Last Minute Christmas Fun

  It has been a nice week of friends, family and baking. Last year a friend gave my daughter a cute little bag of reindeer food to leave outside Christmas eve. She thought it was a fun idea, while she sprinkled it on our drive and went to bed with hopes of Santa and his reindeer would stop by, my husband went out in the wee hours of the morning and swept some of it away to make it appear as if the reindeer had stopped by for the little snack. In the morning she had to go outside and see if the reindeer had spotted the treat and to her delight they did. It's just a fun magical touch to the holiday season. I've made up some simple "reindeer food" tags for you to print out for free. Just mix up some oats, Christmas sprinkles and maybe even some glitter for your reindeer food. Fun, fun, fun.

   I've had a lot of fun putting together this collection of creativity on my blog this year. Here are a few projects that you might consider for gifts this holiday season. 

Mele Kalikimaka!!!

Tahitian Blanket

Summer Headbands

Gratitude Journal

Homemade Sticker Book

Fabric Flower Headbands

Rainbow Ribbons

Fleece Mittens

Christmas Printable

Bookmarks

Homemade Playdough

Hello Dolly Cookies

    These are just a few simple ideas for some gifting fun. 

Happy Holidays.

~Christie

Printable: Christmas Advent Calendar

 Christmastime is such a wonderful time of the year. It is a time of giving and making family memories to last a lifetime. We finally put all of the "orange" away and brought out the Christmas colors. Trimmed the tree and remembered all of our loved ones. And...it's not even December yet. It's just around the corner and I thought I'd make up an advent calendar. The challenge was to only use what I had in house.

    I painted some frames turquoise and added red polka dot paper behind the glass of the picture frame. I then glued some twine around the back and clipped my numbers on. On the back of each numbered card is a fun thing to do as a family.

 Small as reading a favorite Christmas story and big as creating a ginger bread house from scratch.

You could totally put clues on the back of the cards for your family to find small treats or fun activities to do together this December. I didn't put treats on the cards because I think some people around here might just get to them before the intended date. Ahem....no naming. ha. Anyway, I love how it turned out. I hope you will be inspired to make one of your own and have lots of holiday fun this season!  {Below is the printable I created.}

~Christie

Christmas Advent Calendar

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