a girl's afternoon

It is our intent to make our birthday celebrations more

simple - specific - meaningful

We gave our daughter a family day on her actual birthday

and an afternoon with some girlfriends yesterday

 

Our daughter currently thinks mysteries 

are pretty cool

so I went with that theme for the afternoon

I created a scavenger hunt

for the girls to find

their detective bags

 (This is a canvas satchel that I sparsely

coated with green paint and then 

hot glued the felt bird to the front. All

items from Hobby Lobby and each satchel

cost me less than $2 to make.)

and resources for solving mysteries

(resources being: pen, notebook, post-it notes, 

gum, chapstick, whistle, magnifying glass, bookmark)

There were seven items (or groupings of items) total,

each item was hidden in a 

different location in the house

and each item had a corresponding envelope in which

were pieces of paper assigned to each girl to read.

Upon reading the papers

the girls could locate the items.

 

I could have made the clues more difficult

for these lady detectives,

but this was my first time to do this

and they were occupied and 

working as a team 

for a full half hour

which was good, I think!

 

We have a table designated as

the art table in our basement

and it was loaded with items 

with which the girls could amuse themselves

and they did.

I also had them create

secret messages

using lemon juice.

I simply had them "paint"

lemon juice designs on paper,

and let it dry.

At home their parents can

place the paper between two towels,

iron the top towel and the heat should

reveal the lemon secret!

Of course, a girl's afternoon

is not complete

until dessert, being mini peanut butter pie,

and a warm drink, being chai tea,

is served.

 (These special glass dishes belonged to my Granny.)

(finger lickin' good!)

  

Females are born with the ability

to chit chat with their girlfriends,

and these young ladies are no different.

Chit chat, giggles, stories

and such could be heard

IF, by chance, you were eavesdropping...! 

 

It was a sweet afternoon for Ella,

and dubbed as "fabulous" 

when I asked her what she thought

of her afternoon.

Fabulous works for me.