Maya Angelou Mason Jar Quotes Craft

A Gift Mason Jar of Inspirational Maya Angelou Quotes

Includes:  Top 20 Inspirational Maya Angelou Quotes

We can all use a little inspiration!  Maya Angelou was the queen of motivation, so we thought she would be a great subject for our Quafts series (Quotable Crafts):

Maya Angelou Quotes In Mason Jar

You will need:

*mason jar (any size)

*card stock

*hot glue or you can use sticker paper

*gray string

*any kind of print software program

*pic of Maya Angelou

For the outside of the quote card: On white card stock--I used a print program’s mailing label template and added a black rectangle border around it.  The label was 3.69” x 1.19” in size.

I put my pic of Maya Angelou in the left corner.  Then added the words, "Inspiration with Maya Angelou" in black and highlighted the words in a gray rectangle box.

Inside quote card:  I used gray paper and a blank page from a print program.  I made a smaller black rectangle border:  3.5” x 1”.

I typed the quote inside the box.  Glue or use sticker paper to combine front and back of the two labels into one. Fold in fourths.

Crafts Maya Angelou Quotes Page for Mason Jar

To decorate the jar:  I made a black rectangle in a blank page of a print program.  I sized it to the flat part of the front of the jar.  I added the same pic, but a bigger size of it.  And added white text: "Inspiration with Maya Angelou".

Lastly, I made four black circles.  Inside each black circle was a smaller gray circle.  Two  of the circles I added the text: "Maya Angelou quotes".  The other two circles the text: :"Take as needed:".  I cut out the four circles.  I glued the two circles together (to make them sturdier) adding gray ornament string between the two glued circles.

Maya Angelou Inspirational Quote Mason Jar Gift Craft

Top 20 Maya Angelou Quotes 

There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.

-Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 

We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty. -Maya Angelou 

Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can't practice any other virtue consistently.  -Maya Angelou Quote

You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.  -Maya Angelou 

Everything in the universe has a rhythm, everything dances. -Maya Angelou 

You may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, you may kill me with your hatefulness, but still, like air, I'll rise! -Maya Angelou 

No matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow. -Maya Angelou

Open Heart Maya Angelou Quote 

I've learned that whenever 

I decide something with an open heart, 

I usually make the right decision. 

I've learned that even when I have pains, 

I don't have to be one. 

I've learned that every day you should 

reach out and touch someone.

People love a warm hug, 

or just a friendly pat on the back. 

I've learned that I still have a lot to learn. 

I've learned that people will forget what you said,

people will forget what you did, 

but people will never forget 

how you made them feel. 

-Maya Angelou

Life is pure adventure, and the sooner we realize that, the quicker we will be able to treat life as art. -Maya Angelou

Nothing can dim the light which shines from within. -Maya Angelou

Surviving is important. Thriving is elegant.  -Maya Angelou 

Be present in all things and thankful for all things.  -Maya Angelou

When we give cheerfully and accept gratefully, everyone is blessed. -Maya Angelou

How important it is to celebrate our heroes and she-roes! -Maya Angelou

I am a Woman

Phenomenally.

Phenomenal Woman,

that's me.

-Maya Angelou 

It’s the fire in my eyes, 

And the flash of my teeth, 

The swing in my waist, 

And the joy in my feet. 

I’m a woman. Phenomenally

Love life. Engage in it. Give it all you've got. Love it with a passion! -Maya Angelou

Life truly does give back, many times over, what you put into it.  -Maya Angelou 

Poetry puts starch in your backbone so you can stand, so you can compose your life.

-Maya Angelou

This is a wonderful day, I have never seen this one before.  -Maya Angelou

If you are always trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be! 

-Maya Angelou

You can't use up creativity 

The more you use

The more you have

-Maya Angelou 

Taking the lid off the jar for inspiration!

This is a great way to take the lid off the jar for inspiration!

Check out our webpage for more quotable crafts!:  inspirational crafts

Make a general quote jar too!   Here are some motivational quotes for the New Year to come! 

Your visit is always appreciated.

Get Quafting!

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Christmas Party Game

 Your Letter To Santa

Great Party Game For Adults & Children!

When was the last time you wrote a letter to Santa?

 Why should the kids have all the fun. 

If it's been more than 7 years since you wrote your last letter to Santa, 

this game is for you!

Christmas Santa Letter Game

*Give a Santa Letter to each guest to fill out in secret.

*Please note: You are not signing your name at the end, you are putting a nickname.  Examples: Santa’s favorite,  Your #1 fan,  Your snow angel, etc.

*Collect all the letters and shuffle them up.  Give each person a letter to read out loud so one person doesn't have to read all the letters.  Randomly pick someone to read first. The letter they read is now referred to as letter #1.

*After the first letter is read, have each guest write  #1 on a blank sheet of paper and put who they thought wrote the letter.  Then continue clockwise for the next person to read letter #2.

*After all letters are read and secretly guessed, the person who read letter #1 will read again the letter to refresh everyone’s memory.  Then the 1st letter reader will say who they thought wrote it. Then clockwise again, the next person will say who they thought wrote letter #1.   The author will be revealed as you go around the room and someone says that they thought they wrote it because, well, they did.  

*If you guessed correctly on who wrote letter #1, then you give yourself a point.

*Continue until all the authors have been revealed and points scored.

*Give out small prizes to anyone who guessed all authors correctly. Prize suggestion-bag of Christmas candy.

*Give out a bigger prize to the funniest letter to Santa. Prize suggestion: A frame for the letter and a bag of candy.

Sample Santa Christmas Letter:

Dear Santa,

How are things at the North Pole. I bet Mrs. Claus has been busy making eggnog. I have been very okay to rotten this year. Well, except for the one time when I was actually good. I would really like to find a Rob Lowe bust under the tree. Also, please bring Joe a Sweet Brown t-shirt or two. I will leave you and Rudolph some carrots for you Santa and cookies for Rudolph. Next year I promise not to improve. Merry Christmas, Your Favorite.

Text of Letter:

Dear Santa,

How are things at the North Pole.  I bet Mrs. Claus has been busy __________.  I have been very _____________this year.  Well, except for the one time when I ____________.  I would really like to find a _____________ under the tree.  Also please bring (another person) _____________a _______________ or two.  I will leave you and Rudolph some ______________ and ________________.  

Next year I promise to  _____________.

Merry Christmas,

_________________(nickname) 

Feel free to share your Santa Letter in the comment section below!

Santa Letter Christmas Cheer Quote Party

For inspirational Christmas quotes, please visit our new Christmas page: http://www.behappyzone.com/christmas-quotes.html

Merry Christmas

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Top 5 Ways on How to Celebrate Halloween Throughout the Year  

“It was always said of Scrooge that he knew how to keep Christmas well, if any man alive possessed the knowledge. May that be truly said of us, and all of us!" - Charles Dickens.

Many try to keep the Christmas spirit throughout the year, but what about those whose favorite holiday is Halloween??? What are we to do???

5 Ways To Celebrate Halloween and Famous Quotes

1. Celebrate Halloween by using Halloweenean language on an ongoing basis:

*When life gives you lemons don’t spin it, admit it!  Wrong order at the drive-thru and  you didn't notice till you got home?   Expecting flowers and dinner for Valentine’s Day and you got an electric mixer.  Well….

Charlie Brown Halloween Quote Top 5 Reasons

Yup, you got a rock!

*New nick-name for friends, acquaintances and those briefly encountered - call them “pumpkin“.

* Don’t cuss!  If you must, try using "son of a witch" or go "Zombie off"!
And don't forget this classic put-down: "Your mummy wears army boots!"

*But if you really need to let off steam, try howling at the moon. I always feel better after a good howl :)

2. Eat Halloween Treats (Food & Drink) All Year Long!

*Oh yes, they sell candy corn all year long!  

Candy Corn + Peanuts = Pay Day Candy Bar

*Treat yourself to a fun size candy bar once a day.

*Monster Mash once a week!

Halloween Quotes Top 5 Food & Drinks

Cocktail - The Monster Mash

1. large size green slushy

2. 1 shot of sour mash whiskey

3. 2 red eyes (freeze cherry Kool-Aid) in round ice cube trays.  

Make many and put them in a punch bowls.  Feel free to change the color of the eyes with different flavors of Kool-Aid.

Serve with ghoulash...

3. Dress Up at least once a month in Halloween Costume!

If you are not daring enough to dress up as a pirate for no reason at all, then find or makeup reasons to do so.

*Dress up as a Pilgrim or Santa to help out an organization during the Holidays.

*Join the local theatre.  Who knows maybe the will do "Pirates of  Penzance"

*Do plays at home with the kids-endless costume dress-up.

*Have themed days at work: beach day, favorite football, etc.

*Go to the supermarket or bar as the opposite sex or a famous person.

Top 5 Ways To Celebrate Halloween Quotes and Posters

4. Watch Old Scary Movies or Read Horror Books

Vincent Price, Alfred Hitchcock, Bella Lugosi, Stephen King, Poe, H P Lovecraft, Mary Shelley, Lon Chaney, Ed Wood, Boris Karloff, Bram Stoker, just to name a few! 

"It was already one in the morning; the rain pattered dismally against the panes, and my candle was nearly burnt out, when, by the glimmer of the half-extinguished light, I saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open."

"I am alone and miserable; man will not associate with me; but one as deformed and horrible as myself would not deny herself to me. My companion must be of the same species and have the same defects. This being you must create."

 -Mary Shelley (Frankenstein)

Oh My!

5. Year Round Halloween Decor for your House

*Although a black cat is not decor but a pet, when you have one you tend to buy black cat knickknacks.  Your friends buy you black cat trinkets as well.  Your house soon becomes a domicile dedicated to the witch's favorite sidekick. If you love Halloween, a black cat is a purrr-fect year round reminder.

Halloween Decoration Decor for your House

*Castles do not require dusting:
The cobwebs in my house just became decorations! Thanks Halloween!

*Stock up on pumpkin scented candles and light them throughout the year - they smell so good.

*Decorate with the candy corn that is found later in the couch cushions.  Go batty...one day your candy corn art may be famous.

Brew up a little Halloween every day of the year!

Eye of newt, and toe of frog,
Wool of bat, and tongue of dog,
Adder's fork, and blind-worm's sting,
Lizard's leg, and owlet's wing,
For a charm of powerful trouble,
Like a hell-broth boil and bubble.
Double, double toil and trouble;
Fire burn, and cauldron bubble.”
― William Shakespeare

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I witch you a Happy Halloween, pumpkins
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Song Parody: Promote Your Blog & Writer’s Block  

 A shout out to Weird Al Yankovic who inspired me to try to write song parodies as a kid to even now! You are the best! 

Beyonce Knowles - Put A Ring On It Lyrics

Song Parody - Beyonce - Promoting your blog

All the groovy guests, all the groovy guests

All the groovy guests, all the groovy guests

All the groovy guests, all the groovy guests

All the groovy guests, all the groovy guests

All the groovy guests, 

If you like this blog, you should Stumble Upon it

If you like this blog, you should Stumble Upon it

Don’t let this blog go to the way side, share it     

If you like this blog, you should Stumble Upon it

Beyonce Song Parody Promote Your Blog

Beat It by Michael Jackson Song Parody

Writer’s Block Song - Weird Al Yankovic Style

You want to be a writer, with lots of great fans

So blog it, but no ideas to be had

Weird Al Yankovic Michael Jackson

Just blog it, blog it, blog it blog it

Take a plunger and unclog it

Kids are loud. The cat and dog are in fight.

It doesn’t matter if the cat is wrong or right.

Just blog it, blog it

Just blog it, blog it

Just blog it, blog it

Just blog it, blog it

You have the recipe to your Aunt Ethel’s fudge

And you want to lose weight but your scale won’t budge

So make it, photograph it and let us all indulge

Just blog it, just blog it

You like to add goat’s milk in your long hot bath 

You help with the spelling, but are lost with the new math

You’ll write it, then we’ll read it

Then we’ll join you in your life path

So blog it, the no brainer idea you had

Just blog it, blog it

Kids are loud The cat and dog are in fight

It doesn’t matter if the cat is wrong or right

Just blog it, blog it

Blog it, blog it, blog it

Just blog it, blog it, blog it, blog it

Writer’s block goin’ be defeated

Showin' how funky and strong is your fight 10

It doesn't matter who's wrong or right 9

Just blog it, blog it

Blog it, blog it, blog it

Sharing is caring! Your share would be greatly appreciated:

If you like this blog, you should Pinterest it

If you like this blog, you should Pin it

Don’t let this blog go to the way side, share it

If you like this blog, you should Pin it

Other Song Parody Blogs:

Hostess Twinkies Comeback (<-link) to the tune of I Believe In Miracles (You Sexy Thing)
Rosie O'Donnell  Song Parody To Grease The Movie And Musical Sandra Dee
Over The Hill Birthday Songs for the 70th Birthday (Beverly Hillbillies Theme Song), the 60th birthday (song parody of I Am Woman) and 50th Birthday (The Monkees Theme Song)
How an idea becomes a USPS Stamp -- In celebration of Jimi Hendrix getting a stamp, a song parody of Schoolhouse Rocks' I'm Just a Bill
50 Ways To Leave Your Stress --A Zen-ful song Parody of Paul Simon's song 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover
+ others if you want to go trolling through our other blogs!

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Motivational Love Pride Quote

For great motivational quotes to help inspire you out of your writer’s block: motivational quotes

Thank you to all the Groovy Guests who visited this blog!

 

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Huge Collection of Inspirational Quotes: Heaven, John Lennon, Friendship +

If you haven’t visited our website (sponsor of this blog) or it’s been awhile, this is a great time to as we have four new pages!

Inspirational Quotes About Death - Grief and Bereavement

This page includes coping with a recent death, the beauty of the fact our loved ones are in heaven, how to Memorial, Remembering and Accepting. Lots of quotes and posters.  Check out this page quotes on death

Departed Loved One In Heaven Quote

Long Inspirational Quotes in Free Form and Posters

This is a great quote by Maya Angelou:
I've learned that no matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow.

I've learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way he or she handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights.

I've learned that regardless of your relationship with your parents, you'll miss them when they're gone from your life. I've learned that making a "living" is not the same thing as making a "life."

I've learned that life sometimes gives you a second chance.

I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw something back.

I've learned that whenever I decide something with an open heart, I usually make the right decision.

I've learned that even when I have pains, I don't have to be one.

I've learned that every day you should reach out and touch someone. People love a warm hug, or just a friendly pat on the back.

I've learned that I still have a lot to learn.

I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

 Visit our website for more long quotes

Inspirational Long Quote Poster

If you have a painting in you, paint.
If you have a song to sing, sing.
Don't judge your creation.
Just create it.

Banish doubt & fear and
step out of your own way
if you have to.

Write if you're a writer &
invent if you're an inventor.

Do what you were born to do.
Only then you will know
a remarkable life.
-Toni Sorenson

Famous Friendship Quotes

From our Famous Friendship Quotes page: 

There is nothing better than a friend, unless it is a friend with chocolate. - Charles Dickens 

Because You Are My Friend: 

When you're sad, I will dry your tears. 

When you're scared, I will comfort your fears. 

When you're worried, I will give you hope. 

When you're confused, I will help you cope. 

And when you're lost, and can't see the light, 

I shall be your beacon shining ever so bright. 

This is my oath; I pledge till the end. 

Why you may ask? 

Because you are my friend. 

For more great quotes to celebrate friendship

Famous Friendship John Lennon Quote

John Lennon Quotes and Birthday Beatles Song Story

This page includes great posters, amazing John Lennon Quotes and a Birthday Story that you can customize to for your Beatle’s Fan Birthday. Using loads of Beatles Songs, the story was written using song titles. Here is an opening sample of the story:

It was Another Day In The Life of Jack. Working Eight Days A Week, Driving The Long and Winding Road, Across The Universe, to the tin foil factory (where he worked).

You’d think he was living Back In The USSR.

So don’t Ask Me Why, after A Hard Day’s Night, this Nowhere Man, decided All Things Must Pass,
And Like Dreamers Do, and With A Little Help From His Friends (Here, There and Everywhere)

 he… to finish the story go here Beatles Inspired birthday story.

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The Good, The Bad, The Ugly Poetry Day 

Attention-Attention: Exercise your freedom of bad rhyming speech -- August 18th is Bad Poetry Day! Maybe you are a poet? Maybe you just don’t know it? Oh my!

Bad Poetry Day August 18th Bad Poems

Bad Poetry Day is August 18th 

Origins: A group of old high school chums decided to write bad poetry to send to an ex-teacher. Awesome! 

I thought I would share with you my bad poetry since I have a challenge for you later on. So here is my poetry writing history:

Rare Gold Star Poetry 

I retired from poetry writing at my zenith. I was in elementary school and got a rare gold star for my poem, "A Skinny Black Cat."  Always stop while your on top, especially if you really do not have any talent for poetry writing.

A Skinny Black Cat

I once had a skinny black cat
And all it did was sit on a mat
It broke in the house
And ate a five foot mouse
Now that cat is fat, fat, fat!

Night Time Cold Medicine, Sylvia Plath and Bad Poetry

Coming out of retirement - The back story:

I was researching with a terrible cold (I'm a little wired on the nighttime cold medicine--sometimes that happens) quotes and poems for my Facebook page.  That when I discovered Sylvia Plath.  I was hooked from the first quote.

The combination of Sylvia swirling in my head, nighttime cherry cough syrup and the fact that my parents moved from the buffer zone of over a 100 miles away to 2.3 miles down the road a year ago March 17th, culminated in the following poems that I bravely submitted to Poetry Magazines.

Yup, this is what happened:

Sylvia Plath Bad Poetry Day Poems Poster

These are the best and tamest of the group of eight poems that wrote that night:

Sylvia Rose And So Did I 

I try to write but nigh
My voice gets stifled in your lies
Until one night I got a visit from Ms Plath
And she sent you to the grave before my eyes
Sylvia rose and so did I
Now you will have to endure both our wrath

Original Poem - Poetry 

You deemed everything manual labor
Making your coffee-manual labor
Getting the mail-manual labor
Throwing away your trash-manual labor
Doing the dishes-manual labor
Even clearing your dirty dishes from
your nightstand-manual labor

Seeing what’s on tv-manual labor
Fetching your shoes-manual labor
Finding your lost stuff-manual labor
Doing anything you don’t want to do
-manual labor

And you told me you were retiring
from manual labor
You deemed everything manual labor
Doing anything you don’t want to do
-manual labor
You loving me-manual labor


Princess 
You think you are cool
Having everyone waiting on you
But we think you are cruel
And are waiting on you
to die

Poetry - The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

The Good:

So what happens if you are celebrating bad poetry day and the unthinkable happens?  That’s right a good poem accidentally gets written. Yikes.  Well I suggests, sending it to our website for possible publication

Submit Your Poems Dirty Harry Quote

So do you feel lucky poet?

Follow this link: submit your poems to submit your poem and for further information on publishing terms. Please only send us poems that are written and owned by you. We will do our best to accept as many poems as possible!

Lewis Carroll Quote Good Poetry Poems - Bad Poetry Day

The Bad and Ugly Poetry:

Leave your bad poetry you write to celebrate the fine day in the comment section below!

Love short poems?  Read some famous haiku poems and some inspirational thought haiku.

Find time to rhyme!
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Dedication to Peanut Butter Quotes and Easy Peanut Butter Cookie Recipe 

Song Parody It's Garry Shandling's Show 

for my Peanut Butter Blog:

This is my peanut butter blog

The blog to peanut butter

Dreamed of peanut butter and now I have this crazy blog

I’m really just getting started,

How would you like a blog to peanut butter

This is the blog to peanut butter

The opening quote is coming next

Then a cookie recipe that takes three ingredients

We’re almost to the part where I will drool

Then we’ll have a peanut butter blog

This was the opening to my peanut butter blog!

Duct Tape Peanut Butter Quote Emergency Kit

I Love Peanut Butter Quote:

Nothing comes between me and my peanut butter... nothing.  Not even chewing gum in my hair!  -Jackie Bishop

Easy 3 Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookie Recipe:

Ingredients:

1 Cup (over flowing) of peanut butter

1 egg

1 cup of sugar

Mix the 3 ingredients with a spatula and chill for 30 minutes.  Roll in balls and put on baking sheet. Then take saucer and put a layer of white sugar on it.  Take fork and lightly coat in sugar. Then press down on cookie in one direction. Coat fork again and press cookie down in the opposite direction. The famous criss-cross pattern!

Easy Peanut Butter Cookies Recipe Quotes

Bake for 8 - 10 minutes in a preheated 350 deg. Oven

Makes 18 cookies.  Why 17 cookies are only shown?  I take the fifth or was it the 18th amendment.  Consult my lawyer either way!

Easy 3 Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies Recipe Quotes 

5 Peanut Butter Quotes -Let’s Celebrate Peanut Butter:

-There's nothing better than good sex. But bad sex? A peanut butter and jelly sandwich is better than bad sex. -Billy Joel 

-There are only three things in my emergency kit: duct tape, peanut butter and a spoon! -Jackie Bishop

-Who needs a girlfriend when you have a dog and peanut butter? -Quote

-Man cannot live by bread alone; he must have peanut butter. -James A. Garfield 

-If you don't mind smelling like peanut butter for two or three days, peanut butter is darn good shaving cream.  -Barry Goldwater Quote

I Love Peanut Butter Quote Poster

I Love Peanut Butter Quote Poster:

If anyone ever tells you you put too much Peanut Butter on your bread, stop talking to them.  You don't need that kind of negativity in your life!

This is the Ending to My Peanut Butter Blog:

Recommended reading while eating Peanut butter:  Happy Encouraging Poems on our website.

Our Fans are the peanut butter to our jelly!  Thank you!

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Happy Birthday Party Game- Favorite Songs 

 Personalize Birthday Party Game with your Guest Of Honors Favorite Music

This was originally played at a 50th Birthday party so the main music group was 80’s music.  Personalize this game to your music lovers likes.

NOTE: It is not necessary to know the person’s favorite song.  Just his or hers general likes and dislikes. 

For each player including yourself and birthday honoree, make a group of 11 pre-printed (2” x 2”) cards of song’s you know the birthday boy loves, but some he just likes okay, and a couple he may hate.  Plus also a card that says 3 points on one side and is blank on the other.  Put each group of cards in alphabetical order by song title.

Have the guests (including birthday honoree) arrange the cards face down in the order they believe is the honoree's favorite to least favorite song.  

On the blank side of the 3 point card, have the guest put what they believe is his favorite song that is not in the game.  Place the card so that 3 Points is showing, not the answer. This is the tie breaker answer.

Birthday Party Music Cards, Each gets a stack (paperclip part of photo) and arrange face down favorite to hate song, with 3 point favorite write-in answer.

After the guest has put in order (faced down the order of the best to worst song and filled out their 3 point card, then the person who is to the left of the birthday person will go first (for each round) and flip over the first card which should represent the birthday person's favorite song.  Then the next person will flip over their card. The birthday person will go last and flip over the correct answer.  All those who got it right will keep their card, all those who got the answer wrong will discard the incorrect card to the middle discard pile.

At the end of the game, before the three point card is revealed, see if there is a winner.  That would be the person who has the been able to keep the most cards.  If there is a tie, then the three point card comes into play.  Have the tied players flip over the write-in answers.  Whichever answer the birthday boy likes best will be the winner.

Suggested prize for the game winner:  At the crafts store, you can get make your own buttons (pin-back).  Have a young picture of the birthday boy with the words “I know ____(his name) along with some candy.

Here’s what our birthday honoree’s list of songs in order of like to dislike:

Birthday Music Game Cards 

Favorite- Talk Dirty To Me - Poison,  2nd Dancing With Myself - Billy Idol,   3rd Girls, Girls, Girls by Motley Crue,   4th Desperate But Not Serious by Adam Ant,  5th Modern Love by David Bowie,  6th Safety Dance by Men Without Hats,  7th Jessie’s Girl by Rick Springfield,  8th Only in My Dreams by Debbie Gibson,   9th Brady Bunch Theme Song,  10th Like A Virgin by Madonna,  11th I Write The Songs by Barry Manilow  3 point answer: Wild Side by Motley Crue.

What is funny, is that everyone guessed Billy Idol’s Dancing with Myself as #1 except the birthday guy. Boy did we argue with him!

Birthday Party Card Game For Music Lovers Fun

For some great quotes to put inside anyone’s birthday card, check out this page of Positive Thinking quotes from our website and sponsor of this blog. Your visit is a gift and appreciated!

Party On!

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Memory - Bulletin- Gratitude Board Craft 

From Memory Board to Gratitude Board to Pizza Pan Craft 

The Back Story:

As all cold Januarys, I do less and am not my usual happy self.  I don’t go out unless I have to or am dragged out by my friends for movie night.  I am definitely my most ungrateful in the early part of each year.

It was early in the year of 2008 when the following quote came into my life for the first time. My bestie, my sister & I were watching our first movie of the New Year “A Love Song for Bobby Long” starring John Travolta.  I cannot recommend the movie, but I highly recommended the quote that I first accredited to Bobby Long, but later found it was a Robert Frost quote.

Gratitude - Craft Inspired Quote:

Happiness Gratitude Quote Board Memory

Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length -Robert Frost

At the same time I was happily obsessed with this quote, I found a memory board, which I call a bulletin board, on sale at Aldi’s.  So I decided to buy the board, hang it in my kitchen, and put mementos of all the little fun things we do through out the year, starting with a photo from the movie “Bobby Long”, as it was our first of the New Year movie night. This became my gratitude board!

Gratitude Board 2013

Gratitude Board aka Memory Board or Bulletin Board

Top 5 Gratitude Quotes:

If you want to turn your life around, try thankfulness. It will change your life mightily. -----Gerald Good

Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today & creates 

a vision for tomorrow. -Melody Beattie

Gratitude is an opener of locked-up blessings. ~Marianne Williamson 

Hem your blessings with thankfulness so they don't unravel. -Quote

For each new morning with its light,

For rest and shelter of the night,

For health and food, for love and friends,

For everything Thy goodness sends.

-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Gratitude Board Craft -- Pizza Pan

Gratitude Board Quote Craft

There is always Dots Candy on my gratitude board as they always throw them out in the Homecoming Parade.

This was always a big score for my older sister, so we always grab them for her when she's not with us!  

So at the beginning of 2009, I wondered what to do with 2008 tickets, pictures, game pieces, little mementos, etc. that I had on my Gratitude Board to clear the way for another year of fun!  Looking at the colors of my kitchen, I decided to hot glue mementos of my 2008 memory board to a new pizza pan.  I had to drop some of the mementos from the list, cut some down to a smaller size and even use the borders of the pan.  To make it hangable,  I hot glued a coke tab to the back of the pizza pan.  I hang the gratitude pans in my kitchen too.  

Gratitude Quote 

It really helps to know that there is always happiness around the corner.  The more I look for it and the more grateful I am, the more I seem to have in store!

For more great gratitude quotes and posters visit the Gratitude Quotes page on our website. We are always grateful for your visit!!!

Go out and make a happy memory!

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Back To School Time - Savings

Go Back To School and Save Money Literally!

It's back to school time. Hooray! It's about time, right? 

So here is what you need to learn from your kids!

KEY: Teacher=one of your kids depending on each kid's specialty.

Back To School - Math The Savings Angles 

Subject: Math -- Back to School Savings:

*Are you making too much of a recipe because you do not know how to half the ingredients, or are you  making too little because you can not properly double or make a batch and a half (YIKES!!)?  Have your Math Teacher teach you fractions and measurements.  Save money by making the right amount of food correctly!

*Do you have a working budget and putting savings back each month?  If not, have your Math Teacher show you how to graph your incoming assets versus your outgoing bills.  Include everything. This will show you where you can save money.

Subject: Science -- Back to School Savings:

Plants and vegetation--Have your teacher school you in the science of plants. Tomatoes are one of the easiest plants to grow (doesn't take much space either).  You will learn that one plant yields many tomatoes.  A couple of plants and you won't have to buy tomatoes for months!  Don't forget to branch out!

Subject: Art -- Back to School Savings:

*Make cheap, but original decorations for the house.  Also make gifts, instead of buying.

*A great way to stimulate the brain.  Staying healthy is a huge money saver.

Back To School Time - The Art Of Saving

Top 5 Ways To Become A Teacher's Pet

*Raise your hand often (to answer a question, not to get a drink of water).

*Listen intently with a bright, shining smile on your face!

*Volunteer a lot!!! To help grade papers, clean erasers, etc.

*Bring in the Teacher gummy bears!

*Let the Teacher stay up past 9:00 pm on a school night!

Subject: Music:

Not really a money saver, but we heard you sing with the windows down.
Please ask your music teacher to help!!!!

Subject: Physical Education -- Back to School Savings:

*Savings $$--No need for a gym membership!  Remember when we were kids running around the yard, bicycling through the neighborhood, or jumping rope? We called it play and we could do it all day long. Now that we're adults we call running, bicycling, and jumping "working-out" and we find any excuse to avoid it.  But Exercise doesn't have to mean countless, grueling hours in the gym.... to read the rest click our website article on Exercise Motivation For Those Who Hate The Gym

Subject: Vocabulary -- Back to School Savings:

*Have your English Teacher open up a whole new world with Vocabulary!  Your creative writing will soar to a new zenith!  Also, no need to cuss which makes an uneasy situation even more tense.  Get imaginative in your frustration and all might end up laughing! Savings:  Your increased knowledge of words will help you become a Jeopardy contestant earning you at least $1,000!!!

*A better vocabulary = job promotion?  Dress to Success & Expound to Impress!

Back To School Time 

Put Your Head Down On Your Desk & Be Quiet!

*Okay, this is suppose to be a punishment when the class has been unruly. Secret: the teacher wants to play video games that night and wants to grade your papers while at school.  Benefit:  this forced quiet time is a great stress reliever. Let your mind either wander to an exotic spot and have a mini-vacation, daydream or create!  Savings:  High stress = high medical bills.  Low stress = good health!

Social Causes:

*Kids --(oops I mean) Teachers always come home (er, to school) enthused about a social cause.  Why not get inspired too. Looking brightly at the future and making a difference is not just for those under 10.  If your teacher is hyped up about becoming ecologically responsible, join in.  This will greatly reduce your household cost.  Don't let the water run while brushing your teeth, use a water filter instead of plastic bottles, turn off all electricity when not in use, buy used instead of new (new to like new clothes for 50 cents to $1 at garage sales--this is not a myth), etc.  Going green means saving the big time green! 

Cue the School Bell:

Now go out there and buy your notebooks why they are still a quarter and start learning/saving!  Soon you will have your college fund in the bank.

Remember, a mind is a terrible thing to waste, so check our our Mind Power Page that will help you keep your brain focused for those long lectures ahead of you.  Just follow this link: Increase Your Brain Power

Best of luck in the school year!

-Poems & Quotes Finder

 

Antique Roadshow The Over The Hill Birthday Edition 

Antique Roadshow Birthday Skit for the 50th Birthday

A couple of years ago, my sister and I did a skit for my best friend's 50th birthday.   He had no idea that he had entered the Antique Roadshow Zone.  He had a blast, and participated as the skit went along, adding funny comments on the way.  This is a great idea to take and personalize for any old timer’s birthday.

FYI: quicker than Jack Robinson is an actual old time saying meaning of course-fast!

Signs made in PrintMaster:

Hung on the wall:

After 50

Everything That Doesn't Hurt

Doesn't Work

Caution, Middle Age Meltdown

I Used To Be A Man Of Vision,

Before The Meds Cleared it Up!

I Get Enough Exercise

Just Pushing My Luck

It's your 50th B-day Party

You Can Cry If You Want To

Antique Roadshow Over The Hill Birthday Skit

Paula bringing in the Birthday boy….

Appraiser:  Be careful.  It looks frail.  You might chip it or break it’s hip.  Hi, I’m Lorraine Madison, a new addition to the Antique Roadshow, specializing in antique oddities.  And this is Paula from Terre Haute, Indiana.  Do you know what you have brought in today, Paula?

Paula:  I have no clue, but if you specialize in antique oddities, I'm sure I'm in the right place!

 Appraiser:  Very true.  How exactly did you come in possession of this oddity?

Paula:  It seems like around 20 years ago, my sister asked if I could give it a ride home, and it’s been collecting dust ever since.

Appraiser:  Do you have any idea how old it is?

Paula:  No, but my guess would be 100 or 200 years old????

Appraiser:  Well, with all the moaning and groaning it made when it was moving up here, I can see how you would think that.  But you can actually count it’s age by the large wrinkles under the eyes, just like you would a tree with it’s rings.  (Counting Wrinkles) 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 years old!  Just as I suspected.

Appraiser:  What you have here is a Jack Robinson.  It got it’s name from the quickness it came and went in the stores.  Let’s put it this way, the Edsel, the Pet Rock, and plastic cat poop had more appeal to the American public.  It was pulled faster from the shelves by the manufacture quicker than you can say Jack Robinson.  There was always a rumor that one actually sold.

Over The Hill Birthday Decoration Antique Roadshow

Paula:  So it’s a rarity, that must make it valuable?

Appraiser:  Well it does have quite a lot of condition problems.  Believe it or not, at one time it did  have a full head of red hair!

Paula: (looking stunned) Noooooooo!

Appraiser:  Yes, (brings out a magnifying glass, examines top of bald head, to show a remaining red hair or two)  If you look carefully… no I guess I was mistaken.  (Picks dirt off head, that appraiser had thought was a red hair.)   And it looks like it could use a professional cleaning. Blowing (imaginary) dust off of scalp. Oh my.

Paula:  What do you suggest as an insurance value?

Appraiser:  Do you really think you could get anyone to insure a 50 year old Jack Robinson?  And if you could, imagine how high the insurance premiums would be?

Paula:  How true!  Is there any auction value?

Appraiser:  Well he is a pretty good guitarist.  You probably will have to massage the pre-arthritic claw first and maybe get some new strings for the guitar, but it all should work.  And if you step back and squint (both appraiser and Paula stepping back and squinting).  Maybe a little further back. (both stepping back again).  Try covering one eye and squint harder with the other (both doing).  There, he still is quite handsome!  (With one hand over one eye, standing back far, and squinting with the other eye, both Paula and appraiser nod their head in agreement).  (Then going back over to the Jack Robinson).

Appraiser: Taking it all in consideration, I  would have to put an auction value of priceless.

Pose for camera.

Check out our other over the hill birthday celebration of Song Parodies including one to the theme of  'The Beverly Hillbillies':  Over The Hill Birthday Song Parodies Link!

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Hope you have a priceless day!
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Rosie O’Donnell The View Song Parody 

Rosie O’Donnell Song Parody Grease The Movie 

It was announced earlier this week that Rosie O’Donnell was rejoining The View.  This was my cue to dust off an old song parody I made up years ago when she had her talk show. I was a fan of her show where she often talked of Ring Dings & musicals.  One night this came to me, a song parody of Sandra Dee from Grease The Movie.

Rosie O'Donnell Grease The Movie Song Parody 

Rosie-O

(Setting)

Rosie O’Donnell on the end of her bed with a tray of Italian food. 

Eating. Then music starts. 

Knocks over her tray and slowly climbs on bed.

Look at me, I'm Rosie-O

Belly full of spaghetti-o

Won't go to bed 'til I'm properly fed

I can't; I'm Rosie-O

Oh Fudge! Hey, chocolate pie

I like my meringue til it’s knee high

With graham cracker crust

A shovel’s a must
I gave my heart to chocolate pie!

I don't do broccoli (no) 

Or cauliflower (no)         

I'd rather eat my hair (ick) 

I’ll get ill from one carrot stick

(barf, barf, barf)

Keep your filthy paws  

Off my S’Mores 

Would you pull that crap with DeGeneres

Grease The Movie Song Lyrics Rosie O'Donnell Parody

As for you Ring Ding Cake,

I know what I wanna do

You got your cream

So rich I will scream

I'm just so hungry-O 

Elvis, Elvis, don’t let me be!

Share that peanut butter-banana sandwich with me!

Elvis don’t be cruel

Now I’m starting to drool

(Gives up on Elvis trying to share his sandwich)

(Goes back to her tray starts to put food back on it)

Hey Ragu, I am Rosie O

Grease The Movie Quote

Love Song Parodies, Check out our other blogs:

*Have a friend turning 50, 60 or 70?  Three song parodies for the over-the-hill birthday-er: Parody of Beverly Hillbillies, The Monkee's Theme Song, and I am Woman:  Over The Hill Song Parody Link

*Love Hostess Twinkies:  Song Parody from I Believe In Miracles / You Sexy Thing:  Twinkies Song Parody Link

*How does a stamp become a stamp?  Song parody to SchoolHouse Rock: I'm just a bill:  How to get a stamp approved song parody link

*Zen - How to Release your stress.  Song parody of "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover": 50 Ways to Release Your Stress Link

*Know a Flower Power Girl.  Here's a Song Parody to Delta Dawn:  70's Song Parody

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