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Free Christmas Apps for iPhone and iPad

Every year, a lot of money is spent on Christmas gifts for family, friends, and co-workers. By now, you are probably tired of standing in line and spending your hard earned money. Wouldn’t it be wonderful to get something for free this Christmas? You can! There are plenty of free Christmas apps that are designed to be used on the iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad. Christmas Wallpapers & Backgrounds with Xmas Glow Effects is a long name for a FREE app that can be used with iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad. This app gives you over 1,500 Christmas wallpapers and … Continue reading →

Preserving Your Christmas Treasures

There are so many ways that you could approach capturing and preserving your Christmas (or Kwanza or Hanukah) memories. This year I plan to focus on the little things that make this season special for me. These items would make a prefect mini album that we could add to each year. I would like to share a few things that I would be meaningful to include in a holiday memory album. Your Christmas Tree. Is it artificial or real? If it is real, do you cut it down yourself, or do you buy it at the same place each year? … Continue reading →

Let’s Make Christmas Ornaments!

There are lots of ideas for fun Christmas ornaments that you and your family members can make. Custom Christmas ornaments are great for decorating your tree, decorating different areas of the home, and giving as gifts. They are terrific keepsakes that will bring back memories for years to come, so get started making some right away! Simple Strings of Beads This is a super easy idea for ornaments. Form pipe cleaners or “chenille stems” into the shapes you want and then just string some beads onto them. Bend the ends to keep the beads in place. Then, add an ornament … Continue reading →

Frugal Stocking Stuffers Under $5.00

One of the things I take very seriously every Christmas is filling those lonely dangling stockings to the hilt with practical, affordable yet fun, stocking stuffers. Typically I get started before December rolls around, whenever I see a bargain or discount or something that would suit perfectly for a stocking stuffer. This year I didn’t get started until the first of December and thankfully, as of this writing, I have all stocking stuffers needed to fill all five children’s stockings this year. Hooray for being done early. I thought I would pass on some creative, inexpensive stocking stuffer ideas to … Continue reading →

Home Week in Review: December 17 – 23

Sometimes, our articles run in themes. This week’s review revolves around just a few categories, from tips for cleaning furniture, and bathroom articles that include cleaning and decorating tips, to holiday articles. Oh, and one article on design styles as well. So, here are this week’s articles arranged by categories: Cleaning Furniture: Cleaning Upholstery: How and Why The upholstery in your home needs your attention just as much as anything else, except for maybe children, pets or in-laws. Here are some hopefully helpful tips on how to maintain your upholstery so that it will actually smile when you approach (and … Continue reading →

Easy Candy Cane and other Candy Inspired Crafts

These ideas are so simple that you can make as many as you like in no time at all. Chenille Candy Canes All you need is some red and white chenille stems (I grew up calling them pipe cleaners). Twist the ends of one red stem and one white stem together to secure them. Then, simply keep twisting them around each other until you reach the other end. Secure it, and then bend the top until you make it into the shape of candy cane. What could be easier? Hang your candy canes on the tree or decorate gift packages … Continue reading →

The Homeschooler’s Advent Calendar: Crafty Activities at Families.com

Do you tour this website? I have to admit that I check out a few blogs regularly, but if I’m searching for something I often go to the forums to get people’s opinions. However, when I was thinking about today’s Advent calendar topic, I thought I’d take a good look around at what Families.com has to offer. Obviously the blogger in fun or kid’s crafts doesn’t blog in homeschooling–but which of us homeschoolers doesn’t like to get out the craft boxes every so often? In reality, I found many ideas that I can use for our Christmas celebrations during homeschool. … Continue reading →

Winter Craft Ideas with Mittens

Brrrrrrr! Is it cold where you live? It’s been pretty cold around here! We even need our gloves, and that gives me an idea. We can make some cute mitten crafts. We can make ornaments that look like mittens, greeting cards that look like mittens, and all kinds of other stuff. It’s pretty easy, and these projects turn out cute. For these projects, you can use the simple mitten pattern found in the article, “Make a Snowman even if You don’t have Snow!” You can make the pattern small, medium, or large, for the different projects, or you can just … Continue reading →

Kids’ Crafts: Week in Review November 27 – December 2

Hey! It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas around here! It’s only a few weeks away, so we’ll squeeze in a few more weeks of crafts, but it’s going to be here before we know it. If you missed anything this week, take a quick peek below for a rundown of this week’s articles: Let’s Make Christmas Stockings! This article includes an image that can be used to make a pattern for making your own simple stocking. There is also a link to eight great patterns for fun stockings that you and your family can make together. It’s Time … Continue reading →