Tres Amigos Playgroup Celebrates Father's Day

Hands down, this was the most WONDERful way to honor our babies Daddies... 

Tres Amigos y Amiga 

Celebrate Father's Day in a SUPER way! 

By Gina Johnson

When I found out that I was going to be hosting Tres Amigos for Father’s Day, my ideas started flowing quickly. Then when I found out our little Amiga Peyton was going to be in Florida for our playdate, I was over the moon excited to host! What can be better than playing with friends, eating and laughing all while honoring DAD at the same time? NOTHING!!

My inspiration of course came from WONDER Mommy! Every time I think of the word “mom”, I instantly think of super woman. I mean after all, moms have to have super powers to complete our daily list of “life’s chores." From cooking to cleaning to driving to healing; moms do it ALL or so we think. 

But what about Dad? Let’s face it, our little ones wouldn’t be here without their help. All too often dads seem to get over looked. So, this Father’s Day I wanted to honor dad in a powerful way. Thus came…Super Dad!

Once I had my theme of Super Dad, I started my research on none other than Pinterest. I came across http://workmanfamily.typepad.com/our_life/crafts/. This is where I found the Super Dad banner and some of the décor. I just love the Dad’s Root Beer and the red, blue and yellow color scheme.

CLOTHING ATTIRE:

Super hero colors or superhero shirts

Mason, Bradley, Peyton, Luke

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FOOD:

 I wanted to keep with the super hero theme, so my brother’s girlfriend made table tents for us that said the following:

-Mighty Munchies (Spiderman graham crackers)

-Power Dip (Tuna fish, Egg Salad and cream cheese) 

-Super sandwiches (assortment of bagels and homemade frittatas) 

-Superhero vitamins (Fruit) 

 -Power Bars (muffins).

CRAFTS:

Purchased at Michael’s-

 D-A-D Greeting Card- $1.99 for a pack of 6 

D-A-D letters-$3.99

For the handprint: 

Cardstock paper- .49

White washable paint- $1.99

Purchased at the local $1 Store-

Button/Ribbon

DAD’s Root Beer

Paper Goods

Finished Product:
Photo shoot outside, using the D-A-D letters

Craft Table 

Super Dad Poem

Bradley coloring 

Mason helping Mommy

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  Remember your children are Super Hero's too! Their special power is loving their Daddies (and Mommies). That's where YOU get your strength! 

  
  

  HAPPY FATHER'S DAY 
  
  

  TO ALL THE SUPER DAD'S 
  
  

  IN THE UNIVERSE! 

  
  

  Hope this helps inspire you in a powerful way... how will you honor the Super Hero Dad in your life?

Meet Guest Blogger Gina with The Tres Amigos Playgroup

Each month the Tres Amigos play group gets together for a time of laughs, crafts, food and LOVE, so it only seemed fit that for the month of February I would do a Valentine's Day themed playdate!!! I absolutely ADORE the following quote..."Friends Uplift the Soul" Ahhh...how true is that? Stop and think about it, where would we be without the patience, respect and love of our friends? No matter how old you are (6 months old, 10 years old or 50 years old), you always NEED friends! This playdate was extra special because baby Peyton was in town visiting. 

 

With that said, I wanted to make February's playgroup one to remember centered around both the kids and mommies!!! The mommies enjoyed bagels with all of the fixings, a yogurt parfait bar, 3 different types of muffins (chocolate, strawberry and blueberry), along with cheese (cut into the shapes of hearts from a cookie cutter) and crackers. Oh and who could forget the strawberry fruit dip with fresh fruit? Can we say YUM??? I set up my island with all of the gnash surrounded by hearts of all sizes made out of construction paper. While the mommies enjoyed their spread, the kiddos enjoyed some fresh milk in their bottles along with some good ole organic puffs. They were in HEAVEN! HEEHEE! 

  

After our bellies were full, we moved onto the craft table where the table was set with a red tablecloth, crafts and over sized Hershey kisses made out of rice crispie treats (came from Pinterest). Each kid made a Valentine's Day picture frame, complete with a picture of themselves! They also made "Love Goggles"....super cute idea (Thank you Happyhomefairy.com for the idea). These were created with cut outs of hearts that were laminated. You then hole punch a hole on each side of the hearts, thread some pipecleaner through an viola...you made LOVE goggles. Unfortunately, our very active kids were not fans of keeping them on, so the moms sported the goggles. 

   

Our party was finished with each kid passing out Valentine cards that they made for their friends. It was a great day full of love, laughs and memories for years to come! 


xoxo Gina