I found this sitting on my desk this morning. With a note attached: And they just told me they get out of school early tomorrow…
Full Story »The Great Altoids Tin Challenge #7
This is the 12 days of Christmas, right? This is when all of the holiday hubbub is suppossed to take place anyway. Yet, I know that, like me, you’re tired of it all, and ready to move on. And, I will — after I’ve finished with the Altoids Tin Challenges. It was getting down to [...]
Full Story »The Great Altoids Tin Challenge # 6
The parts of a mini-gingerbread house fit neatly into an Altoids Tin – if you’re a bit creative. I’m not quite sure if the parts and pieces inside are enough to make a house — maybe more like a shack — or maybe even a sidewalk leading to a much bigger Gingerbread house. Who knows [...]
Full Story »The Great Altoids Gift Challenge #5
This Monopoly Altoids Christmas gift is over the top — and there were several moments when I questioned the purpose of the whole entire project at this point. But to by honest, there really is nothing for me to gripe about. The son who came up with this one, I thought, was too young [...]
Full Story »The Great Altoids Tin Challenge #4
We will not say a word about the “backwards R,” now will we? This gift is a “copy” of an entire set of Altoids Tin complete office supply set, that also included a couple of tin cans wrapped in cork. My little guy used cork to cover the top of an Altoids tin (cut by [...]
Full Story »The Great Altoids Tin Challenge #3
Pipe cleaners, buttons, wine corks and felt are stuffed inside this Altoids tin…. to make this little Altoids elf. Source: flickr.com via SusieJ on Pinterest The Great Altoids Tin Challenge: Here are 1 and 2
Full Story »The Great Christmas Altoids Tin Challenge
On a whim, we have created a new “think inside the box” way to exchange gifts this year, and it turns out that we like this so much that it will probably end up being a family tradition that will last long after the boys have cleaved to their new wives and set up families [...]
Full Story »I’ll stop at 999
He has been making paper cranes for several weeks now – part of a current, perpetual, unending origami obsession he now holds. One day we checked out 43 origami books from the library — but he prefers to learn how to fold directly from You Tube videos. There is a guy — a teacher — [...]
Full Story »Sheet Music Wreath
This wreath is now making its appearance on my front door — a vintage sheet music wreath. This wreath is so easy to make — I’ll make one for you if you bring me Cookies. This is a HUGE wreath – that is a live human being hiding behind that wreath. Yes, he’s Elf-sized… but [...]
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