Monthly Archives: December 2012

30 12, 2012

{printable} New Year’s Goals for 2013

December 30th, 2012|Categories: printables|Tags: , |0 Comments

Last year I shared a printable to help you set some New Year’s goals for 2012. If that’s something you like to do – then here is a version for this year :o} We have been so busy lately that we haven’t given our goals for 2013 a thought yet. But we will be thinking about them over the coming weeks and making some plans and goals to work towards. I loved reading over my post last year and seeing how many of our goals we turned into reality this year. But of course there were […]

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30 12, 2012

{printable} All About My Year : Kids New Year’s Printable

December 30th, 2012|Categories: printables|Tags: , |8 Comments

Well hello there! I know it’s been super quiet around here, and I haven’t even shared a little of our Christmas on the blog yet! I will soon, but before it’s too late, I thought I’d share this printable with you! I thought it would be nice to have a small snap-shot of the year, and see what Noah was looking forward to and hoping to learn in the New Year. I don’t want to burden him with resolutions and too many goals as he is just a little kid, so I kept it simple and […]

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20 12, 2012

Christmas Waffles

December 20th, 2012|Categories: A Little Delightful|Tags: , , , |1 Comment

Yum!! We LOVE waffles at our house and I love any excuse to make food a little festive. Last year I shared some Christmassy pancake ideas {seriously so easy, check them out} but these waffles are probably even easier.We have a breville waffle maker which churns out these super cute heart shaped waffles. Perfect all the time but even more so when it’s Valentine’s day, or someone’s birthday, or ….for making Christmas trees!I just add a teeny bit of food colouring** {try and use a natural one} I used a cinnamon sugared almond as the Christmas […]

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18 12, 2012

gingerbread playdough!

December 18th, 2012|Categories: A Little Delightful|Tags: , , , |2 Comments

We’ve been a bit obsessed with gingerbread around here lately – gingerbread printables, gingerbread decorating, and also gingerbread playdough!This was probably the first Christmasy thing I did for the kids in late November, simply because it is so easy and they are entertained for ages and ages with playdough. Add some yummy smelling spices, a rolling pin, cookie cutters and buttons to the mix and they love it even more.To make your gingerbread playdough I used my favourite cooked playdough recipe and added some cinnamon, ginger and cloves and it smells wonderful! {about a […]

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13 12, 2012

{family tradition} decorating their own little trees

December 13th, 2012|Categories: A Little Delightful|Tags: , , , |4 Comments

This has been a tradition since – well, forever!My brothers and I had our own little trees that we got to decorate for a little Christmas cheer in our own bedrooms. And so my kids do the same :o}I bought these trees a long time ago, I think from Target. Most places seem to sell some mini ones :o} I also bought battery operated lights {coloured, of course!} to use on the trees so that they don’t have to be plugged in but the kids can still have some festive coloured lights on their […]

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12 12, 2012

{printable} ‘My Christmas’ keepsake series

December 12th, 2012|Categories: printables|Tags: , , |8 Comments

If you were a reader last year, you might remember I teamed up with the lovely Jade to create some keepsake Christmas printables. I debated whether I should leave them the same and just change the date to 2012, or to do up a whole different look. I decided to go for a new look – so I hope that you like them! As with last year, there are 6 printable sheets;My ChristmasMy FamilyMy Christmas TreeMy SantaMy HandprintMy WishlistThey make the sweetest keepsakes as a little snapshot of your kiddo at Christmas in 2012. You’ll have a […]

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10 12, 2012

{printable} Gingerbread Man

December 10th, 2012|Categories: printables|Tags: , , |2 Comments

Here is a super simple printable Gingerbread Man that you can use for some not so messy Gingerbread man decorating fun!We decided to laminate ours so they can be used over and over.One super easy way to use them is to use them like a dry erase board for the kids to decorate and add buttons, eyes, hair etc. But you can also use them as a play dough mat once they’ve been laminated.My kiddos had an absolute ball using plasticine! We used plasticine mostly because that is what I had in the craft cupboard […]

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10 12, 2012

{family tradition} elf on the shelf

December 10th, 2012|Categories: A Little Delightful|Tags: , , |7 Comments

This is a new family tradition for us for 2012! I love finding something new that will be fun for our family and this has certainly been a hoot! The Elf on The Shelf is a story book and a little character doll that comes to your house at Christmas. You really could use any cute little elf character {I did search and search for one that was cute but didn’t find one and ended up going the ‘popular’ one. It really doesn’t matter because you create the magic!!The story goes that the elf is […]

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5 12, 2012

{12 Days of Christmas} Day 12 : LEGO Duplo My First Zoo

December 5th, 2012|Categories: A Little Delightful|Tags: , , , , |85 Comments

Woohoo! :o} We have made it to Day 12 of the 12 Days of Christmas Giveaways and I am super excited that today I get to give away some LEGO Duplo!Duplo from LEGO is a preschool building toy. It is designed for little ones in mind, with bigger pieces that allow for small hands to easily build to their hearts content. They have sets for children that range between the ages of 18 months and 5 years old and both of mine {2 and nearly 6 years old} LOVE building with Duplo.This is the […]

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4 12, 2012

{12 Days of Christmas} Day 11 : Tiger Tribe

December 4th, 2012|Categories: A Little Delightful|Tags: , , , |153 Comments

Well hello there!We are almost at the end of our Christmas giveaway series and I have had so much fun! I hope you have too!Today I am giving away a FABULOUS Tiger Tribe package to ONE lucky reader! I am super excited about this one, we absolutely had a ball trying out these great toys on our recent road trip down south. We don’t have a DVD player in the car so I am definitely always looking for fun easy ways to entertain my kids on road trips that let them use their creativity and […]

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