"Ballerina" Bag

Kyla LOVES girly things. I saw this idea on pinterest and made up the bag as I went. So pink...so girly...and she is excited to have her own bag for books at the library!

Making Playdough

So for fun over Christmas break, we made a big batch of playdough. This recipe does make a lot, but it was nice to have a large batch for my kiddos. So you could cut it down if you want a smaller batch. This was all from one batch:
Ingredients:

• 5 cups water
• 5 cups flour
• 2 1/2 cups salt
• 3 Tablespoons cream of tartar
• 10 Tablespoons vegetable oil
• Food coloring

Instructions:

Mix water, salt, cream of tartar, and food coloring. Cook on medium-low heat, stirring regularly until mixture is hot. Add oil. Stir in flour a cup at a time, stirring in between each addition. Mix until playdough pulls away from pan and is no longer sticky (pinch it between your fingers to test). Dump dough on counter, let cool a bit, then knead.

We keep our playdough in a freezer bag at room temperature. This recipe makes a lot and lasts for several months!

**If you want different colors, like we did, you will want to wait to add the food coloring until the end, then knead it in.

Temple Picture

So I made this in the Fall for Super Saturday, but I got busy and didn't get it posted. It looks great above my piano.

Spreading Christmas Cheer

We tried to think of some fun ways to spread a little extra cheer this year. This was my favorite:Kyla drew pictures and made cards to delver to our local hospital. She wrote Merry Christmas in each of them. She really enjoyed making all of these.

We also made cards for the postman and left him a treat in the mailbox. The kids were super thrilled when the postman left a Christmas card for us the next day. And now we know what his name is :)

My kids also really enjoyed taking treats to friends and neighbors. I ended up making more than I had planned because they kept wanting to go. We kept the treats small and just hit more houses and made it fun. Kyla wanted to sing to everyone and Nathan was sure to say Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone.

Hand Soap Gifts

This was a small gift I made for a few people.I have the printable here: (prints on an 8 by 10)

Candied Coin Rolls

I Santa used Martha Stewart's idea to make these Candy Coins for the kids stockings:
They love putting coins in their piggy banks, so this is a perfect stocking stuffer. (Ironically, they will also be getting chocolate coins in their stockings)

Merry Christmas from Your Peeps Gifts

I saw this cute idea on Pinterest just in time to make it for my Mia Maid girls:

I have the best advisor!! I showed her the idea and she did all the shopping for me, so it was super easy!! (Thanks, Nicole!)

(It would also be cute for VT) The idea comes from Bloom Designs. You can get personalized tags from her....I just made my own using her basic design 'cause I wanted to hurry and get them done and delivered :)

So I've never tried this, but I saved my file as a jpeg so it could be printed from my blog. (so if you try to print it before I do, you'll have to let me know if it works) I got 4 tags on an 8x10 and printed on cardstock: