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Everyone loves a little homemade holiday cheer, right? Make your own cheer with these easy DIY Christmas ornaments. All of these are simple enough that even kids can make! 125 Easy DIY Christmas Ornaments 77 ways to fill clear ornaments Head to Refunk My Junk for 75 ways to fill clear ornaments. We love this…
Are you tired of coming up with insane Elf on the Shelf ideas to entertain your kids? Check out this easy Elf on the Shelf idea that includes the easiest Elf on the Shelf hack ever. No more searching the internet for Elf on the Shelf ideas. This will be the last elf idea you’ll…
Don’t let Christmas become a stressful time for you and your family. Follow these tips to simplify Christmas with this easy family advent calendar. In this post I teach you how to stop buying advent calendars that you throw away. Learn how to reuse the same advent calendar each year and incorporate all your favorite Christmas…
Getting rid of toys before Christmas is one of my biggest holiday struggles as a mom. I know I’m not alone in this struggle to encourage kids to declutter their toys. As if us moms didn’t already have enough on our plates during the holidays, right? After years of working with my kids to clean…
Can you believe that now is the time to put together your Christmas cards? Every time we get to this time of year, I wonder where the year has gone! I love getting all the reminders that it’s time to work on Christmas cards because I love giving and receiving them. The only problem is that…
This post is sponsored by BabbleBoxx.com on behalf of Boston Market Nothing beats a home cooked Thanksgiving dinner, right? Wrong! There is one thing that beats it, a home cooked Thanksgiving dinner that you didn’t actually have to cook that also saves you money. Boston Market has an amazing Thanksgiving dinner delivery with a complete precooked…
Have you been boo-ed? If so, you might be terribly overwhelmed right now trying to figure out what to do next. Do you one-up the neighbor that boo-ed you and try to make the ultimate boo basket for the next boo? Do you step it down a notch? Or do you stop the cycle all…
Halloween is my all time favorite holiday. I love it so much because it’s the gateway holiday. Once Halloween is here, it means all the other holidays are right around the corner and we are officially in holiday season. I love everything about Halloween: the costumes, the candy, the rotting pumpkins. Okay, I take it…
Want to throw a Pinterest worthy Halloween party without all the fuss over food? Check out these ridiculously easy Halloween party food ideas from some of my favorite bloggers. Easy Halloween Party Food For Kids If you’ve been reading my blog for long, you probably know that I’m a huge fan of all things Halloween. You…
Here in Southwest Florida it’s so hot that when we carve a pumpkin it rots in 3 days or less. It’s so gross that we rely on alternatives for pumpkin decorating. Over the years we’ve mastered all the different ways to decorate a pumpkin, including this easy pumpkin decorating idea for how to drip paint…
