Preserved Lemons
Preserved Lemons make for an attractive gift for someone’s kitchen. Just make up and place in an attractive bottle with a simple ribbon. This recipe makes 5 – 10 cups of preserved lemon! If you...
View ArticleHands and Feet Rudolf
Kids love to trace body parts. So get them to help with this years decorations, with this easy to make Rudolf, and when they are finished they will look great stuck on a window! brown paper or...
View ArticleCardboard Christmas Tree
One of the things I love so much about Christmas is the crafts that come with it. We try to do a craft at least a few times a week in our house and December crafts are always taken up by Christmas...
View ArticleChristmas Pine Cones
Christmas Pine Cones are gorgeous and frugal to help bring in the Christmas spirit to your home. Choose your colour theme, collect the pine cones and away you go! Materials you will need: Assorted...
View ArticleFelt Christmas Tree
Felt Christmas Trees is a simple an frugal way for you and the kids to have fun and decorate your home! To make 4 felt trees you will need: 1 brown piece of felt (roughly A5 size) 1 yellow piece of...
View ArticleDecorative Christmas Boxes
Decorative Christmas Boxes are so gorgeously simple but still scream Christmas. Do as many as you want and decorate in your colour scheme to personalise it. You will need: Empty boxes of various sizes...
View ArticleChristmas Gift Bottle
Really who doesn’t like a bottle of wine at Christmas. You can decorate a few bottles and have them under the tree for when people turn up unannounced. Never be caught out without a gift again! You...
View ArticleSimple Small Christmas Trees
These are so cute and really easy to make. Add to your Christmas decorations without it costing you a fortune. You will need- Hot glue gun Wooden skewer approx. 6” long Wooden cotton spool or small...
View ArticleHomemade Christmas Garlands
Homemade Christmas Garlands are a cheap but very pretty way of decorating the home over Christmas. This is one of those activities that you give to the kids to do and they seem to love it. You will...
View ArticleMuffin Tin Advent Calendar
This is a cute idea and you get to use the Mini Muffin Tin when the little ones have finished with it! You will need: 24 hole mini muffin tin 2x A4 sheets of magnetic sheets (from your local cheap...
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Christmas Foot Print Penguin Painting
It’s always hard to find toddler and infant friendly Christmas activities- however, we’ve got the perfect one for you! These adorably awesome Christmas Foot print penguins were submitted by a crafty...
View ArticleChristmas Lolly Tree
These Christmas Lolly Trees are for the chocolate lover in your life. They will look divine as a centre piece on the Christmas table or as a gift to someone special. You will need: 1 foam or...
View ArticleFrugal Christmas Party Ideas
So it’s your turn to have the family over for Christmas lunch this year, or perhaps you got excited and invited all your friends and neighbours round for some festive fun before the big day? If money...
View ArticleAmazing Christmas Gift Wrapping Ideas
There’s nothing so nice as a fabulously wrapped present. I love shiny packages and packaging of all types. Even if you won’t have time to go this fancy, here are some great ideas from Pinterest for...
View ArticleCandy Cane Vase
I love Christmas Craft! So when I came across a Candy Cane Vase on Pinterest I had to give it a whirl. What you will need: empty clean large candle jar or vase Candy Canes (you don’t have to stick to...
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How to Bleach Pine Cones
There’s nothing better than a simple, straight-forward Christmas craft that even a busy mum can do. And we’ve got one that’s better than most. Yes, pine cones are as integral to the traditional ideal...
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15 Christmas Traditions You Can Start This Year
It can be a little bit of a challenge to get into the Christmas spirit in Australia sometimes. With Christmas being in the summer, and so many distractions in the holidays, many families are left...
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Standby Gift Ideas In Case Of Unexpected Presents
Christmas is a time for giving and receiving, but we’ve all had that awkward moment when someone has given us a present unexpectedly and we’ve had nothing to give them in return. Well, that awkwardness...
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20 Unique Christmas Gifts In a Jar
Looking for thoughtful, creative, quirky and inexpensive gifts? Not to mention ‘gift-wrap-struggle’ free! Mason Jars changed my life. And I mean it. Do you know how much time we spend wrapping gifts?...
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20 Christmas Crafts
It’s Christmas Craft confession o’clock! While I posses the skill level to create many of these wonderful things, my enthusiasm to DIY at Christmas seldom extends beyond rolling some shit in glitter....
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