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Wrap it up pretty with our free holiday gift tags

November 29, 2020

Wrap it up pretty with our free holiday gift tags

I love wrapping presents. Usually I start hoarding adorable wrapping paper starting in the summer but this year we’ve chosen to wrap all our gifts in brown kraft paper. I love the simple look of it and the fact that its 100% recyclable as most wrapping paper isn’t :(. To make the presents even prettier I’ve collected various ribbons and wrapped each gift in one (bonus – the ribbon can be reused next year too!). The finishing touch though… are the custom designed gift tags we made! And don’t worry – I’ve included our gift tags as a free printable at the bottom of this post so you can download, print and use them on your own gifts too!

PRINTABLE GIFT TAGS – CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD

These tags are for personal use only. They were designed by @aimyillustrates.

Please tag me on Instagram if you use these tags – Id love to see!

xo,

Rachel

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Having Fun at Home this Christmas – Holiday themed Games Your Family Needs

November 20, 2020

Having Fun at Home this Christmas – Holiday themed Games Your Family Needs

Christmas is going to look very different this year. Usually we spend all day on Christmas Eve at my inlaws with all my husbands siblings and their kids. Its a big, fun, exciting day. This year sadly our Christmas Eve with them will be virtual, like so many other families Christmases this year. So I’ve been trying to think of ways to make our Christmas at home even more fun for my kids. I was browsing online and found the funniest game and had to order it. It’s an inflatable reindeer hat ring toss game. My kids absolutely love this game and its inflatable so no ones getting hurt (or breaking any vases or lamps haha) when they’re tossing the rings.

As I was browsing I found quite a collection of Christmas themed games so I compiled a list of games I think would also be so fun to play at home this Christmas or virtually with your family online.

More fun games:

Nutcracker ring toss – This one looks so fun. Similar the the reindeer ring toss but you blow up the nutcrackers and place them on the floor to toss rings on them.

Christmas Photo Props – You can have your very own photo shoot at home or use them when you video call with your family this Christmas.

Trivia Games – The first one has you guessing Christmas songs based on emoji descriptions and the second is a general Christmas trivia game. These would be fun to send to all your family and compete together virtually.

Christmas Bingo – Who doesn’t love a classic game of bingo with a Christmas spin?!

Fun Christmas glasses – Another fun photo prop or perfect for making your virtual get togethers more fun.

Pin the Hat on Rudolph. I know my kids would love this one. Spinning around and trying to get Rudolph’s hat on and laughing together when the hat ends up so far away from his head.

Felt Christmas tree – We also have had one of these for years and my kids love decorating their little felt tree over and over again.

So even though Christmas will look different this year, we can still have fun and make new memories together.

xo,

Rachel

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A family advent calendar DIY and a free printable

November 17, 2020

A family advent calendar DIY and a free printable

For years we did a traditional advent calendar, in fact my kids each got one for themselves. They were either filled with chocolate or small tiny plastic toys. This year we are trying to be more eco friendly around our house and honestly the thought of 75 more tiny little toys around my house stresses me out haha. So this year I decided to change things up and do one family advent calendar.

Each days bag has a piece of paper inside with a fun activity we can all do together and I’ve included a free printable of the 24 activities we are doing below which you can print, cut out and insert into your own advent calendars too. There are even a few blank spots for you to write in your own ideas too.

Everything You Need to Make your own

All you need for this advent calendar is:

-small paper bags

-clothespins

-numbers 1-24. I had some gold glitter paper cut into stars on a circuit machine but you could write the numbers on the bags too

-tape or command strips to attach the bags to the wall

-embellishments for the bags (ribbon, evergreen sprays, twinkle lights, ornaments – get creative!)

-our printable ideas list (see below)!

Below is the printable you can download, print and cut out to easily add to your own calendar too.

This printable was designed by @aimyillustrates. Please head to her site (www.aimyillustrates.ca) for all your custom design needs and show her some love on Instagram too!

Advent Calendar Activities Printable – Click here to download

My kids are already excited to see what fun activities we will be doing each day and I’m excited to make some fun memories with them this season.

Please tag me (@anoblehome) on Instagram if you use the printable. I’d love too see!

xo,

Rachel

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Children’s holiday books to read this Christmas

November 13, 2020

Children’s holiday books to read this Christmas

Every year I look forward to bringing out our collection of Christmas books for us to read. I already have fond memories of cuddling up with my kiddies on the sofa with a blanket and reading our favourites. Hearing them say “Just one more book Mama, please, can we read one more book?” is such a great memory.

We just picked up two new books this month. The first is 5 More Sleeps Till Christmas which is the cutest book about the excitement of counting down to Christmas. The second is The Day Santa Stopped Believing in Harold which is about the time Santa started to question if children (Harold in particular) are real which is a fun twist on when children begin to question Santa. They are already instant favourites. I went through the rest of our collection of holiday books and gathered up all our other favourites to share with all of you. I’ll highlight a few more special ones below.

Pick a Pine Tree – If you are a family who gets a real Christmas tree every year then this is the perfect book for you. It’s all about heading out together, choosing the perfect tree, decorating it and watching it become more than just a pine tree.

The Smallest Gift of Christmas – This book is really great at teaching children the real meaning of Christmas in a fun kid friendly way.

Teeny Tiny Santa – I just love this quick short little book about a teeny tiny fox looking for Santa. The illustrations are just so cute too.

When Santa was a Baby – This is the sweetest story of Santa as a child and how he came to be the Santa we all know and love.

I Wish to be a Christmas Tree – This might be my favourite Christmas book. It’s about a tree on a tree farm that never gets chosen. All he wants is to be a Christmas tree to some lucky family and with the help of his wildlife friends, he realizes he’s always been a Christmas tree and so much more to them.

Wheres Santa – This one is always a hit. It’s like those classic Where’s Waldo books but with Santa instead

Laugh Out Loud Christmas Jokes for Kids – I picked this one up this year too because my kids loving telling jokes and this one is a hit already!

Here are more of our favourites below:

Do you have some favourites Christmas books we should check out? Share them in the comments.

xo,

Rachel

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Owen’s 2nd Birthday – A Puppy Party!

November 19, 2019

Owen’s 2nd Birthday – A Puppy Party!

It’s taken me over a month to get this post up!  Life with kids is just so busy isn’t it?!  In early October my littlest man turned 2!  Everyone always says it but thats because its true – the time just passes so quickly.  I keep thinking about how I’ve only got him home with me for another 2 years and then all my babes will be in school. Wow, okay can’t think about that anymore! Back to the party!

Our little man is obsessed with puppies right now.  Everywhere we go, he points them out and screams ‘a puppy’.  He only lets us watch paw patrol on the tv haha and he has to carry at least 3 puppy stuffies everywhere he goes.  So naturally his party theme this year just had to be puppies!

I started with these meri meri puppy plates, cups and napkins (meri meri is one of my favourite brands for party supplies) and the party planning took off from there. I found the paw print scrapbook paper at Michaels and thought it would make a cute placemat.   I had the bone shaped place cards made for a cute personalized touch for the guests and then I scattered some cute paw prints around the table.

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20191004144916_IMG_8183-01I took the mint and white colours from the puppy cups for the balloon colours and purchased some paw print balloons on etsy for a balloon garland (I just love a balloon garland).

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20191004144940_IMG_8187-01.jpegWe ordered the puppy cake to match the plates and it turned out so well!  A friend of mine made the cookies to match the theme as well.

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20191006101935_IMG_8198-01.jpegAnd of course every puppy dog themed party calls for hot ‘dogs’ on the menu.  Hot dogs also happen to be one of his favourite foods haha so we set up a little hot dog station for the guests too.

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20191006122100_IMG_8230-0120191006122127_IMG_8234-01For the party favours we gave each babe a little puppy of their own to adopt.

20191006102107_IMG_8202-01.jpegThe finishing touch was the adorable puppy shaped balloons I found on amazon.  They have little legs and can be pulled around like you’re walking them.  They were so fun for the kids.  The party turned out so well and most importantly – our little guy had a blast!

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xo, Rachel

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How the kids feel about the move and 5 things we’re doing to help with the transition.

August 11, 2019

How the kids feel about the move and 5 things we’re doing to help with the transition.

Moving can be hard on kids, especially when they also have to move schools which is the case for mine.  Though we’re not moving far at all, its still a big change for all of us.  Although the kids are very excited to move, they did have a lot of questions at the beginning and there have been moments of sadness (as can be expected).  So I thought it might be helpful to share what we’ve been doing to help ease the transition for them.

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1. Talking to them about the move

This is such a simple and obvious tip but talking to our kids and including them in the process has really helped. We took our kids with us house hunting so they knew we were looking into moving.  I will admit it did confuse them a bit at first.  They thought every house we saw was going to be our new one.  In hindsight I’d probably not take my kids with me to view homes until we found one we really liked… but that’s not always possible.  I’d also definitely have talked to them a bit more about the idea of moving before we started looking at homes.

Once we started having conversations about it, it really helped them understand what moving means.   They had a lot of questions like: could they bring their stuff with them? – we told them of course everything would come with us.  They asked if their walls could come (so adorable!).  We told them the walls and paint had to stay but that we could do their new rooms in the same way again or a fun new way!   That got them excited!  We talked about what happens when you move and why we are moving.  We continue to talk about their new school (and we are going on a tour of it soon).  We also drive by the new house occasionally and the new school and talk about how exciting it will all be.

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2. Involving the kids in the packing

I have involved the kids in the packing process and they have loved helping us pack.   I also think it comforts them to help and to see that their clothes and toys are coming with us (they don’t just come home and wonder where all their stuff is!).  I often give them a box and they fill it.  They feel proud to help and to write their name on the boxes.  I sometimes have to repack the boxes but that’s ok 😉

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3. A countdown

I downloaded a simple free app onto my phone and we’ve been counting down the days until our move together.  This has gotten them really excited and they ask daily to check how many days are left!

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4. Bringing them to the new home after they’re rooms are somewhat set up.

Moving day can be chaotic to say the least!  We plan to have family watch the kids for most of the day while we move items to the new place.  We are not moving far so this should work out well.  I am hoping to get their beds and toys set up in their new rooms before they come over so when they walk in, it will already feel a bit like their own rooms.  Their rooms will also be some of the first rooms I work on in the new home – painting, adding trim work etc.

5.  A welcome gift from the new house

I plan to create a little welcome gift for the kids from the house.  It won’t be anything too big, I’m thinking a pool floot and a new towel for each of them since our new place has a pool and I know they’re excited about it.   Other ideas I thought about were a new backpack and lunchbox for their new school or a new decor piece or toy for their rooms. There are also some really cute childrens books about moving that would be cute to read that first night before bed.

These tips have helped us a lot and have really gotten the kids excited about the whole process.  Hopefully they can help anyone else who’s moving soon too!

xo

Rachel

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