Such a magical time of year. As I type this, I'm snuggled up with my oldest while he watches Harry Potter for the first time. He is almost done with book four so this is a fun treat. Late nights watching movies and playing board games is what Christmas break is all about. This holiday season we decorated gingerbread houses and baked cookies. It was our first attempt at Royal Icing. We have lots to learn, but it went well and the kids loved it. I'm doing whole30 so I ...
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Chalkboard Fireplace for Christmas
A chalkboard fireplace is a fun way to bring a little Christmas warmth to a home without a fireplace. If you don't have a fireplace mantel, this is a fun way to decorate. Now check out our chalkboard fireplace And the stockings were hung by the chimney with care... Or the chalkboard fireplace. To recreate this chalkboard fireplace look you will need: I used three of these chalkboards* and then painted the wood frames with this gold paint*. (*affiliate link) I've always ...
Christmas Mason Jar Santa Gift & Printable
A fun, Christmas mason jar Santa gift, that is affordable and simple using our printable. This post brought to you by The Hershey Company. The content and opinions expressed below are that of Balancing Home. These fun HERSHEY’S KISSES Santa Hat Chocolates carried exclusively at Target are wrapped up so cute for the holidays, they are just meant to be a gift! The foil wrap makes them look like a Santa Hat and the plume says, "HO HO HO". To make the Christmas mason jar Santa gift, you ...
DIY Kid Craft- Clay Christmas Ornaments
I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. We celebrated twice! Once on Thanksgiving and then again on Friday. We also finally managed our first pic as a family of six. We were running late getting out the door for Thanksgiving, but we were all dressed and clean and I had even managed a shower so it seemed like as good of time as any. The kids were anxious to get going. We piled on the couch, set the timer and did a few takes. Of course, when I looked at the pictures later there ...
EOS Lip Balm Christmas Printable Gift
Sometimes the holiday gift list gets pretty long. These EOS Lip Balm Christmas Printable gift cards make for the perfect quick, festive and affordable gift. As we head into the holiday season, I thought these might come in handy. We had our first snow fall! It was quite a bit. When Hudson woke up Saturday morning and he saw all the snow he said, "Its Christmas! Where is Santa?". The kids played in the snow way longer than I thought they would and had a ton of fun. ...