Christmas Auction Game

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Today’s 12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop theme is games. I love playing games, but after playing the white elephant game for years at Christmas parties I decided it was time to change things up and make the game a bit more exciting. So, I’m introducing “Christmas Let’s Make a Deal” Auction. A special thanks to Oriental Trading Company for sponsoring this post. Keep scrolling down to see instructions.

Christmas Game Display

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Kid’s Snowman Craft

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It’s day three of our exciting 12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop. Today our theme is Kid’s Activities. I’ve seen some of the ideas and I know you will be thrilled with all the inspiration there is if you are needing a holiday activity for the kids. I am sharing a kid’s snowman craft that turned out better than I imagined plus I got to spend some magical time with some of my grand kids. See the tutorial below.

burlap snowmanI love how the draw strings that are hanging out look like arms.

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Christmas Planner

Welcome back to our Holiday Blog Hop. Today our theme is Holiday Survival Guides and I think you are going to find all kinds of wisdom from the bloggers participating. For my post I’ve decided to create a simple Christmas planner for you to print out and use to stay organized during the busy holidays. The printables are free. You can see each individual page below. 

Christmas Planner Pages

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Christmas Gift Guide For Families

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Hello Friends! This is the first day of our 12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop and I’m so excited to be participating. Today our theme is “Gift Guides”. My Christmas Gift Guide post below has loads of ideas for the families in your life. All of them are under $50 and I think they would appeal to everyone. Keep reading to find some of my favorites.

Christmas Gift Ideas

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12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop

HAPPY HOLIDAYS EVERYONE! Once again it’s time for our annual 12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop. This is our kick off post full of the best Christmas ideas from years past to get you excited for next Monday when the blog hop begins.

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Cousin Carnival

Keeping kids busy during the summer is quite a job don’t you think. I remember the summer days when my kids would nag me about being bored and I was always looking for ideas to keep them busy. If you have the same problem hopefully we can help solve a few of those issues for you today.

I’ve joined with several other talented bloggers to come up with some ideas to help you out. You can find all their fun activities below the Cousin Carnival I did for my grand kids.

Watching clown making balloon art.

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Simple Easter Bunny Craft

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I love a quick and easy craft, don’t you? This Easter bunny craft is just that and it turned out as cute as I imagined.

Framed Easter Bunny Decor

Here’s how you can make your own.

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Christmas Stocking Alternatives

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Several Stocking Ideas

On Christmas morning the first thing our family does is check our stockings. It’s so fun to see the little gifts hidden inside. I got wondering if anyone uses anything other than stockings and found some great ideas. Here are the Christmas stocking alternatives I found. You will also find a variety of Christmas stocking ideas from my blogging friends below. 

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Sugar Cookie Decorating Kit

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Sugar Cookies and Frosting

Gift giving during the holidays is always fun, but sometimes it’s hard to know what to give. Here’s an idea for a sugar cookie decoration kit that anyone any age would enjoy. You will also find some additional sweet treat ideas from some of my favorite blogging buddies. Keep reading to see all the yumminess.

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Christmas Home Tour 2018

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Welcome to our Christmas home tour 2018. I’m so excited for Christmas this year. There are years where I’m just not feeling it. Does that ever happen to you? I am always inspired by seeing how others decorate their homes for Christmas and I hope I can give you some ideas and inspiration. 

Front Porch Rocking Chair

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