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Every year we make salt dough or corn flour ornaments and unfortunately, they got damp in storage and they were ruined, so this got me thinking about using Air drying clay for a more permanent Christmas decoration.
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The older I get the more I realise that Christmas is not all about what you give or get, but about being there with your family. This was compounded with a health scare and even more when my mum died at Christmas four years ago. Â So now MadDad and I focus on our presence rather
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Holidays are coming, holidays are coming, holidays are coming, its always the real thing…………… You know when the Coke advert comes on that Christmas is on it’s way and now even the Coke lorry tours the country. We have never seen it, but Cass from Diary of a Frugal Family has. This year however, I
One of our favourite Christmas Eve traditions is leaving out a bowl of magic reindeer food to help guide Santa’s reindeer to our home. But did you know the traditional recipe often uses glitter, which is harmful to wildlife? That’s why we make an animal-safe version with oats and sprinkles – it’s safe for birds,
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One of our family traditions is homemade Christmas crackers. For as long as I can remember we had small cracker presents on the dining table usually made by my mum. They were precious things that were small and once I got older we each took a turn year on year to make the crackers and
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We love advent and one of the ways we celebrate is to have an advent wreath or ring that we light each sunday to help celebrate the lead up to Christmas. Â The first Sunday of advent for 2014 in November 30th. Â Me and the boys have spend the last few days making this years advent
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Our ultimate advent activity list was such a success last year, so we have updated it for this year and it now has 75 activities on it.
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There is nothing nicer than receiving a homemade Christmas card and these easy ribbon Christmas cards are so easy for you to make with kids of all ages. You don’t need lots of different materials to make lots of different styles of DIY Christmas cards made with ribbons. I love that I have turned my kids
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So you saw my recent post with the 50 advent acts of kindness with the two free printable sets designed by the lovely Purple Pumpkin blog. Well I wanted to share with you ways to display them or use them. We tried to make it easy for you all by offering them in two different
