Munchkin Monday: Reindeer Food

I know Christmas break starts today for most schools around us and those kiddos of yours are probably already looking for something fun to do, but then maybe some of you have kids that have their break all planned out and know what they're going to do each day. Whether you have bored kids or kids that have their break all planned out I have a great little activity for you to do. With Christmas Eve tomorrow what would be more perfect to do than make a little bit of reindeer food to help Santa's reindeer make sure and find your house! My family has made some of this before and then I know Trinity just made some cause her little boy and my daughter go to same preschool and he handed some out to everyone of his classmates. Reindeer food is way easy to make and your kids will love making some! They will love knowing Santa and his reindeer won't miss their house.

To make reindeer food all you need is:

Oats

Bird seed

Glitter in any color but it's more festive in red and green (or you can use colored sugar crystals)

There is no set measurements so just combine a little bit of each and viola you now have food for Santa's reindeer!

If you are giving this away to some friends or family make sure to include these simple instructions: 

"Sprinkle on the lawn at night, 

The moon will make it sparkle bright,

 As Santa's reindeer fly and roam, 

This will guide them to your home."

Wild Card Wednesday: Christmas gift ideas

The Christmas season is now upon us! It is such a wonderful time to remember our Savior's birth and to give to others. A couple days ago we had a family Christmas party and usually we all bring a little something for each family. Nothing too fancy, just a little something to say hey we love you and appreciate all you do. I got thinking that all these fun gift ideas would be great to share in case any of you readers are looking for some kind of idea for a gift for neighbors, friends, or families. 

Gift idea #1

Loaf of bread: We "loaf" you tons!

Gift idea #2

Hand Soap: We "wash" you a Merry Christmas

This is what I gave everyone this year. There is a really cute printable on this site. I was going to use the printable originally, but then realized my printer needs a new color cartridge, so I had to make my own using plain black.

 Gift idea #3

Hot chocolate: Wishing you a "warm" and wonderful Christmas

 Gift idea #4

Hersheys kisses: We wish you a Merry "Kissmas"

You can also put kisses in a whisk and say  We "Wisk" you a Merry "Kissmas"

Gift idea #5

A spatula with a box of brownies or cookies: We "flippen" love you!

Hopefully you like one of these ideas! Have fun shopping and gift giving this Holiday Season!



Wildcard Wednesday: Grinch board

One of my favorite Christmas movies is "How the Grinch Stole Christmas." I love how it demonstrates that Christmas isn't about all the stuff we get. 

So I got a bit creative this year and decided that I needed a board outside for Christmas like I did for Halloween.  But I wanted something unique and not just "Merry Christmas" or "Santa Stops Here." so I designed up the vinyl for this using my Silhouette machine and me a cute new decoration.  I love it and can't wait to put it out.  

And  if wood crafts aren't your forte, I made up this printable for you to have with the same saying.  I used a kit from Leaving a Legacy Designs called "All Wrapped up"  

(You can find it here if you want you own...there are tons and tons of papers and elements)

Download here

You can choose either 8x10 or 5x7.  Both are included in the file =)

DIY Thursday: Peace Craft from Crafty Wood Cutouts

 Hey everyone it's Tifany! I had the opportunity to do a craft for Crafty Wood Cutouts. For those of you who may not know anything about the store, they are similar to the Wood Creations store that we have done guest posts for before in the past. I enjoyed creating and want to thank Macie at Crafty Wood Cutouts for the opportunity to do a craft.  These guys are located in Orem and have lots of cute unfinished wood crafts. Check them out by clicking on the links. You can find them on Facebook, Pinterest, and their Website.  

 My finished product

 What you need:

• Scrapbook paper
• Paint that matches your paper
• Mod Podge
• Wire
• Ribbon
• Hot glue gun
• Jewels or any other kind of embellishments

This is what the craft looked like when I first got it: I just needed to sand a few of the edges before beginning to paint and create.

Step 1:  First I traced and cut out my letters on scrapbook paper. You can use sandpaper to file off any excess paper that hangs off the edge of the wood.

Step 2:  Paint the letters as well as the star, and baby manger. The front surface of the letters doesn't need to be painted because that is where the scrapbook paper is going to go.

 Step 3: Apply a THIN layer of mod podge on each letter, doing so one at a time, and carefully place your scrapbook paper on. Smooth out your surface and let dry. It should dry pretty quick.

Here is all the letters with the scrapbook paper on them.

Step 4: Once your mod podge has dried, file off any excess paper that is hanging off. You can use sandpaper or I have found that using a nail file works really well. This is pretty easy.

Step 5: Apply your finishing touches. Apply another thin layer of mod podge over the paper to seal and protect it, curl your wire if you wish and glue it on, glue together the manger, tie on some ribbon, and place on some jewels if you wish. It's kind of hard to tell from the picture, but I also put some glitter on the star and then mod podge over it to seal it. Once you do that you have a cute new Christmas craft!

Now go out and get your own PEACE letter set!

Santa Cookies and Milk

MERRY CHRISTMAS

I hope you all are enjoying a relaxing day with family. I know that I (Teresa) will once I finally get my tushy to bed. These super cute santa plates and cups are from our favorite place Fabdecor! Thanks Melissa for such a sweet gift for all us Terrace girls. 

again Merry Christmas from, 

Whitney, Teresa, Kayla, Tiffany, Keri, Trinity

Kayla's

Teresa

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Munchkin Monday: One last gift

We love books and store time at our house. I found this fun new way to read stories.

We got these for my kids last year and they have been a hit all year long.

Interactive story books. You turn them on and read the store, they give responses during the book.

We have Jingle, Cooper, and Abigail and they are all part of the family. We hope to be adding Bell to the family sometime soon. 

check out all they can do, you and your kids will love them.  

To see what Jingle and the others can do click here

You can find all of them at Hallmark or Walmart now has some of them but not all.

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Wild Card Wednesday: DIY Stocking Hanger

Where do you hang your stockings when you don't have a fire place? I have the perfect solution.  A stocking hanger.

Supplies you will need
-Wood board (I got mine at Bennions Crafts.  It measures 31x6")

-wooden letters(Michaels Crafts)

-wood circles (for the periods)

-pegs (I got mine at Lowe's for really cheap)

-Acrylic paint(Colors of your choice)
-Glue gun

I first started by painting the letters, periods, and pegs red.  Then I painted the board white. After the paint dried I used my glue gun to glue on the letters and periods.  I then had my husband screw in the pegs.  He likes any chance he can to use he power tools.  Love that about him. You can always hot glue the pegs on.  I think they would be fine.  Just don't put stuff in the stockings.  Then I had him hang in the wall.  This was a really easy and fun craft.  Now I have a place to hang my stockings.  Right now it is just my husband and I.  One day I hope to put up more stockings when we have kids.  As of right now we have our stockings for each other.  We also put up our stockings from last year.  My husbands dad has a tradition of our family decorating stockings each year.  I love that tradition.  It is alot of fun. 

YOU CAN ALSO FIND ANOTHER STOCKING HANGER IDEA FROM LAST YEAR ON OUR BLOG HERE

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