Easy kid made Christmas cards
I am a big fan of empowering my boys to make their own art and to interpret it their own way and this is why these easy washi tape christmas cards are ideal for children to make.
I am a big fan of empowering my boys to make their own art and to interpret it their own way and this is why these easy washi tape christmas cards are ideal for children to make.
Advent, we love it. It is a BIG thing here in The Mad House. We use advent as a way to celebrate the build up to Christmas and to take the commercialism out of it. The MiniMads have not yet had a chocolate advent calendar, although I might bend to their wishes this year!
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eBay asked me what Inspired me at this time of the year? Well I didn’t have to think all that long to know that it was doing art and crafts with the kids. The fact the evenings are darker, so they are not out playing gives us the opportunity to get creative together. Plus I
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One of our advent traditions is to make and decorate a gingerbread house. With being out of the country this year we accepted a pre cooked one from Sykes Cottages to build and decorate. Unfortunately ours came a little damaged (hence the silver foil bottom), but I managed to get it stuck together and then provided
I love candle light, especially during the Autumn and winter months when the dark nights are upon us. There is something warming and comforting and these festive jam jar candle holders are so easy to make.
We love Reindeer food. It is a tradition in The Mad House to go out and sprinkle it on Christmas Eve and to track Santa on Norad. There are endless recipes for Reindeer food on the internet and mine is no different or special, but it is much loved and used over the years.
Once of my favorite tradition over the festive period is the Christmas Eve Gifts which are left from our Christmas Eve Elves. I adore Christmas Eve, there is something really special about the anticipation of Christmas Day and we spend it as a family as MadDad always tried to get it off. We make sure
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Now that Halloween is out of the way, I am turning my attention to Christmas. Yes, yes, I know there’s still the best part of two months to go but you can never be too prepared. Plus, with my two boys, I need to grab every single shopping opportunity I can get! Are there