If you have a slow cooker, you have the easy way to save space in your oven this holiday season! This is perfect for a simple holiday buffet idea – Use your crockpot to bake lots of potatoes and then set up all the fixings for a loaded baked potato bar! Fun and easy! (Also great for a football party!)
The holidays mean lots of family time! But with people of different ages coming together, how do you keep everyone entertained and interacting? Try a few, fun holiday games to bring the family together to laugh and be silly – something all ages can get into!
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Suspend the wreath from a doorframe about chest high. Place the bucket on floor just behind the wreath. Stand about 6 feet from the wreath. Throw the “Snowball” marshmallows through the wreath and get them to land in the bucket. You have 60 seconds to get 10 in the bucket.
Have the family play a classic with a holiday twist! Here’s a Handy Sheet you can print out and cut up to use for this classic game:
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Using only one hand, you have one minute to stack all 36 cups to make a Christmas tree pyramid.
This is like Jenga with ornaments!
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Stand the paper towel tube on one end. Place the yard stick on top of the tube, making sure to center it as best as possible (See photo below!).
Participants take turns placing ornament on either side of the yardstick. The game is over when the yardstick becomes unbalanced and it tumbles!
A funny drawing game where even the family artist will be challenged!
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Give every participant a plate and a marker. Each participant places the plate on their head. Next, they follow these directions (Someone needs to lead this game!):
Or you can draw this as a second round of the game:
This is sure to get people moving in this challenge!
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Make two slices on the bottom of the tissue boxes – large enough to thread the belt or ribbon through.
Feed the belt or ribbon through the holes.
Tie or belt the boxes onto each participant so the box is on, or near, their rear end. Place 8 bells into each tissue box and “Cue The Music”! Each participant starts shaking and moving to the holiday music – first one to bounce all the jingle bells out of their box is the winner!
Candied Bacon – A decadent, indulgent snack that just happens to pair beautifully with cocktails! Plus it is great as a hostess gift, or crumble a little over a nice salad!
This smells divine as it is cooking in the oven – Be sure to turn the bacon when it is halfway through cooking. And remember, since ovens do vary, begin checking the bacon starting at about 40 minutes into cooking to make sure it doesn’t burn! The bacon will look dark because it will be covered in that yummy spice and brown sugar mixture!
When the candied bacon comes out, rest it on clean paper towels to pull some of the fat away. This stores best at room temperature!
I enjoy having birds visit my back yard feeders, and I thought this DIY Bird Seed Wreath would make a great holiday gift for anyone who loves birds! And best of all, it is EASY to make!
Notice in this photo, I added to the bottom of the bundt pan (before I added the seed mixture) dried, unsweetened red cranberries — just to add to a festive look!
The wreath dries in about 24 hours. And then you can hang it on your favorite tree for the birds to enjoy!
I live in Florida and was so surprised at how quickly my silver tarnished! Trust me, I am not one who likes to do much silver cleaning (Click HERE to see my tip to clean large amounts of silver without a lot of elbow grease!). At the suggestion of one of my readers, I decided to seek out a solution to the problem! So today’s Simple Holiday Survival Tip focuses on how to store your silver to prevent, or at least reduce, tarnishing!
A little prevention can go a long way!
