Mini Gingerbread House Cookies

We just have to share how these originated.  Everyone (and maybe even their dog) has cookie cutter sets with too many holiday-themed cookie cutters that never get used.  Well, this Christmas we are putting one of those never-before-seen-on-this-blog shapes from Halloween to good use.  Yes, that's right, Halloween. We used what was intended to be a haunted house as a frilly little gingerbread house.  Then we even came up with a fun way to make it look like snow melted on it.  Check it out!

Christmas Felt Chain Garland

Simple Thanksgiving Collection

Click on the titles below each image for free printables of our templates, tutorials, and design tips.

Stamped Thanksgiving Place Mats and Name Cards

` stamp 12x12 cardstock to make your own thanksgiving place mats

`leave stamps on your thanksgiving table, and have dinner guests stamp their own... fun!

` clean up is easy... just throw them away after dinner

` fold paper to make name cards

` or food labels

` using a stamp and solid paper allows you to make as many as you need, while looking like a set 

` and it costs almost nothing!

Thanksgiving Teepee Craft

` use as a name card for your thanksgiving table setting

` have guests decorate their own for a fun and easy thanksgiving activity

` be creative with your teepee embellishments... young kids might fair better with stickers

Here's how we did it!

` use a straight edge and butter knife to trace each of the lines that will be folded (this will make the folds crisper and cleaner)

` use as a name card for your thanksgiving table setting

` use tape or glue to close the teepee

teepee printable

Thanksgiving Photo Props

 This is such a simple way to make Thanksgiving so much fun!  With these DIY photo props (on sticks... hehe), you can be sure to capture some great family moments.  Kids love these too!  All you have to do is print them for free at the end of this post, and tape them onto skewers.  

` make your own in-home "photo booth"

Click HERE for leaf and feather garland printables.

 Then, point...

... and shoot!

feather hat printable

pilgrim hat printable

turkey printable

pilgrim bonnet printable



 



Thanksgiving Leaf and Feather Garlands

 We love Fall, but our houses don't match harvesty colors.  To get around this dilemma, we made modern-looking leaves and feathers for our garland in fun, bright colors (like the turquoise and the purple).  Then, because we can't completely ignore the harvest, we complemented our cool colors with orange and yellow.  Throw in some neutrals, and you are totally in business.  Look!  Now your Thanksgiving can match your house, and we show you plenty of examples.

` it wouldn't be thanksgiving without leaf garland across your tv stand

` or without feather garland strung across your shelf

` look how cute the feathers could look with your accessories

` hang garland down your bookshelf

` or on any or every wall you see fit

Happy Modern Thanksgiving!

leaves and feather printable

leaves printable

5 Kids' Birthday Party Ideas

Girls' Pink Birthday Party for $40

Click HERE for details about wall art, cupcakes, party trays, paper flowers, fan circles, and pinwheels.

Boys' Dinosaur Birthday Party

Click HERE for a how-to on cupcake toppers, party game idea, and a free printable leaf template that goes perfectly with these dinosaurs.

Princess Birthday Party

We literally provide this entire party for you, and it's FREE!  Click HERE to print your invitations, cupcake toppers, Happy Birthday banner, and thank you cards.  Plus, get recommendations on cupcakes and crafting supplies.

Luau Party

Who doesn't like a theme party?  Click HERE for tons of information... how to make your invitations, paper lanterns AND tiki lanterns, paper flowers, tiki totems, shark week-inspired cocktails with accessories, party design tips, and, of course, free printables to make these brown paper bag tiki guys!  We even have a sugar cookie that goes with this party, and we give you the recipe.  Yah!

Tween Birthday Party

It wouldn't be a good collection of kids' parties without ideas for tweens.  Click HERE to get details on cupcake decorating, how to create cupcake toppers, coloring pages, invitations, and birthday signs, and how to make paper lanterns and garland.

Happy party planning!