Christmas Creativity

Another Christmas Countdown Widget

2007-12-12T21:13:00.000-08:00

Get this widget!

Click here to get your own widget!

Christmas in my Family!

2007-12-11T03:53:00.000-08:00

I recently wrote a post about my families Christmas memories and traditions at 4 or More: Lots of Kids... Lots of Love.

I love Christmas, I always have. I have very fond memories of Christmas as a child. My Aunt and Uncle and my three cousins would come down from the coast and stay with us. We would all squash into our small house on Christmas Eve and wake up together on Christmas morning. Before everyone was properly awake we would all be ripping into our presents from Santa and would have pulled every toy from it's packaging before breakfast. The rest of the family would arrive around 9am and there would be more present opening, playing, lunch and then more playing while most of the adults had an afternoon nap. Read More...........

Cute Reindeer Christmas Cookies

2007-12-03T22:38:00.000-08:00

I just found these adorable cookies on Familycorner.com. We have got a Christmas party to go to on Wednesday night so I am going to make these to take with us!

Click here to go to familycorner.com to get the recipe!

Bandana Totes - A Cute & Frugal Christmas Gift

2007-12-02T09:29:00.000-08:00

My friend Lorie sent this link in to my Christmas meme and I thought it was a fantastic Christmas gift idea. My daughter has already made a tote using a piece of Christmas fabric and it turned out really cute.

Click here to go to Makingfriends.com to find out how to make this cute bag.

Kids Christmas Countdown

2007-12-01T09:20:00.000-08:00

A few years ago I made a Christmas Countdown Activity Booklet for my kids and put it on our 'Our Little Space on the Net' website. There is a different activity to do each day starting on December 1st until Christmas Day.

Click here to print your own booklet!

The World's Most Useful Gift!

2007-11-16T12:22:00.000-08:00

Lightening linked her great blog post The Spirit of Christmas to my Christmas Meme on my A Juggling Mum blog and she has given me a fabulous idea that I thought I would share with you

Give your childrens teachers school supplies this year as a gift. Now I am not just talking about any school supplies here, through Tear Australia you can purchase for $5, a supply of workbooks, exercise books, pencils and paper, or slate and chalk, to enable a child from a poor family to attend a community school. What could be better than that?

Cute Christmas Cupcakes - Wreath

2007-11-12T21:54:00.000-08:00

Wilton's Cupcake Fun Website is totally adorable!. They have the cutest ideas for decorating cupcakes. Some are quite elaborate but many are really simple, just like this really cute wreath cup cake.

Click here to learn how to decorate cupcakes for the festive season!

Sand Art Brownies

2007-10-31T20:16:00.000-07:00

SAND ART BROWNIES:

Add to a wide mouth preserving jar (750ml) in this order:
3/4 tsp salt
1/2 tsp Baking Powder
1/2 + 1/8 cup flour
1/3 cup cocoa
1/2 cup flour
2/3 cup brown sugar
2/3 cup sugar
1/2 cup chocolate chips
1/2 cup white choc (chopped)
1/2 cup nuts (optional)

This should pack nicely into the jar.

Include a decorative tag with these instructions for making these brownies:

Combine contents of jar with:
1 tsp vanilla
2/3 cup vegetable oil
3 eggs

Pour into a greased 9x9inch pan. Bake at 180 degrees Celsius for about 20 minutes.

You can decorate the jar with festive material and ribbon or a raffia bow and a wooden spoon.

Thanks to Bambaloo from the Essential Baby Forum for telling me about this recipe and thanks to the person that originally posted the recipe :)

Gift Ideas for Teachers

2007-10-30T00:06:00.000-07:00

Soaps
Small potted plants or flowers
A mug full of chocolates or lollies
Scented candles
A special letter from your child
Diary or notebook and pen set
Scented bath lotion or bubble bath
Scented bath bombs
Homemade chocolates
Homemade cookies
Sand Art Brownies
Framed Class Photo

Tree Ornaments

Printable Advent Calender

2007-10-25T23:21:00.001-07:00

Meck Mom has a brilliant printable advent calender for the kids. You could print one up for the family or print one up for each of your kids.

Click here to print out your own advent calender!

Christmas Wreath Cookies

2007-10-25T00:19:00.000-07:00

I love the look of these festive Christmas Wreath Cookies.

Go to Bright Ideas website to get the recipe!

Reindeer Gift Box Ornament

2007-10-24T21:35:00.000-07:00

Family Fun have a really cute Reindeer Gift Box Ornament to print out and make to decorate your home this Christmas.

More Christmas Countdowns and Tickers

2007-10-24T21:13:00.000-07:00

http://www.commentsjunkie.com/christmascountdown

Here is another web site with some fun Christmas Countdowns and tickers for you to add to your blog or web site.

Comments Junkie

Christmas Countdown Activity Booklet

2007-10-21T19:13:00.000-07:00

Here is a Christmas Countdown Activity Booklet that I made for my kids a couple of years ago. Print up a new activity each day starting on December 1st until Christmas day.

Click here to print your own booklet!

New Christmas Meme

2007-10-21T18:28:00.000-07:00

Head on over to my other blog A Juggling Mum and find out all about a new Christmas Meme I'm starting :)

Photo Frame Holiday Card

2007-10-18T18:02:00.000-07:00

Print out this fun holiday photo frame card from Wondertime, cut it out, put your picture in and send it to your friends!

Christmas Countdowns & Tickers

2007-10-12T05:32:00.000-07:00

Get Myspace Christmas Countdown

Here are some websites I found with some great Christmas Countdowns and tickers!

Christmas Myspace Graphics

Siggiez Christmas Countdowns

Ticker Central

Wonder Christmas

Email Santa

2007-10-12T04:45:00.000-07:00

Write a email to Santa Claus and receive a reply faster than Rudolph can fly. Plus there are heaps of other fun games and activities to check out here!