My two little boys have so many stuffed animals. I can't seem to find something to put them in that doesn't take a lot of space. Here's what I did.
We had a couple of beanbags downstairs in the basement that I wanted to use.
First, I emptied one of the beanbags. I took the foam balls out of the one beanbag and put them in the other beanbag I wasn't going to use. So one beanbag has stuffed animals and the other has foam balls still in it.
Next I placed all the stuffed animals in the empty beanbag. Zip it up and your done. Now when my kids want to read, they grab a book and sit on there beanbags. I don't have to worry about stuffed animals all over the place or trying to find a spot to put them!!
*Amy*
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Elf on the Shelf Naughty Letter
So my kids have had some trouble minding mommy and daddy, so we had Buddy (our elf) bring a letter back from Santa with a warning.
It has worked wonders!!! So if you are doing the Elf on the Shelf and your kids need a sweet reminder, then I hope that you give this a try!
Here is the elf that visits our house!!
It has worked wonders!!! So if you are doing the Elf on the Shelf and your kids need a sweet reminder, then I hope that you give this a try!
Here is the elf that visits our house!!
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Cinnamon Spiced Pecans
I have a "Clique" of friends - and we get together once a month for dinner. We started our monthly get togethers YEARS ago when my kids were in elementary school, they were all teachers at the school, and I was the PTA Pres. Over the years we have seen each other through the happiest & hardest of times. Oh how I LOVE these wonderful friends!!! They are truly the salt of the earth type people, whom I adore!! We all took a vote this last year & allowed another person to enter the "clique" Haha And she is a wonderful cook. Lastnight she brought us some lovely spiced nuts!
click on the recipe to enlarge it, and as always if you want the file- leave me a message with your email address & I will send it to you! ~Karen |
Labels:
food,
Recipes,
Snacks and Treats
Monday, December 10, 2012
Game Time
It's that crazy busy time of the year.... it seems like it takes me a good chunk of the month to get things ready for our family Christmas Eve Party. Maybe I need to start assigning some things out to the rest of the family, and spread the LOVE around. Haha I wanted to play this game this year, I had read about how they had wrapped different things up in tape to form a ball- but I thought that might be a little tricky or sticky, so I decided to try using plastic wrap instead. We'll see how it works! First I bought all kinds of things.....
then just take something, this is a small bottle of lotion- and start wrapping the plastic around it |
as I wrapped, I twisted the roll of plastic to help tighten around the object better & get it to form a ball shape better |
the plastic broke a few times so I cut it, and put a piece of tape around it in a few places... then started wrapping the plastic wrap around it again. |
Labels:
Christmas,
family fun,
games
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Make your own Buttermilk or Sour Cream
Have you ever needed Buttermilk or Sour Cream- but when you went to the fridge.... you realized you didn't have any? Yeah I've been there, and it usually happens when I'm making something and need it that very minute!!
Well it's your lucky day.. here's all you need!
Labels:
cooking tips,
Helpful Tips,
Recipes
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Peppermint Trees
I was at the dollar store last week and saw these styrofoam cones- and bags of peppermints- so I thought I would try to make peppermint trees.
You need one 7 oz. pkg. of mints to do each tree. Just unwrap each mint and starting at the bottom- glue each mint on with a hot glue gun... when you get to the top stack two on top. |
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