So as from this Christmas I've decided to do the boys a Christmas Eve box, over the last couple of years I've seen the idea pop up a lot along the way.
Now that I have it all ready I thought I'd share with you what the boxes will be filled with.
Colouring book ~ The Works
Snowman pencil & rubber ~ Tesco
Rudey's Windy Christmas ~ The Book People
Peppa Goes Skating ~ The Book People
Reindeer Food ~ Made by my Sister-in-law
Melamine Cups ~ Local Xmas Fair
Thornton's Snowman Chocolates ~ 99p Shop
Melamine Plates (not pictured as for the life of me I don't know where I've put them! ~ 99p shop (set of two)
Wipe Clean Writing Board & pen ~ The Works
Santa Pjs ~ B&M
Santa's Little Helper Pjs ~ Ebay
I'll be making a Christmas Eve plate for Father Christmas and Rudolph's treats like the one featured in my Christmas Pinterest Board post to put with their boxes.
I haven't gone too crazy this year, just adding a few things to keep them occupied whilst the last few lose ends are tied for the big day!
I haven't gone too crazy this year, just adding a few things to keep them occupied whilst the last few lose ends are tied for the big day!
If you've seen my Christmas Pinterest board you'll have seen a few ideas I have for the festive period!
I thought I'd share with you the making of our Salt dough handprint Santa's.
These are great personalised decorations to keep (and remind you how little hands have grown!!)
All you need is;
Plain flour 1/2 cup
Salt 1/2 cup
Water 1/4 cup
Paint for decoration
String to hang it up with
Pre-heat your oven to 100C
Pre-heat your oven to 100C
Mix all the 3 ingredients until they form a ball, the dough shouldn't be sticky. You may not need all the water so add it slowly.
Roll out the dough......
And place your hand firmly onto it.
Cut around the handprint and remember to make a hole for the string (I used a straw for this)
Place on greaseproof paper and put into the oven for 3-4 hours (depending on the thickness of your dough it could take longer)
Once cooled you can decorate your salt dough......
Santa handprints all ready to display !!
Will you be making homemade decorations this year?
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Reindeer Cookies
Who knew turn a gingerbread man cookie cutter upside down and it becomes a reindeer! Great activity for the kids over the Christmas period.
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Salt Dough handprint tree decorations
I wanted to include some handmade decorations onto our tree this year and these seemed perfect!
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Christmas eve Santa plate
I've been humming and haring about getting one of these Christmas eve plates for Father Christmas's treats, I thought they were a little on the pricey side for what they are and when I saw the idea of decorating a plain plate with sharpies I was sold.
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How to make Reindeer food
Those reindeer get hungry flying around the world in just one night you know!!
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Santa wreath
I can totally make this! A variation on the classic wreath to hang on the front door.
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DIY Christmas light hack
A great way to add soft lighting around the house and to utilize all those extra fairy lights you have lying around.
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Santa's footprints on the fireplace
Can't wait to see the boys faces on Christmas morning!
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Rocky road Christmas pudding
I don't like Christmas pudding so this is my ideal alternative.
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Christmas day table centrepiece
I've bee trying to find an idea for our table centrepiece for a few weeks and then this popped up on my feed, I already have a silver lantern and spare bubbles. I just hope it turns out to look just as good as this one!
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Here are our meals for the week,
Monday ~ Chicken & veg Korma with rice
Tuesday ~ Homemade pizza & chips
Wednesday ~ Creamy pasta &sausages
Thursday ~ Faggots mashed potato & veg
Friday ~ Teriyaki Salmon & egg noodles
Saturday ~ Out
What meals do you have planned this week?
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Last week I received my first Degustabox ~ this one was the Winter Box.
I've seen lots of people rave about the Degustabox so when I was sent a half price first box coupon I jumped at the chance to try it out.
I am very impressed by the selection of the food and drink items included in the box.
Here is what I received;
Montano cider ~ I not a big cider lover, but will definitely give this a try. I'm sure Iain will have a bigger glass than me! £2.79
Kettle Chips, Salsa & mesquite ~ We really like kettle chips so these were a big hit and I don't think they'll last long - Very glad we weren't sent the Stilton & Port ones (Yuck!!) £2.19
Holy Cow Curry Sauce, Mughlai Korma & Kashmir Roganjosh ~ I haven't come across this brand of curry sauce before so looking forward to trying them. We were sent a mild and a medium sauce which we'll all eat. £3.38
Branston Mediterain Tomato chutney ~ This is the perfect partner for cheese, meats and crackers with our boxing day lunch this Christmas. The price point is a big plus too. They've also launched a Caramelised Onion flavour of chutney too, which I'm going to buy for our Pate starter on Christmas day! £1.50
Lindt Lindor My Melting Moment (6) ~ Degustabox how did you know that Lindt is my all time favourite chocolate!? You can't go wrong with chocolate in my eyes I'm in heaven! £3.25 (65p each)
Pip Organic Cloudy apple organic fruit juice (2) ~ This is also a new product to me, I'm not a huge fan of fruit juice I prefer squash but the boys will love these, they are a handy size to pop in my bag or the buggy for out and about or even to go in Harry's school lunchbox £3.00 (£1.50 each)
Cool Dawn Recovery ~ Cool Dawn is a herbal detox drink made to help prevent and cure hangovers! Great for the festive period! £2.98 (£1.49)
Kent's Kitchen Fajita flavour shot ~ I'm really love all the flavour shots that you can find in the supermarket at the moment. I haven't come across this brand before, we love fajitas so I can't wait to transform our chicken fajitas with this. I'm definitely going to find out where I can buy these from, the price for four shots is brilliant. £1.85
Chai Latte, Spiced ~ This was my free sample, now I love to drink tea but I'm not sure if I'm going to be a fan of this. I might try making it with the suggested half water half hot milk for a creamier tea.
I was really impressed with the items I received in my box, and I'm sure I'll be buying it monthly.
Have you tried the Degustabox yet?
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*all opinions of products sent to me are my own, I wasn't paid to make this review.
