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Zombie Toss: Create A Plants VS Zombies Inspired Halloween Game + Links to FREE Printables!

This year, for some fun this Halloween season, I made this game that me and Lauren played inspired and involving characters from the popular tower defense game "Plants VS Zombies". I call this game "zombie toss", I use a small empty cardboard box to create a zombie head that will be used to toss onto the plant characters. I used small disposable cups as stand of the plant characters. The cups hold prizes inside them that anyone can get from knocking down any of the plant characters. DISCLOSURE:   T his blog and post contains affiliate links. This means I may earn a commission should you chose to sign up for a program or make a purchase using my link. It’s okay – I love all of these companies and you will too! ABOUT THIS GAME I was thinking about Halloween themes for a DIY I could do this year just to enjoy the Halloween season and I remember "Plants VS Zombies", I have been playing this game on the computer in the past and it's one of the games I reall

Easy & Simple "Rose Theme" Mother's Day Celebration Decoration Ideas & More + Links To FREE Resources

Happy Mother's Day! This year, I decided to do little celebration with a cake and a DIY picture backdrop along with some props for a colorful and fun memory of mother's day 2018. We went on a 4-day road trip 2 weeks ago, Lauren loves swimming in the pool so she got sunburned from spending about 6 hours under the sun in a waterpark we went to. 


Now it's back to normal for us and time for Mother's Day, I decided to try doing this little celebration. It's something I have never done for myself before and I chose "roses" as the theme. Try creating one to celebrate yourself as a "MOM", for your MOM or for the moms in your family. 

GET CREATIVE WITH A BACKDROP

I create backdrops for use as special background for picture taking pertaining to a certain occasion. I mostly use crepe papers to create a backdrop but you can use fabric or any kind of material you like. Get creative with a backdrop and use it for any purpose you like. 


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For this DIY backdrop, I was supposed to use a "pink" crepe paper but most stores I went to run out of pink crepe papers so I decided to use "sky blue" crepe papers instead. I simply use one color of crepe paper for this backdrop, you may use several colors of choice and combine them together to create your backdrop.

EASY DIY PAPER ROSE VINES DECOR + LINK TO FREE PRINTABLE

To go with the theme, I created some rose vines and hang them from the top of my crepe paper backdrop. I used a rose template for the roses, if you want to create some roses of this kind, CHECK OUT THIS FREE PRINTABLE ROSE TEMPLATES. It's very easy to create roses using this template as decoration for valentine's day, mother's day, a birthday or any other occasion you may want to have roses as decorations using this template. 


The outcome is a great size for creating rose vines or as pieces of roses you can decorate on your table. Create your paper roses using any color of papers you want. Cut some leaf patterns and attach to a brown or green paper twine in various lengths then glue the roses using hot glue anywhere on the string or on the leaves. CLICK HERE TO CHECK OUT EASY CUT ROSE LEAF TEMPLATE, simply right-click on the leaf image to save to your computer. You may insert it on a WORD document and resize to desired size. Copy-paste resized leaf to create multiple copies then print on a green construction paper.

HANG A BANNER + LINKS TO FREE PRINTABLES

For a celebration, we need some banners, there are a lot of free printable "mother's day banners" out there that you can use along with your backdrop. I used this free printable "we love MOM" banner with roses on it. I love that it went well with the theme. If you like it, CHECK OUT THE "WE LOVE MOM" FREE PRINTABLE BANNER HERE


Or check out the links below for other FREE lovely printable "rose" alphabet banners that you can customize with your own "mother's day" words. Add them anywhere on your backdrop or use it to hang on a dessert table. The links are arranged according to how they are numbered in the collage image below.




* "FREE Printable Rose Alphabet Banner" by Shabby Mint Chic Party

Or you may want to use something plain or simple without the roses on it, especially if you already have roses on your backdrop or all around as decorations. Check out the links below for the Printable "We❤MOM" or "Happy Mother's Day" Banner that you can also download for FREE. The links are arranged according to how they are numbered in the collage image below.


FREE Printable Mother's Day Banners

#1 Put up a multi-color banner with "FREE Happy Mother's Day Banner" by Original Mom

#2 Show how much you love Mom with these hearts "Love You Mom FREE Printable Mother's Day Banner" by Cassie Smallwood 

#3 Celebrate your love for Mom with this sweet pink "We❤MOM FREE Printable Banner" by Original Mom

CUSTOMIZE A CAKE OR CUPCAKES + LINKS TO FREE PRINTABLES

I bought a small cake to go with the celebration. This is just an ordinary cake that you can buy any time you crave or feel like eating some cake but to make it special for "mother's day", I added this red velvet rose in the middle of the cake. I took one from a bunch of artificial roses decoration we have. Customized any ordinary store bought cake to suit your "rose theme" mother's day celebration, aside from using artificial or real roses, you can use paper roses. CHECK OUT THIS FREE PRINTABLE ROSE TEMPLATES, this is a craft template but you can use it to easily create some paper roses, stick a toothpick at the bottom of the paper roses and insert to decorate an ordinary cake and make it special for mother's day. 


To add a "mother's day" greeting or message on a store bought cake, especially a small one or those with no space to add or write some frosting greetings to it, you can use a "printable mother's day cake topper", there are a couple of FREE ones online. For my cake, I use this FREE printable "floral cake topper", CHECK OUT THE PRINTABLE FLORAL ROSE CAKE TOPPER HERE. This is a blank cake topper, you can save it to your computer as JPG file. Open the file on a Microsoft Word document and add any short mother's day greeting of choice on it using "WORD ART" tool before printing the file. I use barbecue sticks to decorate the topper on my cake.


Or check out the links below for other FREE "mother's day" cake toppers.  Add a "floral rose" cake topper on a simple cake or use the "simple" cake toppers in addition to a cake with roses on it. Label your cake with these printable cake toppers for yourself as a mom, your mom or mothers in your family.


FREE Printable Mother's Day Cake Toppers


* "FREE Printable Mother's Day Toppers" by Amanda Kammarada



Aside from cake, customized cupcakes from a bakeshop especially those with frosting on top and just decorate them with printable "cupcake toppers", below are 3 FREE printable "rose theme" mother's day cupcake toppers you can use to decorate and make your cupcakes special for mother's day.


FREE Printable Rose Theme Cupcake Toppers

Choose from these cupcake toppers as seen in the collage image above: Get the square "FREE Mother's Day Roses Cupcake Toppers" from Love Bakes Good Cakes or get the circle ones "FREE Printable Mother's Day Cupcake Toppers" from Hoosier Homemade with roses and various mother's day greetings in it.


FREE Printable Vintage Rose Cupcake Toppers

Also check out these elegant FREE Printable Vintage Rose Cupcake Toppers from Party Planning Center that you can customize for "Mother's Day" with any word or message of choice.

MOM CROWN PROP + LINK TO FREE PRINTABLE

On mother's day, mom's are the queen of the day. You can wear a crown to go along with your picture, you can use a real crown (if you have one) or do your own paper crown using a template. I used this printable "MOM" crown and added some round and flower sequins and a red oval gem on it, I like it because it spells the word "MOM". 


If you want to create your own for mother's day, CHECK OUT THE MOTHER'S DAY TYPOGRAPHY CROWN HERE. This is actually a greeting card that kids can give for mother's day but can also be worn as a crown on the head. This is great to have the kids decorate it too, and used it to crown their mom on "mother's day".

DIY EASY CREPE PAPER ROSE FLOWERS  

Paper roses are great as extra photo props for a colorful mother's day picture. We used "crepe paper roses", if you want to create one, CLICK HERE FOR THE TUTORIAL ON HOW TO CREATE A CREPE PAPER ROSE


This is also one of the easiest ways to make paper roses with stems that is great for use as table decorations for birthdays, mother's day, or valentines day. The kids can make some as a mother's day craft to give their moms for mother's day.

ROSE GIFT TAGS + LINKS TO FREE PRINTABLES

Add gift tags that go with the theme, there are a couple of printable "rose theme mother's day gift tags" out there that you can download for FREE, just buy a white heavy weight paper (such as card stock, vellum board, specialty board or any paper with a similar texture) where you can print these gift tags. We used these FREE printable floral mother's day gift tag with some roses on them, Lauren chose a tag with the message she wants and wrote some additional words along with the short message on the tag, you can CHECK OUT THE FREE PRINTABLE MOTHER'S DAY GIFT TAGS WE USED HERE.

Or check out the links below for other FREE "roses" gift tags that you can add to gifts for yourself as well as your mom and mother's in the family you wish to honor and show appreciation this mother's day. 



* "FREE Printable Gift Tags: Vintage Rose Manila Tags" by Free Pretty Things For You


And that's our simple but fun and colorful rose theme "mother's day" celebration. Get creative with your own "rose theme" mother's day celebration for yourself as a MOM or for your mom and moms in your family.


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I'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU!

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POST UPDATED: April 2023
CREDITS: Freepik , Glady @ Pixabay

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