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

As if from a page from her new book, celebraTORI, Tori Spelling threw a special backyard tea party for her daughter Stella’s 4^th 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.

Lots of Americans seem to think that May 5 is Mexican Independence Day, but that holiday actually falls on Sept. 16.

May 5 is the celebration of the Battle of Puebla, in which the Mexicans defeated the French in 1862. Independence Day marks the beginning of their fight for independence from Spain in 1810. That was the day of what’s known as El Grito de Dolores, or the cry of Dolores, for when the Catholic priest Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla rang the church bells at his church in Dolores and declared that Mexico should be free from Spanish rule.

They would fight for their freedom until 1821 when they finally gained independence.

Fabulous Classroom has a little of the history and ideas for celebrating the holiday for all age groups. There’s also a link to a good video in that post about the real story of Mexican Independence Day.

Twinkl also has a good tops about the history and different activities, discussion ideas, crafts and foods that can be incorporated into lessons at school or used at home.

I also found a few pins that no longer link to a website but include good information on Mexican Independence Day, including some questions for students to answer based on the reading. You can find more printables and questions for kids from TX Homeschool Mama on Etsy (also available in Spanish).

You can find a lot more paid resources about Mexican Independence Day at Teachers Pay Teachers.

Mexican flag crafts are a fun option for celebrating Mexican Independence Day (though the current iteration of their flag has only been in use since 1968). Kids Activities Blog has a free Mexican flag printable and a few different ideas for decorating it including dot markers and torn tissue paper.

You can also find some great Mexican crafts at Red Ted Art. The post includes all sorts of Mexican inspired projects including Day of the Dead crafts, Frida Kahlo pinatas and upcycled musical instruments. I love the giant paper flowers they shared from Honestly WTF.

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