Octonauts Characters for my daughters birthday invitations

My eldest daughter is due for another birthday and this year I started working on her invitations a tad early. We had the big party when she turned one and then since then we have a playdate at her favourite park with her friends instead of the big birthday celebration.

My daughter loves the Octonauts at the moment. We purchased Octonaut figures for her birthday cake and I decided to decorate her birthday playdate invites with her favourite characters.

I had a play around with Adobe Illustrator and made some cute vector images of her favourite oceanic team. As I built the characters my daughter sat by my side, providing a running commentary on what I should add/edit! She is the leading expert on the Octonauts in our home.

It was a fun activity and I thought I might add the .png files to my blog, just in case there are other mammas out there looking for images for similar activities!

Please note: Octonauts characters belong to Meomi Design Inc. These images are fan art only and not for sale.

(Octonaut team)

 

 

(Kwasii)

 

 

 

(Peso)

 

 

 

(Shellington)

 

 

 

(Turnip)

 

 

 

(Tweak)

 

 

 

(Captain Barnicles)

 

 

 

(Dashi)

 

 

 

(Professor Inkling)

 

 

Decluttering: Children's pictures and art

Last night {or should I say early morning} in a fit of pregnant induced insomnia I decided to clean our fridge. My little one has only just learned she can drag a chair from the dining room into the kitchen, climb up and play with all the bills, coupons, pictures and magnets littering the front. I was surprised how much was on there and how grubby the magnets had become after years of neglect. I was quite enthusiastic about throwing out as much as I could, things I couldn't got moved on and now my fridge looks fantastic.

I ended up with a massive pile of pictures and drawings, that were gifts from nieces, and I just couldn't bare to throw them in the bin. So, I decided to purchase a kids scrapbook to glue them all in and keep them, treasured, for years to come. I am excited about this spark or organisational brilliance. I know it's not a new concept, but I think it is really going to help declutter and keep those little treasures safe.

I bought a cheap scrapbook from the supermarket, covered it in a neutral wrapping paper, labeled it and sealed it with contact {I think the layer of paper underneath prevented all those dreaded bubbles!}. Then all I had to do was glue each piece of art in, put a date on each piece and the artists name and my art collection has begun!