Kid-Friendly DIY Photo Ornament

Easy Kids Made Christmas Ornament

These days, more and more people are turning to DIY projects for their seasonal décor. Who can blame them? When you take the “DIY route,” you have ultimate control. You decide on what colors to use, what supplies you’ll need, how much you want to spend, etc. Of course, your kids will want to get … Read more

Holiday Felt Busy Tray

My Kids would LOVE to do this Holiday Felt Busy Tray for a Christmas crafts

Christmas Eve is tomorrow and I still have so much to do. Please tell me I am not alone…because this to do list is daunting! With a house full of…love…and a million little helpers, reaching that last item on the to do list is going to be quite the challenge. This simple Holiday Felt Busy Tray is a fun way to keep little hands busy (and helping) while giving you a break from the chaos.

My Kids would LOVE to do this Holiday Felt Busy Tray for a Christmas crafts

My kids had a absolute blast with this invitation to create. Each busy tray took me about 15 minutes to throw together (I made two) and held the kids attention long enough for me to get a couple of gifts wrapped and lunch made…what can I say, I am a procrastinator 😉

It was super neat to watch my kids create stories about the little elves that were decorating the tree, work on creating patterns and sorting (color, size, shape). They did counting and experimented with different techniques such as what would happen if they twisted a color strand. But most importantly, they had fun.

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Grinchmas Peppermint Truffles

I cannot wait to try these Grinchmas Peppermint Truffles!

The other night as we unpacked our boxes to slowly make this house a home, my kids stumbled across a box filled with books from my childhood. Books such as “The Littlest Angel”, “The Christmas Cat”, and of course “The Grinch”. Even though these books were well battered and their bindings we literally crumbling, we … Read more