Reindeer Droppings

Every year for a good laugh we make friends and family reindeer droppings. We decorate a box of whoppers to look like Rudolph, add a funny poem, and then glue a tail on the back. What you may not notice is that you can cut a flap around the tail, so rather than open the box of Whoppers, the yummy treat can be retrieved from Rudolph's bottom!

Mary & Baby Christmas Ornament

Christmas is about the celebration of the birth of our savior, and what a better way to remember this holiday than by making a beautiful Christmas ornament to add to your own tree. Once you have all the materials, this ornament is simple to put together. Any picture can be used, but it has to be printed on transparency paper.

Materials:

• One or more clear Christmas ball ornaments (can be purchased online or at craft store)
• Clear Transparency paper
• ribbon for bow

First you are going to print the Mary picture on the transparency paper.

Cut a circle around the printed Mary picture so the diameter fits your glass ball.

Carefully roll your cut picture so that it is small enough to place through the opening of your glass ball.

Using pliers (or tweezers), place your rolled picture inside and situate it so that both sides of your picture properly meet the diameter of your ball.

Your picture has to be cut to the exact diameter of the inside of your glass ball in order for it to sit perfectly upright. (It may take a couple of tries.)

Once your picture is placed in the desired position, the top can be placed back on the opening of the glass ball.

A bow & decorative hook can be added  & the ornament is ready to be placed on the Christmas tree!

Halloween Skeleton Wreath

Make a unique halloween decoration to hang on your door this halloween! All the materials can be purchased at Michael's. You can purchase the black wreath, ribbon, and styrofoam bones at Michael's. Then using a glue gun, glue the bones to the wreath and add a orange halloween bow! It's a quick and easy, homemade decoration that will look beautiful on your door for the spooky holiday!

Halloween Candy Mix

Make this sweet treat for halloween!

You can also give it as a gift to a neighbor or friend for this halloween season.

For the mix, we bought the ingredients at Winco. We used candycorns, candy pumpkins, toffee peanuts, chocolate covered peanuts, white chocolate raisins, and M&M's. You can add other types of nuts and candy to the mix to make your own flavor mix.The ribbon and dish seen in the picture were purchased at Michael's. Cover it with cellophane if you are giving it as a gift. It also makes a beautiful candy dish for the house! ~Happy Halloween~

Pumpkin Face

Make a simple pumpkin face to decorate your house for halloween!
You need:
small, rectangular piece of wood
Paint: Orange & white
Black Pernament Marker
Ribbon
Glitter
Glue
Paint your plank of wood orange and let it dry. Once it is dry, draw your face with the pernament marker. Then using the white paint, color in the eyes. When everything is dry, sprinkle glitter around the edges and glue a ribbon on. (see picture above)

Halloween Scrapbook Page

Last night, I took a scrabooking class at Now & Then Scrabook store, taught by Letti. She makes the most beautiful, elaborate pages! The halloween page I made came out so cute, I just have to post it.

Delicious & Easy Thanksgiving Pie

Fall is here! And thanksgiving is just around the corner. If you ever get tired of the traditional pumpkin pie, then I encourage you to try this Chocolate Pie recipe! You can use your own pie crust recipe, or to make the job extra easy, buy a premade one. Here's my pie crust recipe:
Pie Crust
3 Cups flour
1 ½ Cups shortening
¼ Cup of milk
1 Tablespoon Vinegar
¾ teaspoon salt
Mix shortening, flour and salt. In separate bowl, mix milk
and vinegar, then combine with flour mixture.
Cut dough with pastry cutter. Place in pie pan.

Now for the filling (the easy part): Jello instant chocolate pudding
Cool Whip from the can
Follow the pudding box recipe. Add pudding to the crust, then top with cool whip. In the picture, I topped the pie with chocolate shavings. Keep refrigerated!