This post is sponsored by Zazzle and contains affiliate links. I received free products in compensation for this post but as always all opinions are my own and my daughters. When Zazzle asked if I wanted to participate in their back to school blog campaign how could I say no. With four kids back to school is one of our busiest times of the year and it's also one of the most important.
I always try to make the transition back to school as positive an experience as possible. I let them choose cute school supplies and buy a few new outfits for school. I have them make a list of requests for back to school lunches and breakfast. I also let them pick what special thing we do at the end of the first day. One year we had a steak dinner on the first day (I'll never say no to that), last year we got ice cream. Every year it's different but I always try to fit our activities to their favorite things.
This year my youngest daughter Mara's favorite thing is her You Tube channel. I couldn't think of any way to incorporate that into her return to school until Zazzle stepped in and printed her You Tube logo on a cute T shirt and lunch box for her. I don't know who was more excited about this. This logo is near and dear to me. My oldest daughter Marina sketched the bunny and then I redrew it and colored it as a digital illustration and created the You Tube banner around it. This made Mara's logo a family effort and it turned out so adorable.
