Dollar Store Snow Globes! {Sans Water}

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hey there!  Now that Christmas is over and we're running into the last week of Christmas break you might hear the dreaded "I'm boooooorrrrrrred!" from your kiddos.  </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ugh.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Instead of telling them to go clean their room (which is what I tell mine) while thinking (<i>ungrateful little stinkers just got one million Christmas presents last week that they should be playing with and how dare they utter the word "bored" in your presence!!!)  </i>you can bust out this easy and crazy-cheap craft. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Winter water-less snow globes.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is a great craft because it's not only cheap and easy but versatile enough you can leave it out all winter. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I wanted to make this a very inexpensive craft because budgets are tight around this time of the year.  <i>(Especially when the 8 year old throws a surprise request for a $130 Lego set to Santa. WHA?!)</i>   </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Anyway, I'm keeping my extracurricular activities on the cheap.  Like dollar store cheap.  I got almost all of my supplies at the dollar store (we have Dollar Tree in my neck of the woods). Many of you may have this stuff already in your house which makes it even cheaper!</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">   </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What you need:</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Glass Jar (mine are from Dollar Tree but you could use an old pickle jar or jelly jar, whatever you have around)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kosher Salt (mine is from Dollar Tree but maybe you already have some? (I did but forgot, duh...)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bottle Brush type Christmas tee (supposedly Dollar Tree had these but I didn't see any, I got this package of 2 for .75 cents at Menards!  <i>(Less than a $1, take that Dollar Tree!) </i> Look near the Christmas Village items at Menards.  Probably on clearance now, hurry on over!</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Glue gun or super glue. (already had it and surely Dollar Tree has some generic super glue)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jute Rope or Ribbon (I already had it but Dollar Tree does carry a smaller roll of it)</span></li></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-TFtq_e67T1Q/UMeiC3PyVjI/AAAAAAAAChE/w6wWLroCTlc/s1600/snowglobes+1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Kids Craft: Dollar Store Waterless Snow Globes by Chic on a Shoestring Decorating blog" border="0" height="449" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-TFtq_e67T1Q/UMeiC3PyVjI/AAAAAAAAChE/w6wWLroCTlc/s640/snowglobes+1.JPG" title="Kids Craft: Dollar Store Waterless Snow Globes by Chic on a Shoestring Decorating blog" width="640" /></a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These only cost me about $2.55 each.  But, if you have a jar and some salt already they will only cost  .37 cents a piece!  How's that for cheap?!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Since I tend to get sloppy with the glue gun I used a paper plate underneath to catch any drips and all those crazy tiny strings of glue. To get started put a good size dab of hot glue on the inside of the lid.  Since my boys are too young to handle a glue gun I did this for them.  They were happy to let me do it. <i>(I think I have scared them to death of the glue gun with all my threats of "Never touch this or it will burn your skin off !!" but hey, they've never touched it ;)</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-aggvsouHSEc/UMeiJUDRhXI/AAAAAAAAChM/n8gHan3hQPg/s1600/snowglobes+7.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Kids Craft: Dollar Store Waterless Snow Globes by Chic on a Shoestring Decorating blog" border="0" height="444" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-aggvsouHSEc/UMeiJUDRhXI/AAAAAAAAChM/n8gHan3hQPg/s640/snowglobes+7.JPG" title="Kids Craft: Dollar Store Waterless Snow Globes by Chic on a Shoestring Decorating blog" width="640" /></a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Stick your tree on the dab of hot glue and push it down so the glue spreads out under the base.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--V0YDa29oog/UMeibY0HQCI/AAAAAAAAChU/jdsLBOLBjGE/s1600/snowglobes+10.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Kids Craft: Dollar Store Waterless Snow Globes by Chic on a Shoestring Decorating blog" border="0" height="462" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--V0YDa29oog/UMeibY0HQCI/AAAAAAAAChU/jdsLBOLBjGE/s640/snowglobes+10.JPG" title="Kids Craft: Dollar Store Waterless Snow Globes by Chic on a Shoestring Decorating blog" width="640" /></a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">While the glue is drying, start the fun part of adding snow to your jar.  At this point, if your kids are helping you your paper plate becomes worthless as a table cover but salt is easy to clean up so don't sweat it.  </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You can add as much or as little "snow" as you like.  One of the boys went a little crazy claiming it was a blizzard and filled the jar almost all the way up.  I talked him out of the snow storm so we could actually see the tree. :)  </span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_jZ3SH42KZI/UMeij10eDdI/AAAAAAAAChc/Ys7Igx0-4A0/s1600/snowglobes+17.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Kids Craft: Dollar Store Waterless Snow Globes by Chic on a Shoestring Decorating blog" border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_jZ3SH42KZI/UMeij10eDdI/AAAAAAAAChc/Ys7Igx0-4A0/s640/snowglobes+17.JPG" title="Kids Craft: Dollar Store Waterless Snow Globes by Chic on a Shoestring Decorating blog" width="520" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Action shot... it's snowing!!</td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Since the hot glue only takes a  few minutes for it to dry completely they were ready after the snowstorm was cleared out.  If you use super glue you may have to wait longer, you want it to be completely dry.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Have your kiddo turn the tree upside down and insert the tree into the jar.  Screw the lid on tight (mommy helped with that, that could be a huge mess of<strike> salt </strike>snow!)  Then they can flip it over and enjoy their "hard" work making beautiful water-less snow globes!  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2qYlIN4A07k/UMei12fMRXI/AAAAAAAAChk/0wuQ9Yjn1gE/s1600/snowglobes+25.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Kids Craft: Dollar Store Waterless Snow Globes by Chic on a Shoestring Decorating blog" border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2qYlIN4A07k/UMei12fMRXI/AAAAAAAAChk/0wuQ9Yjn1gE/s640/snowglobes+25.JPG" title="Kids Craft: Dollar Store Waterless Snow Globes by Chic on a Shoestring Decorating blog" width="472" /></a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I tied a casual bow with some jute rope around the bottom just to dress it up a little.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wNyJrfH42zA/UMejBgckKQI/AAAAAAAAChs/FLP55yLnL7o/s1600/snowglobes+37.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Kids Craft: Dollar Store Waterless Snow Globes by Chic on a Shoestring Decorating blog" border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wNyJrfH42zA/UMejBgckKQI/AAAAAAAAChs/FLP55yLnL7o/s640/snowglobes+37.JPG" title="Kids Craft: Dollar Store Waterless Snow Globes by Chic on a Shoestring Decorating blog" width="426" /></a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><br />These were so easy and cheap I'm thinking about making a few more.  It was the perfect craft for my boys on a cold Saturday morning (did you notice their pajamas?) :)  </span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm so pleased with these, I think they are cute enough to keep out all winter!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Wq9AMDvydCU/UMejcRKWnLI/AAAAAAAACh0/4pv9veb-3NI/s1600/snowglobes+48.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Kids Craft: Dollar Store Waterless Snow Globes by Chic on a Shoestring Decorating blog" border="0" height="426" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Wq9AMDvydCU/UMejcRKWnLI/AAAAAAAACh0/4pv9veb-3NI/s640/snowglobes+48.JPG" title="Kids Craft: Dollar Store Waterless Snow Globes by Chic on a Shoestring Decorating blog" width="640" /></a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hope you and your kiddos can make some of these fun snow globes.  </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A special thanks to Jen from <a href="http://tatertotsandjello.com/2013/12/happy-holidays-waterless-snow-globes.html#comments" target="_blank">Tatertots & Jello</a> for letting me share these at her annual Happy Holidays Round-up.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Happy New Year!</span></div></div></div></div>

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Hey there friends!  Christmas is creeping right up on us!  As mom's and wives I think we tend to put a whole lot of pressure on ourselves this time of year.  Making sure that we buy everyone the perfect gift and making sure the gifts are wrapped with adorable paper and embellishments that match our Christmas decor.  <i>(You don't do that?  Good.  Me neither.)</i>  But I do go crazy decorating and buying thoughtful gifts for my loved ones. <br /><br />After all this hard work you deserve a little treat, don't you think? <br /><br />I do and I did. <br /><br />I bought myself 2 super cheap and cute scarves from <a href="http://www.zulily.com/invite/kateluvs2decorate918" target="_blank"><b>Zulily</b></a>.  Most of them are 7.99 or 8.99.  Super cheap!  They are running the cute and cheap scarf sale again so I thought I'd share it with you in case you want to treat yourself. <br /><br />If you've never used <a href="http://www.zulily.com/invite/kateluvs2decorate918" target="_blank"><b>Zulily</b></a> before they have great customer service.  There was a small mix-up with one of my orders and they handled it promptly and then gave me a $10 credit for my "trouble" which really wasn't much. <br /><br />They are not paying me to write this post.  I just wanted to share with my friends who all deserve a little treat this time of year.  (<i>even if you have to buy it for yourself!</i>)<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-B-u549VuMRo/UrX_mjEKULI/AAAAAAAAD_w/IDKYSzSkxNU/s1600/zulily+scarf.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="167" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-B-u549VuMRo/UrX_mjEKULI/AAAAAAAAD_w/IDKYSzSkxNU/s320/zulily+scarf.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Click here to go to <a href="http://www.zulily.com/invite/kateluvs2decorate918" target="_blank"><b>Zulily</b></a></div><br />These scarves sell out fast so go check them out.  They have other cute stuff too but I love their scarf deals the most!<br /><br />*This post contains affiliate links but I was not compensated to write this post and all opinions are 100% mine.

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Christmas Home Tour Part 1, The Fancy Room

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_kdVEB7vMyA/Uqojs7CJmbI/AAAAAAAAD_M/NCPoqwiAPdM/s1600/Christmas+home+tour+2013+button.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Chic on a Shoestring Decorating Christmas Home Tour Part 1" border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_kdVEB7vMyA/Uqojs7CJmbI/AAAAAAAAD_M/NCPoqwiAPdM/s400/Christmas+home+tour+2013+button.jpg" title="Chic on a Shoestring Decorating Christmas Home Tour Part 1" width="266" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Hi there!  Thanks for stopping by for my annual Christmas home tour.  This year I'm posting it a whopping 2 weeks before Christmas which makes me so happy.  Usually I'm rushing to post it just days before Christmas. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Eu7dL9g64L8/UqoNT12Q--I/AAAAAAAAD-A/OFYs26zKYy4/s1600/living+room+xmas+tour+4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Chic on a Shoestring Decorating Christmas House Tour 2013" border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Eu7dL9g64L8/UqoNT12Q--I/AAAAAAAAD-A/OFYs26zKYy4/s640/living+room+xmas+tour+4.jpg" title="Chic on a Shoestring Decorating Christmas House Tour 2013" width="426" /></a>  </div><br />Part 1 is my formal living room and dining room and features my "fancy" tree.  One of my boys named it "mom's fancy tree" a few years back.  The "kid's tree" is in our family room where the boys have free reign of decorating the tree.  (<i>and mommy has to work very hard at not rearranging things while they are not looking ;</i>)<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fFDVbcJAnSs/UqoOP4faLkI/AAAAAAAAD-M/iq2cMW6rAVo/s1600/living+room+xmas+tour+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Chic on a Shoestring Decorating Christmas House Tour 2013" border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fFDVbcJAnSs/UqoOP4faLkI/AAAAAAAAD-M/iq2cMW6rAVo/s640/living+room+xmas+tour+2.jpg" title="Chic on a Shoestring Decorating Christmas House Tour 2013" width="506" /></a></div><br />While we don't use these room much they are in no way off-limits to the kids.  It's just not where our fam hangs out.  Our space is the kitchen and family room.  Even though we don't use our formal living and dining room much I love to have them because they are always clean and in the front of the house.  So if unexpected guests pop in and my kitchen is a mess I can try and corral them in the living room so they won't have to see my dirty dishes and floor covered in Lucky Charms cereal (<i>but never the marshmallows, they are too valuable and my kids never drop them, only the less delicious "oat cereal" pieces which end up everywhere.  Does that happen at your house??)</i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZOelirUaxSY/Uqn5WDhWJ9I/AAAAAAAAD7Y/6zq2tevYTQs/s1600/living+room+xmas+tour+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Chic on a Shoestring Decorating Christmas House Tour 2013" border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZOelirUaxSY/Uqn5WDhWJ9I/AAAAAAAAD7Y/6zq2tevYTQs/s640/living+room+xmas+tour+1.jpg" title="Chic on a Shoestring Decorating Christmas House Tour 2013" width="425" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">My fancy tree (<i>that sounds so ridiculous</i>) features leopard print ribbon, mercury glass, silver, gold and bronze ornaments, beads, etc.  I've been doing the leopard print tree for a couple years and it worked really great with my <b><a href="http://chiconashoestringdecorating.blogspot.com/2012/08/my-living-room-tour.html" target="_blank">old living room decor</a></b>.  I recently made a few changes and replaced most of the brown with <b><a href="http://chiconashoestringdecorating.blogspot.com/2013/11/living-room-makeover-on-budget-going.html" target="_blank">gray (see it here)</a></b> and I was worried that it wouldn't work.  Just by switching out a few of my gray pillows I was able to pull the tree and the gray in the room together.  Hooray! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yUBa8axlYDM/Uqn8x-EYd6I/AAAAAAAAD7k/lO2MOUWPT8Y/s1600/living+room+xmas+tour+7.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img alt="Chic on a Shoestring Decorating Christmas House Tour 2013" border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yUBa8axlYDM/Uqn8x-EYd6I/AAAAAAAAD7k/lO2MOUWPT8Y/s640/living+room+xmas+tour+7.jpg" title="Chic on a Shoestring Decorating Christmas House Tour 2013" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These gray pillows with gold accents saved the day. :)  The one in front is gray sweater material that is accented with just a little gold, it's really soft looking and the photo doesn't do it justice... I just love it! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FaFxbivT1Bs/Uqn_9UrgFBI/AAAAAAAAD7w/tR5tyVwQacU/s1600/living+room+xmas+tour+8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Chic on a Shoestring Decorating Christmas House Tour 2013" border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FaFxbivT1Bs/Uqn_9UrgFBI/AAAAAAAAD7w/tR5tyVwQacU/s640/living+room+xmas+tour+8.jpg" title="Chic on a Shoestring Decorating Christmas House Tour 2013" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">My Joy to the World pillow is a rare Pottery Barn buy, it was from last season and pretty cheap by Pottery Barn standards.  </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-n3WlzVGFTlM/UqoCF3y-LiI/AAAAAAAAD78/IvKHL8-7mWU/s1600/living+room+xmas+tour+9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Chic on a Shoestring Decorating Christmas House Tour 2013" border="0" height="426" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-n3WlzVGFTlM/UqoCF3y-LiI/AAAAAAAAD78/IvKHL8-7mWU/s640/living+room+xmas+tour+9.jpg" title="Chic on a Shoestring Decorating Christmas House Tour 2013" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;">These fun NOEL letters are Christmas tree ornaments, I thought they'd get lost in my tree so I used them here. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jPF1JQZhjUM/UqoC39fEPxI/AAAAAAAAD8E/Hgg6hjMQcB4/s1600/living+room+xmas+tour+10b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Chic on a Shoestring Decorating Christmas House Tour 2013" border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jPF1JQZhjUM/UqoC39fEPxI/AAAAAAAAD8E/Hgg6hjMQcB4/s640/living+room+xmas+tour+10b.jpg" title="Chic on a Shoestring Decorating Christmas House Tour 2013" width="472" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They have lots of detail wrapped in music paper, wire "ribbon" and big pieces of glitter at the top.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-x_1kPQ6zZRg/UqoFGT_IoLI/AAAAAAAAD8Q/wn7Cqdk1G5w/s1600/living+room+xmas+tour+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Chic on a Shoestring Decorating Christmas House Tour 2013" border="0" height="426" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-x_1kPQ6zZRg/UqoFGT_IoLI/AAAAAAAAD8Q/wn7Cqdk1G5w/s640/living+room+xmas+tour+3.jpg" title="Chic on a Shoestring Decorating Christmas House Tour 2013" width="640" /></a></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Speaking of ornaments, here are a few of my faves...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mzE4Tv0bF2k/UqoHksg7N-I/AAAAAAAAD8k/AZgfrtZxD8k/s1600/living+room+xmas+tour16.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Chic on a Shoestring Decorating Christmas House Tour 2013" border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mzE4Tv0bF2k/UqoHksg7N-I/AAAAAAAAD8k/AZgfrtZxD8k/s640/living+room+xmas+tour16.jpg" title="Chic on a Shoestring Decorating Christmas House Tour 2013" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mzPTX004KsY/UqoH2TrQh7I/AAAAAAAAD8w/xg8-w2GQM7Y/s1600/living+room+xmas+tour+11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Chic on a Shoestring Decorating Christmas House Tour 2013" border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mzPTX004KsY/UqoH2TrQh7I/AAAAAAAAD8w/xg8-w2GQM7Y/s640/living+room+xmas+tour+11.jpg" title="Chic on a Shoestring Decorating Christmas House Tour 2013" width="424" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Adding greenery everywhere is an easy way to decorate.  I used stuff I already had for my coffee table and stuck some greenery in it.  Instant Christmas!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-P2-PjcqpaTc/UqoFxOgpv6I/AAAAAAAAD8Y/j-5G0aG-yV8/s1600/living+room+xmas+tour17.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Chic on a Shoestring Decorating Christmas House Tour 2013" border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-P2-PjcqpaTc/UqoFxOgpv6I/AAAAAAAAD8Y/j-5G0aG-yV8/s640/living+room+xmas+tour17.jpg" title="Chic on a Shoestring Decorating Christmas House Tour 2013" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My living room is attached to my dining room so my Christmas decor flows right in...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6JTWG1PeQ2o/UqoMW9dIqUI/AAAAAAAAD9s/54u84xGyDCU/s1600/living+room+xmas+tour+25.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Chic on a Shoestring Decorating Christmas House Tour 2013" border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6JTWG1PeQ2o/UqoMW9dIqUI/AAAAAAAAD9s/54u84xGyDCU/s640/living+room+xmas+tour+25.JPG" title="Chic on a Shoestring Decorating Christmas House Tour 2013" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Please don't put your butt on my joy.  ;)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wPSimB-yFAc/UqoJnQBaORI/AAAAAAAAD9Y/FjDQGHR8LMk/s1600/living+room+xmas+tour+20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Chic on a Shoestring Decorating Christmas House Tour 2013" border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wPSimB-yFAc/UqoJnQBaORI/AAAAAAAAD9Y/FjDQGHR8LMk/s640/living+room+xmas+tour+20.jpg" title="Chic on a Shoestring Decorating Christmas House Tour 2013" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">These little metal deer are some of my favorite decorations.  They were cheap at TJ Maxx and also found at Pottery Barn for about 4 times the TJ's price. </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mWvJlIWG4Qc/UqoJiQfHsmI/AAAAAAAAD9U/RmndzNkBfxg/s1600/living+room+xmas+tour+18.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img alt="Chic on a Shoestring Decorating Christmas House Tour 2013" border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mWvJlIWG4Qc/UqoJiQfHsmI/AAAAAAAAD9U/RmndzNkBfxg/s640/living+room+xmas+tour+18.jpg" title="Chic on a Shoestring Decorating Christmas House Tour 2013" width="425" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Bambi on the wall needed some Christmas earrings of course.  </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uNsSQ0zBxVY/UqoMucGArmI/AAAAAAAAD90/DYuLA5sqWkE/s1600/living+room+xmas+tour+15.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Chic on a Shoestring Decorating Christmas House Tour 2013" border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uNsSQ0zBxVY/UqoMucGArmI/AAAAAAAAD90/DYuLA5sqWkE/s640/living+room+xmas+tour+15.jpg" title="Chic on a Shoestring Decorating Christmas House Tour 2013" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Bambi's friend over here on the coffee table gets no earrings, just a bed of greenery.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vy_8ZmuNiYM/UqoP0QQ8h1I/AAAAAAAAD-k/g_GT9IjZP5E/s1600/living+room+xmas+tour+6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Chic on a Shoestring Decorating Christmas House Tour 2013" border="0" height="426" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vy_8ZmuNiYM/UqoP0QQ8h1I/AAAAAAAAD-k/g_GT9IjZP5E/s640/living+room+xmas+tour+6.jpg" title="Chic on a Shoestring Decorating Christmas House Tour 2013" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">My entryway is also open to my living and dining room so I spruced up the entry table too with similar colors too.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-61zxNTdWs9o/UqoTCeE4o1I/AAAAAAAAD-0/BvShC8OS8YA/s1600/living+room+xmas+tour+24.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Chic on a Shoestring Decorating Christmas House Tour 2013" border="0" height="538" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-61zxNTdWs9o/UqoTCeE4o1I/AAAAAAAAD-0/BvShC8OS8YA/s640/living+room+xmas+tour+24.jpg" title="Chic on a Shoestring Decorating Christmas House Tour 2013" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I paid next to nothing for my Santa bust which was 95% off.  When I look closely at him, I feel like he looks a little tipsy.  He has drunk eyes... check them out.  Maybe that's why he was so cheap?  Oh well, it's not really noticeable unless you look really closely.</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CUOpRRV6E5g/UqoTYPb275I/AAAAAAAAD-8/lRQ_DsjgI4A/s1600/living+room+xmas+tour+14.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Chic on a Shoestring Decorating Christmas House Tour 2013" border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CUOpRRV6E5g/UqoTYPb275I/AAAAAAAAD-8/lRQ_DsjgI4A/s640/living+room+xmas+tour+14.jpg" title="Chic on a Shoestring Decorating Christmas House Tour 2013" width="426" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lay off the eggnog, Santa.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">.Stay tuned for my Christmas Home Tour Part 2.   Hope I can get it posted by Christmas! :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">If you want to see my <b><a href="http://chiconashoestringdecorating.blogspot.com/2013/12/my-decor-of-christmas-past.html" target="_blank">Decorations of Christmas Past click here</a></b>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Do you have your Christmas decorations up yet?    </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Christmas Home Tour Part 1, The Fancy Room

Hi there!  Thanks for stopping by for my annual Christmas home tour.  This year I'm posting it a whopping 2 weeks before Christmas which...

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My Decor of Christmas Past

Hi friends!  How's it going??  Freezing our buns off here.  This morning my weather app on my phone said it was 7 degrees but "it feels like -10".  WHAT?!  Did I move to Siberia?!  No!!  These are January and February temps that I'm not quite prepared for in early December.  Boo!  On the bright side, at least we didn't get the crazy ice and snow storms that hit a lot of the Southern states and the sun is shining.  I'll take it.<br /><br />Anywhoo,  I am still putting some finishing touches on my Christmas decor this year and haven't posted it yet so thought I'd put together a page with all my past Christmas decor.  Just click the button to see the thumbnails of the posts.  This button will also be on my sidebar under the category "My Good Stuff". <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://chiconashoestringdecorating.blogspot.com/p/document_1.html" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img a="" href="http://s968.photobucket.com/user/kstrieg/media/eee2fab1-f9e8-4f2e-8a7c-988909b5f974_zpsf4a7a575.jpg.html" src="<a href=" target="_blank" /><img alt=" photo eee2fab1-f9e8-4f2e-8a7c-988909b5f974_zpsf4a7a575.jpg" border="0" src="http://i968.photobucket.com/albums/ae163/kstrieg/eee2fab1-f9e8-4f2e-8a7c-988909b5f974_zpsf4a7a575.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Stay warm friends! :)</div><br />

My Decor of Christmas Past

Hi friends!  How's it going??  Freezing our buns off here.  This morning my weather app on my phone said it was 7 degrees but "it f...

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Flaunt it Friday 183!

Hello, Hello!  Wowee,  Christmas is only 19 days away!!  My 5 year old heard this on the radio this morning and was telling everyone we know the news.  That is really soon!  I wish that there was more time to enjoy the season, kind of a bummer when Thanksgiving is so late.  It will be here before we know it! <br /><br />Can't wait to see what you have to share at the party!<br /><br /><!-- start InLinkz script --> <script type="text/javascript">document.write('<script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.inlinkz.com/cs.php?id=348608&' + new Date().getTime() + '"><\/script>'); </script> <!-- end InLinkz script -->

Flaunt it Friday 183!

Hello, Hello!  Wowee,  Christmas is only 19 days away!!  My 5 year old heard this on the radio this morning and was telling everyone we know...

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Kid Craft, Hand Print Christmas Tree Canvas

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hey there!  Can you believe it's December 1st?!  I can't either.  Since Christmas will be here quick I thought I'd share this cheap and easy Christmas craft you can do with your kids... hand print Christmas trees.  This is a great craft because not only is it easy and inexpensive but it also makes a sentimental keepsake you can display every year.  Your children will love to check each year to see how much their hand has grown since last Christmas.  </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This craft is pretty cheap and that's a good thing since budgets can be tight around this time of the year  I happen to have a stash of craft paint and brushes.  I already had the canvas, it came in a pack of two and I only used one in a previous project.  You can get them relatively cheap at craft stores with a coupon and they are often on sale for 50% off.  You could also do this on construction paper if you want to save a few bucks or let each kiddo do their own tree.  I decided to let my boys share since I have so many Christmas decorations already I'm not sure if I could find space for two!  </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What you need:</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Craft paint  (you choose the colors but surely you'll need green!)  </span></li><li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Foam paint brush (or a regular paint brush is fine too)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Canvas (I used 11 x 14)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Silver or Gold Sharpie marker (optional)</span></li></ul></div></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cover your work space in case of accidental paint messiness or if it's nice out, go outside.  We had an unseasonably warm day so the kiddies and I took advantage and headed out on the back patio.  </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Since both boys were going to use the same canvas we did one at a time to avoid painted hand print high-fives and other potential messes.  </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I started with my youngest, rolled up his sleeve and took him </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">gently by the wrist.  I then got a  pretty good slathering of paint on his hand.  He thought this was awesome. :)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HmXtdlvJKZE/UM5TiJDnqgI/AAAAAAAACig/7Grw0FuEVEA/s1600/xmas+handprint+tree+1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="easy kids craft, handprint Christmas trees by Chic on a Shoestring Decorating blog" border="0" height="436" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HmXtdlvJKZE/UM5TiJDnqgI/AAAAAAAACig/7Grw0FuEVEA/s640/xmas+handprint+tree+1.JPG" title="easy kids craft, handprint Christmas trees by Chic on a Shoestring Decorating blog" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is where things can go very bad very fast!</span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Make sure to give age-appropriate instructions warning them to not touch anything with their paint hand.  My guy is still little enough that I did not let go of his wrist as he can not be trusted with a hand full of paint.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If your kiddo is little like mine, do NOT let go!  I repeat, do NOT let go!!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now it’s time to bust out some old dance class moves and show them how to make a one-handed jazz hand.  Demonstrate how to use their jazz hand to make a stamp on the canvas, make sure to tell them to pull their jazz hand straight up as to not smear their hand print. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Since we were using two boys for one canvas I helped my little one make 3 prints across the bottom to be the base of the tree.  I then had him make a print at the very top. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After successful hand prints and still not letting go of their little wrist we went straight to the sink to wash off the paint.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RxxRpPgIB6M/UM5TjY1pLMI/AAAAAAAACio/3PFR6BVwylw/s1600/xmas+handprint+tree+2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="easy kids craft, handprint Christmas trees by Chic on a Shoestring Decorating blog" border="0" height="426" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RxxRpPgIB6M/UM5TjY1pLMI/AAAAAAAACio/3PFR6BVwylw/s640/xmas+handprint+tree+2.JPG" title="easy kids craft, handprint Christmas trees by Chic on a Shoestring Decorating blog" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My older boy is much more trustworthy (most of the time) so we painted his hand and I told him where to stamp it. He has the middle row two hand prints.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-IxMmSoH3Rpg/UM5TlORZmMI/AAAAAAAACiw/sY9mYtxuKVw/s1600/xmas+handprint+tree+3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="easy kids craft, handprint Christmas trees by Chic on a Shoestring Decorating blog" border="0" height="426" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-IxMmSoH3Rpg/UM5TlORZmMI/AAAAAAAACiw/sY9mYtxuKVw/s640/xmas+handprint+tree+3.JPG" title="easy kids craft, handprint Christmas trees by Chic on a Shoestring Decorating blog" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It ended up being wider than the bottom so I brought my little one back and repeated the process adding two extra hand prints facing outward on both sides of the bottom row.  This made it look a little messier than I had hoped but it gives it homemade charm. :)   </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In hindsight I would've had my little guy face his fingers facing more outward toward the edge of each side of the canvas on the bottom row.  This would've filled the space better instead of the doubling up of the prints on each end. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I then painted a little brown tree trunk at the bottom after I realized that I probably couldn't paint a bunch of presents that actually resembled presents.  This was going to be an outdoor Christmas tree.  If you can handle painting the presents I say go for it!  </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HGCXLnCLipA/UM5V6piyUBI/AAAAAAAACi4/krQVHQG2qdQ/s1600/xmas+tree+art+5.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="398" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HGCXLnCLipA/UM5V6piyUBI/AAAAAAAACi4/krQVHQG2qdQ/s640/xmas+tree+art+5.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Even a person who is totally lacking in artistic painting abilities could pull off the tree stump.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ay9Hr2xb5Uw/UM5WUe7rEzI/AAAAAAAACjA/j3J_Xuvvo4c/s1600/Tree+art+6.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="easy kids craft, handprint Christmas trees by Chic on a Shoestring Decorating blog" border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ay9Hr2xb5Uw/UM5WUe7rEzI/AAAAAAAACjA/j3J_Xuvvo4c/s640/Tree+art+6.JPG" title="easy kids craft, handprint Christmas trees by Chic on a Shoestring Decorating blog" width="426" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I ended up using a silver Sharpie to make the star on top.  I can draw much better than I paint and the silver ink has a painted on appearance when dry.  The silver marker worked awesome and covered up the green paint completely where it needed to.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I decided to display it on a plate stand but it can easily be hung on the wall if I switch up my decor next year.  The boys are so proud to show off their hand-made (pun intended) art work to all of our guests who graciously act very impressed.  </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6E2zNMtAEX8/UM5Wre5us-I/AAAAAAAACjI/puK_eOLvP3Y/s1600/xmas+tree+art+4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="easy kids craft, handprint Christmas trees by Chic on a Shoestring Decorating blog" border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6E2zNMtAEX8/UM5Wre5us-I/AAAAAAAACjI/puK_eOLvP3Y/s640/xmas+tree+art+4.jpg" title="easy kids craft, handprint Christmas trees by Chic on a Shoestring Decorating blog" width="426" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I hope you and your kiddos or grandkids can make some of these fun hand print Christmas trees before this season quickly passes by. :) </span><br /><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div></div>

Kid Craft, Hand Print Christmas Tree Canvas

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