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Elf on the Shelf: Ice Fishing. Our elves went ice fishing today. Some of the details are so cute. I love snow sports but I’ve never been ice fishing. I imagine it is fun but also very cold! Pepper Mint and Winter Mint, our EOTS sibling duo love details. In this scene Pepper brought…
Neighbor Christmas Gift: Snowy Trail Mix Plus Free Printable. This neighbor gift is a spin on trail mix. It is a snowy trail mix full of white, red, and green colors. There are nuts, raisins, pretzels, M&M’s, almonds, popcorn, blueberries, and more. I added jumbo marshmallows because I thought they kind of looked like snowballs….
This is our Simple Nativity Christmas Mantel. I just love Christmas! I also really enjoy switching up our decorations and mantels each year. This year I wanted to decorate our upstairs mantel in a sophisticated manner. I wanted that reds and greens with a splash of white. I also wanted to make the mantel…
This was our Elf on the Shelf: Oh What Fun! Scene. Our elves, Pepper Mint and Winter Mint (they are siblings), were riding in a convertible car. That had decorated our old doll car with words that said, “Oh What Fun” and, “Sleigh All Day” on them. This was a great EOTS scene as it…
Christmas Neighbor Gift: Dollar Tree Snowman Candle These Dollar Tree Christmas candles are so cute to have around the house during the holiday season. They are easy and quick to make and are also very inexpensive. This is an easy kid craft and the snowman candles make great gifts for neighbors with kids as well….
Neighbor Christmas Gift: Holiday Shaped Pasta. This neighbor gift with holiday-shaped pasta is unique, classy, and festive. I had the idea of gifting this to neighbors when my two youngest children and I went shopping at World Market. My daughter saw this holiday-shaped pasta and was so, so excited about it. She wanted this more…
This is our Elf on the Shelf: Bob Ross Painting Party. Bob Ross is the best. I grew up watching him almost daily as we didn’t have many channels on TV to watch and my mom would only let me watch one or two of the channels that we did have. I think Bob Ross…
Neighbor Christmas Gift: Maple Syrup. Grade A maple syrup makes a very classy neighbor Christmas gift—especially when it is presented in a glass bottle with a pretty ribbon. One could even add a maple drop leaf candy on it for a fun and fitting accent. This maple syrup is Grade A with a light amber…
Neighbor Christmas Gift Just a Spoonful of Cinnamon Sugar. These darling little wooden bowls and wooden spoons filled with cinnamon sugar would make a great neighbor’s gift for Christmas. I love that they are miniature because not only do they look cute, they will fit easily in a cabinet. These are great gifts as they…
Neighbor Christmas Gift: Candy Canes Do you want a neighbor’s Christmas gift that is simple, yummy, inexpensive, and yet also very cute? Look no further than this darling box of candy canes as a neighbor gift this holiday season. Ten mini candy canes fit perfectly in these darling red and white striped candy-boxes. The boxes…
Elf on the Shelf: Jurassic Scene. Our elves left us a pretty fun scene today. They must know that my two-year-old is obsessed with dinosaurs! My daughter received this Barbie helicopter for her birthday present this summer and our elves, Pepper and Winter made great use of it. With the jeep waiting for them to…
Neighbor Christmas Gift: Tin with Tea These Christmas neighbor gifts are darling. The tins and contents have a very cute vintage vibe and they make me happy just looking at them. I was looking for something unique to put herbal peppermint tea and sugar packets in for a neighbor’s gift. I found the tins on…
Neighbor Christmas Gift: Nuts. I love to find delicious, festive, and inexpensive gifts for neighbors each Christmas. This is a delicious kettle-roasted mix of nuts in a cute Mason jar accented with a gold lid, rim, and curling ribbon was a perfect fit for neighbor Christmas gifts. Gifting nuts during the holidays is a very…
Elf on the Shelf: Reading Day. We love books in our home and our elves took a day to appreciate reading as well. They were snug in their elf beds which are elf slippers they found around our house. The elves had some of my favorite books out. I think they chose the ones…
Audiobooks I Listened to in November 2023. A Woman of No Importance by Sonia Purnell– I loved this book! I was so inspired by Virgina Hall. She is an incredible woman who lived her life bravely and unselfishly to help France aka her ‘second country’ defeat the Germans during WWII. Virginia was talented, intelligent,…
This is an Elf on the Shelf Sewing Scene that was left for us by our elves. I loved this scene, it is so darling; there were many miniature details that were cute. The elves were sewing on this antique sewing machine that had a manual hand wheel that moved the needle bar, the spool,…
Christmas Neighbor Gift Just Add Snow… Snow Cones plus Free Printable This is a fun and unique gift to give neighbors for Christmas. It is very quick to make, festive, and bright. All I did was take a bottle of shaved ice/ snow cone syrup and add some red, green, and yellow straws and flower…
What Type of Canned Peaches to Use for Peach Cobbler When you are making a peach cobbler, like the delicious recipe below, you can use canned peaches instead of fresh. I usually make peach cobbler with canned peaches because it is much faster, tastes just about as good—sometimes even better if the peaches are not…
Elf on the Shelf: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Monopoly. Our elves, Pepper Mint and Winter Mint (they are siblings—hence the same last name) are back for the 2023 Christmas season! Why so early you may ask? Well, we have a split family and my two oldest leave mid-December to spend time with their dad. My…
Hot Cocoa in a Jar Recipe If you want to make a dry hot cocoa mix to put into a jar this recipe has been tried, tested, and approved. My kids, many of their friends, and I, myself all love it. I was actually surprised that so many kids who have tried it like…
Neighbor Christmas Gift Lindt Truffles The Swiss know how to make chocolate truffles. We love all Swiss Lindt chocolate, my children especially love the LINDOR truffles. Lindt is always coming out with new flavors and they have many festive flavors of their LINDOR truffles as well. A bag of festive flavors and some staple flavors…
Christmas Neighbor Gift Bonne Maman Preserves Items that are small are often viewed as very cute and/or more desirable than their full-sized counterparts. I feel that way about these mini Bonne Maman Preserves jars. They are just so darling! Plus, they come in a variety of flavors that are hard to find—if not impossible to…
Christmas Neighbor Gift Homemade Lollipops. These lollipops are homemade and can be customized as to color and taste. We used edible glitter in gold, white, green, and silver to make these gorgeous Christmas glitter lollipops. They are so pretty and yummy that they’d make a great neighbor Christmas gift. Homemade lollipops are a great family…
