Musings of a Mom…

I hope you’re still enjoying these kid-approved holiday crafts!  I know we are!

Date   Craft/Notes

12/11  Mosaic Candle Craft

12/12  Pipe Cleaner Bell Ornament

12/13  Craft Stick Star Ornament

12/14  Paper Plate Reindeer

12/15  Tissue Paper Plate Wreath with Pom Pom Berries

12/16  Construction Paper Woven Placemat (Christmas Colors)

12/17  Craft Stick Snowman Ornament

Mosaic Candle Craft

Supplies:

• Empty Toilet Paper tubes
• Glue
• Foam shapes (or tissue paper) in red (or pink), yellow and orange
• Small paper squares (or construction paper)
• Scissors (optional)
• Small holiday garland
• Cotton balls

Instructions: http://www.kinderart.com/seasons/mosaiccandles.shtml

Pipe Cleaner Bell Ornament

Supplies:

• Pipe cleaners
• Transparent craft beads (5- to 10-millimeter diameters)

Instructions: http://familyfun.go.com/crafts/beaded-ornaments-662808/

Craft Stick Star Ornament

Supplies:

• 10 Popsicle sticks, colored or plain
• Hot glue gun or ordinary glue
• Length of fishing line
• Paint or markers, glitter, etc.

Instructions: http://crafts.kaboose.com/popsicle-stick-star-ornament.html

Paper Plate Reindeer

Supplies:

• Paper plate
• Brown construction paper
• Any water-based paint
• Paint brush
• Scissors
• White glue
• Pencil
• Black marker or crayon
• Wiggle eyes
• Pompom
• Fabric bow (optional)

Instructions: http://www.firstpalette.com/Craft_themes/Animals/paperplatereindeer/paperplatereindeer.html

Tissue Paper Plate Wreath with Pom Pom Berries

Supplies:

• Tissue paper in green, light green & white, cut into 2” squares
• Paper plate
• Glue
• Red pom poms for berries
• Fabric or ribbon for bow
• String for hanging

Instructions: http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Tissue-Paper-Wreath

Construction Paper Woven Placemat (Christmas Colors)

Supplies:

• 9”x12” construction paper in Christmas colors (red/green, silver/gold, blue/white)

Instructions: http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Placemats-by-Weaving-Paper-Strips

Craft Stick Snowman Ornament

Supplies:

• Large craft sticks
• Small twigs
• White and black acrylic craft paint
• Orange toothpicks
• Colorful felt
• Glittery chenille sticks
• Shiny pom poms
• Black craft foam
• Buttons or sequins
• Ribbon
• Hot glue gun
• Scissors

Instructions: http://crafts.kaboose.com/stick_orn.html

I LOVE this color palette! I hope you enjoy my kit as well as the rest of the train!

I offer up 3 300dpi full-size personal use .jpg papers and 8 300dpi personal use .png elements.  If you like what you see, you can find me at Wilma4Ever!

Download here (11.9MB) (Box.net download link) OR

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You should have come from BeeHaven Designz.  Your next stop will be Marisa Lerin!

If you get lost, you can find the full train here.  Make sure to stop by and grab all the goodies on the train!  They are awesome!

You can purchase the full kit in my store (click here)!!!

And don’t forget to leave some lovin’!!!  =)

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The kids are really enjoying the crafts!  Hope yours are, too!  Don’t forget to post your crafts in the comments at the bottom of the post!  We’d love to see what you all make!

Date   Craft

12/4    Tissue Paper Candy Canes

12/5    Handprint Peppermint Candy

12/6    Christmas Tree Craft (Decorate the Christmas tree forms)

12/7    Pom Pom (Cotton Balls) Santa Hat Ornament

12/8    Accordion Leg Santa Paper Plate

12/9    Handprint Reindeer

12/10  Tissue Paper Snowman

Tissue Paper Candy Canes

Supplies:

• Cardboard such as from a cereal box or heavy cardstock
• Tissue paper in the colors of red and white
• Pencil for tracing
• Thread for hanging

Instructions: http://www.craftideas.info/html/candy_cane_ornament_b.html

Photo courtesy ebay.com

Handprint Peppermint Candy

Supplies:

• Salad Spinner (optional)
• 3 paper plates
• Red and/or green paint
• Glue
• Scissors
• Prints of the poem (see below)
• Optional: ribbon and peppermint oil. You can add the oil to the paint to make it smell like a peppermint.

Instructions: http://jennwa.blogspot.com/2009/11/handprint-peppermint-candy.html

I think you’re sweet as candy.

Your love always makes me smile.

Please keep these hands to remind you,

of when I was a sweet child.

Photo courtesy orientaltrading.com

Christmas Tree Craft (Decorate the Christmas tree forms)

Supplies:

• Precut Christmas tree shapes
• Jewels, buttons, etc.
• Glue

Instructions: Glue the tree shape along the edge so it stands like a tree.  Allow to dry.  Glue jewels, button, ribbon or other décor to the tree, to decorate like a Christmas tree.

Photo courtesy daniellesplace.com

Pom Pom (Cotton Balls) Santa Hat Ornament

Supplies:

• Red Card Stock or Construction Paper (cut into isosceles triangles, about 5” wide by 7” tall)
• Cotton Balls or White Pom Poms
• Glue
• Green ribbon

Instructions (use as a design guide): http://www.orientaltrading.com/pom-pom-santa-hat-ornament-craft-kit-a2-48_7322.fltr

Photo courtesy squidoo.com

Accordion Leg Santa Paper Plate

Supplies:

• Paper Plate
• Crayons or markers
• 2 2”x12” red construction paper strips in red
• Construction paper in red, white, green, black, peach
• Ribbon, for hanging

Instructions (use as a guide): http://www.orientaltrading.com/accordion-leg-santa-craft-kit-a2-48_7202.fltr

Photo courtesy orientaltrading.com

Handprint Reindeer

Supplies:

• Construction Paper in brown, dark brown, red
• Crayons
• Black Marker
• Scissors
• String
• Glue

Instructions: http://www.dltk-holidays.com/xmas/mrudolf.html

Photo courtesy familyfun.go.com

Toilet Paper Snowman

Supplies:

• Empty Toilet Paper Tube
• Construction Paper in white, black
• Empty Egg Carton
• Paper or Red Ribbon
• Scissors
• Glue

Instructions: http://www.dltk-holidays.com/winter/mtpsnowman.html

Photo courtesy karismaheartsavannah.blogspot.com

In our house, we love crafts!  So, this year, I have some simple crafts to entertain the kids Thanksgiving to Christmas!  You’ll even get homemade thank you cards in this deal for the kids to present after they receive their gifts!

I will list our crafts and include the supply list and instructions for each project, if you’d like to join us.  If you do join us, please take a photo of your crafts and post them in the comments at the bottom of the post!  My kids are 6, 14 and 16, so adjust your crafts accordingly for the ages of your children.

I’ll post the next week’s projects on Friday the week before, so the next one will be up on November 25th.

Date   Craft

11/24  Construction Paper Woven Placemats (Fall Colors)

11/25  Pine Cone Turkeys

11/26  Pine Cone Elves

11/27  Gift Tags & Holly Gift Tags

11/28  Magazine Christmas Trees

11/29  Rickrack Cards

11/30  Santa Pom Pom (Cotton Balls) Countdown

12/1    Mouse Candy Cane Holder

12/2    Door Knob Hangers

12/3    Paper Chain/Garland (red & green, gold & silver)

Construction Paper Woven Placemats (Fall Colors)

Supplies:

• 9”x12” construction paper in fall colors (yellows, oranges, reds, browns)

Instructions: http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Placemats-by-Weaving-Paper-Strips

Pine Cone Turkeys

Supplies:

• Yellow and red felt
• Tacky glue
• Googly eyes
• Brown pom-poms
• Pinecones
• Pipe cleaners
• Construction paper in red, orange, yellow, brown

Instructions: http://familyfun.go.com/crafts/tiny-toms-661426/

Pine Cone Elves

Supplies:

• Pinecones, from winterwoods.com
• Wool felt, from magiccabin.com
• Brown pipe cleaners
• Hot-glue gun
• 3/4-inch wooden craft bead
• Acrylic paint
• Disappearing-ink pen
• Needle and thread to match felt
• Shoe template
• Metallic bell bead or very small metallic jingle bell

Instructions: http://www.marthastewart.com/how-to/pinecone-elves

Sparkling Gift Tags & Holly Gift Tags

Supplies:

Sparkling Gift Tags

• 4 1/2-by-3 1/2-inch rectangle from card stock, rounding the corners
• 3 1/2-inch square in a coordinating color, rounding bottom corners only and trimming the top edge with scallop scissors, if desired
• Double-sided tape
• Glitter
• String, yarn, fiber, cording

Holly Gift Tags

• Circle cutter
• Brown card stock
• Cream card stock
• Holly craft punch
• 1/4-inch hole punch
• Light-green 2 3/4-inch scallop gift tag
• Glue pen
• Craft glue
• Adhesive foam dots
• 1/8-inch hole punch
• Gingham ribbon

Instructions:

Sparkling Gift Tags – http://www.marthastewart.com/273425/sparkling-gift-tags

Holly Gift Tags – http://www.marthastewart.com/266497/holiday-gift-tags

Magazine Christmas Trees

Supplies:

• Old magazines of any size
• Gold, silver, or clear spray paint
• Glitter in desired colors
• Bone folder (optional)

Instructions: http://www.marthastewart.com/269354/magazine-christmas-trees

Rickrack Cards

Supplies:

• Cardstock for cards
• Rickrack
• Glue
• Scissors

Instructions: http://www.marthastewart.com/272324/rickrack-cards

Santa Pom Pom (Cotton Balls) Countdown

Supplies:

• Santa print out/coloring sheet
• Crayons
• Cotton balls or white pom poms
• Glue

Instructions: Printout: Santa 1 or Santa 2 or Santa 3. http://www.education.com/activity/article/countdown-christmas-santa-beard/

Mouse Candy Cane Holder

Supplies:

• Brown Card Stock
• Pink Card Stock
• Black Gel Pen or Marker
• White Gel Pen
• Candy Canes
• Scissors or craft knife (with adult supervision!)

Instructions: http://dawnsstampingthoughts.typepad.com/dawns_stampin_studio/2008/11/candy-cane-mouse-holder.html

Door Knob Hangers

Supplies:

• 2 wooden doorknob hangers (or use the pattern below to cut onto cardboard, cardstock or foam) OR Door Knob Hanger Template (print & cut out): http://wrapcandy.com/community/uploads/newbb/110_45c811972e263.png
• Red and green acrylic paints
• Paint brushes
• Old Christmas cards
• Glitter glue
• Glue
• Foam Christmas stickers
• Newspaper
• Scissors

Instructions: http://www.examiner.com/children-s-crafts-in-bangor/simple-christmas-doorknob-hangers

Or get more creative with these:

http://www.dltk-holidays.com/xmas/mhohoho.htm

http://www.dltk-holidays.com/xmas/msantadoorknob.htm

http://www.northpolechristmas.com/christmasdecorations.html

Paper Chain/Garland (red & green, gold & silver)

Supplies:

• Several sheets of double-sided 12”x12” patterned paper cut into 1”x6” strips
• Glue

Instructions: http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/holidays/christmas-ideas/christmas-crafts-paper-garland

Welcome to the “Celebration” Blog Train! Wilma4Ever is celebrating 2 years this month and the designers are sharing! Here is the slideshow so you can see the previews of all the gorgeous digitals our designers have made for this train:

Here’s the Blogtrain Slideshow, check out all the gorgeous goodies everyone has made…

Please remember that we’re all on different time zones, so just come back if the other designers do not have their parts up yet. And remember to leave some love for the designers, they work so hard to give you these awesome freebies and a little love goes a loooooooooong way to help them feel appreciated!!!

Start your train ride here and continue at the following stops:

Wilma4Ever Store Blog (train station)
Wilma4Ever (start here)
Digicats (& Dogs)
Always Creations
MamaLLamaLisaDesigns
Wilma Fourever
Becky’s Creations
Anita
Crystal’s Creations
Creations By Rain
Krazi Daizi Kreationz
April the Scrapaholic
Designs by Digiscrapations
Moody Designz
A Tagger’s Scrap
Craftypoly’s Curiosity Shop
EmJay Scraps
AW Design
HF-Projekte
Disyas Digitals Designs
Tina Shaw <== You are here!
ABCreations
Pink
Scrappin’ Wright

I offer up 8 300dpi full-size personal use .jpg papers and 23 300dpi personal use .png elements.

Download my parts here:

(17.1MB)* (Box.net download link)

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Or from my SkyDrive account:

(SkyDrive download links)

Don’t forget to leave some lovin’!!!  =)

Been trying to figure out a Weight Watchers friendly Pumpkin Pie Iced Latte recipe…and by golly, I think I have it!  I use a Magic Bullet in my recipe but you can use a blender…or nothing at all and just use crushed ice.

Ingredients

• 4 teaspoons Sugar-free French Vanilla Powdered Creamer
• 3 packets (or 1-1/2 teaspoons) Splenda
• 1/4 cup hot water
• 1 Tablespoon Pureed Canned Pumpkin
• 1/8 teaspoon Pumpkin Pie Spice
• 1/4 cup Light Vanilla Soy Milk
• 1/2 cup cold water
• 8-10 ice cubes
• 2 Tablespoons Sugar-free Whipped Topping (optional)
• Pinch of Pumpkin Pie Spice for garnish (optional)

Instructions

1. Dissolve the creamer and Splenda in 1/4 cup hot water in a Magic Bullet container.
2. Add the pumpkin, pie spice, soy milk and 1/2 cup cold water and stir.
3. Add ice cubes; attach blades and blend about 10 seconds.
4. Transfer to cup or glass and add whipped topping and sprinkle with pie spice for garnish.  Enjoy!

Makes 1 iced latte drink.  Weight Watchers Points Plus = 2

***Note: Congrats!  You all got my site suspended!  :)  I’m not mad, but in order for me to keep the site up and running in the meantime, I’m going to have to stop offering my downloads directly from my domain.  :(  Sorry for the inconvenience!***

Welcome to the “Mystical Journey” Blog Train! Here is the slideshow so you can see the previews of all the gorgeous digitals our designers have made for this train:

Please remember that we’re all on different time zones, so just come back if the other designers do not have their parts up yet. And remember to leave some love for the designers, they work so hard to give you these awesome freebies and a little love goes a loooooooooong way to help them feel appreciated!!!
Start your train ride here and continue at the following stops:

Wilma4Ever Store Blog (train station)
Swheat Creations
Ariasparkle
Craftypoly’s Curiosity Shop
HF-Projekte
Shal’s World
EmJay Scraps
Digicats (& Dogs)
AW Design
Debs Design
Becky’s Creations
Tina Shaw <== You are here!
ABCreations
Anita
Amanda & Millie Designs
Creating With Fae
Wilma Fourever
Creations By Rain
Pink
Nette’s NightOwl Works
Scrappin’ Wright

I offer up 8 300dpi full-size personal use .jpg papers and 23 300dpi personal use .png elements.

Download my parts here:

(22.4MB)* (Box.net download link)

(15.48MB)* (Box.net download link)

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I got word I was out of bandwidth, so I’m adding Backup Downloads on my SkyDrive account!

Don’t forget to leave some lovin’!!!  =)

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***Note: Congrats!  You all got my site suspended!  :)  I’m not mad, but in order for me to keep the site up and running in the meantime, I’m going to have to stop offering my downloads directly from my domain.  :(  Sorry for the inconvenience!***

Welcome to the “Summer at the Shore” Blog Train!Here is the slideshow so you can see the previews of all the gorgeous digitals our designers have made for this train:

Please remember that we’re all on different time zones, so just come back if the other designers do not have their parts up yet. And remember to leave some love for the designers, they work so hard to give you these awesome freebies and a little love goes a loooooooooong way to help them feel appreciated!!!
Start your train ride here and continue at the following stops:
Wilma4Ever Store Blog 
Digital Scrap Expose
MamaLLamaLisaDesigns
Digicats (& Dogs)
Debs Design
A Taggers Scrap
HF-Projekte
Becky’s Creations
Craftpoly
Disyas Digitals Designs
Tina Shaw <== You are here!
Anita
Wilma
Pink
ABCreations
LusciousDigiDolls
Nette’s NightOwl Works
Shal’s World
Arianne GrafX
Amanda & Millie Designs
Scrappin Wright

I offer up 8 300dpi full-size personal use .jpg papers and 23 300dpi personal use .png elements.

Download my parts here:

Papers (14.0MB) (Box.net download link)

Elements, Part 1 (23.8MB)* (Box.net download link)

Elements, Part 2 (23.8MB)* (Box.net download link)

Elements, Part 3 (10.2MB)* (Box.net download link)

*Note!  You have to download all three parts of the elements file.  They are .rar files.  You will save them all in the same folder then unzip the first one and all three will combine!

Don’t forget to leave some lovin’!!!  =)

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***Note: Congrats!  You all got my site suspended!  :)  I’m not mad, but in order for me to keep the site up and running in the meantime, I’m going to have to stop offering my downloads directly from my domain.  :(  Sorry for the inconvenience!***

Welcome! This is my first time participating on this trian and I couldn’t be happier with the color palette! I hope you enjoy my kit as well as the rest of the train!

I offer up 5 300dpi full-size personal use .jpg papers and 9 300dpi personal use .png elements. If you like what you see, you can find me at Wilma4Ever!

Download here (24.6MB) (Box.net download link)

You should have come from Sherwood Studio Digital Designs. Your next stop will be rjsscrapbits!

If you get lost, you can find the full train here. Make sure to stop by and grab all the goodies on the train! They are awesome!

And don’t forget to leave some lovin’!!!  =)

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