If the choice is between a candy Valentine and a noisy Valentine, which do you choose? If you picked noisy, then stick around and I'll show you how to make these darling DIY High Five Valentine printables featuring a small hand clapper toy for your kids. These were a huge hit in my kid's class!As I previously mentioned all the Valentines I made for my kids this year were non-candy. If you are interested in more non-candy Valentines check out the "I Spy My Valentine" with a toy magnifying … [Read more...]
Starburst Valentine’s Day Card
It's time to start thinking about what Valentines your child wants to take to school. This is a really fun and easy Valentine that your child can give to all their friends. Once you have the card printed your kids can help cut, glue on the stars and tape on the candy.Step 1 - Print out the shooting star shapes and starsStep 2 - Cut out shooting star shapes and the stars. I have included a printable for the shooting star shape and the stars. For those of you with a silhouette cutting … [Read more...]
I Spy My Valentine
Without doing it on purpose, the theme for my children's Valentine's this year is non-candy. I bet parents and teachers appreciate non-candy Valentine's since during their party I'm sure they get enough sweets. I don't mind handing out candy Valentine's, I just didn't get the inspiration with candy this year. I am, however, in love with this I Spy My Valentine card. Buy the kit:I LOVE the "I Spy My Valentine" cards we made this year. My husband really loves them since he secretly … [Read more...]
Parachute Printable Valentine Card
Buy it now:Valentine's Day is drawing near and it's time to get those creative juices flowing. Because I LOVED our non-candy cards from a few years ago (I Spy My Valentine, You're The Star of My Show, High Five Valentine) I wanted to find another awesome toy to turn into a Valentine. So this year our non-candy, super awesome toy Valentine is the Parachute Printable Valentine Card featuring a parachuting animal!Have you ever seen parachuting toys? All I had ever seen before … [Read more...]
Journey to Bethlehem Now on DVD
What is it about? A young woman carrying an unimaginable responsibility. A young man torn between love and honor. A jealous king who will stop at nothing to keep his crown. This live-action Christmas musical celebration for the entire family, weaves classic Christmas melodies with new pop songs in a music-infused retelling of the greatest story ever told, the story of Mary and Joseph and the birth of Jesus. A unique new entry into the collection of holiday classic movies, this epic Christmas … [Read more...]
Valentine’s Day Candy Bar Wrappers
Have you thought about what Valentine's you are giving out this year? If you are short on time here is an easy idea. If you are handling out full size candy bars this Valentine's Day (first off, congratulations on being the most popular person in the room) here is a cute and easy way to make it more like a gift with scrapbook paper.By simply wrapping the candy bars with some Valentine's Day themed paper and adding these cute printable labels you instantly have a homemade gift that … [Read more...]
Holiday Printable Bingo Boards – Valentine’s Day, St. Patrick’s Day, Easter
The beginning of the year is pretty fun because we have 3 fun holidays right after each other - Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day, and Easter. The kids are always excited to celebrate these holidays and so to make it easy, we created a bingo game for each of them. When the kids ask what are we doing to celebrate, I bring out the bingo boards. If you want to make it extra fun, buy daubers that are related to the holiday. For example, candy hearts for Valentine bingo, green beads for St. … [Read more...]
Holiday Gift Guide 2023
I received products/services for review purposes. All opinions are my own. Some links may contain affiliates which will provide me a small commission if you purchase through the link. The service is completely free to you. Welcome to Making of a Mom's holiday gift guide! While I have been gifted many of these items to share with you, my opinions are real. Please browse the guide. Each item has been linked for your shopping convenience. I hope you find some cool items to help make … [Read more...]
How to Make Salt Dough Ornaments
It’s that time of year again. The radios are playing holiday tunes non-stop, the shopping malls are full of great ideas for all of your closest friends and family and the tree is up and decorated. But wait a minute, there’s something wrong with that last part: you have more tree than ornaments. With all that real estate available, you need to get the creative juices going to fill the space.What better way to do that than to spend some quality time with your kids to make your own ornaments? … [Read more...]
7 Last Minute Frugal Christmas Gifts
Every year we plan and plan and believe we have every possible gift handled for the holiday season. We plan, and shop and prepare, but sometimes there will be someone show up at the last-minute that you need to have a gift for. While it’s easy to go online and send inexpensive last minute Merry Christmas ecards to someone you may have forgotten, these 7 Last Minute Frugal Christmas Gifts are perfect to have on hand for that unexpected someone who may stop by, while also fitting that small … [Read more...]
Free Printable Christmas Games
This year has flown by! But to be prepared for the holiday season, I'm already stocking up on fun and games to be done over the Winter break. Free printables are some of my favorite things, so I'm really excited to be offering a couple free Christmas game printables today! These are really fun games. You can print them out and let your kids enjoy them now or over winter break! I can't believe it's almost time for Winter break! Free Printable Christmas Games Here is how it works, in case this … [Read more...]
Rich Homemade Hot Chocolate
Thanks to DairyPure Milk for sponsoring this post. The recipe and opinions are my own.Having hot chocolate is my favorite kind of breakfast. During the Winter months my kids also ask for hot chocolate quite frequently. I'm sure during Winter break drinking hot chocolate together will be a daily occurrence. While the store bought packets are easy and convenient, sometimes it's fun to make some rich and creamy hot chocolate from scratch.Growing up my family would take yearly trips to … [Read more...]
DIY Glitter Bulb Ornaments
This post contains affiliate links. Should you purchase through the link (at no extra cost) I will receive a small commission. 'Tis the season for some fun ornament crafting. Once you finish the Santa Belly Ornament, you can start on this darling Glitter Blub Ornament. This one is very easy so perfect for kids to make their own. Just beware of glitter getting everywhere!To get started, here are the supplies you need.Supplies-Empty plastic light bulb ornaments Extra fine … [Read more...]
DIY Poke Ball Christmas Ornament
With the craze of the new Pokemon Go app still abounding, I thought it might be fun to make a Poke Ball ornament to decorate your tree or give as a gift to the Pokemon lover in your life. This project is really easy and can make a lot all at once.Supplies:White solid Christmas Ornaments Red paint Cardboard or newspaper for drying Black Vinyl (or paint if you have a steady hand) White sticker paper (or paint) ScissorsDirections:Remove top of ornament … [Read more...]
DIY Santa Belly Christmas Tree Ornament
As I previously shared, our Christmas ornaments come from our travels around the world. We don't have any ornaments on the tree that don't have any meaning. So what happens if I want to make ornaments? Or do an ornament craft with my kids? Well these things also hold special meaning, or they can become gifts. Also, maybe you are invited to an ornament exchange party, here is a fun and easy ornament to make to exchange. Materials- Clear glass or plastic round ornament Red glittery Pom-Pom … [Read more...]
