prep and landing

Disney's Prep and Landing has a great printable to help the kids get ready for Santa! It's actually on Family Fun's website. I reinforced the covers by gluing them to cardstock insted of just each other. And bound them with jute twine. I would love to have used the baker's twine from Bake It Pretty but I could see alot of procrastination in my future if I waited until I ordered it, you know how it goes-besides, the boys won't care!

Elf Magic

This year the elves will not be scrambling for ideas last minute-I hope! For those of you not familiar with elf magic-we have two elves that visit us each Christmas season and make sure the boys behave in order to recieve their gifts from Santa at Christmas. While they are here they bring lots of fun ,magic, and a bit of mischief!

The next idea I have is for them to light the boy's rooms with strings of Christmas lights. Red for DS10 and Green for DS6. Luckily, I already have the lights. So no buying required here! (every little bit helps!)

Four months 'til Christmas!

Can you believe it? Happy Rudolph Day! Today kicks off the 'month of the elf' at MHH. So we thought we'd try some "elf bread" (really fairy bread with Holiday sprinkles!)

DS6 gives it a 'Thumbs up'!

Not a creature was stirring...

I got the idea for these from Papercraft magazine. I thought they would be really cute placecards for a Christmas Eve dinner!

Materials and tools

poster board or heavy cardstock
grey, white, and red cardstock
pink stickyback rhinestones
black sharpie
wire or spiral paperclips
modpodge
scissors

glue dots


Using a glass, I traced an '8' on the poster board and folded it in the centre. Then I cut the bottom off so it would sit on the table. I printed the saying on white card stock and mod podged it to the bottom of the card.

I pulled my paperclips apart a bit and used glue dots (one on the top and one underneath)to fasten it to the card for a tail. Then I traced the shape on grey cardstock and pasted it to my mouse.Next I cut the hat shape from red and the cuff from white. I cut into the hat shape so the cuff would slide in a bit.

I gled the hat pieces together and stuck them on my mouse. Then I cut out little circular ears and folde one third inand stuck them to his head! Lastly I stuck a little pink nose on and drew a sleepy eye with a black sharpie. I printed a name on paper and slipped it into the paperclip!