Summer Fun!!!

Looking for something Fun for the kids to do this summer when it's hot outside.  Have them make their own Trivia Game.

Eclectic Homeschool has instructions on how to do just that with printable templates. 

You can also go here for other game boards.

Want to get crafty when you are gift giving.  About.com has a list of 100 gifts that you can make here

June 27th is America's Kids Day so head over to Crayola.com for printables, craft ideas and even lesson plans.   

9 days till Christmas Oh My!!

I woke up to the fact that there are only 9 days till Christmas.  I do basically have all my Christmas shopping done but there were so many things I was hoping to get done that ,well, just didn't get around to it. 

Next week we are going to have what we call Christmas school.  We can count it as school but it is usually just doing home ec things around the house.  Baking and cleaning and crafting with some Christmas History thrown in. 

A few things that I found in my travels around the web today.

Relax and sit back and use this pdf of the Velveteen Rabbit to spend some quality time with your family and just sit around and listen.

  Familyfun.com  Has several cute ornaments to print out and asssemble.  Here is a penguin and you can find several more at the site.

Hillbilly Housewife is having a virtual  cookie exchange.  Here is the link for that.  While you are there check out the rest of her site.  She has alot of good ideas and recipes.

Head on over the We are That Family blog and see how Kristen made easy monogram ornaments.  Here is the link.  

It's that time of year

I think I am coming down with my first cold of the year.  I have watery eyes and that tickly feeling in my nose that I need to sneeze but of course I don't.  Ugh. 
Any way I may not have to share my car after next week.  Faith got all the paper work into the insurance company yesterday so hopefully she will have a car by next week.  I don't use my car much but it really is nice to be able to go somewhere if I have the urge to or need .

Tangle.com is offering some free things and contests from now till Christmas. 

About.com has a list of fun things to do for Christmas.

This link will take you to a site that has some cute Disney crafts.  Guess what craft we will be doing?

Currclick.com free product this week is a Lving books Christmas Helper

Kaboose.com has some ideas for cute ball ornaments.

My Hubby is in colorado and Sent me these pictures of the scenery in the Mountains. 

Then he sent me this

Not sure how long that snowman will be around. 

Hope everyone has a great day.

some Christmas crafts

Here are just some links to som Christmas crafts.  Hope everyone had a great weekend. 

Here are the instructions for making cute little Snowmen ornaments.  I love snowmen so anything snowmen i really like.  I forsee a trip to the craft store in the future for my duaghter and myself.

Here's another cute snowman.  I can see him sitting on our mantle.

At this site you will find a whole list of different Christmas crafts.

This site has a cute snowflake ornament.

What a beautiful day!!

I woke up this morning to the sun shining bright here in Pennsylvania.  It is still cold but not  quite as cold as yesterday.

First and foremost I would ask everyone to pray for Beth Moore of Living Proof Ministries. Seems that she has been dealing with some health issues and had surgery on Monday and has been having a rough time of it.  I have really enjoyed Beth's ministry.

I have several links today for some Christmas crafts.  Here you can learn to make some cute marshmallow snowmen (I am a sucker for snowmen)

This site tells you how to make Chocolate playdough.

I remember making sparkly pinecones when I was a little girl.  Here is a how to make these.

Here is a link to make a a Christmas tree from craft sticks.

Christmascookie.com has recipes for 540 cookies and counting.  You should be able to find something that interests you.

FaveCraft.com has several cute craft ideas. Claypot Snowman, Candy Cane Santa,Free e-book of easy crafts,gifts in a jar, and Holiday home

I would encourage to look around each of these sites and comment on the blogs especially.  who knows you may find a new favorite.

Baby It's Cold Outside

Here in Pa it is 25 degrees and the wind is blowing a bit.  But it is nothing compared to what my hubby had to endure during and after the blizzard. 

This is a picture of him trying to stay warm in the below zero wind chill.  He will not make it home probably till next weekend as the storm put him behind several days.  Glad he was able to get a motel room and the lady at the motel made homemade chili for him and the other guests.

Now onto the goodies I have for today.

Here is instructions on how to make interesting ornaments out of straws and a styrofoam ball.  Here is a picture 

This is a site that show you how to make a really neat paper snowflake.

Here is a pdf on how to make easy gingerbread houses.

Grinch coloring pages are are at the this link.

You can practice your math skills here with a Christmas twist.

Make your own wacky Christmas Tale here.

Here you will find a pdf of a bunch of Christmas worksheets.

Here is another pdf worksheet to match up Merry Christmas with the country.

This is a cute idea to keep your children writing all the year through.

The FDIC offers a free cd that can be used for Economic lessons.  You can find it here.

The following are several links that you can use with A Christmas Carol, most of them deal with Victorian age.  Here is a page on different things in the story.
This is more indepth about the Victorian era. This page has victorian crafts just becareful not to click the Google ads.  Here is an online quiz about A Christmas Carol ( I got 100%).

Last but not least is the page from Easyfunschooling for Christmas and Winter activites and units which can be found here.

 Dig in and enjoy.

Hannah's Assignment continued

Last week I gave Hannah the assignment of taking pictures of fall and I thought she did a great job.  She enjoyed it so much that she asked to take pictures around our neighborhood so here they are -

She is turning into quite the photo bug.

I have collected some more links that will help you enhance your holidays.

Crayola  has some things at this site for Thanksgiving.

Kraft  has some decorating ideas for Christmas.
Kraft will also donate 10 meals for every free e-card you send from this site.

Lesson Plans page has a lot of lesson plans for Thanksgiving.

About.com has 100 gift ideas at this site.

I confessed to be a Disney fan a few posts ago.  Here you print out some cute Disney decortions for your Thanksgiving Table.

And last but not least I get current events articles and questions from this site.  Hannah is really learning alot about a variety of things.  I don't use it everyday but it is a good start for current events.  And of course all of these are FREE sites.