it doesn't matter how much you plan it out, thanksgiving day is always a whirlwind! some recipes you can make in advance, some things you can set up the day before, but one thing you will always have to do is entertain kids while you try to get everything ready for dinner and guests! it's one of ...
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painted pinecone turkeys :: thanksgiving craft for kids
my homepage is covered with turkeys right now! between the cinnamon roll/bacon turkeys that we'll be making for breakfast on thanksgiving morning, the chocolate peanut butter cup + pretzel candy turkeys (which will undoubtedly be gone long before we even get close to dinner), and of course the ...
pinecone turkeys with silk feathers :: thanksgiving craft
after doing a post about some adorable felt-feathered pinecone turkeys last week, i couldn't help but make more, but instead of using felt to make the feathers i wanted to try another medium. so while i was walking through the craft store one day i noticed they had these fall-colored "silk" feathers ...
pinecone turkeys with felt feathers
i don't know about anyone else, but every year i find myself already thinking about thanksgiving and christmas before halloween is even over! i have to keep reminding myself that we need to get through halloween first, but i couldn't help myself this year and so i went to the store the week before ...
easy holiday fabric bunting
i'll be the first to admit that halloween is not my favorite holiday. i have absolutely no decorations (except these adorable pine cone spiders that we made last year), no pumpkin carving skills to speak of, and i can't stomach most of the garish costumes and decorations that come with ...
easy tie-themed father’s day crafts for kids
i used to love making little gifts for my dad for father's day when i was a kid. where i grew up, school wasn't out for the summer until the end of june so we got to make all sorts of fun things at school, like pinch pots (which my dad still has...and uses!), paper cards with hearts all over them, ...
make it yourself :: christmas stockings
even though my husband and i have been married for several years, we never had our own stockings until last year. the reason being that we lived close to family and so was always at someone else's house for christmas day - and both my mother and mother-in-law had plenty of stockings to spare. so ...
m&m turkey favors :: a thanksgiving turkey craft for kids
thanksgiving is fast approaching, and my kids are getting pretty excited. they love these tulle turkey favors that we use to decorate their place settings on thanksgiving day...they've even given me all of their peanut m&ms they collected from halloween to use in making this adorable ...
halloween spider hat :: halloween craft for kids
the other day my kids said that we needed to decorate more for halloween. i honestly own maybe 1 halloween decoration - i guess i just never got into it! they said we should make some spooky hats to wear, and since we had some leftover googly eyes, pipe cleaners, and pom poms from our halloween pine ...
thankful hearts :: a thanksgiving tutorial & activity for kids
this thanksgiving my husband and i are trying something new with our kids - while we'll still have the football games turned on and the turkey in the oven, we'll also be doing a day-long activity that we hope will help our kids learn to recognize and appreciate the things people do for them and the ...