This week we visited the Stony Creek Farms Pumpkin Fall Festival in Noblesville, Indiana. What a fun time we had! A hay ride took us up to the pumpkin patch which was all among Christmas trees. We searched high and low and found the "perfect pumpkin" for carving. At home, daddy helped the Princess carve her pumpkin while Little Man watched with glee. We got the pumpkin carving idea from last week's post Alternatives to Halloween. I think our Christian pumpkin carving turned … [Read more...]
5 DIY Lanyards with Tutorials
We are one week into our seminar here in Indiana. It is going very well and many people are making decisions for Christ. It is quite exciting to see lives being changed. Each evening our seminar guests and workers wear name tags. We simply purchase the 'Hello My Name Is' sticky name tags from the local office supply store. This helps us when we are trying to learn 150+ names during our seminar. Because I also wear one of these name tags each night, I thought it would be nice to make a custom … [Read more...]
Alternatives to Halloween
Far from a post on why Halloween is "bad" or "wrong" for Christians, I simply want to share with you alternatives to Halloween that you can do with your children. This year Halloween falls on a seminar night for my family. We will be studying God's word that night. So I wanted to find some fun things I could do with my Princess as alternatives to Halloween, costumes, and trick or treating. source 1. Attend a Fall Festival - the local farm is having their 40th anniversary and hosting a Fall … [Read more...]
How to Create a Memory Box
Fall Fun: Owl Paper Bag Craft
So my daughter knows about Pinterest. She asked me this last week if we could go to that "place" and find a craft to do together. So we went to a board on my Pinterest that I call Thanksgiving/Autumn and found this Owl Paper Bag Puppet. Earlier that day we went through the Taco Bell/KFC drive-thru and my Princess got a corn on the cob. It came in a paper bag. So instead of recycling it we decided to try the craft. We pulled out her construction paper, scissors, tape and glue stick. She went out … [Read more...]
Magazine Wish List
Can you believe there are only 95 days left until Christmas? Where has 2012 gone? The older I get the faster time seems to go by. I am going to blink and my children will be grown and I will be old. Do any of you have magazines lying around that you have no time to read? I do. I find magazines for free on online deal sites and I subscribe. They are free right? But then I can never read them. My husband hates that. So my Princess and I decided to go through the large container full of … [Read more...]
What Rosh Hashanah Means for Christians with Food and Craft Ideas
Rosh Hashanah begins tonight at sunset. Millions of Jewish people will be celebrating the Jewish New Year and many Christians do not know what Rosh Hashanah is about. A few years back our local church celebrated the Feast of Passover and had such a great blessing. I'd love to do it again some year. Rosh Hashanah is the autumn feast Christians commonly call the Feast of Trumpets. So, what does Rosh Hashanah mean for Christians? Rosh Hashanah, a Jewish feast, is a day of celebration and is also … [Read more...]
