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A great Advent Activity for your family! Order my Jesse Tree Ornament Tutorial today and create your own holiday tradition. Find out more here.
Sew this hood style animal hat to keep your child warm this winter. Purchase pattern here.
Easy to make mermaid costume pattern for American Girl Dolls or 15" Bamboletta. Purchase pattern here. |
Here is our list of activities for our Advent Countdown this year. Won’t you join us in the fun? You can download a tutorial to make your own Jesse Tree ornaments in my store. I also have other great ideas for Advent Activities and Crafts listed and linked below in our calendar. To keep . . . → Read More: Advent Activities | Countdown for 2010 Each year, for the past 3 years, I have tried to do 24 days of activities with my kids to celebrate the Christmas and Advent season. This year we will be focusing on the Jesse Tree. I would love for all of you to follow along with us and enjoy the spirit of the . . . → Read More: Advent Activity | The Jesse Tree for Kids  9 comments  Advent Activities, How To  Advent, Advent Activities, Advent Activity, Advent Crafts for Children, Advent Crafts Kid, Christmas Projects, Family Advent, Handmade ornaments, Jesse Tree, Jesse Tree Ornaments, Jesse Tree Symbols, Kid Advent Craft, Kids Christmas Activity, Kids Christmas Crafts, Kids Craft, Kids Craft Christmas, Ornament Tutorial In the morning we let the kids all open another present from us. We let Charlie open his first, everyone had to gather round and help him with the unwrapping. He thought it was interesting, then went on his way and played and hung on my leg begging to be picked up. Lorelei and . . . → Read More: Advent Activities: Gingerbread House or Not These ornaments were from a craft store. Just a simple ornament made from foam. It did have a lot of pieces so Allan needed my help to glue it all together. Lorelei did most of it on her own, she is an independent crafter and does not need Mom's help. Steve is off . . . → Read More: Advent Activities: Bear Ornaments On Friday we painted ornaments for our activity. I am sure they can be found at a craft store, but I got mine straight from Colorbok. The kids did a good job painting, although Lorelei got a little over zealous and had to do some touch-ups to a couple spots she didn't like. I . . . → Read More: Advent Activities: Paint-It Ornaments On Wednesday we made Truffles. I am not sure I would do it again with the kids. I thought it would be a good recipe for the kids to help me with, but they were too messy for them to roll them into balls. Then I was nervous to have them to close to . . . → Read More: Advent Activities: Truffles Have you seen this? Santa can send your child a personalized video message from the Portable North Pole. Allan received a video message Tuesday morning while Lorelei was at school. It was very exciting! Allan watched it again when Lorelei got home so she could see it too. Late that afternoon their Smith . . . → Read More: Advent Activities: Message from Santa
On Monday Charlie was up early with Lorelei. Our tree is on a timer and is usually lit before we all wake up. Charlie loves to play along the fireplace near the tree. Isn't this a cute shot of him? He has been pretty good about not touching the tree. He does like to . . . → Read More: Advent Activities: Hot Cocoa Cones
On Sunday morning after church the kids helped me make Pretzel Hugs. It was the perfect baking activity for them. No mess and no mixing (my favorite). They helped me lay out the pretzels and then lay Hershey's Kisses on top. We popped them in the oven until the chocolate was soft and then pushed . . . → Read More: Advent Activities: Pretzel Hugs or Kisses On Saturday we had snow here and the kids were begging to go outside. I did some grocery shopping right away in the morning and when I got home we bundled them up and sent them out. They were so happy to be in the snow! Lorelei and Allan built a little snowman . . . → Read More: Advent Activities: Lights Parade |
 I was a Design Manager in the scrapbooking industry until the birth of my first child. I then turned freelance designer, crafter and stay-at-home mom. I reside in MI with my husband and our four kids. Find out more about me here.    
  
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