christmas – Page 5 – See Jane Blog

these were a few of the gifts i wrapped this year. i have always been fond of brown kraft paper. in my eyes it is perfect. if you’re looking for other wrapping ideas, look here.

do you enjoy wrapping gifts? despise it? it can be a lot of work, after everything else that needs to be done — but, i love wrapping the gifts just as much as giving what’s inside… it makes my heart warm.

cheers to pretty ribbons!

xoxo.

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are you looking for a last minute holiday craft or activity?

i used this tutorial, and thoroughly enjoyed creating with paper.

my myla arranged the ornaments on the floor in this pattern.
…could be used as wall art, too!

{photos by me.}

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our new town had a luminary festival earlier this month.

…i had been busy with miss thirteen all weekend. but we made it home to literally throw the other munchkins in the car & drive around town. we spent one hour, after dark, windows down, xm radio blaring xmas tunes, slowly driving up and down the luminary-lit streets.

the town in the northwest where i grew-up had a luminary festival each winter before christmas when i was a kid. and for some reason, because my kids have never seen a luminary… this little festival was very important to me. my dad used to drive me around to see all the lights. now, i wanted to be the one to drive my kids around.

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this year, to keep things simple, i used pre-made gingerbread men + house kits from Trader Joe’s. i’ve used every gingerbread kit on the market in years past, and i’ve made homemade gingerbread — out of all of the above, these were my favorite. maybe because we purchased them early in the season? the gingerbread was impressively tender & moist. even my kiddos started eating it before our projects were finished!

i watched my two younger kiddos frost their gingerbread, arrange candies, and balance candy canes to make a festive roof display.

my oldest daughter wasn’t interested in gingerbread this year,

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my friend gave us these little goodies last year,
and i about ate the whole batch!
she used this recipe.

…this year, we had to make our own!

Ingredients:
Bite-size, waffle-shaped pretzels
Hershey’s Kisses or Hershey’s Hugs
M&M’s

{a great treat to have the kids help!}

we made designs out of our pretzels —

{KJ’s}

{sela’s pattern}

Instructions:

Heat the oven to 170F.
Set a number of bite-size, waffle-shaped pretzels (one for each treat) in a single layer on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper,

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i made these for my kiddos as an after-school snack this week.

so easy & So so cute!

all you need is:

strawberries
little round pre-made brownies
heavy whipping cream {whip it up!}
{i kept things really easy by using a ziplock bag for my whipping cream.}

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wrapping presents.

modern paper ornaments

luminary festival.

who says photo props are just for humans?

holiday pretzel treats

santa hat brownies…