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Holiday Parties

12 Dec

Nutella Hot Chocolate

To make your own reindeer hot chocolate you will need: 2 cups of milk Saucepan 4 tablespoons of Nutella Nutella whipped cream Melting chocolate (I used dark, but milk is fine). 4 Mini Chocolate chips for eyes White melting chocolate Red sugar crystal sprinkles Begin by making your antlers and reindeer nose. Melt your chocolates […]

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6 Dec

How to Package your Christmas Gift the Fun Way!

Sometimes the way you wrap the gift is half of the fun! If you have a gift that is showing up late (oops!) or a gift that is not possible to wrap (a trip, a car, or any other oversized item), or just want to give cash in a creative way, then these are a […]

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4 Dec

Festive Holiday Bottles

I love throwing holiday parties! I like to throw one or two for my kids and their friends, and host a gathering for our friends as well. There is something so cozy about fires, Christmas carols and cookies, and lights strung around the tree and house! I will post some fun ideas for holiday parties […]

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2 Dec

Santa Surprise Ball

Surprise balls are a sweet stocking stuffer, shoe filler for Sinterklaas day, favor for a holiday party or gift for a class party! Kids love unwrapping the ball to discover all the hidden goodies and surprises inside! Begin by picking out your prizes. You will want them to be small and relatively flat in size. […]

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1 Dec

Sinterklaas Day

My husband is half Italian, half Dutch. When we got married and were trying to decide which Christmas traditions we wanted to keep from our childhood and which new ones we wanted to create it was pretty challenging. There were three different cultures coming into play and two very different perspectives. We tried a few […]

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30 Nov

Fun gifts for advent calendars & stockings!

Advent calendars are a lot of fun to make and to do with your kiddos! I love our advent surprise boxes. They are easy to make and fun for the kids to fish out a new surprise each day! But whatever calendar you are using, these are a great idea for the advent calendar & […]

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29 Nov

Advent Surprise Box

Do you do an advent calendar countdown until Christmas? We usually do a countdown until Sinterklaas day on December 5. In fact, we are just finishing up our advent surprise box countdown (as you will notice in the video, that Chloe has to dig down deep to get her last prizes! Then we do a […]

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27 Nov

Last Minute Thanksgiving Game!

Here’s an easy last minute Thanksgiving activity for you and your guests. Divide everyone up into teams. Set your timer for 2 minutes and have each team write down at least one (sincere) item for each letter in the time they have! The team with the most items wins (a prize)!! But the answers can […]

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24 Nov

Mom’s Famous Pie Crust

2 1/2 cups All purpose Flour 7/8 cups Shortening 1/4 tsp Salt 5/6 tablespoons Water Mix flour and salt. Cut in shortening, one half at a time, using a pastry cutter or a fork or clean hands. Add cold water, 1 tablespoon at a time. Form into a ball. Roll out half of the dough […]

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23 Nov

Charcuterie Board

Snack boards are such a fun and colorful way to welcome your guests! They are an easy appetizer, but beautiful and full of color as well. It is really easy to put your own snack board together for holiday hosting. This is a savory board, but sweet snack boards are also very festive. This is […]

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