i love this season of giving! i get really excited to plan out what gifts will make my kids smile on christmas morning. i love when my kids' schools ask for donations for food banks or toy drives. i love that my kids think of something special they want to give their teachers. and i love that in our ...
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free printable place cards for thanksgiving turkeys
i know we are all gearing up for the big turkey day this week! we've spent hours looking over menu options (food blog hopping?), shopping for food and decorations, and making those little touches that will make the day memorable. this past couple of weeks my kids and i have been busy working to ...
free printable paper feather templates
i was getting my family home evening on gratitude ready for monday night, and if you've seen or used our free printable family home evening on gratitude before you'll know that one of the activities is putting paper feathers on a paper turkey, with each one having something written on it that we are ...
pilgrim hat and dress crayon cup holders
it doesn't matter how much you plan it out, thanksgiving day is always a whirlwind! some recipes you can make in advance, some things you can set up the day before, but one thing you will always have to do is entertain kids while you try to get everything ready for dinner and guests! it's one of ...
painted pinecone turkeys :: thanksgiving craft for kids
my homepage is covered with turkeys right now! between the cinnamon roll/bacon turkeys that we'll be making for breakfast on thanksgiving morning, the chocolate peanut butter cup + pretzel candy turkeys (which will undoubtedly be gone long before we even get close to dinner), and of course the ...
pinecone turkeys with silk feathers :: thanksgiving craft
after doing a post about some adorable felt-feathered pinecone turkeys last week, i couldn't help but make more, but instead of using felt to make the feathers i wanted to try another medium. so while i was walking through the craft store one day i noticed they had these fall-colored "silk" feathers ...
pinecone turkeys with felt feathers
i don't know about anyone else, but every year i find myself already thinking about thanksgiving and christmas before halloween is even over! i have to keep reminding myself that we need to get through halloween first, but i couldn't help myself this year and so i went to the store the week before ...
oreo licorice spider cookies
i will be the first to admit that i am not into halloween nearly as much as my friends and neighbors seem to be. i personally don't like dressing up, and i don't really like the spooky/garish aspect of it (think skulls, skeletons, and fake blood...yuck). but if there is one thing i do like, it's ...
homemade jingle bell wreath
one of the things i love most about the christmas season is the sounds :: the music, the movies, the excited voices of little kids, the ripping of christmas wrapping paper, and the bells. oh, the bells. you hear them in the background of almost every christmas song and there are even songs written ...
homemade christmas tree star ornaments
every year we put a little 4' christmas tree in my kids' room so they can decorate it with all the christmas decorations they make at home or at school. it's "their" tree under which our elf likes to leave little gifts (check out these free printable christmas gift tags for those little gifts!) ...