DISCLAIMER: Los Tweens & Teens received a few party supplies from Party City. As always, our opinions are our own. Okay, I’ll just say it… tween birthdays are hard to plan! Lately it seems though many tweens want to have dance parties. One even hosted the first ‘nighttime’ party of the 6th grade- that was… [Read More]
Celebrations
Easy, Affordable & Adorable Tween Birthday or Anytime Gifts
Tweens are some of the most finicky people to buy items for – they’re not little kids and they aren’t teens or young adults just yet. With so much access to technology, they certainly know what they want and often brands reign supreme. Although the biggest trend is giving gift cards, sometimes you just may… [Read More]
How to Throw a Halloween Party at Home
DISCLAIMER: Los Tweens & Teens created a fun Halloween familia party with items of our own and Party City sent us new Halloween items to add. All opinions are our own. Halloween is not everyone’s favorite holiday but it can be fun when managed as a family. You may not want to do the work… [Read More]
Get your House Halloween Ready for Tweens & Teens
DISCLAIMER: Los Tweens & Teens created some fun Halloween scenes with items of our own and Party City sent us new Halloween items to add. However, all opinions are our own. One part of kids growing up a little bit is you can start to have a some more fun without the worry of getting… [Read More]
Celebrating 500 Years of Florida: St. Augustine
We’ve partnered with Ford Motor Company to share with our readers adventures celebrating the 500 years of Florida and the Latino influence on the state. This is the first in a series of three posts on Florida and a series of #FamiliaTravel stories sharing our quest to educate our tweens year round. essay writer online… [Read More]
Tween Birthday Party Ideas
Disclaimer: Party City provided Los Tweens with all of the birthday party supplies including decorations, tableware and favors. However, all opinions expressed are certainly our own. It used to be very simple. Pick a Disney Princess and pick up the party supplies. But then the tween years hit and it all become complicated! It seems… [Read More]
Tween Trick-Or-Treating Alone – Ha!
Want to hear something absolutely hilarious? So funny that it gave us all a good laugh and I still chuckle thinking about it. Our tweens have asked us if they could go trick-or-treating alone this year! As our amiga Bohemian Babushka would say, “Ju so foni!” Cristy, my sister and I had a good laugh… [Read More]
Halloween Craft: Glitter Pumpkins
Just in time for Halloween, a craft is perfect for tweens (and siblings) because it is simple and involves one of their favorite supplies to work with – glitter glue. Supplies: Small Pumpkins Glitter Glue (any color although gold works best) Spider Stickers Squeeze the glitter glue from the stem down the… [Read More]
Celebrating Halloween in Walt Disney World
We’re heading to Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party this weekend in Orlando at Disney’s Magic Kingdom. I don’t know if the Abuelos or the tweens are more excited?! We’ll share photos and our planning because it’s a special family outing. At first I thought “maybe they’re getting too old for this” and judging from their reaction,… [Read More]
Celebrating a 10th Birthday with Travel & Style – Day 1
Tenth birthday parties are a big deal! They have completed an entire decade of learning, growing and succeeding . Oh, and let’s not forget that we parents deserve a big pat on the back too (preferably that is followed by a glass of champagne). We’ve spent 10 years doing a lot of work ourselves. It… [Read More]