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The kids and I made this fun homemade peppermint play dough last week. They LOVED it. We made two batches. One white and one red. With plenty of glitter! Then we packaged it up and gave it to their classmates at their Christmas parties. It was a fun project and making candy cane play dough…Read More
If you are looking for some great Christmas gift ideas for kids, look no further! Check out our list. I’m going to share with you our very favorite toys, the ones that get played with again and again and again. I do a lot of research before buying or asking for anything. I…Read More
Are you looking for a quick and easy Christmas craft? Try these DIY yarn trees on for size. I just love this project. You can make them for yourself or as a clever gift. The kids can even make them. It’s easy and inexpensive and quick to make. A crafting trifecta! I was over…Read More
Amy has made this great free printable Christmas card for us. If you’ve procrastinated getting your cards out this year or need one for the teachers or neighbors or co-workers……never fear. Amy is here! You can download this baby and add it to a picture of your lovely family. Then you can print it anywhere….your…Read More
I was over at We Use Coupons on Sunday sharing a tutorial for this DIY winter village. Come on over and check out how to make yourself a really cute Winter Village with things from your friendly local Dollar Store. :) It was so easy to do. I love that it’s a cute Christmas decoration…Read More
Our lovely Amy has been at it again. She made the cutest free printable Christmas gift tags for us. Feel free to print them as many times as you need. They’re just so cute. I might print mine on cardstock to make them more tag like. She made two versions. A “traditional” color version and a…Read More
I can NOT believe December 1st is just days away! Where did the time go this year? I feel way more un-prepared than usual this year. I’m usually finished with all my Christmas shopping by now. I don’t even have my tree up yet! Geez. I did get it together enough to make this very…Read More
My Mom is Dutch. When her parents immigrated from The Netherlands they didn’t get to bring very much. They brought my aunt and some clothes. And, they brought the tradition of celebrating of St. Nicholas. I love it. Grown up I was the only kid I knew that got fun little presents in my…Read More
I LOVE Christmas and decorating for Christmas. This year my friend Stephanie surprised me with a cool happy gift during a particularly hard week at work.It was an antique Ball jar with fun colored Christmas ornaments in it. So cool. She knows that I love mason jars and use them for a lot of different…Read More
Need an easy last minute gift idea? I made Lucie’s teachers each a fun bag of goodies. One of those goodies was a personalized post-it holder for their desks. I saw these at a recent craft fair and thought, “I can do that”. So I did. I think they turned out cute. You need Post-its,…Read More
I'm wife to wonderful hubby, mom to a bird and a bean and teacher to middle school ESL students. I love Jesus, cooking, bargains and anything crafty.