Cinnamon Ornaments

Having a snow day yesterday we decided to make cinnamon ornaments.

Mix 1/4 cup cinnamon with 4 TB of applesauce. Either roll out or I had my daughter hand press out to about 1/4 inch and then we used cookie cutters to cut trees. Poke a hole to hang it with a ribbon. It will take about a week to dry all the way.

The house smells yummy in the process!

Christmas Candy Cookie Trays

A few days ago we made spin art with our salad spinner in hopes of making these.

Then we baked cookies yesterday and wanted to take some to our neighbor and as I was looking at our paper plate piles I came up with this. . .

Cover you plates with plastic wrap so the paint doesn't get on your cookies. Plate on bottom. . .

plate on top. . .

tie up with cellophane or we used some clear bags we had on hand. And now you have a Candy/Cookie Tray.

I think we will make a few more of these today!

Christmas Quilt

Last Christmas I wanted to make a Christmas colored quilt but never got around to it. Throughout the year I have been adding to my red and green stash. After seeing Crazy Mom Quilts and her quilts of valor project; I thought the Wonky Star would be a perfect fit for my Christmas quilt.

I know it won't be done for this Christmas but it will for next!

The leaves are falling. . .

I actually think all the leaves are finally done falling. It is strange how we don't have one single tree in our yard but everyone's leaves. So we made up a tissue paper leaf tree. . .

And I suppose we should get the leaves cleaned up before it snows. It is hard to believe last year at this time we already had 20 in of snow!

Happy Halloween!

We just got done making last minute treats for the neighbor kids. Place 8 sixlet "spider legs" in between 2 black circles ( we used double sided tape) and add some spooky eyes. . .

Pumpkins and Ghosts

Another super fast and easy pumpkin creation. . .

and ghost. . .

Creepy Crawling Spiders

We needed a craft tonight before dinner and it needed to be a quick one. Preschool Playbook had these cute and simple spiders.

Then I made some popcorn pumpkin balls from Little Nummies for tonight's snack.