Jenn Tries...

While I was working on our salt dough ornaments , I ran across this: Photo from  One Beautiful Home Blog And I fell in love with the project. And I knew that it would be the perfect way to start a (hopefully!) new Christmas tradition of family ornaments. So while I normally post about decor projects on wednesday and this is not really a decor projet. I thought it would be a great way to show off our new family ornament The Project Make a Christmas Tree Family Ornament Results (All links are affiliated. So if you like or need it please use the links provided. The blog gets a kickback with no charge to you!) So there are no instructions on how to make a ornament exactly like the Cunninghams, I just made our out of left over salt dough and the Christmas tree cookie cutter I have. Next I went around and got everybody's thumb prints. (Which was easier said than done. All the boys, even Mike, gave me trouble.) And then I put the hole in the top to...

Okay so here we go the long promised write up for my Children's play Chritsmas tree (that I finished too late for a Christmas post, so I held it for a year!). For the past couple of years (much to the humor of my father-in-law) I didn't decorate our Christmas tree. Since both of the boys are little and well, I didn't trust them not to have to play (and break) all of my ornaments. (And yes I'm trying out shatterproof ornaments this year. So far the balls are intact, but the tops are being ripped off.) So this year I was wasting time at work on Facebook, when I stumbled upon a play tree project from Jo-Ann Fabrics. I couldn't believe my luck and knew I had to make it for my boys. The Project Create a Christmas Tree for the Boys Instructions from Joann Fabrics Makers Guide (all product links are affliated. So if you like it or need it please use the links and the blog with get a kickback at no expense to you!) Results The project instruc...

So when I was deciding what kid craft to try for December, I knew I wanted something Christmasy. You know to get the kids in the holiday spirit, but I had tried salt dough ornaments before and they didn't turn out that well. I just couldn't get them to dry all the way. And when I set them outside to dry, a raccoon (or some other night creature) ate the salt dough away from the paint. So I wasn't sure I wanted to go through that again But the more I looked at Christmas kid crafts, the more I knew I had to give salt dough ornaments another try. The Project Make Salt Dough Ornaments Idea and Recipe from  The Imagination Tree The Results (most links are affiliated, So if you like the product please buy from them. The blog gets a kickback at no cost to you!) If you search Pinterest for salt dough ornaments there are a couple different recipes to choose from. I think the first time I tried making salt dough I used the recipe that was 1 part salt, 1 par...

I'm about to let you in on a little secret. Most of the stuffed animals we have for the boys were either mine or were gifted from my mother. That would be all but one, actually.  Alf .  That funny looking Alien Life Form belongs to Mike. And he protects Alf like a third son, too. So Alf actually doesn't get played with a lot and spends a lot of time up on a shelf (and if he should make it down, Blue demands he goes back up). So since Christmas is right around the corner, and since Mike and I haven't gotten into Elf on the Shelf , I thought it would be fun to dress Alf up for Christmas. And thus have our very own Alf on the shelf! (And depending on how this goes Alf may be getting dressed up for all holidays from now on) The Project Dress Alf as Santa pattern from Feahter's Flight Results I think I searched pinterest for every version of Stuffed Animal Santa Pattern and I came up with nothing. So I decided to just rework the pattern fro...