Every year on Christmas day we celebrate with a birthday cake for Baby Jesus. It has been a tradition for years and years, and this year wa...

The last craft post for this season, but it's one of our family favorites! This simple candle holder can be made by even the youngest o...

Toilet paper tubes are an excellent craft resource, and they are easy to come by. This first project is a little silly, but also kinda cute...

This is the first of a couple posts sharing some fun and easy Christmas crafts that we recently did with families at church. Enjoy! Dressi...

We love, love, love to look at Christmas decorations, especially the ones at the Museum of Science and Industry . They have trees up from ...

Mollie made these little printable ornaments for on her blog, Wild Olive, and we wanted to share them here too. You just print, trim, and ...

Around our house, there are some rather varied tastes when it comes to music. Especially Christmas music! People are always switching the tu...

It may be a little early for wrapping, unless you're like a certain mom in this family, who likes everything to be wrapped before Than...

There are lots of ways that you can make a little Nativity scene. Some are simple and some are much more complex. This one is really easy....

Today at church we had a family Christmas celebration with games, crafts, music...all as families. Here are a few crafts we made: 1. Cut out...

If you save the cards you receive each year, there are lots of ways to use them for new things. Google Recycling Christmas Cards , and you...

To start counting down until Christmas, make an Advent Paper Chain. Create one loop in the chain for each day before Christmas. You can deco...

There are so many ways to count down to Christmas, and Advent calendars are a tradition at our house. Lately Mollie has been finding some am...

If you're a crafty sort of person, you might enjoy making something with this snowflake embroidery pattern. (It is based on our card des...

Wilson "Snowflake" Bentley was know for his amazing photographs of snowflakes. His up close and detailed shots really allow you to...

Did you ever have an Advent calendar where you got a piece of chocolate each day in December? We made these fun Advent calendars using packs...

There is always so much to do in December, and wrapping gifts can get tedious. Add some fun in there with a cute gift tag/ornament. Mollie h...

Our cards last year had individually cut snowflakes, something Mollie has wanted to do for years. And although this was daunting, (she cut o...

Wrapping all of those presents can be a big project, and "helping hands" aren't always so helpful. Let little ones be a part o...

Some traditions are just too good to keep to yourself. So share them! We've enjoyed baking cookies, making gingerbread houses before Chr...

We love making things out of gingerbread! It's fun, and not as difficult as one might expect. We moved from making the gingerbread from ...

Sometimes we get so caught up in all the things we do every year, that we forget that it's okay to do something new and different. In th...

Visiting a live Nativity is a great way for kids (and adults!) to see what it might have been like in Bethlehem so long ago. Our family like...

Growing up, one of the things that I looked forward to most at Christmastime, was painting plaster ornaments. I made bunches of them each ye...

Sit down with your family and think of all the things that remind you of Christmas. Icons that everyone loves, family traditions, funny memo...

Children are often intrigued by Nativity scenes, however, many are breakable and not safe for them to play with. The Mary from our Precious ...

Don't forget to enjoy Christmas books and videos with your children, nieces and nephews, or simply with other friends and family. Read c...