How to Create a Book Advent Calendar
To finish off this week's focus on Advent Calendars, I have another slightly different idea for you, that will especially appeal to all book lovers - how to create a Book Advent Calendar! Instead of getting chocolates or toys every
Activity Advent Calendar Tips & Template
Whether you are looking for an alternative to chocolate Advent calendars (anyone else still working their way through the Hallowe'en candy?), are tired of those pre-filled toy calendars that just add more plastic tat to your house, or are simply
Advent Calendar & Stocking Fillers for Kids Age 4+
With just over ten days to go until 1st December, it's time to get your Advent calendars organised! When I was kid, we always got Advent calendars filled with little gifts each day. My calendar was a cross-stitch sampler with
Our Top 50 Christmas Picture Books
We're half way through November already, which means there's not much time left to get your Christmas picture books in order if you want to have them ready for the 1st December. I don't know about you, but I like
Have Yourself a Colsie Christmas
Move over hygge, there’s a new kid in town! Unless you’ve been living under a rock, it will have been difficult to escape the Danish ‘hygge’ trend, that has swept the interior design and lifestyle worlds these past two years. It’s sometimes
Christmas Cookies: Jammy Hearts
Today, I have another yummy Christmas cookie recipe for you. Because what is even better than melt-in-the-mouth buttery vanilla cookies? Melt-in-the-mouth buttery vanilla cookies with jam in the middle! Ingredients 150g gluten free flour 50g caster sugar a pinch of salt 1 sachet of vanilla
Folded Paper Angels
Less than a week to go until Christmas! If you are looking for an easy, last minute decoration idea or just something to keep the kids occupied and stop asking "how many sleeps now?" for even a short while, then
Our Top 5 Christmas Movies for Kids
For this week's Friday Five, I thought I'd do something a little different and share our Top 5 Christmas movies for kids with you. Prior to writing this post though, I did a little poll across some of my social
Christmas Cookies: Vanillekipferl
When it comes to Advent and Christmas baking, there is a holy trinity of seasonal cookies that always get baked in Germany, at least in my circles: Zimtsterne (cinnamon stars), Butterkekse (butter cookies), and Vanillekipferl (vanilla crescents). I shared my
A Christmas Stick Tree
Last year, Oskar's school had a big craft afternoon at the beginning of Advent, to decorate the school, and on the last day before the holidays they were then able to take home anything they had made. At the end
5 Beautifully Illustrated Christmas Books
One of my favourite things about the Christmas season, is getting our Christmas picture books off the top shelf. We have quite a few - last year I pulled 24 of them together to create a Advent book calendar, but
DIY Festive Play Dough Play Mats
It's that time of year, where we like to huddle round the kitchen table on the dark winter afternoons, and get our arts and crafts on. Both my boys really love play dough. Oskar recently recreated some Ancient Egyptian canopic