Holiday

Gift Giving, With Love (and a ball of wool)

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As we are now full swing in the season of gift giving do you find yourself running around crazily searching for the perfect gift?

Well search no more.

In line with the thinking that hand-made gifts are the best as they are creative, made with love, and so on……

Here is the perfect thing for just about everyone in your life.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

How cool to be able to knit some of the wonderful characters of Christmas? Reindeer, Santa and more! They would make the perfect gift to give to that special person.

Of course, you do have to be able to knit…….

 

 

Best Teen Books of This Year

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Want to know what the best books are for this year? Don’t know what awesome book you should have on your Christmas list? Well head on over to Kirkus Reviews and have a look at the list of ‘Best Teen Books of 2011.’ Maybe you will find the best book in the world on that list. I am not sure what my favorite books are of this year.

The only three which I can think of are Tiger’s Voyage,  Tiger’s Quest, and Tiger’s Curse.

What are some of your favorite books of this year?

How Do You Give A Book?

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So you bought this perfect book for someone, but you have absolutely no idea how to wrap it or to give it to a friend. What do you do? No worry. Just head on over to MotherReader and read her post about what are great books for different ages and great ways to give the books. Click here to view her post about this. It will definitely get you through the holiday season if you have a person who loves books.

Great Things to Do With Kids At Christmas Time!!!!!

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Getting into gear for christmas over here at MyLibraryCardWoreOut. I have my elf hat, elf shoes, and the Christmas spirit (pictures coming soon.) So, in the coming weeks, there will be posts on gift ideas, maybe some holiday decorations, awesomely lit up houses (like those crazy ones you see where you think to yourself “What the heck were they thinking?”) and maybe some recipes.

So as Christmas is just around the corner and kids are getting anxious about Santa coming, and “Will Santa bring me what I want?” and the perennial questions of ‘Can I see my gifts’, ‘Can we put up the tree,’ and ‘Will Santa give me coal this year?’ (that was one thing which I was mortified of happening – waking up and finding a stocking full of coal – luckily that never happened 🙂 ) Well to keep the kids busy with things to do until christmas time to get them more into the spirit and to maybe ward away those questions, Lillian at Domestic Simplicity did a great post on 50 Things to Do With Your Kid In December. Please head over to the blog and have a look at the post as there are some great ideas. If only my mother had done those with me every year – going to have to get some therapy because of that.