For a fun, lazy morning, make homemade donuts with the kids. 3 cans of canned biscuits without butter bits (cheapest and plain are the best), and hot grease (I use half vegetable oil and olive oil). Pop the biscuits out of the can and cut …
Baked Goods for Giving
Chips Galore Cookies Place the ingredients in a large glass container. Add a beautiful bow or Christmas fabric topper and the recipe card. First layer: 1 cup sugar, 2 cups all-purpose flour, 2 teaspoons baking soda, 1/2 teaspoon salt. Second layer: 1 cup old-fashioned oats …
Making Sewing Kits
Materials needed: poster board–(20 2″ x 2 1/2″, cotton material–5 1/2″ x 4″, felt–3 1/2″ x 2″, Felt heart–2″, Ribbon–12″, embroidery thread, hot glue gun. Spread out the cotton material. Center the two poster board squares in the center of the material. Anchor the poster …
Family Christmas Letters
Want to add some fun to the family Christmas letter this year? Here are some ideas: * Create a photo border around the letter by doing it on the computer and copy / pasting in digital photos. The photos are a fun way to chronicle …
Design Your Own Christmas Card
The windmill Christmas card above was painted by my husband last year. To create one-of-a-kind cards is simple. * Paint or draw a picture * Take a digital photo of your creation * Send the photo to a local print /copy shop via pdf file. …
Christmas Letter to Brad
Vicki Pickett Each Christmas Eve I write Brad, my husband, a letter. I spend some time praying and thinking about the year and things we have been through. Then I tell him specific things I am thankful for that he has done for me or …
A New Christmas Card Tradition
Stephanie Pelt I open the mail at our home. Each year the Christmas cards go in a special basket for everyone to enjoy. I loved the idea of sharing the cards at the table and then praying for each family. Last night I announced what …
Receiving Christmas Cards
Rhonda Ellis and Kellie Renfroe * Read the cards together at night as a family. Let each family member read a card and pass it around to the others. After reading these, together as a family pray specifically for these families. * Display Christmas cards …
Christmas Cards
To send Christmas cards or not to send Christmas cards, that is the question. Answer these few questions first, if you are in a dilemma. Who is on my Christmas Card list? Does this list need editing? If time and money are a consideration, you …
Carols by Candlelight Tea Party
The season of Christmas provides a tremendous opportunity to extend biblical hospitality. This year why not host a Carols by Candlelight tea party? The following will give you a few suggestions. Begin with prayer, then extend an invitation: It Came Upon the Midnight Clear Years of silence, now the Christ …