I know Shark Week was technically last week, but when you have a shark loving toddler, shark week/day can be any time! In my hopes to be more of a "fun mom" I'm trying to celebrate all the moments, little, big and in between. So when I knew it was Shark Week I knew I had to do something.
I will be posting mine and Liv's adventures on being a "fun mom" on my original instagram HERE, but I've also decided to create a new account "It's all in the details!", where I will be sharing all the details! I thought it would be a fun specific place for parties, kid activities, holidays, traditions and more. I've learned if you focus on the details you elevate any experience or celebration, so that's just what I'm going to do.
Treats
I asked Liv if she could look at me with her cupcake and she said "Sorry Mom, I'm just trying to unwrap it." Haha for a 2 1/2 year old she surprises me all the time with what she says.
Let's keep going with the treats of the day! The great thing about themed days is that you can think outside the box. Don't get focus on just one thing, like sharks for example. I like to think of where you can find sharks, colors, and other things you think of when you think shark.
Adding on simple things you already make, makes celebrating super easy!
Shark Cupcakes-I had my favorite Bake Shop recipe for my Funfetti Cupcakes.
Ocean water-mixed drinks! We tried to do the layered look, but I must have gotten it wrong. haha Regardless it was still ocean water, blue and delicious for the girls so that's all that matters! I just got a variety of individual drinks at the grocery store that were blue, clear and white. I'll post what was our favorites below.
You could even just get one of these drinks and call it ocean water with no mixing. OR if you want to not worry about that Fizz had a Shark Drink last week. Whoops hopefully I'll be more on top of it next holiday and give you a better notice.
The girls insisted on taking these pictures. haha
They loved the ocean water! You can see the different drinks from these two pictures. Olivia's is brighter and more ocean like. I added a lot of Sobe to Evie's which was probably completely delicious, but left a murky ocean water look. Whatever way both girls still loved it!
Activities
There are several FREE printable online. I love that they can be adapted for any age. Even though the younger girls went through them fast they still found it fun and different! We loved the
Shark I Spy,
Shark Week Fun! Packet and
Feeding the Shark. Find the rest of my inspiration pins HERE. My printer broke completely in the middle of printing these. Waaaa :'( There definitely would have been those cute shark headbands too!
Loved that you can use Goldfish to feed the shark, and the girls did too!
You know we had to play Baby Shark several times of course!! Livy has loved this song for a long time.
The girls screamed, danced and ran around while this song was playing, they were so happy!
OH i forgot two "treats" I had a sweet friend tell me about the Sharks & Whales Fruit Snacks found at Harmon's here in Utah. The little toy shark Livy loving calls Sharkie has kept her busy for quite a while. she loves to play "Shark Attack" with it and one day Sharkie even helped me fold a whole load of laundry! haha It's a sucker too but don't tell Liv!
We still needed to run off all that sugar so we played Sharks and Minnows. I would turn around with Shark and say "Fishies, Fishies come out and play!" The girls would always yell back "OK!" haha then I would randomly yell "SHARK ATTACK" and chase them while Sharkie was snapping. They would laugh and scream so loudly, it was adorable. One time when I said shark attack Evie ran over to Livy and did this!
They were scared and just needed eachother the little cuties.
We finished the night by watching Little Mermaid. There's a shark in that you know? It was such a low key fun night. I'm already looking forward to the next celebrations I can add some cute details too!
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