Pines

I love Christmas decorations and this one turned out really cute...

I had this wooden box that you could totally make, so easy. filled it with some sprigs of pine from trimming our tree. Put some mason jars in with candles and wa-la! it was the perfect center piece for our Christmas Eve dinner.

fun kid gifts

So I'm a huge dork and always make my kids give thankyou's and card for people like teachers, coaches, friends, whoever deserves it! they hate when we do this but it always ends up being so cute! 

This one was for the swim coach, it was the end of the season and it was almost Thanksgiving so we made a turkey, duh! 

1st you make your kid find out their favorite candy bar. We then wrapped it in construction paper and cut out a head, feathers and feet. I didn't ask him to write things on the feathers, that was all his own and I was so proud of him! it was really cute like "you're a way better coach than coach Scott" and "Thanks for getting in the water that once". He's a pretty goofy kid. 

This is another one we did for all our little neighborhood friends for Christmas, SNOWMEN! It was a fun family activity, we made a little assembly line, one wrapped Hershey bars in white paper, the next glued on black dots for coal eyes and mouths, the next drew a carrot nose then we tied a scarf. They were really cute! 

Christmas card display

Sorry for the post Christmas Christmas post... hopefully you can use this idea for next year.  We live in a tiny apartment and knowing where to put all the Christmas cards we get is a challenge, they usually end up in a pile.  But this year my mom (who was visiting for the birth of our baby), started hanging our cards from our garland, and it looked SO cute! We just used mini binder clips and attached the cards to various bows of the garland and it looked great... so go ahead and copy my mom's genius for next year...

pine tree sprigs

this was another fun idea I got from my favorite place, pinterest!

just cut some little sprigs off your pine tree or if your lucky like me the tree lot will have tons of trimmings they'll let you take for free! get lots of little glass jars (baby food jars work great and I know you all have some of those around!) fill them up with water and your trimmings. It made a really cute center piece for our Christmas dinner

another tree skirt

I was going to make the tree skirt that Liza showed and mine ended up like this...

Follow Elizas directions below. Cut a circle, I did what she said and yes it makes sense. Hold your measuring tape in the middle and swing it around in a circle then cut! I then cut a line from the outside to the middle and cut an small circle in the middle for the trunk of the tree. Then cut strips of white felt, 1/2 in thick and make snowflakes all around! I saw this a few years ago at a Christmas specialty store, super cute!

Christmas cards display

Don't know what to do with all those Christmas cards you're getting? Here's one idea. Take some ribbon, rope, twine, whatever you've got, string it on the wall, then hang up all your cards with clothes pins. We have a brick wall in our kitchen that makes a great backdrop. You could also put it across a mantle, over a window or above your bed... wherever you have some extra space. A great way to enjoy all your friends and families pics during the holiday season!