Surprise its Sunday

Can't believe its Sunday already!!! Boooooo Hisssssss - we are having such a great time and today Kim, Brian and Corey fly back to Ireland and Leeanne, Chris, Sienna and Tate drive back to Birmingham and us Tsamplakos's are left in an empty home!!!

On a Sunday/Monday Leeanne and I send each other all our favourite things we have seen and taken pictures of over the week! And so i thought i would share some of mine with you all

 Yummy Baileys hot chocolate! Great Present idea!!

Elf on the Shelf - its nearly time!!! eeeeeekkkkkkk love this idea!!!!

 These trees look super easy to make!!! Some card rolled into a cone shape and some pom pom ribbon glued on!!

The perfect way to make heart shape cupcakes! Pop a marble in the baking tray x

 This is my tree inspiration this year i absolutely love it!!!

These candles are sooooooo coool - and look super easy to make!!

Ok so i just had to put this pic up! Its Sunday which means its Monday tomorrow and we all need a smile xxx

And this one is for me and lee as we need to start running like 1 month ago!!!!

 What an absolutely perfect way to explain about Father Christmas when our children are older -  must remember this one x

You can make this on a smaller scale with baking trays but i lobe this huge oil drip pan for the play room!!!

 Wow the beautiful Duomo Catherdral in Milan! Nick and I are going there in a few weeks for our anniversary - i hope it snows!!! xHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAH

 

 This looks fab! you can buy these letters in Hobbycraft - paint any colour and glue gun together!!! Perfect!!!!

















Wow - not sure if this works but wow!!! Let me know if you try it and it does!!!

















Hope you all have a fab Sunday

Bonfire night fun

Yay its officially Bonfire night here in the UK!

We have bonfire night to commemorate the day Guy Fawkes was arrested for plotting to blow up the House of Lords in 1605.

Fast forward to 2013 and  it now means we have bonfires and fireworks and yummy treats and all that jazz!

So i thought i would share some fun bonfire night treats and activities you can do with your little people!

These fireworks are made from cardboard tubes and bits of paper, pipe cleaners and tissue paper. Anything you have in your craft box! Fun craft activity.

These yummy firework biscuits look super fun, and if I'm honest look like my children's standard decorating of biscuits haha recipe here

Another fun little craft activity using handprints!

Edible Sparklers these look fab we will deffo be making some! Tutorial here 

These should keep your toddler out of mischief for at least 5 mins.

I hope you all have a fun and safe bonfire night! Wrap up warm its super cold!!

Friday 13th oooooohhhhhhhh

Happy Friday 13th!!!

I can't wait for our Halloween Party and all our Halloween decorations and treats! So seeing as this is Friday i thought i'd mix it up a bit and do a bit of everything!!! Halloween is another expense just before christmas so these are cheap ideas too!!! Hooray!!

First up Costumes!
Honey loves dressing up and Rocco well he has no choice yet haha!!!
Last year Honey was a witch and Rocco a spider so this year i'm wondering what i can do! I'd like to do a duo in all honesty! Tesco always do some great ones! And i love looking on Pinterest at the amazing ideas they have!!!

But if you were looking for something a little bit cheaper and easier (yes please!) this is a great idea!
Most little girls have a princess fancy dress so just use that and then with some face paint they can be Dracula Aurora / Dracula Minnie Mouse! And the boys with superman / batman costumes and can be Dracula Batman / Scary Superman and it only about £2 for some face paints!!! hahaha This is Honey as Dracula Minnie - an eyeliner widows peak and mono brow and a dracula dummy and the jobs a goodun !!!!

Secondly Treats!
We never ever get Trick or Treaters so i never have to have sweets ready (boooo) but how cool do these look - its all about the presentation!!! Honey will love making these!!

Thirdly Games I absolutely can't wait to do this - how brilliant!!! and super easy!!! It will keep the children entertained for ages!! You could always just use an orange ball instead of a pumpkin! But i think the pumpkin is fab! And the tins make a great day time activity!!! Win Win! 

Fourthly Pumpkin Decoration

Last year i got some templates and cut them out with a knife etc - so time consuming!!! I recently saw on Pinterest a lady using Cookie Cutters to cut her pumpkin!!! 

We have some halloween cookie cutters and it looks so much easier than using the little knifes etc and the kids can help hammer!!! 

Fifth and Final Halloween Tip - Halloween crafts to keep them busy!!!! 

The top ghost is just a rock! How cool is that and you can go rock collecting in the morning! The Toilet roll monsters are fab and again super easy! I love hand print / foot print cards - something to keep and treasure!!! All really easy and cheap!!

Happy Friday 13th may your days be filled with luck

Love
J xxx