Salt Dough Ornaments

This is a handy recipe to use with your children to make homemade ornaments for your tree, or even ornaments to give as gifts! This is super fast because there is no need to bake them, simply put them in the microwave.

You'll need:

4 cups of flour
1 cup of salt
1 1/2 cups of hot water
holiday cookie cutters
decorations, glitter, paint, beads, etc.

Knead the dough and roll it out to cut out shapes with cookie cutters (just like if you were making sugar cookies). Place them on a microwave-safe plate and microwave on high for about 2 minutes. Paint and decorate as desired.

30 Stocking stuffer ideas for kids

Ahh the stocking. Are you like me and have no clue what to put in your kids stockings? We'll I've gathered a list of some ideas to help us both out. This is a list for both older kids and toddlers.

1. Crayons/markers
2. Etch a Sketch mini's
3. Chocolates/Candy
4. Legos
5. Lip Gloss
6. Hot Wheel Cars
7. Mp3 player
8. Necklace
9. Silly Putty
10. Hair bows
11. Mini Play doh cups
12. Slinkys
13. Stickers
14. small stuffed animals
15. Bubbles
16. Bubble Gum
17. Toothbrush
18. Money
19. Yo-yo
20. Bouncy Balls
21. Barbie Clothes
22. Barbie
23. Movie passes
24. Temporary Tattoos
25. Moon Sand
26. Puzzle
27. Craft Items - paint, paint brush, glue, glitter, etc
28. Silly Straws
29. Thomas the Train figures
30. Transformer figures

Snowflake Hot Cocoa

A yummy white chocolate hot cocoa that you cook in a crock pot.


2 cups whipping cream
6 cups milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 (12 ounce) package white chocolate chips
Garnish:
Whipped cream
Candy canes


1. Stir together the whipping cream, milk, vanilla, and white chocolate chips in a slow cooker.

2. Cover and cook on low for 2 to 2 1/2 hours, stirring occasionally, until mixture is hot and chocolate chips are melted. Stir again before serving. Garnish with whipped cream and candy canes, as desired.

Still time to order Christmas Cards!

Have you waited till the last minute to order your Christmas cards? I am still accepting Christmas card orders for this holiday season. You must order soon though or you will not have enough time for printing, shipping to you and still be able to mail them out in time.

If you don't want to deal with the time crunch I can modify any design to be a New Year's Card.

Christmas Rock Candy

Here is a yummy recipe that I love to make. Pick your favorite flavor (or three) and make a batch for your family.

3 c. sugar
1 c. Karo
1/2 c. hot water
Food Coloring (if wanted)
Flavoring Oil (1 dram/1 teaspoon)

Bring above to hard crack (300 degrees). Remove from heat and add one dram (1 teaspoon) oil flavoring. Pour onto a cookie sheet lightly greased or sprinkled with powdered sugar . Cool and break or cut with scissors.

I usually break it into pieces and then toss in powdered sugar to keep them from sticking together. I also will color the candy according to the flavor; example: strawberry would be red, banana would be yellow, etc.

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Beautiful Christmas Trees

Ok so I was looking online tonight and came across the World Wide Christmas Tree Contest 2006 so I thought I'd highlight three of my favorites.

1. Paul
2. Maria
3. Eneida - not sure about the hands but the tree is beautiful.

Oh Christmas Tree .... Oh Christmas Tree

Ok so I was over reading Mama Ducks blog and saw a Christmas Tree Contest so I wanted to play.



Here is our tree. The photo really doesnt do it justice though. This is the first green tree we have had in 9 yrs, our other tree is white.

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