Here are some other ideas, though not all made from construction paper... Spray paint a paper plate gold. Have the kids glue an old Christmas card cut out in a circle shape for the center. Use a hole puncher to punch a hole in the top, add a ribbon or length of yarn for a hanger, call it a wreath. Cut a sheet of const. paper in half. Fold each half to make a Christmas card. Use old Christmas cards to decorate the front, then let the kids "write" a message inside with Crayola (washable) markers. Cut out Christmas tree shape from constr. paper. Put a tree-shaped tree in the center of a larger piece of contr. paper. Let the kids decorate the tree with paper punchies, yarn for garland, etc. An old favorite at our house: Save the red 1" tall plastic peanut butter lids from the Sams Club-sized jars. Fill with plaster of paris, stick in a pine cone and let it dry. Give each kid a bottle of glue and a pie plate (to catch the glitter) to decorate their "tree". Hope this sparks some other ideas for you! Julie

Good Morning All, I'm so sad. I found out yesterday that my favorite SIL has tongue cancer. She is the one who helped us get started with the phone business. We will have test results back this next week so hopefully they removed all of it. Seems as though we're slowing down so others are starting to post. I hope they continue. I need to be able to come here and relax. Anj, That is awesome your DD made the team. We'll have to jump in and help support your early mornings from here. Repear after me I know I can, I know I can.LOL I'm sure you'll get alot of enjoyment being able to watch her excell. Maybe you can try to go to bed early the nights you have to get up earlier. Luvs, I know what you mean by getting rid of clothes. You should take and donate them to charity and write them off on your taxes. Here in MT we can write off $1500 a year. We have Goodwill, Twice But Nice and others. I personally like to donate to the 2nd hand church store. There is 9? area churches that share the profits. The ladies all volunteer their working time. I have a steam machine box that is full of turtle necks from previous years and haven't even looked at them, but I have 20 new ones this year. Not funny! One of my closets has clothes for DS, DD and DG. I told them I would be boxing them up and they could keep 2-3 outfits in there and no more!!! Think that will happen? When the kids was in high school we didn't have any debts so we went to the mall shopping every weekend and to this day they still love to shop. I created shopoholics! DS dresses bette than most women. That closet is going to have more of my Christmas and crafts in it, if I follow through. Yeah Belle, FYI. DH has an industrial Delta scroll saw and has had good luck with it. He also has a Sears that he cuts some with. We have gone through quite a few saws through the years and the Delta has been the longest performer so far. I love to camp. We have a toy hauler and also a cabin so I've camped for years. We always felt it was family time when camping. We would go fishing or ride the 4 wheelers to our friends cabins and visit. Some times we would have pot luck up in the woods in the evenings. It was so nice to not have to hear the phone ringing. We have dish up there and don't even watch it. Just kick back and enjoy once the weather is nice. Have a good book so you can sit by the fire and read, if nothing else. Here's my project that turned out ugly. Maybe I'll find someone who likes it a little and give it to them.

I couldn't remember the last thing/time I ordered. Had to go look! Eight months ago! I would have guessed that it was some of the supplements that I take but, it was rubber snakes (to try to scare the squirrels out of my fruit trees - didn't work) and replacement filters for a vacuum. I intend to buy a swivel stand for my TV soon - it has been in my cart for months. I did just buy a used handbag and a battery/charger unit for an old Shark vacuum from eBay - the first purchases there in a long time, also. The handbag was a bit of a disappointment - smaller than the posted measurements, so smaller than I really wanted (and I wanted a smallish one). The difference was the seller measured the width at the zipper top of the bag, not at the base, which would be the more accurate for usable space.

Christmas Craft Night must be so much fun! I hope that you will post pictures of past projects and also what you're doing this year. We've also had to cancel plans to see our kids and grandkid, all out-of-state, and also very dear cousins in L.A. We'll be fine on our own together, but celebrating Hanukkah and Christmas without anyone else will certainly be different. Sable