Seasonal Tips

Heart Garland~ Easy Valentine’s Day Craft

Heart Garland~ Easy Valentine’s Day Craft This garland is so easy!  This craft is an easy one to do with your kids.  I love the idea of them personalizing the colors to whatever their favorites are right now. You will need: Card stock (just regular size 8.5×11) scissors or paper trimmer stapler That is it! […]

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DIY Glitter Heart Canvas~ Easy Valentine’s Day Craft

DIY Glitter Heart Canvas~ Easy Valentine’s Day Craft I never used to decorate for any holiday except for Christmas.  I have found myself wanting more and more to decorate for each season and/or holiday.  As much as I want to make my house look cute for each holiday, I am not willing to pay a

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Turkey Cookies~Easy Thanksgiving Snacks

  Turkey Cookies~Easy Thanksgiving Snacks Looking for a treat for your child’s school class for Thanksgiving?  Or maybe you just want to try something fun at home for a treat.  These little turkeys are so easy and cute, you almost don’t want to eat them… almost. What you will need: Oreo cookies Mini pretzels Fruit

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Tootsie Pop Turkey~ Easy Thanksgiving Snacks

Tootsie Pop Turkey~ Easy Thanksgiving Snacks Here is a great snack to send with the kids to school for holiday parties.  They are easy, inexpensive and super quick to put together! You will need: Tootsie pop suckers Hershey kisses Small amount of red felt Small amount of brown felt Googly eyes Hot glue gun and

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Have you ever eaten divinity with a spoon…. Holiday disaster story ~ Share your holiday tips

Ingard here, I am excited that I have the opportunity to represent A Thrifty Mom at the Kenmore Blogger Summit in Chicago at the end of this week. This years summit will be centered around the holidays. A few things that they have asked from me is my MUST have Holiday recipe. Well being the

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Chocolate Filled Strawberries ~ Quick Tip

A few weeks ago I shared a quick and easy treat, Chocolate Filled Strawberries.  They are quick and easy to make but can get a little tricky if you are making a bunch at a time.  They will fall over and the warm chocolate will run out of them.  But I have found a quick

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Emerald Mint Milkshake Recipe ~ St Patrick’s Day Recipe

Emerald Mint Milkshake Prep Time: 5 minutes 1 pint (2 cups) vanilla ice cream 1 cup milk 1/2 teaspoon McCormick ® Pure Peppermint Extract 1/4 teaspoon McCormick® Green Food Color Whipped cream and green sprinkles (optional) 1. Place ice cream, milk, peppermint extract and green food color in blender; cover. Blend on high speed until smooth. 2. Pour

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