You may have already created your advent calendar for your family, but do you know what to put in it? Here’s a bunch of creative and unique ideas to fill your advent calendar this year! Start with a theme or mix and match some of the individual pieces…
The holidays are one of my favorite times of the year to be a parent. I love being a mom, but it is so fun to facilitate a little magic around the holidays and see your kids eyes light up. I love to spend time with my kids…
Making these with children or on your own, they are beautiful. Items Needed: Assortment of crystal clear plastic beads: all crystal in color, E Beads, 6mm Rondelle Beads, 6mm Faceted Beads, 11mm Tri-Beads, 18mm Sunburst Beads. pipe cleaners small sorting tray of some sort, I use a muffin tin…
Do you have Christmas traditions that you do with your family? We have several traditions that we do every year like driving around to look at Christmas lights, visiting Santa, and baking our famous sugar cookie recipe. In order to have fun all through the holidays, we usually…
These are the Homemade Bath Salts for kids to make, that we made today. The Blue jar still needs to be decorated. But the other one was made for a Mom as a Halloween gift from her daughter. Items Needed: Empty jars of some sort. Different sizes Epson Salts Essential…
Are you ready for more holiday craft ideas? This time, I’m excited to show you an easy to make Advent for Kids. All you will need are a few basic supplies. You can even repurpose your kitchen muffin tin and use it for this fun holiday countdown until…
One of the things I love about the holidays is all the christmas cards and new year greetings that come in the mail! I love looking at the beautiful family pictures and seeing how our friends and family that don’t live near by are growing and adding to…
We have a Christmas tradition where we love to make a plate of treats to pass out to our friends, neighbors, and acquaintances. So often these days, we are stuck with store bought Christmas treats when bringing in treats to share in the workplace or school environment. There’s…
I received a MasterCard prepaid gift card as a thank you for this post. Opinions are my own. During the holiday rush, many people choose to purchase gifts for members of their family and even their business associates. Depending on what type of gift they choose, and the…
Who else is so excited that Christmas is almost here? I can’t wait for the sparkling lights, the Christmas music, decorating our tree, and all the other fun things that come with this time of the year! We like to pass out treats to our friends and neighbors…
Why use the can when you can do it so much cheaper from scratch! Preparing pumpkin pie filling from scratch is so super simple! When preparing pumpkin from scratch you start with a whole pumpkin. You can even use the Jack-o-lantern if you don’t carve it too soon…
#Endorsed – I am part of the Toyota #SiennaDiaries blogging team on behalf of TMS/USA. I will be test driving this 2014 Toyota Sienna through the end of 2013. All opinions are my own. We have a Halloween Tradition that every year we join in with our church…