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Tori Spelling celebrates her daughter’s 4th birthday with a crafty backyard themed party

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Tori Spelling's Daughter

As if from a page from her new book, celebraTORI, Tori Spelling threw a special backyard tea party for her daughter Stella’s 4th birthday.  She shares the details and photos at her website EdiTORIal(www.ToriSpelling.com).

Stella had strict orders… She wanted her tea party to be all hot pink and purple with pops of yellow and Tori delivered from the perfect party dress to a not to believe cake designed by Hansens’s who have been making Tori’s cakes since she was one.  Tori shares that she and Stella studied Pinterest for inspiration for the whimsical cake design.

The blog post at ToriSpelling.com shows an album of photos from the party which was held in the McDermott’s backyard and featured furniture and décor available at their homey eclectic shop, invenTORI.  Fans of  Tori and Dean’s “Home Sweet Hollywood” will be excited to see the antique farm table that seats 20 table she had to have from the antiques fair in Texas last year make its debut as the main seating area.

In addition to the princesses and other party games, Stella wanted to do “crafting” as an activity!

All of the details of every flower, centerpiece and edible are available at:
http://www.torispelling.com/post/stellas-4th-birthday-tea-party.

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Homeschool Superfreak has a lot of basic ideas for how to build a Hanukkah unit study, as well as FAQs about what Hanukkah is and why it is celebrated. This list is a good stargint point but doesn’t include all the details you’ll need. For example it says you can play the dreidel game but doesn’t explain how to do that or why it’s important. (If you need that information, this post from Mama Smiles is a good source.)

Teachers Pay Teachers has lots of great lesson plans and activities if you’re willing to pay a little bit to get some good content. Two I really like are this Hanukkah PowerPoint presentation from Shelia Melton, which provides a good overview of traditions, food and the history of Hanukkah; and a virtual field trip to Jerusalem from MagiCore, which includes lots of videos showing the city and activities like playing dreidel, drawing a menorah and making latkes. It’s a Google Drive folder and also includes writing activities and more for kids in second to fifth grade.

Kids Activities Blog has some simple printables with facts about Hanukkah and things kids can color in like a Star of David, sufganiyots (jelly doughnuts) and a menorah. These are great for learning the basics.

Homeschool Giveaways has a printable ebook about Hanukkah complete with questions kids can answer after they read. This would be a good one for older kids with good reading comprehension.

NurtureStore’s Hanukkah unit study includes a printable mini book, tons of crafts, as well as math and writing activities. I love the dominoes game that’s part of the unit.

And check out our previous posts for more Hanukkah crafts and learning activities!