Christmas

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Christmas

Homemade Chocolate Peppermint Spoons Recipe

Just wrap in cellophane and tie with ribbon to give as a gift

Ingredients:
2 bags Hershey’s milk chocolate morsels
20 Candy Canes (or peppermint candies)
Plastic Spoons
Wax paper
Directions:
Crush your peppermint into a bowl. We used candy canes, and I cut them with scissors into small chips.
Place chocolate chips in a pot and melt them over low heat stirring constantly.
Take a plastic spoon and dip it into the chocolate [...]

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Homemade Peanut Butter Cookies(Easiest in the World)

I will be posting a photo soon
Ingredients:
1-cup peanut butter (either smooth or creamy)
1-cup sugar
1 egg
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine all ingredients and stir until completely blended. Scoop spoonfuls onto cookie sheet and use a fork to gently flatten the top down and make little criss crosses.
Bake for approximately 10-12 minutes.
Cool and Enjoy!
Makes 12 absolutely [...]

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Homemade Hot Chocolate

just pour into baggie and tie with ribbon

This hot chocolate is great for homemade gifts. We use it in our Holiday Sweets Gift Tin.
Ingredients:
2 cups dry milk powder
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa
1/2 cup powdered non dairy creamer
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup chocolate chips

Directions:
Mix all ingredients into a mixing bowl then store in an airtight container.
Use 3-4 heaping tablespoons added to boiling water and [...]

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Holiday Sweets Gift Tin

This is a really yummy gift

Here is our gift tin loaded with our homemade chocolate Peppermint spoons, homemade hot chocolate, marshmallows, and homemade peanut butter cookies. I included directions for making the hot chocolate. I individually wrapped each serving of hot chocolate in zip lock bags and tied with a ribbon. We gave this gift tin to our new neighbors.

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Homemade Treasure Box or Booksafe

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While researching the internet for homemade gift ideas I came across this really cool book safe. I decided to make one for my Uncle this year. I used a really big book on mathematical theory that I found at a used book store. When my Uncle first opened the book and lookd at the cover, [...]

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Another Color By Number Picture

Beautifully done...by my 9 year old

Here is another color by number picture that Juliet colored for her Nanny. Just like the other one, we bought a frame and made some matting with poster board. We love these!

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Our Fun Advent Calendar

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I finally finished our advent calendar to count down the days until Christmas.
First, we printed out this Christmas tree advent calendar. Each day we add a new number to count down the days. We have this posted on our fridge. You can print out this same calendar here.
Next, I made up some really fun things for [...]

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Our Homemade Christmas Gifts

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Okay, so I am running a little behind with my homemade Christmas gifts. I have been busy making our christmas notebooking pages set and haven’t had a lot of time left over. But now that I am finished we will be making something new hopefully every week.
Here is what we have made so far.
Juliet did [...]

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Homemade Holiday Gift Ideas

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Thanksgiving and Christmas are right around the corner. I am intent on staying out of the hustle and bustle of the season, instead thankfully remembering what this holiday is all about, and sharing the beauty of it with my family.
Up until Thanksgiving all is relatively quiet, and then, in a flash of lightning, everyone goes [...]

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Great Stocking Stuffer Coupon Books

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I made some really cute coupon books for my kids for Christmas. When I came up with this idea I was going to hand make them, but I found this awesome template for them here. What a time saver this was! You can pick the pictures you want on them and then you just type [...]

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