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All The Christmas Fuss

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For this year's Advent Calendar, I let the girls have complete artistic control. We used scrap cardboard and toilet paper rolls which they turned into a mini Christmas village with trees, houses, shops, lamp posts and cars -- so cute! The very last, for the 25th day, is a little nativity scene. Then I was the one who came up with each day's surprise or activity. Kayo and I were away on a trip last week so we haven't been able to open them up with them. Now we're back and the kids are happy we get to do the activities together. Last night was movie night and we watched a classic -- Read More

Magic And Meaning

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A week into Advent and we've been busy! In keeping with our family traditions, the girls and I made an Advent Calendar to help make our countdown to Christmas memorable and meaningful. We set aside an afternoon at Kendo to work on it together. I must say, this year's may be my favorite one so far! Just like what we always do, we made use of stuff we already had at home: an empty cardboard box, assorted board paper, markers, washi tapes, ribbon and crepe paper. I took care of creating the little compartments inside the cardboard box (which turned out to be a lot trickier than I had imagined!) Read More

DIY Christmas Village Advent Calendar

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The season of advent begins in two weeks! I started working on our advent calendar early this year and I would like to share what I made. My inspiration for our calendar this time is to make a little Christmas village mobile using some cardboard and a piece of dried tree branch, very similar to the window charm I made with my kids some months ago (Read Window Charm DIY post here). Again, I wanted to use and recycle items I have lying around the house for this project so I really didn't have to spend anything extra to make it. Here are the materials I used: Cardboard, dried tree branch Read More

No 10 Craft For Christmas: DIY Advent Calendar

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In anticipation of Christmas, Kayo and I have decided to start a new family tradition and make our own Advent calendar this year. It's a great way to make countdown to Christmas fun and meaningful. Countdown begins this Sunday, December first, and I thought it would be a good idea to share how I put together our calendar. Maybe you'll get ideas on how to make yours! There are many different ways to make an Advent calendar and there are also various activities you can do for each day leading to Christmas. I think it's really just about being creative and thinking of ways to help your Read More