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Reindeer Food

Last year my youngest receive a bag of Reindeer Food from her best friend.  It was the sweetest little gift.    I’m going to make some with the kids this year and have created a few tags (FREE for your to download, see below) to attach to the bags. What you will need Raw rolled…

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{Christmas Craft} Santa’s Beard Advent Calendar

A very big thankyou to reader Kerry T for sharing her version of a Christmas countdown/advent calendar.   The image can be personalised with your child’s name, print image then each day add a cotton ball to his beard.  Very sweet!  Download personalised version:  Kerry found this wonderful countdown at Kaboose, download original here.

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{Christmas Planning} Gingerbread House

One of our family Christmas traditions is to build a Gingerbread House together.   It’s so much fun building and mostly decorating.  We find though one lolly for the house one for the mouth, lol.  This is a fun tradition and one I know we will continue for many many years. First year we started…

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{Christmas Craft} Blinging up Christmas Baubles

We have made the most beautiful inexpensive Christmas Baubles 1 pack red baubles from Big W for $2 1 packet of Rhinestone strips from KaiserCraft outlet (most craft or dollar stores) for $2.50  Idea found on pinterest originally from bhg.com  Linking up with Blossom Heart, Pinterest Make Me Challenge 

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{Inspiration} Advent Calendars

Advent Calendars I love Christmas, the excitement, build up, anticipation, decorating, family time together, creating, baking and most of all giving. We use an advent calendar each year to give a gift or little note to the kids.  Perhaps it’s not the traditional way an advent calendar is used however it’s how we have the…

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{Christmas Craft} Christmas Placemat

Last year I found a big A3 Christmas Pad for the kids to colour and display.  We sent some to family to help decorate their house with and laminated a few into placemats, which the kids loved. I am so pleased to have found them again this year $3.99 at Woolworths (with all the Christmas…

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{Christmas Craft} Large Christmas Candy Cane

I went shopping recently with my friend Carissa from Putting on a Party.  She started telling me about a decoration she was making with the kids using a pool noodles and tinsel.  So I grabbed some noodles for the pool  (bargain $3 at Kmart) and an extra one to make the creation below with the kids….

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I’ve been busy with Christmas crafts

I have been so busy this week, here are some of the activies I have been up to: Christmas Hair Ties I have been looking in shops for some Christmas hairties, but they were all gone.  However, I was inspired to use this gorgeous ribbon that I recycled from bomboniere gifts we received from a wedding…

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