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Chocolate Trifle

Easy Chocolate Trifle: made with store bought ingredients, this is sure to be a crowd pleaser, and perfect for any chocolate lover. This easy chocolate trifle is an old favourite of mine. It’s more about putting some store bought ingredients together than actually baking. It’s supper easy and quick and everyone always loves it. This recipe is great for a crowd, just double the ingredients to serve more people. This recipe is also great to create individual chocolate trifles. Instead of a large trifle bowl use small glasses, or mason jars to create individual servings. All the layers look… Read More

Valentine’s Day Play Dough with Glitter!

Yesterday was a snow day here, and my little girls needed an activity to keep them busy for awhile. We decide to make some Valentine’s Day play dough together. I remember my mom making us play dough as a kid, but I had never made it before. It was super easy, and has already provided hours of fun! And to make it extra special, we added glitter for Valentine’s Day, and almond extract for a great smell! The finished play dough turned out to be really pretty with all the glitter, and smelt great too. I dug out… Read More

Heart Shaped Cinnamon Rolls and Pink Hot Chocolate

Heart Shaped Cinnamon Rolls and Pink Hot Chocolate: use easy store bought ingredients to make this Valentine’s Day sweet treat. Valentine’s day is getting closer, and with two pink loving little girls in the house, it’s time to start celebrating. What better way to celebrate than with easy heart shaped cinnamon rolls and pink hot chocolate? The perfect Valentine’s Day snack. Today was a wonderful, lazy, don’t need to be anywhere Saturday at our house. We did crafts, watched Valentine’s Day cartoons, and played all day. I had an idea for a really sweet snack. Heart Shaped Cinnamon Rolls Ingredients:… Read More

Construction Birthday Party!

Construction Birthday Party: from a rice bin construction centre, to working on a cardboard play house, to building your own cupcake, this construction party is full of fun ideas your little one will love. Today was my God daughter Tara’s third birthday, and she wanted a construction theme birthday party. She was wearing the sweetest custom made shirt from etsy, and beautiful blue tulle tutu skirt to match! She looked so cute. Clocking Into The Party Guests were greeted by a welcome table by the door with a “Clock In” Station, where they received personalized hard hats, and tool belts…. Read More

Christmas Glitter Houses

Christmas Glitter Houses: make your own DIY glitter houses or putz houses from old cereal boxes, paper, paint, glitter and glue. Today I want to share with you my village of DIY Christmas glitter houses, or Putz houses, as they’re sometimes known. I made them last year, and couldn’t wait to get them out of the box this year 😉 They’re all made out of old cereal boxes. I found a great site with step by step instructions and free patterns! If you’d like to make your own village, check out Big Indoor Trains for the patterns and lots of inspiration…. Read More

Coffee Filter Christmas Trees

Coffee Filter Christmas Tree: Made with some cardboard and coffee filters, these DIY Christmas trees are the perfect addition to your rustic Christmas decor. I saw these great coffee filter Christmas trees at Crafts by Amanda and knew I had to try them out. Check out her version, where she uses foam tree foams and stick pins. I decided to make mine with a cardboard cone, the same way I did the candy trees, check out how I made the cone shape here. Materials: cardstock coffee filters -white or natural sequins (optional) hot glue How To Make Coffee Filter Christmas… Read More

DIY Felt Garland

DIY Felt Garland: use old wool sweaters to make your own felt in any colour, and then cut out, and sew into a garland with your sewing machine. I love this amazing DIY felt garland I created out of old wool sweaters. It’s really fun to make and you could make it any colour you like to match your decor or occasion. Materials: all wool sweaters from the thrift store golf balls pillow case scissors sewing machine thread How To Make A DIY Felt Garland I picked up some wool sweaters at the thrift store to make my garland. They… Read More

Life Size Cardboard Gingerbread House!

Life Sized Cardboard Gingerbread House: use old cardboard boxes to make a lifesize gingerbread kids playhouse for indoor fun. What could be fun than to make a life size cardboard gingerbread house for the kids to play in? I thought it would be great as a playhouse in the basement over the holidays, and my kids loved it! It was really inexpensive to put together. We invited some friends from out of town to join us for a gingerbread day, and the fun began. Cardboard Gingerbread House Materials: at least 2 big cardboard boxes paint packing tape hot glue Christmas… Read More