This year we decided to do the three wise men gift tradition (the one where kids receive only three gifts similar to the three wise men bringing three gifts for the Christ child). So we’re doing one from Santa, one from mom and dad that could be from a store and one from mom and …
Easy Paper Angel Craft
We’re doing some last minute Christmas crafts over here. I wanted to do a topper for a Christmas cake and came up with this little paper angel craft. It’s perfectly easy to put together and little ones will love putting on cupcake liner wings and a pipe cleaner halo. They can even color her or …
Easy Snowman Gift Topper
Miss Amelia and I did a fun craft this week. Together we made a fun snowman gift topper for Christmas presents. Using air dry clay she rolled up several balls of clay. We then inserted two twigs for arms and stuck a needle through the center of each of them so that we could string …
Modern Child’s Hand Print Ornament
My daughter and I worked together on the sweetest holiday project the other week and we wanted to share it with you. We made a little hand print ornament out of air-dry clay and it’s now one of my favorite memento’s. To make this I simple traced her hand onto a piece of paper and …
Easy Star Wand DIY
We began transforming the Banister house for Christmas and in the midst of changing the boys sheets for wintery flannel ones the girls (Amelia and her cousin Ava) and I broke into an impromptu wand making session followed by lots of merriment and bed jumping (when the boys are away….). To make the wands I …
Star of Wonder Advent Calendar
We started our Star of Wonder advent calendar today. The kids are so excited! I first introduced our idea here but I’ll fill you in a bit in this post as well. We have a sweet little clothe calendar the we usually use but I wanted to mix thing up a bit this year and …
Thanksgiving Puppets for Oh Happy Day!
Hi Friends! Popping in on this Saturday to share that we made some Thanksgiving puppets and are sharing them over on Oh Happy Day today! They are super easy and lots of fun for a last minute craft for the kiddos to do with cousins and friends on Thanksgiving day. Head on over the Oh Happy …
behind the scenes
I had a shoot last week for a Thanksgiving craft and thought I’d pop in a share a few of my favorite outtakes. Miss M was such a sweet little assistant. I’m really feeling the colors burgundy/wine, auburn browns and french blues for this time of year. I typically don’t get into the traditional colors of Thanksgiving …
Prayers for Paris
Paris is my all time favorite city. Ever. I’ve often told my husband if he wants to go out on a limb, I’d move our family there in a second. No lie. It’s so full, of life, beauty, and love. Lots of love. With the recent attacks in Paris (and all over the world) I’m beyond …
Thanksgiving Turkey Puppet Craft
We pulled out our little paper puppet turkey this year for Thanksgiving. Miss M is having lots of fun feeding him imaginary seeds from her pinafore pocket. I think this guy would be a great guest for the Thanksgiving table and maybe even be a pumpkin pie topper. Perhaps I’ll even make a few little …