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Summer Bucket List: 150+ Fun (Crazy) Things To Do In The Summer For Adults

Looking for unique (maybe even slightly odd or crazy) things to do this summer? We’ve come up with a list of nearly 200 summer fun activities for adults for your summer bucket list!

Clever Ways To Make Smores At Home: Campfire Cones Are A Fun Idea For Kids, Parties, Camping, Or Anytime You Want A Sweet Treat!

Campfire Cones are the perfect sweet treat for kids of all ages — a great alternative to traditional Campfire Smores. Here’s my favorite Campfire Cones recipe and tasty Smores ideas that work well inside waffle cones. These can be made at home in the oven, on the grill, or on a campfire!

The Best Wedding Car Decorations + Fun Ways To Decorate The Wedding Car

Decorating the wedding car is definitely a fun and creative way to honor (or even embarrass) the newly married couple!. If you’ll be helping to decorate the couple’s wedding car, here are lots of fun ideas for you — including photos of all the best wedding car decorations & supplies to use!

Personalized Graduation Cards: A DIY Grad Card In School Colors With Grad Caps & Tassels

With graduation season upon up, I thought I’d share how to make a DIY grad card yourself. See how to make DIY personalized graduation cards like this one — with the grad’s name, school colors, and graduation year. Plus a matching DIY envelope!

How To Create A DIY Cupcake Station For A Birthday Party Or Other Special Occasion

For our birthday party, we had a “Pimp Your Cupcake” station, allowing guests to decorate their own cupcakes. It was a big hit! Here’s everything you need to create a DIY cupcake station dessert bar, plus my tips for setting up a cupcake bar on a budget.

Best Gifts For Writers: A Fulltime Freelance Writer Shares 7 Thoughtful Gift Ideas For Writers In Your Life

As a fulltime freelance blogger and journalist, I have a unique perspective on which items would make the best gifts for writers. Here are a few of my favorite things…

How To String Car Christmas Lights On Your Vehicle For The Holidays Or For A Parade

Before stringing Christmas lights on your car, here’s what you need to know about the type of Christmas lights that work best on vehicles — and how to use a power inverter (not a converter). Plus lots of other fun Christmas car decorations to consider putting on your vehicle this holiday season!

250+ Halloween Group Costume Ideas – Themed Halloween Costumes For Groups Of Friends & Families Of All Sizes

The ultimate list of themed Halloween costume ideas for groups! Whether you’re a parent taking your kids trick-or-treating, a teen going to a Halloween party, or an adult trying to win the costume contest at work — choosing the right costume can make or break your Halloween experience. One of the most fun things for a group of people to do is to celebrate Halloween by dressing up around a theme — so your costumes go together!

Scare Yourself Silly This Halloween: 7 Scary Things To Do (Alone Or With Others) And Terrifying Halloween Activities To Try… If You Dare!

See if these Halloween activities are terrifying enough to scare even YOU! Here are 7 intense and scary things to do at night. They’ll leave you wondering why you ever decided to attempt this frightening challenge in the first place!

Unique Father’s Day Gift Ideas: One-Of-A-Kind Adventure Gifts For Dad That He’ll Feel Lucky To Receive!

Adventure gifts make the best Father’s Day gift ideas! It’s never too early to start planning for the perfect gift for Dad – especially with more expensive gifts like these. These are one-of-a-kind experience gifts that ANYONE would be thrilled to receive!

Offbeat Ideas For A Unique Mother’s Day! (Clever Things To DO Rather Than Things To BUY As Mother’s Day Gift Ideas)

The best Mother’s Day gifts aren’t the things you BUY… they’re the things you DO with your mom to make her feel special. Skip the boring Mother’s Day brunch this year, and try one of these offbeat Mother’s Day gift ideas — that you and your mom can enjoy together!

Gifts For Guys: 8 Clever Gift Ideas For Men For Any Occasion (Birthday, Valentine’s Day, Christmas, Etc.)

Coming up with a great gift for the guy in your life is always difficult. Whether you’re looking for a gift for Valentine’s Day, his Birthday, or ANY other special occasion… here are 8 smart choices that most guys would appreciate.

Rainbow Roses Are Extra Special Flowers For The Extra Special People In Your Life

Rainbow roses are real roses! They’re made by inserting dye into the stem of the roses while they’re growing. The color gets absorbed by the petals of the flower. They are not easy to make, and they’re hard to find.

How To Set The Mood For A Romantic Valentine’s Day At Home

Here’s how to have a romantic Valentine’s Day at home – whether you’re planning dinner at home, or you’re just looking for tips to make the evening more romantic.

9 Tips For Throwing The Best Superbowl Parties

Whether you’re a football fan or you love someone who is, throwing a Superbowl party is one way to make watching the game (and the Superbowl commercials) a whole lot more fun! Here are my 9 best ideas that make Superbowl parties super popular. For your next football viewing party, try these…

Fun Super Bowl Party Ideas …Activities That Even Non-Football Fans Will Enjoy!

Lots of fun games & activities to play while you’re watching the Big Game (or not watching it). These Super Bowl party ideas will keep everyone entertained – even non football fans and kids!

Fun Super Bowl Bets: The Best Super Bowl Betting Lines For Your Home Superbowl Party

You can use the Vegas Super Bowl bets from past years to wager bets at your home Superbowl party. (Just for fun, of course.) Here are some great ideas for coming up with Superbowl betting lines.

Super Bowl Recipes: The BEST Buffalo Wings & One-of-a-Kind Cocktails Just For Football Fans

For your Super Bowl party, here’s the best recipe for ‘original’ Buffalo Wings + Fun football-named cocktails. Like chicken wings? You’ll love this buffalo chicken wings recipe!

10 Awesome Ways To Decorate Football Cupcakes & Score Big At Your Superbowl Party!

Cupcakes are the perfect party food! They can be can be simple in style or ornately decorated for any occasion — including ALL sports, not just football. So you can take these ideas for football cupcakes right on into the next sporting season that your family enjoys after the Superbowl.