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Salt Dough Christmas Ornaments
December 17, 2012
In all the years that I've had children, we've never done salt dough ornaments at Christmas! Well, last week I decided to give it a try. The boys really enjoyed…
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Easy DIY Christmas Candle Jars
December 11, 2012
These Christmas Candle Jars are a great homemade gift that kids can make and give! The boys enjoyed making fall candle jars, and I bought a couple of extra jars…
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Christmas Countdown Tree (for Jesse Tree Ornaments)
December 1, 2012
The past two years, our family has enjoyed creating an Advent Tree (also called a Jesse Tree) to count down to Christmas. Actually, the first year we did a tree,…
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Turn Catalogs into a Christmas Collage
November 29, 2012
We can tell it's the Christmas season, because lately our mailbox has been looking like this: Before taking a pile out to the recycle bin, I had the idea of…
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Christmas Tree Math
November 28, 2012
We made homeschooling a little more festive this week with some Christmas tree math! Gresham (1st grade) is working on learning his addition facts, so I made 6 trees with…
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Happy Thanksgiving
November 22, 2012
Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; For His steadfast love is everlasting." Psalm 118:1 We have so much to be thankful for this year. And on top…
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Make a Silly Character Turkey
November 19, 2012
We had some leftover blank turkeys from our Nerf Turkey Targets, and the other day I had the idea of turning them into funny characters! Aidan thought it was a…
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Make a Thanksgiving Book
November 18, 2012
Here is something to do with little ones to keep them busy during the holiday week! I made these Thanksgiving books with Gresham (6) and Owen (3) last week over…
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Thanksgiving Creations with Duplo Legos
November 16, 2012
Keep the little people at your Thanksgiving celebration busy with some Duplo building ideas! (We also have a some ideas for "big boy" Legos here!) Aidan and Gresham designed an…
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Nerf Turkey Targets (for a Thanksgiving Shoot-out!)
November 13, 2012
Today we used file folders to make turkey targets for use with Nerf guns, and the boys had SO much fun! I found some printable turkeys and the boys colored…
