Christmas is just over one week away. Have you finished your shopping? If not, we've got nine last minute DIY Christmas gifts that you and your children can make! 1) Minion Shirts With all the hype about Despicable Me 2, why not give the gift of a Minion shirt. 2) Love Photos These are super cute for any family member. 3) Custom Lift-The-Flap Books Got a little one in your life? They will love these interactive custom books! 4) Sun Catchers A beautiful way to brighten up anyone's yard. 5) Custom Bleach Dyed T-shirts Perfect for the hard-to-buy for teenager. 6) Easy Personalized Mugs A coffee lover's dream. Put on any message you want! 7) Personalized Water Bottles Great for a fitness guru or even a school aged child. 8) Marshmallow Shooters Kids (and adults) will love these! 9) Personalized Games The perfect family gift. What types of gifts have you made for people? … [Read more...]
Crayola Helps Us Create #SPON #Giveaway
We've shared with you our love for Crayola products in the past, well we are about to share a little more about our love for Crayola. Our friends at Crayola contacted us and provided us with a gift pack in exchange for a unique Holiday Craft idea and a blog post: Crayola Washable Markers Crayola Colored Pencils Crayola Glitter Glue Crayola Model Magic Crayola Slick Sticks $25 Wal-Mart gift card for more Crayola products They asked us to share with all of you a fun, and unique craft to make with these awesome crayola products. My kids and I sat down at our kitchen table and brainstormed a few ideas. My 5-year-old twins sat down and grabbed the bold colorful washable markers, pencils, and slick sticks. Wow! I had never seen the Slick Sticks before and they are incredible! We have the ever popular Elf on a Shelf and our Elf's name is Scottland. They created fantastic pictures for Scottland to take with him to the North Pole. The colors were fabulous and so incredibly … [Read more...]
5 Alarm Fire Craft
My twins really loved this art project. Seriously, they made about 15 each! It's really easy to do and only requires a piece of paper and some finger paint. Paint your hand (or child's hand) red and have place it on the paper with your fingers far apart. Add a little red and yellow (or orange) to make a "fire" on the side where the thumb print is. Using white paint add a face (one finger print) to the top of the fingers. A little more red on the top for the fire hats and a blue line across the fingers makes the hose. And there you have it, a five-alarm fire print! … [Read more...]
Easy Oreo Truffles
Are you looking for some easy, last minute Christmas cookies to make with your kids? These Oreo Truffles are perfect! Not only are they simple with just three ingredients, they are also super fun to make! Those three ingredients you'll need? One package of Oreo cookies, one 8 oz brick of cream cheese, and 2-3 bricks of white baker's chocolate. Red or peppermint sprinkles are optional. 1) Start by crushing the whole package of cookies into crumbs. You can hand crush them, but using a food processor or blender works best. 2) Next soften the cream cheese and blend it well with the Oreos. 3) Take a spoon full at a time of the Oreo-cream cheese mixture and roll them into balls. Set aside on a cookie sheet until you have rolled all of the mixture into balls. Put the balls in the refrigerator until hard (about 1/2 hr). 4) Using a double boiler, melt the white chocolate. If you don't have a double boiler (we … [Read more...]
15 Must Do Family Christmas Activities
It seems like every year Christmas creeps up faster and faster. Life gets super busy with the hustle and bustle of the season and you forget to slow down and spend quality time as an immediate family. We've got 15 must do family Christmas activities to encourage you to stop and have some fun. 1) Cut your own real Christmas tree. Take your family on an adventure to a Christmas tree farm and enjoy the hunt for the perfect tree. It's definitely more fun than you think! 2) Go ice skating on an outdoor rink or on a lake. When was the last time you bundled up and went ice skating outside? Get outside and enjoy the fresh air! 3) Go Christmas caroling in the neighborhood next to yours. Grab some friends and neighbors and spread Christmas joy with the lost art of caroling. No one will care if you can't sing. 4) Go shopping for toys to donate. Teach your children the importance of giving in this time of "I want..." by shopping for those less fortunate. 5) Have a family movie … [Read more...]
Snowman Bulbs
Today's Pinned it, Did it post is brought to you by a friend of mine. I completely fell in love with her adorable snowmen when she posted a photo of them! I begged, borrowed, and stole (well, I asked first) the photo and idea because I just had to share it with you, our lovely readers! She said these were really easy to do and here is how she did it! 1. Take your clear glass (or plastic) Christmas bulbs and stuff them with "insta-snow" (a.k.a. fake snow) and replace the tops 2. Use a paint marker to draw in the faces on the ornaments 3. Hot glue (adults only please) two glittery pom poms to the side to look like ear muffs 4. Carefully thread glittery pipe cleaners through the top of the ornament and attach to the pom poms And there you have it! The cutest snowmen Christmas bulbs I have ever seen! … [Read more...]
