Thrify Gifty Santas Challenge 2012

cdsmiler

mum2one wrote: »

Its looks lovely, - copied it cheers xx

mum2one - you could do a mix of both recipes! lol I like the idea of extra sultanas.

I'm sure I read somewhere on here some ideas for advent activities. I'm thinking of putting ina little activity into DD's advent calendar this year for each day in December. Things like "Go for a walk to see christmas lights", "Write a letter to father christmas", that type of thing. Can anyone remember there being anything else like that on here? Or does anyone have any ideas?

Thanks

Clare x

queenb1981

cdsmiler I think that is a great idea. We always go to the local garden centre to see the decorations too. Our local history museum always have a Christmas event too where they sell local handmade crafts, homemade Christmas food and have carol singing. Real reindeers are also there with Santa giving out gifts to children.

SugarSpun

I do that cdsmiler, I'm just going to find my list...

*wonders of internet and non-real-time communication, no delay for you but in reality several minutes have passed*

1s Visit Santa
2s Choose a special Christmas ornament
3 Christmas DVD with hot chocolate and snacks
4 Make paper chains and hang them
5 Tidy bedroom and put shoe outside door for St Nikolaus
6 Christkindltram
7 Christmas hands Christmas tree canvas (craft at home)
8s Pantomime
9s Zoo
10 Salt dough Decorations (make)
11 Choose a Christmas tree
12 Decorate the tree
13 Blow bubbles outside (frozen bubbles)
14 Letter from Santa (about Nürnberg)
15s Nürnberg Christmas market
16s Make fat balls/seed tubes for the garden
17 Christmas markets local
18 Make a gingerbread tree
19 Video from Santa
20 Make cakes/cookies for the neighbours
21 Dinner by candlelight
22s Random Acts of Kindness
23s Making mince pies
24 Make a snowman; tidy ready for Christmas

TylersMummy

mum2one wrote: »

def agree with the stamps, its awful how much they put them up by!

Good luck with your OU call, your soon catch up, its just getting into the got to do it mode!! apologies if asked b4 what course are you doing? xx

The call was enjoyable and little man has been so well behaved, playing happily with his toys and glued to Peppa Pig and let me catch up the last couple of days so I managed to catch up

I'm studying towards a Literature degree but only on an openings course - Making Sense of the Arts.
Did you get your business degree through the OU? Sorry if I, again, have asked before. Our poor minds have holes in :rotfl: well mine certainly has from the many sleepless teething-induced nights!

In thrifty gift news, I really must make some sort of list of what I need to get and what I need to make as I keep thinking of ideas and then, thanks to my holey memory, it just disappears. Also waiting for a new Grabbit parcels to turn up which is exciting :rotfl: :T

mum2one

TylersMummy wrote: »

The call was enjoyable and little man has been so well behaved, playing happily with his toys and glued to Peppa Pig and let me catch up the last couple of days so I managed to catch up

I'm studying towards a Literature degree but only on an openings course - Making Sense of the Arts.
Did you get your business degree through the OU? Sorry if I, again, have asked before. Our poor minds have holes in :rotfl: well mine certainly has from the many sleepless teething-induced nights!

In thrifty gift news, I really must make some sort of list of what I need to get and what I need to make as I keep thinking of ideas and then, thanks to my holey memory, it just disappears. Also waiting for a new Grabbit parcels to turn up which is exciting :rotfl: :T

Glad the call went ok, I got my degree with the OU, I should really be turning into a full degree this yr, but doing a course in Social Sciences,

Don't forget the openings are still a level 1 course, so your doing the equivalent of a 1st yr normal student. Your brainy doing literature, wouldn't have a clue where to start! I'm just glad theres spell check!!

On an xmassy note my raisins are plumping up nicely! - could be something to do with Miss Hoodies just adding a bit more alcohol for extra flavour. xx

mrs-moneypenny

morning all
sounds like everyones really getting into the spirit of it now

need to sort my ingredients out buy what i need this weekend and get cake baking next week

planning on getting all the stuff i have so far listed and checked off so i dont start duplicating or doubling up.

popularfurball

Im trying to print out all my recipes etc for my christmas file - cant get printer to work.

Raspberry gin, jumbleberry jam (serious yum), sweet chilli jam and starts of things that need crafting are bought... so excited - just wish halloween would hurry up and go so the erious christmas ranges would come out :j:j:j

cdsmiler

SugarSpun wrote: »

I do that cdsmiler, I'm just going to find my list...

*wonders of internet and non-real-time communication, no delay for you but in reality several minutes have passed*

1s Visit Santa
2s Choose a special Christmas ornament
3 Christmas DVD with hot chocolate and snacks
4 Make paper chains and hang them
5 Tidy bedroom and put shoe outside door for St Nikolaus
6 Christkindltram
7 Christmas hands Christmas tree canvas (craft at home)
8s Pantomime
9s Zoo
10 Salt dough Decorations (make)
11 Choose a Christmas tree
12 Decorate the tree
13 Blow bubbles outside (frozen bubbles)
14 Letter from Santa (about Nürnberg)
15s Nürnberg Christmas market
16s Make fat balls/seed tubes for the garden
17 Christmas markets local
18 Make a gingerbread tree
19 Video from Santa
20 Make cakes/cookies for the neighbours
21 Dinner by candlelight
22s Random Acts of Kindness
23s Making mince pies
24 Make a snowman; tidy ready for Christmas

Lol that made me laugh SugarSpun!!

Fab list, thank you. Love the tidy your room idea - unfortunately we're at my parents for Christmas but in future that would be a great one at home.

Thank you for reminding me of the video!!

Some brilliant ideas though.Mind if I ask you about a few of them?
* What's the Christmas hands Christmas tree canvas??
* Frozen bubbles? Just normal bubble mixture or something different?

Thanks!

Clare x

SugarSpun

cdsmiler wrote: »

Some brilliant ideas though.Mind if I ask you about a few of them?
* What's the Christmas hands Christmas tree canvas??
* Frozen bubbles? Just normal bubble mixture or something different?

Christmas hands :xmastree:

Our temperature is reliably well below zero so regular bubble mix freezes outside :xmastree:

mary-op

Hello all :j

I bury my head with shame at how busy you all are. Oh well, I did get a pair of wrist warmers knitted for foster daughter..........she didn't have any last year. Just need to sew them up and start on the next pair for a friend
Wretched ear infection now I've had for over a week.:eek: Last lot of antibiotics did nothing so now on some stronger ones and hope they work.........and soon Makes me feel so dizzy all the time.

queenbe -nice to see you about again:)

Hope you're all ok:)