Happy gratitude month everyone! It’s Brooke from Blissful Roots. It has been an eventful few weeks here at our house. We welcomed baby boy number four at the end of October, and brought him home to a houseful of the stomach flu. Luckily, it passed him by, but hit everyone else. We’re very grateful to have that long week behind us!
I’ll have more on our newest addition at the end of the post, but for now I have some fun ideas for your kids’ table decor for Thanksgiving. I’ve always been drawn to beautiful table scapes! I love how elegant you can make a Thanksgiving table, but the teacher in me also loves any excuse to decorate for the kids! Here are just a few of my latest favorite ideas for setting up the perfect Thanksgiving table for the little ones:
Archives for November 2014
Favorite Deals of the Week! ~ She Picks! 11/10/14
Ladies, just want to let you know about this fun event happening today! Target announced 10 of their Black Friday deals and are offering them for the special price for TODAY ONLY! They aren’t shipping them, but you can buy online, then pick the up in-store.
CLICK HERE to check out the great deals!!
Family Game – “Shoveling Snow” (she: Heather)
Happy Monday OSSS readers! Heather here with a fun “snow” game for you and your family. For about the first two years of posting on my blog, FamilyVolley.com, I always posted a family game on Fridays. Hence the name of my book, Family Fun Fridays, named after the games that I posted weekly. Hands down, one of the games that has gotten the most attention is “Shoveling Snow.” You have all the resources you need, right in your house, and it will provide laughter and bonding to help your family come closer together and make memories too!
Turkey Onesie Tutorial (she: Holly)
Hi! I’m Holly from Bits of Everything. I’m so excited to share a Thanksgiving project with you today! I know you are already worrying about the food, but do you have something cute for your little ones to wear? This turkey onesie is quick, easy, and fun! Let’s get going.
(You could also make this for any babies you know who make their arrival in the month of November; it doesn’t just have to be for the big Turkey-day!).
Visiting Teaching Printable – Free Download for November (she: Kiki)
Hi everyone! I’m Kiki from Kiki and Company and I am thrilled to be back here again to share a new visiting teaching printable this month. Wasn’t General Conference last month so great?! For those who don’t know what General Conference is, as a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, we meet together two times a year as a whole church to listen to the leaders from our church give us guidance and direction. It really is such an amazing weekend and one I look so forward to.
For this month’s visiting teaching printable, I chose Thomas S. Monson’s talk “Guided Safely Home” to make a printable (remember, you can choose your favorite talk or one that would impact the ladies you visit teach most).
PicktureThat! Photo Bracelet Giveaway ~ A Unique Gift Idea!!
THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED. CONGRATS TO THE WINNER: JULIE OTT! How is it possible that Christmas is only seven weeks from today?!? Fortunately, I’m an early shopper and like to pick up gifts throughout the year as I see them. However, I always get close to Christmas and realize I don’t have enough ideas […]
Thanksgiving Wreath Centerpiece (she: Darleen)
The classic Thanksgiving table uses colors of orange, red, yellow and browns for centerpiece decorations. Take a new approach to your Thanksgiving table and pair modern colors with traditional table settings.
This is Darleen from Darling Darleen , and I really feel that your table setting should work for you, for your style and even for your room color scheme. I have a lot of blues and grays in my dining room, so I am naturally drawn to those colors. One way to bring your color scheme in is by creating wreath centerpieces with flowers, berries and leaves. You may have seen Thanksgiving wreath centerpiece idea on wedding tables, but why not do it for your Thanksgiving table?
These wreaths are simple to create and perfect to adorn with colors you prefer through botanical decorations. Tuck Spanish moss into a grapevine wreath. Add dried flowers, berries, leaves, twigs, thistles to your liking. Come on over and see what I did today!
10 Tricks for Teaching Dental Health to Kids (she: Jamie)
Hi it’s Jamie again, visiting from Prepared Housewives! I know I’ve recently talked about ideas to make going to the dentist easier, but today I’m going to give you some inside tricks on teaching your kids proper dental health. Hopefully after reading this you won’t have to visit the dentist as often, or help finance any more of their cars 😉
First off, children learn their healthy (or unhealthy) dental habits from you, so don’t be embarrassed to practice a few of these tricks & tips yourself!There are a lot of fun and creative things you can do to help teach your kids about dental health! You can download a fun brushing app, learn to make your own toothpaste, or even conduct a teeth experiment!
Be sure to remember that your children look to you and follow your example, so set a good one (no pressure or anything ;)).
My Favorite Things Giveaway
It’s time for one of my most FAVORITE giveaways of the year! The ‘My Favorite Things’ giveaway blog hop… so fun! Even I (who can’t win) love hopping to all of the blogs to find out what their favorite things are, where I can get them, and learn a little about the blogger.
This year my basket is all about my most favorite workout products! ….lot’s of good stuff, my friends. Be sure to enter!!
Thankful Jar with Metallic Rocks (she: Anne)
Hello and Happy November everyone…Anne here! Can we even believe it’s November already? And with it comes my favorite holiday…Thanksgiving! So much has happened since last year’s turkey day, and although I love the food more than most things, I am really excited to spend the day with our family at home. We all have so much to be thankful for, and in that spirit of gratitude, this DIY was created! This thankful jar can be a sweet way to get the family in on sharing what they are thankful for too.
Stress Relief – Five Simple Tips (she: Maria)
Hello Everyone! This is Maria from Shopgirl stopping by again! I hope you are all having a good week so far! I thought I would share something a little different with you today, since November 5th is Stress Awareness Day. I want to share five simple stress relief tips because around this time of year when the holiday season is just around the corner, life gets so terribly busy and incredibly stressful. I am someone who worries about every little thing, whether silly or serious, but I have learned a couple of simple tips & tricks that help me deal with stress, and I hope they help you too! I am by no means a medical professional or a psychologist, but these are a few little things I use to manage stress.