Maddie is 5

Boy is she ever.  Maddie turned 5 in March.  It's a rare occasion that we have birthday parties with friends, but this was one of those years.  I decided I wasn't going to go all out this year because, let's face it, they're 5-year-olds.  So I had Maddie pick a theme from the dollar store.  She picked butterflies.  Here are some of the things we did.

We read "The Hungry Caterpillar", then made a couple of crafts.  Butterflies on a straw:

And painted symmetrical butterfly wings found here. 

We played some games, among them, Elefun:

And ate cake:

 And cupcakes (because they were so dang easy and cute):

Oh, and I can't forget the stinkin adorable treat boxes they took home.  My cute friend Jen made them.  She is super amazing. Aren't they the cutest ever?

I did, however find a tutorial for these little butterfly clippies here and tried to whip some together.  And by whipping I really mean cursing and poking pins into things that shouldn't be poked.  But at least they're cute, right?  RIGHT?!  I made some with the corker ribbon bodies and I actually liked those better.  Anyway...

Are you butterflied out yet?  Good, 'cause I think that's all I have to say about that.  
Happy dang Birthday Maddie!