The holiday season can be an extra busy time of year and it’s easy for everyone to get overstimulated, cranky and tired – both kids and adults! These ten simple tips can help you avoid feeling overwhelmed this Christmas and make it a peaceful and fun time for everyone. Just when I think I am […]
Free Printable Christmas Mini Treat Bag Toppers.
These fun free printable Christmas treat bag toppers are a quick and easy way to personalise candy canes or other candy gifts for your kids to give to their friends this holiday season. This post contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate, and member of other affiliate programs, I earn from qualifying purchases. Do your […]
Gluey Wool Christmas Decorations
These kid-made wool Christmas decorations are so much fun to make, and will look gorgeous hung on your Christmas tree! Use our free printable Christmas shapes template to make these glue and wool Christmas ornaments. This is an (but a bit messy) Christmas craft for kids, that everyone will love! Our Christmas tree is not […]
Learning about Celebrations Other Than Christmas
At this time of the year Christmas is full steam ahead at our house, but because we live in Australia we are also celebrating the end of the school year here and recogising all the hard work and growing up the kids have done across the year and getting ready for the summer holidays. But […]
30 Homemade Gifts for Kids
These easy homemade gifts for kids are perfect as Christmas gifts, or birthday gifts, or any celebration. Save money, avoid the shops and make a special GIY gift for the kids in your life. Whether you are in a rush and need an easy, last minute gift for a child, or you want to give […]
Twelve Things to Cook This Christmas.
I don’t know why, but I always get the urge to bake things at this time of year. It’s a little crazy considering it has just started to get hot here, and we are crazy busy, so standing in front of a hot stove isn’t exactly relaxing, but still…. there is something about Christmas that […]
Printable Christmas Tags
Every Christmas I think about making our own gift tags, to print and put on gifts, and every year I end up writing the names on our gifts in black marker. But not this year! This year I whipped up a set of gift tags using my Raining Deers digital scrapbooking kit. They aren’t super […]