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Creepy Crawly Bug Party

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We had a super fun bug party for my 3 year old. We basically kept it pretty simple with a couple of cute buggy touches. He’s only three so we didn’t have any kids over but had a great party with family.

Bug Party Banner

I made up a cute buggy banner:
download here. (doesn’t include characters.)

Bug Party Gift Tags

Bug Party Gift Tags

Added these cute gift tags and printed off some pretty creepy bugs to go along with it.
you can get the editable gift tags here. Search “bug silhouettes” for great bugs to go with it. i used this one and this one.

Creepy Crawly Party Cake

The Cake was the best however. We had the best dirt cake ever with some creepy crawly bugs added on top.
The delicious dirt cake recipe was courtesy of pinterest and tasted simply divine. You can find that recipe here. I took added crushed vanilla oreos to one of the layers to shake it up and i liked how it turned out.
The bugs came from this great idea here! I ended up tracing different bugs so they aren’t exactly the same but still loved the way they turned out.

Scripture Study Journal

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I recently did a post on scripture study with your toddler. Many of the ideas listed really helped my family study the scriptures better. Recently I found another idea for my growing toddler. As he is growing out of toddler-hood and becoming more of a little boy. He needs to be challenged to keep learning the scriptures. Sometimes moving on to the actual scriptures can seem difficult or scary coming from some of the little books he was reading. 
An example of a question in this book would be:
“the lord will always protect us and give us a “place of refuge.” this is a special place where we feel safe. where is a place you feel happy and safe?” (this is used for 2 Nephi 14: 5-6) 
I really love how this book explains the meaning of complicated words and puts it in a language your child will understand.
Scripture Power book for kids is great for making this jump into the “real” scriptures. My boy is 3 1/2 right now so I still need to study with him but this book has questions and thoughts for each of the scriptures. The questions help one to think about and delve more into the scriptures.
Another book for your growing child is My Witness of Jesus Christ. This book is the next age up and is targeted more towards your youth.
This is written more in journal format and again is wonderfully targeted at youth. It provides a means for them to think deeper about each scripture. 
For example it invites you to ponder the following when reading Jacob 7:
“in verse 5 Jacob says, “I could not be shaken” How do you think Jacob go to a place where his testimony was unshakable? How is your testimony? What can you do to strengthen it. 
Honestly I believe this type of study can not only benefit our youth but adults too. These two book are great resources for studying the scriptures.
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