Stylish Blogger Award

I was just awarded the Stylish Blogger Award from Carla.

www.jollyjansen.blogspot.com
http://HoustonParentsMagazine.com

Thanks for the appreciation.

  I've been awarded the Stylish Blogger Award by the great blog Jansen Family Adventures. Carla is a writer and her blog is well written with great content.

Carla has been posting the things she is grateful for on her blog in celebration of Thanksgiving. Make sure you visit her blog for some great impiration at http://www.jollyjansen.blogspot.com/

Many thanks!!  I am very happy to accept it and share some blogs I've recently discovered!

Rules for accepting this award are: 

1. Thank & link back to the person who awarded you this.

2. Share 7 things about yourself.

3. Pay it forward to 15 recently discovered great bloggers.

4. Contact those bloggers and tell them about their Blog Award!

Here are the 7 Facts About Myself:

1. I am a transplant patient. I am on my second kidney.

2. I love to make crafts.

3. I love to decorate my home.

4. I love to decorate for every holiday.

5.I am a military wife. 

6. I am a Harry Potter fan

7. I am married to a gamer. 

Well, I hope you feel like you know me better!  Here are 15 blogs  that I've recently discovered and totally love.  I think you will enjoy them too.

Ashley

Check out these blogs:


1. The Wright Hair 
2. Random Things Kids Say

3.Country Cooking With Janille

4. Mom-Stuff Community

5.Happily Ever After Again

6. The Favour Shoppe

7. Just As Nice/Half the price

8. Affording Common Cents

9.It's My Life 

10.Tenny's Crafty Life

11.Karyn's Writing Log
12. Mckay Designs
13. This and That
14.One Charming Party
15. Vintage Revivals 

Glitter Pumpkins

                                                  

 Materials:

Plastic pumpkins

Glitter

Paint

Instructions:

This was a really easy project.  I picked a color for each pumpkin. I did a brown pumpkin with gold glitter. I painted the pumpkin and then before it dried I sprinkled the gold glitter on to the pumpkin then let it dry

I did this with the rest of my pumpkins I did a green one and a black one and then a pearl. This is easy and you can put whatever colors you would like 

Indian Corn

                                                  

 Materials:

Twinkie

2 bags of candy corn

One with brown bottoms

One with orange bottoms 

Butter knife

Lemon frosting

Plate

Instructions

This is a fun craft that you get to eat and really easy for the kids to do the first thing that you need to so is unwrap your Twinkie and place on the plate then with the butter knife frost your Twinkie all over then take the candy corn and place in the frosting with the small side down to make it look like Indian corn then in joy 

Turkey Door Hanger

Materials:

9 sheets of 12x12 scrapbook paper, in colors for the tail feathers

1 sheet of 12x12 scrapbook paper tan or light brown for the body.

Scraps of red, brown, white and yellow paper

Ribbon, 24 inches

Hot Glue gun, glue sticks and paper glue

Stapler

Oval Google Eyes

Instructions:

Print off the pattern. Pattern will be posted at mom-stuff.com. Cut out the pieces and glue the turkey together using paper glue. Glue on the eyes with the hot glue. Set aside while you make the feathers.

Take one of the 12x12 sheets and roll it into a cone shape using one corner as the point. After you have the cone shape, staple the end to hold the shape. Repeat for the rest of the feathers. Pick your color pattern for the feathers. Starting with the center one,  glue it to the back of the turkey (using your hot glue). Next glue the next feathers on each side of the center one. Glue to turkey but also along the length of the feathers. Continue with the nest two feathers lower the points to match the shape of the body. Make sure each feather is right next to the previous one.

Tie the ends together and glue across the back of the center feather at 4 inches from the tip with the knot in the middle. Glue the ribbon along both sides of the center feather up the back until you are at least 2/3 up the feather to support the door hanger. Pattern is posted at www.mom-stuff.com

Mom-Stuff Thanksgiving Pages are Live

Visit for fun ideas to help make your Thanksgiving celebration the best ever.

Glitter up your Thanksgiving table with:

Wheat Thanksgiving Arrangement

Thanksgiving Centerpiece

Leafy Napkin Ring

Thanksgiving Name Tags

Ideas for family fun:

Thanksgiving Games and Songs

Thanksgiving Family Fun

Thanksgiving Recipes

Kids crafts Pinecone Hand Turkey

We will be adding more ideas for you this week so visit often.

Pinecone Hand Turkey

Materials:

Pinecone Two

Googly Eyes (10 mm)

Low temp glue gun or tacky glue

Red pipe cleaner

Orange pipe cleaner

Wire cutters

Craft foam

Scissor

Instructions:

Trace the kid's hands on the craft foam for feathers then cut them out Cut the orange pipe cleaner into two (three inch) pieces. Fold the first orange pipe cleaner into half; twist about 1/4 inches from end and open Up ends to make the feet. Repeat for second orange pipe cleaner Stick the orange feet in the turkey a little less than halfway from the largest end. Glue In place Glue turkey body (pinecone) with feet down Glue kids hands in the pinecone closest to the largest end to look like feathers Glue wiggles eyes on the head Cut a tiny piece of red pipe cleaner to use as the waddle and glue below the eyes.