Christmas

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Give your ordinary popcorn a burst of flavour. Salted Caramel popcorn will not disappoint. Make to snack on while you watch a movie at home or make a big batch and give as a little gift.

Make a batch of the very easy 100+ cookies, add some Christmas M&Ms on top so they look ‘christmasy’.

Christmas gift ideas – Books for Toddlers, Tweens and Teens. You can’t go wrong with giving a book this Christmas.

With the final weeks approaching before the kids start school holidays it’s a great opportunity to complete your Christmas shopping. As we all know shopping with kids is hard, the whining, the wanting of everything and especially trying to hide gifts purchased for them so they can’t see can be difficult. I’m sharing with you a guide and strategies to help reduce the stress of Christmas Shopping, plus I found some really great gift ideas.

A great gift to give somebody that doesn’t need anything is a magazine subscription. Here are some magazine ideas to suit everyone. Place this certificate in a Christmas card to present them their gift as typically magazines won’t arrive for 1-2 months after you have purchased the subscription. Available in my shop as an instant download, various designs available.

A tip to package cookies for safe travels through postage.

Nicole from The Builders Wife shares how she make’s our own Christmas tree, using natural materials sourced from her own area. It’s a bit different, but we love it.

Make a few simple changes to your elf so he can wave and position his legs differently, only takes 30 minutes.

One of the fun traditions of Christmas is the exchanging of cards and gifts on Christmas Day. Put aside the pressure of choosing the right gift, what I love most is giving gifts. I like each person to open their gifts one by one so we can see the reaction on their face of what they received, the laughter, the tears of happiness, screams of excitement. To me this is the joy in gifting.

End of school year is near, my kids have always enjoyed giving their friends a little gift at the end of the year. These reindeer noses treat bags and an easy and inexpensive gift to give.

We all have visions of a perfect Christmas Day, kids laughing, delicious food on the table and everybody is having a great time. We have high expectations that the kids will love every present received and won’t be disappointed, family will enjoy being in each others company and that you have time to serve a full Christmas feast, but this is what makes the day so stressful. Create some realistic expectation to help ensure a stress free Christmas.

Curious to learn all about The Elf on the Shelf? I answer some questions that readers have been asking about how to introduce the elf to if he disappears through the day.