By Alanna George, on December 22nd, 2011
Look at this beautiful Candy Shop! My good friend Rebecca Bischoff (check out her website) was nice enough to create this Free Printable for me to post on my website. This sweet little candy shop prints out all on one page and you can color it and cut it out to create the Candy . . . → Read More: Advent Activity | Cut and Color Candy Shop
By Alanna George, on December 21st, 2011
Ohh, Christmas is so close! Are you looking for an easy gift for the kids to make Grandma? These paper maché bulbs covered in tissue paper squares and a handmade drawing would work!
How To | Tissue Paper Ornament
Supplies:
Tissue Paper Squares Paper Maché Bulb White Piece of Paper Crayons or Markers . . . → Read More: Advent Activity | Tissue Paper Ornament
By Alanna George, on December 20th, 2011
Have you written your letter to Santa yet? Have you been Naughty or Nice? Young kids will love filling out this letter. It has big lines and spaces for early writers. Ours are going in the mail and heading off to the North Pole tomorrow!
The days are going by so quickly. I still . . . → Read More: Advent Activity | Letter To Santa
By Alanna George, on December 16th, 2011
I must have jinxed myself by posting that we were doing really good at keeping up with our Advent Activities. Now we have fallen a little bit behind, but no pressure right? We were able to make these cute sock snowmen. My daughter said, “I want to use the biggest googly eyes we have . . . → Read More: Advent Activity | Sock Snowman
By Alanna George, on December 9th, 2011
You know Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen… but do you recall the most famous reindeer of all? Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer had a very shiny nose… You will want to make your own version of Rudolph using a toilet paper tube and the free download you can find below!
How To | . . . → Read More: Advent Activity | TP Tube Reindeer
By Alanna George, on December 8th, 2011
I wanted to show all of you the Snowman Family Frame we made yesterday for our Advent Activity. I love it, it looks so cute on the shelf with all the other Christmas decorations. We have been able to keep on schedule for our Advent Activities this far. How about you guys, are you . . . → Read More: Advent Activity | Snowman Family Frame
By Alanna George, on December 7th, 2011
My daughter always wants to make presents for everyone come holiday time. She came up with this Felt Heart Ornament project all on her own. I think she did an excellent job. I’m still waiting to receive mine! She gave everyone else their ornament yesterday. She had tucked them in their stockings for St. . . . → Read More: Handmade Holidays | Felt Heart Ornaments
By Alanna George, on November 28th, 2011
My daughter is having her friends over in a couple weeks to make crafts. We decided we wanted to make finger puppets as one of the projects. We wanted them to come in a little gift box so everyone would have their own Finger Puppet Kit. We made enough kits for her friends and . . . → Read More: Handmade Holidays | Finger Puppet Kit
By Alanna George, on November 21st, 2011
Over the weekend my daughter and I made these bottle cap necklaces to give to her friends as gifts when they come over in a couple weeks to make some Christmas crafts. She was so excited to help me put them together. We think they turned out really cute! The perfect handmade gift for . . . → Read More: Handmade Holidays | Bottle Cap Necklaces
By Alanna George, on November 16th, 2011
Are you getting ready for the countdown to Christmas? I am getting everything prepared here. My kids look forward to the Advent crafts and activities we do every year while we count down the days of December!
If you visited here last year you have probably seen my Jesse Tree for Kids Ornament Tutorial. . . . → Read More: Advent Activities | Countdown for 2011
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 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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