Ingredients: 1/4 cup butter 1 bag (10 oz) large marshmallows (5 cups) 8 cups Cocoa Puffs® cereal (from 11.8-oz box) 3 bags (12 oz each) semisweet chocolate chips or 36 oz (from two 24-oz packages) chocolate-flavored candy coating 3 tablespoons shortening Black sugar and/or black jimmies sprinkles Directions: Line 13×9-inch pan with foil. Spray with … Read more
As I shared last week, we have never had a home with a place to decorate outside so I was really excited to head to Sears to get some outdoor Christmas decorations. There was a lot to choose from but I decided to buy three items to decorate the front of our home. Here’s a … Read more
Check out this song, This Is Christmas, by Kutless. It’s now one of my favorite Christmas songs:
Stumped on what to put in your preschoolers stocking? Here are 10 ideas: 1) Candy (the obvious one) 2) Crafty Items (collage materials, crayons, stickers) 3) Toiletries (bath bubbles, toothbrush with their favorite character) 4) Undergarments (character underwear, socks) 5) Dress up jewelry 6) Cars and trains 7) Snacks (fruit snacks, chocolate chip granola bars) … Read more
Our ornament from the Truth In The Tinsel ebook today was Mary. Jacob liked using the Elmer’s 3D Paint Pens to decorate her dress. After looking at the finished product we should have probably added hair so it looked like a girl but I think it still looks cute.
For today’s Truth In The Tinsel craft we made a Gabriel ornament. I thought it was a really cute idea but it was not really a craft Jake could make. I think next year I will have Jacob decorate the wrapping paper with glitter glue before I make it into a fan.
The Christmas season is here and I want to make sure that my family has a wonderful season of fun and making memories. The past years I have had many things I wanted to do but just didn’t get around to so this year I have made our family a Christmas “to-do” list. I figure … Read more
Today’s ornament from the Truth In The Tinsel: An Advent Experience For Little Hands ebook was Zechariah. I like how Amanda had us use a bubble from a piece of bubble wrap as the mouth and then pop it to represent that Zechariah was unable to speak because he didn’t believe God. {Real life—> Zechariah … Read more