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Christmas Card 2010

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The girls created this beautiful winter scene collage for our Christmas card this year. I decided to branch out from our usual photo card, and I’m so glad we did. I just love how it turned out and now I have a nice original piece of artwork to frame and bring out each winter, as [...]

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Alphabet Block Elves

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I seriously cannot stop taking pictures of these super-cute alphabet block elves! When I saw these elves at that artist woman, I knew we just had to make them. We followed the great step-by-step directions at that artist woman, except for the heads. I had a couple packs of wooden face beads in my stash [...]

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Countdown to Christmas

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Hello, December! My girls are more-than-ready to kick-off our activity advent calendar today. This year, my plan is to take a photo of each day’s activity and make a little photo book for the girls. I think it will be a nice way to capture our holiday traditions! Here are some of our favorite countdown-to-Christmas [...]

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Simple Yarn Wreaths

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I posted these wreaths late in December last year, so I wanted to show them to you again. These yarn wreaths turned out SO cute and were very simple and affordable. I think even young preschoolers would have great success (and fun!) making these. Delaney’s ornaments for gifting this year are these simply adorable yarn [...]

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Reindeer Cookies

I was browsing through some old Christmas photos (look at little 3-year-old Natalie!) and found some pictures of these cute reindeer cookies we made.  This was obviously a time in my life prior to blogging, because I didn’t even take a dozen close-ups of the finished cookies!  They are simple, though – I think you’ll [...]

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Christmas Repeats

Happy December everyone!  We are gearing up for lots of holiday fun around our house – how about you?  I’m looking forward to sharing some new crafts and activities with you very soon – here’s what we were up to last year: Chocolate Letters Paper Bag Gingerbread Garland Christmas Card Puzzle Game Simple Reindeer Ornaments [...]

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Simple Reindeer Ornaments

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It is always so much fun to get down the boxes of ornaments and unwrap each one. I especially love looking at the ones the girls’ have made over the years. Here are two simple reindeer ornaments that are so cute! I made the one above when Natalie was 2 months old. Look at that [...]

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