A Homemade Christmas

Well....kindof

We tried to stay low budget this year with Christmas...and so we decided that we would make each other Christmas gifts and make something for the boys as well. We were good at sticking to this idea for each other, but Santa got a little excited with the boys. But here is what we did:

For Grandma Maree and Grandma Debbie we made photo blocks using our family pictures we had taken in October. I loved them and am going to make one for myself very soon!

For the boys: Chris made this AMAZING super hero bean bag toss. We used pictures and modpodged them onto the painted wood and staple gunned netting to the back. I made batman bean bags! It was a real hit!

Mommy made these tins of letters...more of a learning activity, but still fun :)

For Chris I made him a rubiks cube using our pictures. He loves these puzzles and I found an oversized one so the pictures would be really cool looking. I gave it to him mixed up and he still hasn't solved it yet...so hopefully it will get back to its original form!

And for me....I bet you didn't know that one of Chris' many talents is that he can draw and he draws pictures of the Savior! I absolutely love this. I am going to get it framed this week! It's absolutely AMAZING! Thanks Chris!!!

Awaiting Angel (by Chris Karrasch)

So while Santa still went a lottle crazy...it was really fun to think about what we would make not only the kids, but each other. I think it is a new tradition that we will do every year! It was so fun! MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!