Origami Dollar Bill Ring

Instructions:  homemade gifts made easy

How to Make a Money Tree

LOVE THIS!

The instructions are here:  eHow

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Graduation Candy Can

After completing mounds of homework and piecing together all of your knowledge, you’ve finally hit payday: GRADUATION!
As you head off to college, don’t listen to any snickers: you are no dum dum, you’re one hot tamale on your way to making 100 grand!
Congratulations on your graduation smartie!

From:  The Budget Diet

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Graduation Balloons

Who’s most likely to be president? Who has the best hair? Or who is the cutest couple?

Why not take pictures of your friends and give them all a special  (or ridiculous) recognition.

This would be a great entertainment piece for any graduation party!

Supplies:

• Balloon Helium Tank
• 11” (or larger) latex balloons
• Photos
• Tape
• Thin cardstock and printer
• Marker (optional)
• Twine or string

Leave a large white border (at least 1/4” on the sides and top, and about an inch on the bottom) around each photo.
The instruction are here:  Balloon Time

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Tassel Ornament

I love this idea!  I think I'll order a second tassel so I can make this Tassel Ornament.

    

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Graduation Picture Wreath

This is a great idea:   Graduation Picture Wreath

The directions are here:

diy  beautify






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Graduation Party Planning Guide

I'm starting to plan for my son's graduation.  I can't believe that it will soon take place!
This Free Graduation Party Planning Guide is from Easy Event Ideas.

Other Graduation Posts are here:  Graduation Posts

I've been looking for a different way to acknowledge Trick-or-Treat.  Here's one thing I found:

** Handing out a verse or a track with a piece of candy on Halloween night.

I found this at

Path Through  the Narrow Gate

What should Christians do about Halloween?

This is exactly how I feel!  About Halloween.  About Easter eggs & symbols.  About the Christmas tree & decorations.

Quoted text from Intentional By Grace:

"What are Christians supposed to do with Halloween, a holiday that celebrates death, fear, darkness, witches, and demons? A day that seems to be becoming increasingly evil in focus?

Should we celebrate Halloween in the same way as our non-Christian neighbors?

Should we turn off our lights on October 31st and huddle in the basement, hoping that people will think that we are not home?

Should we write condemning Facebook posts about the evils of Halloween in an attempt to inform the consciences of the “worldly” Christians around us?

Is handing a piece of candy to a four-year-old neighbor boy dressed up as Captain America really a sin?

Where should Christians draw the line?

I do not want to encourage any Christian to violate his conscience in the matter of Halloween. Nor do I want to guilt-trip any Christian into feeling that it is her duty to witness on Halloween. I am merely asking: Could it be that we Christians, as a whole group, are so busy arguing over the technicalities of Halloween that we are missing a beautiful opportunity to share the gospel?"

She says, "Paul did an amazing thing. He used a pagan altar with the inscription “To An Unknown God” as an object lesson to start telling the people about the One True God Who alone deserved their worship."

This is what I said in a book about Christmas I'm getting ready to publish:

Imagine that…. St. Paul used a pagan religious idol to preach about the Jewish Messiah who is the Christian Savior!

printable graduation cards

These two free, printable graduation cards are from
Cul de sac Cool.

One is called "Be Awesome" and the other is a funny card called "OMG." Both can be printed off and folded in no time. Just write a special note on the inside.

Here's the link:  Cul de sac Cool

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free, printable graduation card

Look at this!
This free, printable card is the perfect card for that special graduate.

There are two sizes available to download, plus the assembly instructions. 

I found it here at capturing joy

Free Christmas Fonts from Two Twenty One

I love these fonts! 
I found them all in one place. 

I've already downloaded them for my Christmas scrapbooking.

 Here's the link:  Two Twenty One. 

More Christmas Sheet Music for Scrapbooking

Christmas Sheet Music for Scrapbooking

Homemade Graduation Cards

I'm trying to get ideas about DIY Graduation Cards.



I found this homemade one that is made with stickers, stamps, & die cuts.  Click here for complete instructions:  Paper Crafting Ideas

Picture taken from the website.

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DIY Pop Up Scrapbook

I saw this on the Hallmark Channel's Home & Family Show.  My imagination is going wild with all that I could do with our vacation photos.

Here's where you can find all the instructions:

DIY Pop Up Scrapbook

Photo from the website.

Strawberry Donut Delight

A fresh glazed donut sliced in half and filled with strawberries and whipped cream – like a shortcake sandwich!

This is one of the new foods at the 2016 Minnesota State Fair.

It looks SO good!

Strawberry Donut Delight

God Bless America!

 

                                                                                          Picture taken from website.


I absolutely love all things patriotic, the red, white, and blue!
This idea comes from Infarrantly Creative.  She uses fabric covered buttons & her link to the printable.

Graduation Party Ideas

I love this look of Polaroid images.  This site tells a way to give photos a Polaroid border and just print them on regular photo paper. Then you can write something on each photo.

These 2 pictures are from  "the thinking closet.com"

the thinking closet  has so many ideas including:

the  look of Polaroid Images

a Table Runner 

Hashtag Confetti

Coasters

Desktop Plaque

& more

This picture is from  "the thinking closet.com"

Here's another site for making a vertical photo banner.

In Between Laundry

You are going to need the following supplies:

Photos of the guest of honor
Ribbon in coordinating party colors
Scrapbooking paper as a decorative photo border
Cardstock paper
Glue (any kind that works with paper and photos--I used Elmer's liquid and a gluestick).

All the instructions and how-to photos are here.

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10 Reasons Why We Homeschool

10 Reasons Why I Homeschool

1.       We can homeschool in our pajamas.

     2.       We can homeschool at any time of the day.
     3.       We can homeschool outdoors.
     4.       There is no extra “homework” – just school work.
     5.       We can homeschool and travel at the same time.
     6.       We can vacation while others are in school, thus fewer crowds.
     7.       Homeschool & Teacher discounts
     8.       Freedom
     9.       I can teach him all about God in any subject that I teach.
   10.     I love my son.


10 Reasons Why I Will Not Stop Homeschooling
   
     1.       I love the freedom to come & go as we please.
     2.       I don’t want him in public school.
     3.       I can include God in my teaching.
     4.       I don’t have to worry about being “politically correct” in my teaching - just teach the truth.
     5.       It takes me less time to teach him at home than it would just to get him to school & back.
     6.       He gets the individual attention he needs to learn at his own pace.
     7.       I know he’s eating right.
     8.       We travel a lot.
     9.       I love all the homeschool activities that are available.
   10.      I love my son.