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Host a Cookie Swap!
This year, why not host a fun Cookie Swap with your friends? Or how about with the women in your church? This would make a perfect social for Women’s Ministries!
How it Works:
Each person bakes one batch of their favorite cookie for each guest attending the cookie swap. So, if there are 12 guests attending, each guest will bring 12 dozen cookies. Be sure everyone brings the recipe along with their cookies!
You can print out our Cookie Swap Organizer for free!
Note: I suggest printing the recipe cards onto cardstock paper.
Have you ever hosted a cookie swap? What is your favorite cookie recipe?
20 Ideas: Thanksgiving Kids Table
Every year I have a kids table at Thanksgiving Dinner with activities to keep the little ones busy while they wait for dinner. Here are some fun ideas:
- Thankful Turkey from Artists Helping Children
- Shindig Thanksgiving Printables from Shindig Parties to Go
- Celebrate Thanksgiving from Anna and Blue Paperie
- I am Thankful Chain from Silverbox Creative Studio
- Activity Placemat from Family Fun
- Thanksgiving Mad Lib from Family Fun
- Mayflower Treat Holders from Sheek Shindigs
- Chalkboard Placemats from La T Da
- Fabric Napkins and Rings from The Celebration Shoppe
- Thanksgiving Table Setting Printables from Lily’s Laundry
- Kids Place Settings from One Charming Party
- Turkey Chair Covers from Wild Olive
- Kids Table Setting with Printables and Tutorials from Frog Prince Paperie
- Decorating the Kids Table at Fiskars
- Squirrel and Acorn Decorated Table at No Fuss Fabulous
- Corn on the Cob on a Stick from One Charming Party
- Placecards, Napkin Rings, Stickers and More from Parenting.com
- Kids Thanksgiving Table from Skip to My Lou
- Gobbling Turkey Apples from Make and Take
- Candy Cups from Make and Take
Thanksgiving Dinner Printables
Paper and Glitter is offering this amazing download for free! It includes 20 pages of darling crafts, invitations, envelopes, activities, menu, napkin rings, and much more! Best of all the .pdf file is editable so you can personalize it for your own needs!
Fall Cleaning
The holidays are fast approaching… which often means parties, over night guests, and lots of picture taking. Get your house clean now so that when the candles are lit and the tables are set, you can breathe easy. Download this detailed checklist and get your house in order for the holidays!
Download: a homemade holiday- Fall Cleaning Checklist.
I am working this week to get my house in tip top shape. We have quite a few quests expected over the next few weeks. I want my home to feel welcoming to everyone who enters – including my own family. A clean home makes the holidays even more fun and inviting. This week at my house is devoted to cleaning.
Fall is my favorite time of the year. It makes me want to putter around the house, get cozy, and have everything “just so.” That way, instead of worrying over tasks that need to be accomplished, I can curl up by the fire, under a blanket and read a good book.
I’ve been baking up a storm the last few days. I’ve made four loaves of my wonderful, easy Sweet Sourdough Bread, three loaves of Spelt Bread and three mini loaves of Spelt Banana Bread for my daughter who doesn’t eat, an Orange Cake, Gluten Free & Vegan “Sausage Patties” for the freezer – not to mention all the canning I’ve been doing. I still have 14 bushels of apples left to preserve!
I pulled out my autumn decorations a few weeks ago, so the house looks festive. I have also enjoyed lighting candles around the house everyday – just because. Despite of all my “busyness” (or should I say “inspite”?) my house needs an overhaul.
Are you ready for the holidays? What needs to be done at your home?
Happy Mother’s Day!
“Her children arise up and call her blessed.” Proverbs 31:28
Download this free Desktop Wallpaper for your computer.
- Download the wallpaper to your computer.
- Open the folder containing the wallpaper.
- Right Click on the wallpaper and select “Set as Desktop Background.
- Enjoy!
Photo Credit: Rachel Bostwick
Wallpaper Design: Melissa Ringstaff
Valentine’s Day Paper Doll
Here is a fun printable for your little girls: Japanese Kokeshi Paper Doll!
Family Worship – Coloring Page
This week in our family worship time we read a story about a Pigeon named Pete who after being shipped from New York to Australia escaped and flew home! The children loved this story! I love this time we can spend together snuggled on the sofa reading and worshiping together. I found a coloring page of a father and son reading the Bible and I wanted to share t with you.
We received three new devotional books for the year. One of them is for my teen girls, one is for my soon to be 20 year old son (planning to drop it in the mail for him) and the other is for my husband and I to share together. I was excited to get the books in the mail!
What have you been doing this week during family worship?
Homeschool Freebies – January 10, 2011
- Snowflake Journal Page
- Make an intricate snowflake
- Crystallized Snowflakes - Can substitute Epson Salts for the Borax – here.
- Button Snowflakes – why not decorate your classroom with these hanging from the ceiling or a collection of all sorts of snowflakes hanging in front of your window?
- Snowflake Snack recipe
- So Many Synonym Snowflakes Worksheet
- Snow Fun Match-up
- Count By Tens Snowflake Worksheet
- Snowy Owl Study
- The Mitten Unit Study
You’re Here (Mary’s Song) – Francesca Battistelli
When I heard this song – “You’re Here” by Francesca Battistelli – on the radio last week, I made a note to look it up when I got home. Beautiful! And right now, you can download the mp3 for free on Amazon.com! Merry Christmas!
Audio Bible – iPhone App
If you are looking for a good audio Bible, here is one I have been enjoying on my iPhone/ iPod. The Bible.is iPhone app is a dramatized reading of the Bible. It has 96 lanuguages and best of all – it’s free! You can download it from itunes.
