tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16601258688349418852024-02-06T22:21:56.807-08:00DIY & Country LivingI'm a Dutchie who's been living in the US since 2006. This blog will be about my life with young kids and a husband living in California. I'm all about being crafty with the kids, spending less, DIY, and homemaking Modern Country style. It will be full of stories and pictures of home&garden and lots of craft ideas&tutorials for kids and adults. I hope you"ll enjoy my blog. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02079396912505868664noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1660125868834941885.post-66151945384575793552014-01-19T19:39:00.001-08:002014-01-19T19:39:46.795-08:00Valentine's Day<br />
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Over the past few weeks I've started collecting white pitchers. I don't want them new, finding them in thrifts stores is the best for me. Now that Valentine's Day is coming up I'm filling them with flowers. <br />
I only have 4 so far and those 4 I've had on the mantle above the fireplace and they were on my buffet in the dining room. This was during Christmas. I've been moving them around a bit and now I've split them up and they're on the mantle and on a little table by the front door as a happy welcome when you come in.<br />
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My daughter might have a bigger love for flowers than me so as soon as these die I'll have to buy some new ones. I hope I can find some peonies. <br />
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I found a little heart shape in a thrift store that just needed a little work.<br />
Picture 1 is old school country.<br />
Picture 2 is modern country.<br />
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And I found the best spot for it in the house!<br />
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The driftwood wreaths I made got a little Valentine make over too. I just put some pink ribbon on it and the sheep got a little bow. Check out the link on how to make the wreaths.<br />
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The frame holds a free printable and it's so cute.<br />
Find some inspiration on: <a href="http://www.craftionary.net/2012/01/75-valentines-day-free-printables.html">http://www.craftionary.net/2012/01/75-valentines-day-free-printables.html</a><br />
And the one I used you can find here: <a href="http://libby-bonjour.blogspot.com/2011/01/photobucket_26.html">http://libby-bonjour.blogspot.com/2011/01/photobucket_26.html</a><br />
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2 Pitchers found their place by the front door. For now...<br />
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Find out here on how to make the wreath in the back.<span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3,"tn":"K"}"><span class="userContent"><br />http://dutchanddiy.blogspot.com/2014/01/paper-valentine-hearts.html<br /><br />Hope to see you back in a few.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We're getting ready for Valentine's Day around here!</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">After celebrating and decorating for Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's now it's time for Valentine's Day. I've never celebrated this (small) holiday before but now that I have young kids I kind of feel it goes with the territory. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">And of course my mantle screams for new decorations! </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />I got the kids involved in a little craft and other than that we'll just decorate it around the house a little bit. <br /><br />I'll tell you how to make fun little paper hearts. You'll probably have all the materials laying around your house already.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGzbk0a-KFagDg1sQTYpzp4AppeOMQeX6z5A7CIACykCnh7PR8PPZ9n0UCKBBVbLzhRcO1WsSaKT5_KYCbvRZLvpz-Swt174gl-cDojCXIhmBgTI_iNpuA2uObIrYs0ijmfxuyf3wDd4NR/s1600/IMG_4151.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGzbk0a-KFagDg1sQTYpzp4AppeOMQeX6z5A7CIACykCnh7PR8PPZ9n0UCKBBVbLzhRcO1WsSaKT5_KYCbvRZLvpz-Swt174gl-cDojCXIhmBgTI_iNpuA2uObIrYs0ijmfxuyf3wDd4NR/s1600/IMG_4151.jpg" height="200" width="150" /></a></span></span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">You'll need coffee filters, washable markers, scissors and water.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4bUVGnZatYBlntOCxDau-Zron0k3Q0TY8DyPZKPEF6R8Akgb70yEa1BxKOlRd8lVuOqzfr-68H7CrigqSI9sxXZLyWNTBxDR27ZvMUDPV4k4E5tUmoQUqAxDKj1wth9vMTfcEQabp4ukI/s1600/IMG_4152.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4bUVGnZatYBlntOCxDau-Zron0k3Q0TY8DyPZKPEF6R8Akgb70yEa1BxKOlRd8lVuOqzfr-68H7CrigqSI9sxXZLyWNTBxDR27ZvMUDPV4k4E5tUmoQUqAxDKj1wth9vMTfcEQabp4ukI/s1600/IMG_4152.jpg" height="200" width="150" /></a>Cut out your heart shape and start coloring. I folded the coffee filter in half before cutting. But of course you can free style it too :)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNEaVG0AgAPSWNCBxKtkte4UiZkGNE2tB8F5EbWqNbd0Oa5Px1KF9vEpfQpu0UgTG31vseEAmxHnZQYgZaeON6rw8Uqz2Rd4eMJWkAWofcO7UVVnuGcHxBH0Hd8gzH7sm343brYi1nPe9H/s1600/IMG_4153.jpg" height="320" width="240" /> I put the colored hearts on a sheet of white paper and sprinkled drips of water on the hearts. With my fingers I mixed the colors a bit more.</span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6abbuUsR71ZG8Iw3_jalrAbMO67ojddDQDlhCSq0CYQXKvpsMXxv74M8zrYn1qSCfYI2zB670scyQZw4kuxBNDcJPwF5wzI7GNiLF7ZDpnpwAdow7HZtBYB2MI-EwHCPe90vRx7G_7p4u/s1600/IMG_4154.jpg" height="200" width="150" /> After that I put them on a cookie sheet to dry. 45 Minutes should do it.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3JucoxewhgffhfB2OOriKVFBVnyhSUeU6zMALPxQDTwT6OMB7fWflLBwbDm2tOV9JsdBHYzAOnid88UJXIuMuun2rN99WbTq6rHdJTaeNJTHu32t1XuT8dUJ9l2q3WRQ6Q7j7WXvCJIwh/s1600/IMG_4172.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3JucoxewhgffhfB2OOriKVFBVnyhSUeU6zMALPxQDTwT6OMB7fWflLBwbDm2tOV9JsdBHYzAOnid88UJXIuMuun2rN99WbTq6rHdJTaeNJTHu32t1XuT8dUJ9l2q3WRQ6Q7j7WXvCJIwh/s1600/IMG_4172.jpg" height="320" width="240" /></a><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I used ribbon to attach the cute little hearts to a wreath. And voila; the first Valentine decoration this year is made.</span></span><br />
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project is so fun, easy and rewarding. Making these bowls is just a
matter of minutes, it's the waiting for it to dry that takes a long
time! I would recommend letting it dry overnight. Once done you will
get so many uses out of it and you will really have something unique
to show for. How about collecting jewelry on your bathroom vanity,
showing off found pine cones on your coffee table. Or put it on a
little table by the front door and put your keys in it. How about
filling up a bowl with wooden letters or old spools. Let me know what
you'll use it for.</span></span><br />
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great for finding them if you yourself don't know how to make them.
Use equal parts school glue and luke warm water and mix
together in a bowl.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS, fantasy;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS, fantasy;"><span style="font-size: small;">Turn plastic or ceramic bowls up side down. You can use different sizes so your new doily bowls are different too. I had to elevate
some by using a tall glass so I could drape the doily over it without
it touching the counter. I also put plastic wrap over the bowl so it
would be easy to take the doily off once it was dry.</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS, fantasy;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh61ZSCvoAVlDo4IjsbKDk3n71FBBwr5qSHplT-m1CyQPtFML5f620rKpAaP9ai_brOyWHsLiHubwksGMPNqbFXRh89ETHU8yFaZ1TqVQlgcYK9rqv3UWxYVEjWxOgk6IKVnQCrIr8zsDia/s1600/IMG_3224.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh61ZSCvoAVlDo4IjsbKDk3n71FBBwr5qSHplT-m1CyQPtFML5f620rKpAaP9ai_brOyWHsLiHubwksGMPNqbFXRh89ETHU8yFaZ1TqVQlgcYK9rqv3UWxYVEjWxOgk6IKVnQCrIr8zsDia/s1600/IMG_3224.jpg" height="320" width="240" /></a><br />Dip the
doily in the glue mix. Make sure everything is soaked and then drape
it over the bowl. Now you just wait, wait, wait and wait a little
more. <br />The next day your bowls are ready to use!</span></span> <br />
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forget to let me know what you plan on doing with them!</span></span></div>
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I'm very happy with my natural Christmas vignette in the dining room. I've used homemade wreaths hung on shutters. 3 Thrift store pitchers filled with cuttings from our own tree. Homemade bowl made of a doilie filled with cuttings and white ornaments.<br />
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On the mantle 3 glass containers filled with red and green Christmas ornaments. A vintage flour sieve is filled with fresh clippings and a little birdie and star tucked in there for some color.<br />
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<br />Still at the forest I laid out my tree shape. Back at the house I used a hot glue gun to glue the logs to the biggest log. I've put it in one of the white pitchers and voila, another Christmas tree is made.<br />
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season I've been busy making lots of decorations with driftwood. It's
so easy to make and I just love how it looks. It's rustic and natural
and really brings the whole family in the holiday spirit. </span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS, fantasy;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />I'm
so grateful for the times when my little boy naps AND I have the
energy and inspiration to make something nice. My daughter is a great
person to have around when I'm crafting. She's always watching me and
is in awe of everything I make. She will say it's pretty or other
nice things to keep me going. I'm very happy she's into crafting too
and I hope for her it will last a lifetime since it's a superb gift
to have; the ability to craft. </span></span>
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And now the star of this blog post: Making Driftwood Christmas trees.</span></span>
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I'll start this blog post off with a confession: the base was made by my husband. </span></span>
<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS, fantasy;"><span style="font-size: small;">Oh the shame... I like to call it teamwork =) Maybe someday I will feel comfortable crafting outside the box.</span></span>
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1. I bought some knitting needles at the thrift store for $0.50. </span></span>
<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS, fantasy;"><span style="font-size: small;">2. My husband used a little bit of leftover wood to make the base. Free.</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS, fantasy;"><span style="font-size: small;">3. Forest wood from South Lake Tahoe. Free.</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS, fantasy;"><span style="font-size: small;">4. = Priceless Christmas tree.</span></span>
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Whilst the kids were playing on the playground I dragged a big bag around to collect pieces of wood. </span></span>
<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS, fantasy;"><span style="font-size: small;">This time around I knew exactly what to make so I looked for enough pieces of different sizes. </span></span>
<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS, fantasy;"><span style="font-size: small;">Since it was frosty on the ground when I was collecting I had to let the wood dry for a few days. I put </span></span>
<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS, fantasy;"><span style="font-size: small;">it by the heater and after that it was in my garage for another 2 weeks.</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS, fantasy;"><span style="font-size: small;">This DIY project is done in a few simple steps.</span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS, fantasy;"><span style="font-size: small;">1. After my husband made me 2 bases I sorted the wood for similar thickness and color and lengths </span></span>
<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS, fantasy;"><span style="font-size: small;">that would add up nicely in a christmas tree shape. I laid it out and measured with my base to see if </span></span>
<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS, fantasy;"><span style="font-size: small;">I had enough pieces to fill it all the way up. </span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS, fantasy;"><span style="font-size: small;">2. After that I started drilling holes. How big the hole should be depends on the size knitting needle </span></span>
<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS, fantasy;"><span style="font-size: small;">you're using. Also use a big block of wood on your work surface if you don't want to drill holes in your </span></span>
<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS, fantasy;"><span style="font-size: small;">kitchen counter. Yep, the kitchen was my work space for this craft :)</span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS, fantasy;"><span style="font-size: small;">3. After each drill I put the stick on the the base to see if it would work. Even after measuring in the </span></span>
<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS, fantasy;"><span style="font-size: small;">beginning on one tree I had to add another stick to make it to the top. This is because sometimes I </span></span>
<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS, fantasy;"><span style="font-size: small;">would flip the stick and then everything is slightly off.</span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS, fantasy;"><span style="font-size: small;">4. Wow, you're done already! </span></span>
<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS, fantasy;"><span style="font-size: small;">If you want you can decorate the tree with ribbon or little ornaments.</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS, fantasy;"><span style="font-size: small;">These trees will be reused again for Valentine's Day. I actually see a lot of use in their
future.
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS, fantasy;"><span style="font-size: small;">How to make the base.<br />The
base is about a third of the length. Drill a hole in the bottom of
both pieces just slightly smaller than the width of the knitting
needle. Put a bit of wood glue in the middle and hold the pieces in a
90 degree angle, and glue together. Now one piece of wood is slightly
higher than the other so you have to correct this on both ends with a
little piece of wood. Glue it underneath so it's not wobbly anymore.
You can slide in the knitting needle and since it's slightly smaller
it stays put. <br /></span></span>
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Country, shabby chic, vintage, upcycle; whatever you want to call it,
I just love this style of home decorating. And it took me a little
while to discover this style. Yes, I've been repainting furniture for many
years now and I've rearranged rooms ever since I was a young tween.
Yes, my mom let me use her house! But it is since maybe 2 years that
I realize that it is this style where I feel most at home in. I've
gotten married in 2006 and when we moved to America I became a
homemaker. I like that word; homemaker. Because that's exactly what I
was doing: “making a home” for us. And of course it is what I'm still doing. With 2 kids and a dog thrown in as well. <br /><br />But you can say I had a lot of
time to decorate the house to my (oops, our) liking. Back then
I started off painting furniture in a multitude of colors. I had an
orange side table but also a purple one. I had striped colorful
curtains, a reddish rug, there was a blue display cabinet and the
sofa had a reddish sofa cover on it. I hope that paints the picture for you. Thinking back of that time I can see I went a little bit overboard with the paint. I still
love color but not like that anymore. I wanted to post pictures but
unfortunately the pictures of that time are on a external hard drive
and too much work to get too. <br /><br />Over the next few posts I'll show you some pictures
of my house as it is now. You will see lots of white furniture and new uses for old things.<br />Something
else worth pointing out, except for the sofa, all the living room
furniture you'll see are all free curbside goodies, Craigslist ad
finds, thrift store treasures and even a coffee table made out of a futon base. Kudos for the husband on that last one :). It makes me very happy to know
that I can turn an old dresser that no one wants anymore into a great
piece for my house. Painting is a very rewarding hobby in which
you'll get to enjoy the end product every day.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS, fantasy;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtklsVXOfjcN4tLQGs9yqjjjOwrkES549Eq-hhJwcu4IKkGSx7QEBK55iRxv95qRSgwZ-W7quCNCj0T7gMxwNqVwdAMUbY7pbrJ6GyypHbwRPWcRVNPpR5k-xfl-pfMvhhT6w7xQxNjf7n/s1600/IMG_3229.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtklsVXOfjcN4tLQGs9yqjjjOwrkES549Eq-hhJwcu4IKkGSx7QEBK55iRxv95qRSgwZ-W7quCNCj0T7gMxwNqVwdAMUbY7pbrJ6GyypHbwRPWcRVNPpR5k-xfl-pfMvhhT6w7xQxNjf7n/s320/IMG_3229.jpg" width="240" /></a><br />I like the natural distressed look but I wasn't too pleased with blue for a table inside.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS, fantasy;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS, fantasy;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtep1AGAHEvyy9KGYhbrIZLmsOCZ50dqykQMrMvw88PRljEe7z5j2rzQ4NiK79klcDBU_CTuk_Z3fx8_flGApGBkGaxoKgEZyQN26Y7us7FMVCF8nLTTs-LObKCAwqOBVMGIo9DQh2rq3V/s1600/IMG_3231.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtep1AGAHEvyy9KGYhbrIZLmsOCZ50dqykQMrMvw88PRljEe7z5j2rzQ4NiK79klcDBU_CTuk_Z3fx8_flGApGBkGaxoKgEZyQN26Y7us7FMVCF8nLTTs-LObKCAwqOBVMGIo9DQh2rq3V/s320/IMG_3231.jpg" width="240" /></a></span></span><br />So I painted it. Just like that. Now we got a mega big coffee table that fits all our drinks, books and toys.<br /><br /> It gives me
great pleasure knowing that I'm not spending a ton of money on a
piece of furniture, especially since I like to rearrange and change
furniture all the time. An item will usually not stay in the same
spot longer than 6 months. That's the beauty of decorating every room
in the house in the same style, you can move furniture around with no
problem. AND I'm keeping furniture out of the landfill. For me it's a
win win.</span></span></div>
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time is here and it's not leaving anytime soon. And I'm glad it's not
because I love Christmas. The cozy little lights and candles, the
stylish and festive decorations, hot cocoa and whipped cream, a
mountain of blankets to crawl under and most importantly; family
time.<br /><br />For me Christmas time is all about family time and to
not loose track of that I made an Advent calendar with family and kid
oriented activities. Every day we will be reminded of the fact to do
something fun together and to create memories of this special time of
year.<br /><br />My husband went to the local hardware store for some
items and brought me back 30 matchboxes on my request. In the
meantime I had gathered Christmas themed color coordinated papers,
a pencil, scissors, a ruler and double sided sticky tape. That's all it
takes. Oh, and a lot of time.<br /><br />Here's how you can make it
too:<br /><br />1: Trace the matchbox onto your paper, pretty side down.
Trace all 4 sides of the matchbox onto the paper. Use your pencil to mark down a dot and use the ruler to
get straight lines to get a rectangle shape. Once you have the first
measurements you can outline more rectangles.<br />If you want to be
very precise you can measure all sides of the matchbox and then
measure this onto the paper. It's not how I work :)<br />2: Cut out all
your rectangle shapes.<br />3: Cut double sided sticky tape into pieces
and stick to a matchbox. Cover all four sides.<br />4: Stick your paper onto the matchbox. <br />5: Snip
off any excess paper.<br />6: Start with the next one.<br />7: Decorate
your little advent box any way you like. Use stickers, torn paper,
let the kids put stickers on it, whatever you fancy. Don't forget your numbers 1 through
25! Use stickers and or stamps for this. Mix it up.<br /><br />It will get an extra
"pop of special" if you put the numbering on an extra layer of paper (I
didn't do this because I wanted to be done with it) and then glue
this on the box. Or use double sided sticky tape. </span><br />
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part will be to come up with activities to do with your children. If
you need a little hand along the way, here is a link to some of the
best
ideas:<br /><a href="http://adrielbooker.com/family-advent-activities-christmas-countdown-fun/">http://adrielbooker.com/family-advent-activities-christmas-countdown-fun/</a></span><br />
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last tip:<br />Plan your activities wisely using your monthly planner. Make sure to do elaborate activities or crafts that need some prep
on days you know you have the time. <br />Of course you can alternate
between activities and a little chocolate treat too.<br /><br />Time to open up the first box!!</span><br />
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is all about making time for family and don't forget to make it easy
on yourself in the meantime!</span></div>
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