Christmas crafting ideas

I found a site that has some cute Christmas crafts. If you want to see the site or want to learn how to make things like this, then click here! I think they have some interesting ideas.

      

What is it? #9

Can you guess what this is a picture of?

( We would appreciate it if you just guessed and didn't try to look it up and find it. It takes the fun out of things and makes it pointless. Thank you :] )

Did you know? #3

Did you know...

• when lightning strikes it can reach up to 30,000 degrees celsius, which is 54,000 degrees fahrenheit.

• a giraffe is able to clean its ears with its 21 inch tongue.

• the Grand Canyon can hold around 900 trillion footballs.

• that 90% of an iceburg are underwater.

• lightning strikes the Earth 6,000 times every minute.

• an ostrich's eye is larger than its brain.

• that at a time, armadillos have 4 babies that are all the same gender.

• if you say the alphabet without moving your lips or mouth, all the letters will sound the same.

• an average person will spend 25 years of their life asleep.

• reindeer hair is hollow inside, like a tube.

• cows don't have upper front teeth.

• everyday is a holiday somewhere in the world.

• the coins thrown into the Trevi fountain in Italy are collected for charity.

• there are 31,557,600 seconds in a year.

• an octopus' pupil is rectangular.

• 8% of people have an extra rib.

• 42% of men and 25% of women don’t wash their hands after using a public toilet.

• the electric chair was invented by a dentist.

• crocodiles can't move their tongue.

Thanksgiving Break

I had a week off from school for Thanksgiving. It was a nice break because it was long. I had a lot of good things to eat. I ate way to much on Thanksgiving Day. My mom was the one that did all the cooking for the family. I had to wake up early to help put the turkey in the oven. It was worth waking up for because the turkey was so good. After we ate I just sat around and talked to my family. It was a good time. After that day was over I got to go hunting. I saw a lot of deer but none that I wanted to shoot because they are to small. I had a blast hunting. I like the way it feels when you know there is a deer coming your way it gets your hart racing. It can just never be a big one that you want to shoot. Well that is a little information about my break and the fun things I did. So what did you do? We may have did some of the same things you never know so let me know.

Crafting Ideas

Are you looking for more crafting ideas? All of the ones below are made from recycled products. Try them and you might like the outcomes! Please, let me know if you make one and post a picture so we all can see what you made. Have fun with it! :] Here's the list:

Real Fall Leaf Wreath

Pretty Magnets

Snowman and Christmas Tree

Sweater Rose Wreath

Multi-colored Yarn Ball Wreath

Spook-tacular Recycled T-shirt Tote



Soft Iced Pumpkin Cookies

Thanksgiving is a few days away! Make these cookies for your family and you surely will hear everyone say, "yum".

Ingredients


(makes approximately 3 dozen cookies)



2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon baking soda

2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg

1/2 teaspoon ground cloves

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup butter, softened

1 1/2 cups white sugar

1 cup canned pumpkin puree

1 egg

1 teaspoon vanilla extract



Icing Ingredients

2 cups confectioners’ sugar

3 tablespoons milk

1 tablespoon melted butter

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

dash of cinnamon (if desired)


Directions


Stir together flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and salt, then set aside.

Cream  1/2 cup of butter and white sugar. Add pumpkin, egg, and 1 teaspoon vanilla to butter mixture, and beat until creamy.

Mix in the dry ingredients until well blended.

Drop on cookie sheet by tablespoonfuls; flatten slightly.

Bake in preheated oven to 350 degrees F for 15 to 20 minutes. Cool on wire rack.




Glaze Directions

Combine confectioners’ sugar (a.k.a. powdered sugar) milk, melted butter and vanilla. You may have to add a bit more milk to achieve the right consistency for drizzling.

I added a dash of cinnamon for just a little hint of that cinnamon flavor.

Drizzle over cookies with fork. You will run out of icing if you cover all your cookies as much as I did. I made a full batch of icing and and I left about 10 without icing at the request of my hubby but had no leftovers.  Mmm…icing.

I got this from HERE.

Did you know? #2

*Thanksgiving was held twice in 1815.*

The first US Thanksgiving was held between 21 September and 11 November 1621 in Massachusetts by 50 Plymouth Pilgrims and their 90 Wampanoag neighbors. After that, Thanksgiving was held fairly randomly. Thanksgiving days were proclaimed annually by the US Congress from 1777 to 1783 which, except for 1782, were all celebrated in December. George Washington declared Thanksgiving in 1789 and 1795, and John Adams in 1798 and 1799. James Madison declared Thanksgiving twice in 1815. None of these were celebrated in the autumn.

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