Christmas Family Fun | Printable Bucket List + Santa.com

Nicole Hood — Fri, 08 Dec 2017 01:00:00 +0000

It’s my favorite time of year and I am loving this fun holiday season! Every year my husband, kiddos, and I try to do all our family holiday activities and traditions in December. So I decided I would put them all together in a Holiday Winter Bucket List so we can print it and check them off every year – and you can too! Scroll down to print your own copy!

My pretty girls in their Christmas PJs.

Another thing I love about this time of year, of course, is everything to do with Christmas and the jolly guy himself, Santa! I found this awesome new site, Santa.com and I am loving all the fun features available. How cool is it that you and your kids can interact with Santa himself?!

Emails, texts, and even written notes are all part of this unique webpage along with a Santa blog and free printables!

Santa.com Features

Emails from Santa -FREE!
Text messages from Santa – daily through Christmas day only 9.99!
NEW Handwritten notes from Santa

Also check out Santa personal blog and download Christmas coloring templates!

Perfect for ages 1 to 120!

You can check it all out here.

Santa.com is the official site of Santa Claus.

Receive fun messages filled with Christmas spirit from Santa himself!

You can save 20% off of Santa.com‘s daily text messages using code is LOVEFOOD !

Be sure to enter the giveaway below for some awesome Santa.com swag!

Say “cheese” Santa!

Our first Santa photo of 2017.

Check that one off the Winter Bucket List!

Click here to download the printable.

Enter to win!

A limited edition ornament and Santa.com swag for one lucky winner.

Show off this festive ornament and fidget spinner, and brag that you won it from Santa himself!

Connect with Santa.com

Website- http://www.santa.com/

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This post is sponsored by Santa.com.
As always all opinions are my own.

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Last Minute Secret Santa Gifts Under $10

Nicole Hood — Sat, 17 Dec 2016 00:25:00 +0000

It’s the season of giving and boy do I love it! Every year I tell myself to not go so crazy with gift giving but then the next year rolls around and I just can’t help myself! I love finding the perfect present for everyone on my list and my specialty is making gift baskets.

I thought I would show y’all a few of the themed gifts I made this year for friends and family. All of them are easy to assemble, affordable, and make great Secret Santa gifts too. So if you are a last minute shopper I hope this inspires you to create some cute gift baskets this week!

Here’s a few tips :

Buy in bulk! I love buying Christmas themed variety packs at the store and separating them to put in multiple baskets. This is always a money saver! I did this with the cookie cutters below and the boxed hot chocolate.
After holiday specials are the way to go. One of my favorite sales is after Christmas! Not just for decorations but also for wrapping and gifts! Non edible Christmas treats, food items like cookie cutters and towels, and wrapping like ribbon and gift tags are perfect for stocking up for the next year!
Create a theme. I usually find one item for a person and then create a theme around it. Or I decide on a theme for the specific person and then set out to find items that are inspired by that. Themes make a more unique and creative gift!
Mix it up. I try to not include all $1 store items or $1 bin items {even though I always find fun gifts there}. If I am going to include a $1 gift {like the beach calendar below} then I splurge a bit on a nicer item to go with it {like the beach book}. Now don’t get me wrong, I love a good bargain, but I don’t limit myself to only $1 items if I have a specific theme in mind. Saving money is important but so is quality.

Some of my other themed baskets include:

I always include homemade treats in my baskets and this year I included my

Double Chocolate Buckeye Cookies with my gift baskets.

My stickers are from Shutterfly and my gift tags are from World Market.

For my Aunt with a serious sweet tooth I made a Chocolate Lovers Gift Basket.

I included a small package of truffles, a chocolate scented candle, a box of dark chocolate hot chocolate, and homemade cookies.

Other ideas: a chocolate themed cookbook, small novelty Chocoholics sign, chocolate flavored items like lip balm and body lotion.

Ava and I assembled these I Love Baking gifts for her friends and cousins.

I bought single packs of cookie mix {on sale for 40 cents}, a pack of Christmas sprinkles/candy decorations, a oven mitt, and a cookie cutter. Tie them together {I used a hold punch} and you’ve got an adorable kids gift!

Other ideas: a spatula, cookie mat, kids apron, tube of icing, edible decorating pens.

For my Aunt and Uncle in Kentucky who long for the beach I made them a Beach Bums Gift Basket. I included a beach sunset wall calendar, a beach themed cup, and a Life is Better at the Beach book of quotes.

Other ideas: a small cooler bag, a sun visor, a beach postcard, a beach ball, daiquiri mix.

For my cousin’s outdoor lovin’ husband I made him an Outdoorsy Basket.

First I found the jerky on clearance and from there I brainstormed the idea.

I added a basic grilling spice mix and an outdoorsy themed hand towel.

Other ideas: camo print tumbler, pocket knife, compass, tube of sunscreen.

Hope you like these fun gift ideas.

Please comment below and share your favorite last minute gift baskets.

I am always looking for new ideas!

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