Getting ready for Jesus' Birthday

That's right, I said it! I'm decorating for Christmas! Yes! Already! lol. Heath told me I couldn't decorate for Christmas until after Thanksgiving, but I told him that he's not in charge of holidays and if he's not careful, he'll wake up in the morning with the tree up already. lol. Okay, so I fell asleep and the tree still isn't put up. But it's going up this week!  I mean, I am coo-coo for Christmas! Only having the Christmas decorations up for 30 days just doesn't seem right to me! So, the tree is going up this week!

So, the Christmas countdown chalkboard is up (and has been for 2 days) and the first craft is finished.  These "interesting" little wall hangers were found at Bits 'n' Pieces (a thrift store in Bastrop) for 59cents each. I had all the supplies on hand for it, so I got this project done for less than $2.

Here is the BEFORE pic...

And here is the AFTER. Not my best work, but in my eyes, anything that's wishing Jesus a Happy Birthday is beautiful :) Or at least that's my story...and I'm stickin' to it!

 

Footprint and Handprint Crafts

If you haven't come across this website Footprint and Handprint Crafts yet, well then you're sure to be spending alot of time on there from now on! It's amazing and crammed full of projects using your little one's hand and footprints! Who doesn't love that?!

I was inspired by this craft project where they used painted handprints and a footprint to make a turkey, but I wanted to make an applique instead. Because we all know I have plenty of fabric scraps laying around!

So, off I went tracing Emmy's hand and foot. Then used the scraps of fabric I had on hand, turning them into appliques with iron on backing. Incidentally, you can get a yard of iron on fabric backing for less than $2 at JoAnn's fabric.   I added the feet to it and painted the face on. I think it turned out quite girly and cute.  What do you think? Sort of looks like a cross between a turkey and a peacock to me. lol.

Here's the hand and footprints and cut out so you can see them.

And here's the finished product all ready to wear for Turkey Day!

By the way, I cooked a turkey today. lol. We eat alot of turkey and chicken around here, so I picked up one to make for dinner and then for sandwiches for lunch for the week. It was YUMMY! Turkey, mashatatoes (as Emmy says it) and gravy. Sooo good!

I just have to say one more time how awesome the website that I listed above is. I cannot wait to make the footprint penguin, Santa's sleigh,  and so on and so on. This site is great for all year long!

Awesome Teacher Gift for the holidays!

Let me start this out by saying that I WISH that I could give the proper credit to the person who posted this on their blog BUT my computer froze on my so all I have is the photo saved in my computer.  If someone knows who this photo belongs to, I'd love to give the proper credit for this awesome idea.

As you know, we homeschool so we don't have a need for "teacher's gifts", although I have received gifts from Kimberly when she was younger. I will be making this with an "E" and put "E is for Emilee" on it.  It is such a cute idea-too cute to pass up. So, it will be made and then take it's place on the wall over the desk after we get the new desk.

So, what do you think? It's such a great idea isn't it?