Practicing Gratitude. Celebrating Life.
In a previous post I mentioned that we were working on handmade gifts this holiday season. Here is a simple one that was a lot of fun for my preschool and kindergarten age children. Decorative Votive Holders materials needed:glass votivesvotive candlesadhesive jewel stickers Instructions:Wash and dry the glass votives.Adhere jewel stickers to outside of votive.
Recycled jar Vases Materials needed:Recycled jars of various sizescolored masking tape Instructions:Remove labels from jar (soak if needed) and wash and dryTear pieces of colored masking tape and adhere to jar in decorative pattern Are you making any handmade gifts this holiday season?
Here are some of my holiday picks from CricketMag.com Of course it goes without saying that I think the world of their magazines for children. We currently subscribe to both Babybug and Ladybug but there are more great titles for every age group and interest. The Mozart Effect: Music for BabiesMy sister-in-law SWEARS that my […]
Big Daddy recently made the worst chili known to man. It was truly horrible. He took out half my spices, my entire supply of tomato sauce, about 2 lbs of the finest organic ground beef and I won’t even talk about the pot. That’s when I realized that there is somewhat of an art form […]