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On the 3rd day of Christmas, j. sorelle gave to you…a DIY teacher gift and free printable.
We decided that we couldn’t go wrong with a chalkboard for a holiday teacher gift this year. And with handwritten notes from kids on a free printable, it’s priceless. We love the DIY Teacher Gift we shared with Momtastic. It’s a gift from the heart that really makes the grade – an A+ grade – so it’s worth checking out.
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One of our kid’s favorite games to play at the dinner table is I Spy. So this year, we’re happy to bring the tradition of I spy with my little eye to the Thanksgiving table. And, we’re also going retro with the use of a disposable camera. We can’t believe how ‘old school’ that seems with all the high-tech electronics nowadays. But for the kiddos, they can use and abuse the camera, and feel like a professional photographer for the evening, and you don’t have to worry about the state of your expensive phone. And, the best part of all – you can really see Thanksgiving through your children’s eyes. Don’t we all wish we could see the world through the eyes of our children on a daily basis – what a beautiful gift that would be?!
Fleur de Lis created a cute and FREE printable for you that you can download here.
If you’re up for a DIY, we made the little DIY pumpkin napkin ring from a shower curtain ring. We wrapped the shower curtain ring in yarn, used a hot glue gun to keep the ends of the yarn in place, and topped it with a small branch and raffia bow. It took about 5 minutes!
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Get your game face ready {with a grateful heart, of course} for a fun game we call DIY Jenga Game of Gratitude. It’s a game the whole family can play together on Thanksgiving. Visit Momtastic to see how we added our own special, Thanksgiving-twist to the classic game.
The memories you will create with your family while ‘prepping’ the game, and listening to what your kids have to say, is reason enough to do it.
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We are proud to say that we are members of Wayfair Homemakers! We became big fans of Wayfair after we learned about the large online destination for a zillion things home at Alt. Wayfair has a beautiful and gigantic selection of furniture, home decor and goods for every shape and style home, and there’s fabulous ideas, projects and inspiration by Wayfair Homemakers you will find there too.
Just in time for Halloween, yours truly makes an appearance on Wayfair Homemakers to share how you can create and call for Batman to rescue you this Halloween with your own DIY Bat Signal.
Our signal is up…fingers crossed Christian Bale stops by.
You can find more amazing Halloween ideas on the Wayfair Housewarming Party Linkup that Mary Beth of Cupcakes & Crinoline is hosting. Our DIY Monster Cups are featured, and we couldn’t be more thrilled, so make sure to stop by.
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We can never get enough Audrey Hepburn, and we can never get enough of the color pink {correction: Jodi and Jessica can never get enough pink}. So, the two combined just made perfect sense. We love the Audrey Hepburn quote, “I believe in pink. I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner. I believe in kissing, kissing a lot. I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles.”
So, we revamped the quote for a recent birthday gift. I believe in pink…and I believe in celebrating birthdays. We filled a black and pink metal box with all things pink you can find at a local big-box retailer such as pink chapstick, pink nail polish, pink polka dot straws, pink tic-tacs, a balloon with pink note on it, pink candles, a custom chalkboard matchbox {standard matchbox painted with chalkboard paint}, a Via Starbucks Refresher packet and a Chocolove Raspberries in dark chocolate bar.
As for the quote, we used our new favorite find, Sharpie Oil-Based Paints to write on the metal box with the help of Chacopaper transfer paper.
Whether it’s October, December, March or June, there’s always room for pink, which means you can give a gift like this year-round. We believe in pink! Do you?
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