Tag Archives: Christmas gift

Playing Shop

Over the past several weeks the toy cash register, a gift from Santa Claus for Christmas 2006, has finally been seeing it’s first major action this year. This is as a result of the toy-repositioning project of autumn ’07 (also called never-ending home reconstruction). The cash register has helped turn our home, and virtually everything in it, into a pretend retail superstore – like Wal-Mart only with employee health insurance and really low prices – most everything in our house apparently will cost you somewhere between one and 8 cents! My girl, wife and I take turns playing customer and … Continue reading →

Showing Off the “Lights of Your Life”

My mom refers to my daughter as the “light of her life” (she says the same about my brother’s son) so what better way for her to remember her little beacons than to decorate her home with their smiling faces… on a candle. Photo candles—-they are the next picture project we’re working on this holiday season. If you are visiting this blog for the first time, I’ve been spotlighting a number of ways you can display your favorite pictures and simultaneously create a treasured gift this holiday season. Today’s project is photo candles. For the purposes of this blog I … Continue reading →

Family Christmas Gift Wrapping Party

A gift-wrapping party is a lot of fun. It also helps gift-wrapping go by quickly. Everyone lends a hand and has a good time doing so. Of course, you’ll have to stash presents that are for your spouse and children, but the gifts you purchased for grandparents, other family members, friends, and teachers, can all be piled up in one place for the party. Select a nice assortment of wrapping paper and collect plenty of packages of tape and some extra pairs of scissors (suitable for children). Gather nametags, bows, ribbons, and decorative items or candies that you would like … Continue reading →