Christmas

Merry Christmas to You

December 24, 2011
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Christmas tree #1, Immy, 2011 From our family to yours, Christmas tree #2, Immy, 2011 May your Christmas be a time of joy, love, light and laughter, Christmas tree #3, Immy, 2011 Creating happy memories together as a family, Christmas tree #4, Immy, 2011 The kind that last forever. Merry Christmas xox

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Two Quick & Easy Christmas Reindeer Ideas Kids Will Love

December 22, 2011
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Two quick and easy Christmas ideas to involve children on holidays in, that I can lay absolutely no claim to! These came from a good friend. She just happens to be a wonderful baker (not at all culinary challenged like me!) and I LOVE these upside down gingerbread men that have been transformed into reindeer [...]

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Mum 2 Mum: Planning for Christmas Day

December 16, 2011

I must say, considering everything that has been happening over the past few months and the fact that I am now in Kuala Lumpur for four days for the Nuffnang Asia Pacific Blog Awards ceremony tonight, I am feeling relatively relaxed about Christmas. The tree is up, the presents bought and carols sung. We have [...]

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Simple Christmas Sewing Activity for Preschoolers

December 13, 2011
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I still had plastic canvas left from our previous simple sewing activity and thought that a piece of it would be perfect for a Christmas tree inspired sewing project. To make: Cut a triangle from the plastic canvas. Add a preschooler, relatively blunt needle, embroidery thread and sequins! They can have fun ‘sewing’ on sequins [...]

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Creating Your Own Holiday Traditions

December 7, 2011
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This post is by regular contributor Kate Fairlie of Picklebums. With the end of the year and the holiday season creeping up on us, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed by the cheesy songs, over the top decorations and commercialism. Sometimes it feels like this time of year is more hype than holiday. With the shops [...]

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Literacy Spot #49: Letter Stamps (and Christmas Decorations!)

December 5, 2011
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Most children love to stamp and letter stamps are a great addition to your writing area once your children are interested in exploring and playing with letters. Of course, you aren’t just limited to stamping on paper. Stamping on playdough, salt dough or air dry clay is lots of fun too. I like the challenge [...]

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Homemade Christmas Decorations: Magazine Wreath

December 5, 2011
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I had promised Immy that we would make a wreath to hang on our door this Christmas and when Rachelle of Tinkerlab contacted me about her latest creative challenge, which is all about magazines, I had the crazy idea that we could make a wreath from the pages of magazines. Sometimes my crazy ideas work [...]

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Our Christmas Reading Pile: Picture Books

December 3, 2011
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Here are some of the Christmas themed picture books Immy is enjoying right now… Christmas Wombat, Jackie French & Bruce Whatley, 2011 Immy is already a big fan of the quirky Diary of a Wombat and Diary of a Baby Wombat and was excited to receive Christmas Wombat this week.  It offers a very funny [...]

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