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Thanksgiving Craft

Here’s a festive Turkey cake my mom made for my boys today. It’s made out of a large round chocolate cake and a smaller chocolate cake. The head is two “ding dongs”. Yummy! This hand print turkey and foot print turkey place mat is my favorite craft that my oldest son did in pre-school. This [...]

More Thanksgiving Traditions

TipJunkie.com is proud to present the ‘Great Tip Award’ to several women who have inspired us with some great Thanksgiving fun. Karri made this Thankful tree for her family. Simply attach leaves that have what you’re grateful for on them. She made a lid for the pot to keep the leaves after they’re done and [...]

Thanksgiving Food

TipJunkie.com is proud to present the ‘Great Tip Award’ to several women who have inspired us with some great Thanksgiving Food and a craft. Kelly made these great Turkey cookies to celebrate Thanksgiving. I’ve seen this done with spiders for Halloween but not turkeys. Too cute!! Jade shared this scrumptious recipe for Thanksgiving, it’s Apple [...]

5 Thanksgiving Traditions for Kids

TipJunkie.com is proud to present the ‘Great Tip Award’ to several women who have inspired us with some great Thanksgiving Traditions for kids. Meredith posted about her Thanksgiving Tradition of making a thankful chain each November. They start on the first of November and each evening at dinner have everyone write one thing they’re thankful [...]

Thanksgiving Decor

TipJunkie.com is proud to present the ‘Great Tip Award’ to several women who have inspired fun and beautiful Thanksgiving decorating ideas. French Garden House has some really beautiful table decor ideas. There’s 2 posts, so don’t miss the first one as well. Here’s Wippup version of leaf garland. It’s elegant and simple. Love it. I’m [...]

8 Christmas Calendar Tutorials {Advent}

Today it’s all about the Christmas Calendar or the Advent. Here are 8 Christmas calendar tutorials you can make to count down to Christmas! Christmas Calendar Kathryn gives step-by-step directions on how to make this Clipboard Advent. Make it for yourself or as a gift. Julie Ree made such a unique and beautiful advent using [...]

Easy Christmas Gifts #2

I apologize I haven’t posted in a few days, I’ve been out of town. I’m back and ready to pass on these easy Christmas gift ideas. Enjoy! Pick your favorite pasta recipe, print it out on red paper, and attach it to the pasta with some red raffia. You can go even further by purchasing [...]

Easy Neighbor Christmas Gifts

Do you want to give your Friend or Neighbor a unique Christmas gift that’s easy on the wallet but also something they can use? Here are some suggestions: Easy Neighbor Christmas Gifts Laminate the Don’t Eat Pete game and attach the Christmas M&M poem with a bag of M&M’s. It’s a must have for Mom’s [...]

4 Things Children Really Want

The Four Things Children Really Want for Christmas 1. Children want and need a Christmas celebration enriched with family traditions.2. Children want a relaxed and loving time with their family.3. Children want realistic expectations about gifts.4. Children want a more evenly paced holiday season. Read the entire article on Executive Homemaker.

5 Online Pumpkin Carving Templates

Here are several sites to make your pumpkin carving extra easy and creative this year.  Here are 5 pumpkin carving templates that you can make at home. Pumpkin Carving World Wildlife Fund pumpkin stencils you can download from HP right here. Stencils from Hershey’s and Pumpkin Masters Some nice carving and decorating ideas from Parents.com [...]

Halloween Gift Ideas

TipJunkie.com is proud to present the ‘Great Tip Award’ to several women who have led us to some great Halloween gift ideas! These tins are festive and functional and a great alternative to the traditional goodie plate. Dawn found these containers at a dollar store and here is her version with Halloween goodies. She’s so [...]