I may not be like the average person, but for Mother’s Day I don’t care to receive a bunch of gifts or go to the spa. I’d rather spend time quietly together as a family like going hiking or scrapbooking with S if the weather doesn’t cooperate. I love to receive handmade items from S. […]
Decorating Easter Eggs
Decorating or dying Easter eggs is a must each year! While using the traditional dye with vinegar is fun especially plopping the egg in and seeing what color masterpiece you can create, we wanted to try some new ways to decorate this year. Tip: We found fake eggs at Target in the Easter section and those […]
Non Candy Easter Basket Ideas
Disclosure: My Big Fat Happy Life is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com. S loves Easter! Searching the house for Easter eggs in the morning is the best thing ever to […]
Watercolor Valentine’s Day Cards
S loves to paint; well truthfully she loves all things arts and crafts. So when I asked her if she wanted to make Valentine’s Day cards using watercolors she jumped at the chance. Supplies White Cardstock Watercolor Paints Heart Punch or Scissors Sentiment Stamp Glue/Foam Dots Pen There really is no wrong way to make […]
Valentine’s Day Dinner
Valentine’s Day is about celebrating love and since we love S an extra special dinner is a requirement! Plus I do not like to go out and eat on Valentine’s Day because the restaurants are so busy! Menu A love inspired menu that my daughter would enjoy was a must for our Valentine’s Day dinner. […]
Valentine’s Day Heart Banner
With Christmas decorations put away my mantel is feeling a little bare 🙁 S and I had made a Valentine’s Day Heart Banner last year and I think it’s time to pull it out. The hearts are made out of marbled salt dough and strung together to form a banner. The perfect addition to my […]
Making Paper Snowflakes
I love making paper snowflakes and had forgot how fun it is to open up the snowflakes and see what design you created. One day when S needed a project, we started making paper snowflake. I under anticipated how much fun S would have. She spent two hours cutting out paper snowflakes. I would fold […]
Grinch Drink
As soon as S saw commercials for How the Grinch Stole Christmas this year she started asking to watch the movie and to drink the “Grinch Drink”. I am always amazed at how much she remembers! It was last Christmas that I made a special drink for her to enjoy while watching the movie. S notices […]
DIY Clay Gift Tags
I have never been one for placing traditional gift tags on my Christmas presents. Many years I just write the recipient’s name on the bottom of the package with a sharpie marker. This year I decided to make clay gift tags with the recipients’ initials stamped onto it. S had fun helping me and stamped most of […]
Assembling a Hot Chocolate Bar
One of my favorite new additions last Christmas was a hot chocolate bar. I served the hot chocolate bar on Christmas morning but it would be prefect to have out for the week of Christmas or even a small version out for the entire winter. I had a separate table set up in my dining […]