January 2, 2012

  • Baking and Crafting

    December was a fun month for some new recipes and crafts via Pinterest.  I think all of them were a success too!

    First up...baked doughnuts.

    I don't own a doughtnut cutter, so we improvised with cookie cutters.  They were cuter anyway.

    Then Blake had a little Gingerbread man project for homework that he wanted to start on the moment he brought it home (I don't expect that attitude toward homework will last, but I can enjoy it while it does).

    And then an annual favorite activity--decorating Gingerbread houses.  This year they had a selection of things to decorate at Target, so Alexandria chose Santa sleighs for she and Blake.

    Alexandria was a big fan of the "bling" for Santa.

    We tried a new sugar cookie recipe and an equally tasty new frosting recipe this year as well. 

    Sprinkles Queen!

    And now for my favorite (and easiest) Pinterest-inspired project. 

    We painted these clothes pins, taped this ribbon up on the cabinets and used them to display all of our holiday cards.

    I LOVE how it turned out, and I plan to leave this up for a few more weeks at least.

    And finally, the kids have been busy with their own crafting and wrapping.  It seems like every time I walked by the tree we had a new package under there.

    These were easily my favorite gifts this year.