Thank you to Jenn and Marya for invitng me to do a guest post. My kids love the movies Despicable Me and Despicable Me 2. Of course, their favourite characters are the Minions. What is not to love about those goofy yellow characters? My son, E, recently turned 6 so a Minion birthday cake was a perfect fit for him. ... Read More »
I came across this idea early on in my Pinterest days but forgot about it until this week. And, like way too many good pins that I see, I thought, “Hey, that’s a great idea!” and promptly failed to actually pin it. This past week, my family all came to town and we celebrated Christmas together, as well as a ... Read More »
Just a little glimpse of some of our Christmas decorations. I had mentioned a small Christmas tree collection, so I thought I’d show it. It’s kind of a fun silvery, white & red theme, and I love looking for new ones to add to it. The best part is that they mostly came from dollar stores & second hand stores. ... Read More »
For some reason, our kids LOVE snowmen. Drawing, building, reading about…they just love them! So I thought I’d do a quick roundup of some of our favourite Snowmen crafts on Pinterest. We’ll be busy building snowmen long before the snow is on the ground!! Snowman Puppets from The Chirping Moms – these are just adorable, and would be a lot ... Read More »
I love small decorative Christmas trees. I think I was first inspired by my sister-in-law, who had a gorgeous collection of unique and creative trees. I started to collect a few here and there, mostly on clearance. I’ll share a picture once I’ve got my decorations out – I’m pretty pleased with my collection. I love the idea of making ... Read More »
The closer we get to the Christmas season, the more our children want to participate in crafts, baking, and everything Christmas-related. So I thought I’d go through and find some of our favourite activities from last year and put them together so we can access them easily. There are some fun ones here! Felt Snowman – what better way to build ... Read More »
Inspired by Marya’s Stained Glass Nativity, we’ve done a lot of ‘stained glass’ crafts over the past year! They’re SO mess-free, and with the packets of pre-cut square tissue paper that Dollarama has started selling, they’re also SO quick – very little preparation! I like the look of the leaves best when we use black construction paper for the frame, ... Read More »
MR – Last year on Pinterest, I saw all kids of clear ornament ideas. I didn’t have any at the time, but I made it a point during boxing day sales to buy some of those clear Christmas balls at 75% off, costing me next-to-nothing. I only got the clear plastic ones (not the glass) because I have four young ... Read More »
We got our first Christmas card in the mail today! As someone who loves (almost) all things Christmas, this got me thinking: with everything that I’ve come across on Pinterest in the past year, I need some new ways to display Christmas cards. We typically get too many to just set out on the TV stand, and besides, with a ... Read More »
Pinecone Garland found on Pinterest. Too fancy for me! I’ve been (p)inspired this year by all of the pinecone crafts on Pinterest and I wanted to make a pinecone garland. However, I didn’t really find the tutorial I was looking for – I wanted something simple and rustic. I collected pinecones in November as they fell off of the trees, ... Read More »
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