warmer weather coming in, it’s time to plant flowers! It can be hard for young children to be patient as their seeds grow into plants. While they wait, do this great activity that shows them the progression of seed to flower. This craft courtesy of Ashland Community Preschool.

What You’ll Need:
*Paper
*Large seeds, such as sunflower seeds
*Crayons, markers, or colored pencils
*Black marker
*Glue