mashed potato stage Hello there- I’m Twinkle, an official Christmas tree ornament (Tannen is my best friend!). Everyone always has a favorite ornament (even if it can be hard to pick!). Why not make a new favorite this year with corn starch dough- you can leave it pale and paint it, or mix in some […]
Bonjour! Popcorn here, reindeer in training! I have two fun activities that we reindeer like to do up at the North Pole when we are not training. We love to make reindeer stamps- just carve out a half of a potato with this template, dip in paint and stamp away! You can also mix up […]
buttercream and royal icing top this little deer spicy gingerbread cookie! Greetings! I’m Ginger! Did you know all real North Pole gingerbread has to have 5 special spices? Cinnamon, all spice, nutmeg, cardamom, and ginger of course! If you are a bit extra, you’ve got to have pepper, too (Mrs. Claus add this to keep […]
Good day! I’m Sparkle, snowman extraordinaire, and friend of Frosty! Did you know that the first drawing of a snowman was found in a book from 1380? That is a long time ago, but it makes sense since people have always loved playing in the snow! To capture that fun, why not make a snow […]
Hello! I’m Tannen! As you can tell, I’m a Christmas tree, and every year I feel like this is my time to shine! Every tree at the Christmas tree farm hopes they will get picked, get decorated, and have all the fun holiday traditions happen around their branches! An easy and fun way to make […]
Hi! I’m Freddie the Yeti, and I’m so excited it is almost Christmas! The best part of being a yeti around Christmas is pretty much having the largest stocking around (except for my cousin, Big Foot!). For today’s activity I thought it would be fun to make a paper stocking! Just have a grown-up […]
One of my favorite parts of Christmas dinner is popping open crackers! They contain a crown (a throw back from when, on Christmas, fools were allowed to be kings for the night, a joke (maybe also tied to the fool), and a little trinket. They pop open with a bang and couldn’t be more festive! […]
Do you ever find yourself sniffing your walls and wishing they were made of gingerbread? I refuse to believe I am the only person who has seriously thought about becoming a witch just to get to live in a candy house. But, until my back ordered broom and cauldron arrive in the mail, I will […]
During some winter months in Michigan I really, really saw slush. It was cold, clearish and just grey, like the sky there for what felt like everyday the whole winter. But against that backdrop, my grandma’s house glittered even more, filled with Christmas decorations from the 1950’s, made out of beautiful glass and kooky designs. […]
christmas countdown day 24 This is part two of the decadent gingerbread cupcakes with cream cheese frosting – a modern twist on Abraham Lincoln’s favorite gingerbread cake! Because it is officially Christmas time, these cupcakes call for an extra special topper- an edible “glass” snow globe! Luckily, I have been experimenting with making sugar glass […]
