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DIY Cinnamon Christmas Tree Ornaments

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DIY Cinnamon Christmas Tree Ornaments

This Christmas, we decided to make a few homemade ornaments. And, we got the girls involved! Alexie was happy to get messy and Zoé thought the dough tasted pretty good.

Using a mix of applesauce, cinnamon, cloves and ginger, we mixed up a little spicy dough that smells wonderful. We rolled it out and cut it out with some cute cookie cutters. Baked in the oven until they are hard, we strung them up with some string and placed them all over our Christmas tree.

DIY Cinnamon Christmas Ornaments

This is a great hands-on activity for kids. It’s a great way to practise fine-motor skills, and baking is just real life chemistry! We love making our own ornaments as a little Christmas tradition and this was such a fun activity.

Friday Favourites: Baking Cookies For Santa

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Friday Favourites: Baking Cookies For Santa

Leaving a glass of milk and a plate of cookies is a cornerstone Christmas tradition for most families. Growing up, I always looked forward to putting the cookies out on Christmas Eve. I was always a little particular about what cookies Santa got. They had to be the tastiest, cutest cookies I could find.

And, of course, they had to be homemade.

Making the Christmas cookies became just as much of a tradition as putting them out on Christmas Eve.

This year, we got busy making some very special cookies for the Old Man in Red. We considered many recipes but finally decided on these Peanut Butter cookies with Dark Chocolate and Sea Salt. Dad was really adamant that these were one of Santa’s favourites. So, we got busy making them.

They turned out really good. They were easy enough to make with 2 little girls, but were special enough that they would make Santa feel extra special when he came to our house.

Baking has so many great educational components and aspects. We’re reading a recipe and directions, doing fractions and chemistry, and it’s really packed with hands-on (not to mention edible) lessons. Let’s not forget life skills! Kids need to learn these valuable skills and you can easily start them young.

Santa's Cookies

I can assure you, Santa took a couple really big bites out of them on Christmas Eve!