Now that Christmas is over, but the kids’ winter vacation isn’t, I’m looking for activities to keep my girls busy. However, I’m also looking to get rid of Christmas clutter! That’s why I love making crafts out of leftover Christmas cards. I accomplish both goals at the same time! Multi-tasking once again.
This year my girls [...]

Christmas Eve is such a fun-filled day in our home! We make Christmas cookies for Santa, have a family concert, read ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas, and find out exactly where Santa is before I tuck my girls into bed.
This year we’re doing one more thing to get ready for Santa’s arrival. We’re spinkling magical [...]

I love decorating my house for Christmas with decorations made by my girls. So I’m extra careful every year when I pack their Christmas decorations away because I want to make sure their handprint reindeer, paper plate wreaths and gingerbread man decorations are around for years to come. However, I’m particularly fond of my daughter’s [...]

Many of us make Christmas cookies this time of year because cookies are a great way to share holiday cheer with friends, family and colleagues. Not to mention Santa expects to get cookies on Christmas Eve! (If you’re looking for cookie recipes that Santa will surely love, check these out!) Anyway, today I want to [...]

Today I helped my daughter’s second grade class decorate gingerbread houses. To make this Christmas activity manageable for twenty students at a time, the students made gingerbread houses out of graham crackers and small milk cartons before decorating them with various sweets. I know it sounds weird, but they turned out really well!

So if you’re [...]

In addition to doing this Christmas Eve, we always bake Christmas cookies for Santa. We usually make sugar cookies and decorate them with red and green sprinkles. By mid-afternoon, my kitchen floor is covered in flour, sugar and of course . . . red and green sprinkles!
Although I’m a stickler for tradition, I wanted to [...]