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5 Reasons to Own a Renaisance Queen Costume

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We were provided this Renaissance Queen Costume from Costume Super Center in exchange for our honest review and promotion.

I realize that not every girl is a diva or girly girl but I bet one of these 5 reasons will still resonate with you as to why you should buy a Renaissance Queen costume for a girl in your life!.

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  1. Themed Birthday Party

We don’t limit our birthday parties to just cake and punch. I usually have my children pick out a theme right after their birthday for next year in order to have plenty of planning time. Since each of their birthdays fall at different times of year it means that I get to shop various holiday and seasonal clearance sales.

2. Homeschool Unit Study

There are a lot of homeschool groups that do historical presentations or dramas where having a store-bought Renaissance Queen costume would come in handy. There are tons of free resources to learn about knights, kings, and castles online but you can check out some of my favorite ones via my History and Geography pinterest board.

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3. Comic Con costume

Since we are video game players and comic lovers we like to attend Comic Con. This year some of us wanted to have simpler costumes while other’s (hubby and Eldest) are making things for their costumes. You can never go wrong dressing like a princess or queen if you are a tween girl!

4. Renaissance Festival

This year we were given tickets to attend and review our local Renaissance Festival so this costume will come in handy when we attend. Again you don’t have to be in costume but it will make attending the festival that much more fun.

5. Dress up

While it’s the most obvious it might also be the most overlooked. I firmly believe that children should be children and be allowed to dress up. I love seeing my children’s eye light up as they dawn a costume and take on the persona of a character from long ago and far away.

Renaissance Queen Costume on steps

A little bit about this costume that Princess is wearing. She was very excited when it came in the mail for review. She opened the package and tried it on right away. Then I heard her say, “Mom, one of my gems fell off,” in a very disappointed voice. She was super sad but I told her that her dad could repair it with a bit of gorilla glue when he got home. He did and now the gem has stayed on the Velcro as it should. We followed the sizing guide on the website in order to choose a costume the correct size. Princess is 11 years old and typically wears a size 12 slim jean but for this costume she ordered a size 8-10. They seem to run a bit big but if your child plans to wear a thick pair of sweats underneath to keep warm then buy the “normal” size your child wears. Overall I am pretty satisfied with the costume and may be looking at a few other costumes for my boys in the future.

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Back to School Supplies for those in Need

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Did you know that many students head off to school each Fall without the basic supplies that are needed for a successful school year? Many needed supplies like pencils, crayons, paper, pens, erasers, and glue can quickly add up for families with limited budgets. Thanks to many different programs across the world children are able to attend school with the needed back to school supplies.

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This is our 2nd year to participate in the blogger #givingbackpacks program. We have been buying extra school supplies for local families for many years before that. I always keep an eye on the sales ads and buy the cheapest week of the Summer in order to stock up for my family. We also buy extras to give away each year.

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I choose a high school student to fill a back pack for this year. I know of a family that has two in high school so it was very easy for me to gather some supplies that I remembered needing at that age. For some weird reason the local high school’s do not give back to school supply lists until the first week of school. I choose some 3 -ring binders, graph paper, filler paper, composition notebooks, mechanical pencils, lead refill, pens, highlighters, and some spiral notebooks to give them a good start. They were very excited to receive the back pack and extra bag of goodies!

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  • Wonderful Almonds tube packs are the ideal size for kids and a perfect addition to any lunchbox.

Thanks to this year’s sponsors- Wonderful Pistachios, Wonderful Almonds, Fiji Water, and Aldi’s for providing bloggers with $25 each to shop for school supplies to fill their back packs. You can read more details on Real Advice Gal!

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Planting a Garden With Children

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Nothing quite like the satisfying feeling of digging in the dirt and growing your own food. This makes planting a garden with children a really great idea!

Planting a garden with children
My youngest loves dirt! This morning I caught him playing in our garden supplies bag. He said, “Dig!” very clearly so I asked him if he wanted to help me plant the potatoes out front. He got excited and ran to the door. He helped with the trowel and kneeling pads and getting in the garden gloves out of the bag.

Once I removed all the bricks and pops off the large grey tarp we are ready to start digging. He was super excited the moment he saw the fresh dark cold dirt. I could not even distract him by pointing out the crickets and bugs that were crawling on the dirt!

planting garden

Princess woke up and came out to help. She split the potatoes while I got the holes ready. Lil’ Red kept playing in the dirt until we started planting then he helped cover the plants.

I tried to get him to dig up some weeds but he was good squishing his toes in the dirt. I went on to pull more weeds then looked up to find he was eating dirt off the trowel! We did manage to plant 25 potato plants before 9:30 am! Quite the accomplishment.

What have you planted with your child? Do you offer them a place to dig?