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Birthday

Strike Up the Stove: How to Make Cake Pops For a Bowling Party

You won't be able to stay out of the alley with these adorable treats!
Step 10: Decorate

You won't be able to stay out of the alley with these adorable treats! Cupcakes and cake may be traditional, but today it's all about the cake pop. There's something about the sweetness of chocolate, cake, and icing on a stick that appeals to partygoers. For my son's 5th birthday, I combined his current fascination with Spider-Man with bowling to create pops. I spread the labor-intensive process out over several days (there are only so many hours for baking in a working mama's day!) to create Spidey-colored bowling balls and pins. The results, according to the kids and parents in attendance, were well worth the time spent perfecting them. Here's how I made the bite-sized treats.

Free

Go Bowling For Free Today!

This weekend might be all about Labor Day, but it's still National Bowling Week, which could work out for anyone who wants free entertainment today.

This weekend might be all about Labor Day, but it's still National Bowling Week, which could work out for anyone who wants free entertainment today. Download a coupon to bowl a free game (good Sept. 5 only) and take it to an alley near you. By doing so, you'll be participating in an effort to set a record for the most games bowled in a single day.

Think bowling is for old guys? Here's an interesting fact. According to Strike Ten Entertainment, the average bowler is 29 years old, and 49 percent of bowlers are female. Even if you're not an a good bowler, it could be a fun (and free) way for you and your friends to pass the time today.

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How Would You . . .

This adorable Jeu de Quilles (Bowling) Set ($575), designed to look like toy soldiers, is from 1940s France.

This adorable Jeu de Quilles (Bowling) Set ($575), designed to look like toy soldiers, is from 1940s France. With only nine pins left, it's probably a bit difficult to play a genuine bowling game. So, I'd like you to think outside of the alley and tell me how you'd use the set in your home as décor or a furnishing. If you're handy or know a good carpenter, you could certainly transform them into a playful and interesting furniture piece, by perhaps using the pins as legs for a table or arms for a shelf. Or, you might even hang them from the ceiling as a chandelier. I'd love to use them as small fence posts, or pedestals for outdoor candles. Tell me how you'd use them in your home by commenting below!

Elementary

Toy Box: Bowling for Dolls

Getting the whole family dressed and motivated to go to the bowling alley is an adventure in and of itself.

Getting the whole family dressed and motivated to go to the bowling alley is an adventure in and of itself. Provide some in–house entertainment with this delightful $25 Matryoshka doll bowling set. Leave the gutter balls behind and spare yourself the time and effort of wrangling the troops and let your tots knock down the wooden beauties in their underoos and pajamas.

Humor

Japanese Bowling

Leave it to the Japanese to turn the staid and conservative game of bowling into some show-stopping, lane-jumping razzle-dazzle!

Leave it to the Japanese to turn the staid and conservative game of bowling into some show-stopping, lane-jumping razzle-dazzle! (Did that sentence even make sense?)

Fab Finding

Fab Finding Follow Up: Holiday Bowling Party

This time of year it seems there's a never-ending stream of cocktail parties to attend.

This time of year it seems there's a never-ending stream of cocktail parties to attend. I wouldn't be Fab if I didn't love dressing up, but sometimes it's nice to switch it up a little.

I've been invited to a holiday-bowling party, and since I'm not the best at bowling, I'm focusing on looking cute. I asked you to help me out and started you off with this Dexter Bowling SST Classic ($100) because it's the cutest bowling shoe I could find. But here's an inspirational image from Grease 2 — love — to get your Fab Finding juices flowing. Be sure to check out all the holiday-bowling Fab Finds.

Let's see what you all came up with!

Oh! Now, you can build outfits by creating a list of clothing items. We have everything you need to build outfits with, and you can use your Fab Find bookmarks, too. This is an even better way to put together an entire outfit when you are completing your Fab Finding missions.

Look #1, created by alillee, is way cute; I would definitely go bowling in a Grease-inspired satin jacket toting a Chloe bowling bag!

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Fab Finding

Come Fab Finding With Me: Holiday Bowling Party

This time of year it seems like there's a never-ending stream of cocktail parties to attend.

This time of year it seems like there's a never-ending stream of cocktail parties to attend. I wouldn't be Fab if I didn't love dressing up, but sometimes it's nice to switch it up a little.

I've been invited to a holiday bowling party, and since I'm not the best at bowling, I'm focusing on looking cute. Help me out, won't you? I'll start you off with this Dexter Bowling SST Classic ($100) because it's the cutest bowling shoe I could find. But here's an inspirational image from Grease 2 — love — to get your Fab Finding juices flowing. Come back and tell me when your Fab Finds are up and tag them holiday bowling.

Now, you can build outfits by creating a list of clothing items. We have everything you need to build outfits with, and you can use your Fab Find bookmarks, too. This is an even better way to put together an entire outfit when you are completing your Fab-Finding missions.

To learn what a Fab Find is and how to make one, click here. For a more detailed explanation of bookmarks from geeksugar click here.


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Humor

Human Bowling!

Hard of head? Then our friends in Japan have devised a game for you!

Hard of head? Then our friends in Japan have devised a game for you! To play human bowling, contestants dress down to a pair of swim trunks, hurl their bodies across a long slip 'n slide, and ram headfirst into one hundred pins. The player with the most pins down wins— a concussion. Woot!

Fab Finding

Fab Finding Follow Up: Bowling Babe

I was recently thinking about the last time I went bowling and how I hurt myself.

I was recently thinking about the last time I went bowling and how I hurt myself. How does one manage to hurt themselves while bowling? I got excited, snapped my wrist a bit too forcefully and I was done. Oh well!

But, I was also thinking how cute of a sport bowling is. And how cute you can be while playing it, aside from those required bowling shoes! I started you off with these CITIZENS OF HUMANITY Paley Ankle Jeans, $155. To see all the bowling babe fab finds go here.

Let's see what you all came up with!

Oh! Now, you can be your own stylist and build outfits by creating a list of clothing items - as seen below! We have everything you need to build outfits with and you can use your Fab Find bookmarks too. This is an even better way to put together an entire outfit when you are completing your Fab Finding missions.


Look #1, found by joytothehurled is totally cute - I love the Grease 2 vibe of Miu Miu Cropped Satin Jacket.

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