I’m a bad aunt – I never played “Elf on the Shelf” when I was helping raise my nephews. Granted, they didn’t live with me, but I was at their house nearly every day when they were young. I should have done a better job of bringing Christmas joy and whimsy into our family traditions by sneaking the Elf on ...
Squishmallows are a cute and cheerful plush toy from Kellytoy. This year they’ve come out with adorable Christmas-themed Squishmallows for kids. They’re a bit too big to fit into a stocking, so they aren’t stocking stuffers. I like to tuck one into a tissue-paper-stuffed bag of Christmas gifts. This set of two Christmas Squishmallows (via Amazon; affiliate link) includes Santa ...
One of my favorite holiday treats is shortbread. I’ve always wanted to make a bunch of these for Christmas and I think this is the year! I remember my stepmom would always make a bunch of these in different shapes and sizes. They are incredibly festive! Here a few shortbread pans (via Amazon; affiliate link) for making Christmas treats. Don’t ...
New from Play-Doh for the 2020 Christmas holiday season: This darling gingerbread house building kit! The Play-Doh Builder Gingerbread House (via Amazon; affliate link) comes with molds, tools, a little plastic frame to help keep your Play-Doh gingerbread house stable, six pots of colored Play-Doh, a plastic Christmas tree for decoration, and a plastic Snowman to live outside the little ...
I love gifting little seasonal LEGO kits to nieces and nephews around the holidays. So I’m excited to see this new LEGO Elf and Reindeer Brickheadz set (via Amazon; affiliate link). The set comes with a reindeer and two elves the kids can assemble, plus a North Pole pole and a Letters to Santa drop box accessory. There are ...
My family has a tradition of dressing up in silly accessories and taking family photos on our cameras and phones on Christmas Eve. Normally the kids in my family really hate having their pictures taken, but we can jolly them into it with fun accessories. We drape ourselves in ridiculous big Christmas ornament shaped necklaces, glittery sequined Ugly Christmas Sweaters, ...