This is our family craft from last year. I looked and looked for directions on the web, but I can’t. So I will attempt to walk you through how I made them:

Supplies

Large claypot

Green and yellow paint

Other color paints for gifts

Ribbons for the gifts

Wooden star

Silver, black and gold thick sharpies

Directions:

1. I painted the clay pot in green. Then let it dry until I could add the glitter paint. Let it dry for a day.

2. Then I used masking tape on the bottom to paint the “gifts”. I wanted them to be pretty straight so I used the masking tape to mark off the gifts.  I removed the masking tape and painted the rest of the gifts.I let the paint dry.

3. I then used gold, silver or black sharpies to decorate the them.

4. I used several different ribbons to make the bows and used a glue gun to glue them on.

5. The last piece was painting the star in bright yellow and then some glitter paint.

5. Finally, I glued it to the top with a glue gun.

TADA! I great fun gift and decorative piece.

I love using clay pots see our Nativity clay pots from a couple years back.

Ligia

 

My Christmas Planner has been dusted off and ready to go! This is Get Organized Week for me. I really like how my planner helps me to focus and get ready for Christmas Day. It allows me to feel like Christmas doesn’t creep up on me. Every year when I open my planner I look at all that went on the previous year, which is always fun. I also write a wishlist each year after Christmas which I use to know what I was lacking the year before. I also include a list of things I bought AFTER Christmas so I don’t forget what I bought. Those after Christmas purchases tend to get shoved in random tubs since sometimes I purchase things into mid January when they are practically free.

 

Some of the links on my previous Christmas Planner post are not working so here is a new link for all the planners:

Organized Christmas Planning Pages

Flylady has a more simpler planner and is what I started with so here is her link:

Cruising through the Holidays– click on Holiday Control Journal

Ligia

Last week I posted about great deal I got at Kohl’s for a Baby Cakes Cake Pop Maker. I just received it and I am soooo excited about using it for my daughter’s birthday.

Last year I created a gumball cake see post for her 12th birthday. This year, for her 13th, we are making cake pops. This weekend and into the week I am going to “experiement” I want to share some videos I found and later I’ll share my creations.
Here is a simple video on using the Baby Cakes Cake Pop Maker:

and here is another where you learn how to make cake pops if you don’t have the cake pop maker: