Be sure to take a minute and head on over to Simply Modern Mom where I am hosting a fun little giveaway today (1300 Followers...Wahoo)!Make a festive ice wreath to add to your outdoor Christmas Decor. These are so simple to make and don't cost you anything. I just took a bundt pan (but any round pan with a hole in the middle will do. Then I gathered items from around my yard like rose hips, berries, pinecones, and pineneedles and placed them in the pan half filled with water. Then I simply ... Read More about Ice Wreaths
Idea Room Readers Share and Tell
Be sure to take a minute and head on over to Simply Modern Mom where I am hosting a fun little giveaway today (1300 Followers...Wahoo)!I have/had three Christmas Parties this week. Monday I had a business dinner with my husband's work. Last night was a party for the women in my church (which I was in charge of...glad that is over :)! Then I have one over the weekend! Whew! My house is a total disaster! My children were fed mac and cheese two nights in a row. And you were left without a ... Read More about Idea Room Readers Share and Tell
Letters to Santa
Each year the kids sit down and write a letter to Santa telling him the one thing they would like him to bring for Christmas. Then we drive straight to the city post office. Inside our post office is a special mailbox set up just for those special letters to Santa Claus. We drop them in and the kids are each given a candy cane. Then the mailman sends them straight to Santa at the North Pole. Then a week or two later our mailman drops each of the kids a personalized letter from Santa ... Read More about Letters to Santa
Graham Cracker "Gingerbread" Houses
One of our advent calendar activities is to make graham cracker gingerbread houses. I have hosted a "cousins" party at my house for the last 4 years (including this year). I make the houses the night before (one for each kid) by gluing graham crackers into a house shape with hot glue. Yes...you heard me...Hot Glue! This ensures that the houses are STURDY so little hands can frost and place candy on it without it crashing down. The kids know this and do not eat the graham crackers or glue ... Read More about Graham Cracker "Gingerbread" Houses
Christmas Books
When we were first married, my hubby and I talked about each of our families Christmas traditions and which ones we wanted to incorporate in our own family. We have used some traditions from both our families and then started some new ones we have adopted from our friends families. This Christmas book tradition was inspired by one of my students when I was still teaching high school. She explained to me one day how every Christmas season, they would buy a new Christmas book to add to their ... Read More about Christmas Books
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