Frugal Christmas Crafts

If you know me you know I love decorating and crafts and Christmas etc... Well this year we did not move any of our Christmas decor except our nativity because it was in a small box. I am calling this my Charlie Brown Christmas. Everything has turned out nice but it's nothing compared to my decorations in years past and really it doesn't even feel that much like Christmas because it is still 70 degrees outside.  I decided to save our little money we have and not buy a bunch of stuff we didn't need anyways. Here are my $6.00 stockings (Yep only $1 each!) I cut the names out with my cricut and glued them on.  Our tree was free because my friend loaned it to us, the mesh garland was $5 at Costco and my mom brought us some ornaments from home. Total cost of tree under $20! For a craft and gifts we made hand print ornaments with our friends. The kits for these run about $10-$20 per kit and we made almost 20 of them for around $20 (that included the ribbon, paint, stamps, and ingredients.) Now who says you can't decorate on a budget?

Tried to get a pic in front of the tree Hudson just wanted to make this face but such a cute smile on Hads. Do you like their Christmas bibs I made? 

Visit from Nana & Papa

Nana and Papa came to visit for 10 days over Thanksgiving break. We were so lucky to have them stay and visit for a long time. Both babies had a bout with being sick during their stay but they were still in good spirits. Hudson and Hadley both love their Nana and Papa so much and it's cute to see them start to recognize people other than us. We kept really busy and had lots of fun adventures. There are so many pictures so I am going to break their trip into a few different posts. 

Dinner at Nelson's in Palos Verdes

 One day we walked to the swings in town

There were so many birds down by the water and Hadley was checking them out with her Papa

 Big Kids on the Swings

Checking out the Manhattan Beach Pier all lit up for Christmas

 Opening a special present from Aunt Lindsey and Uncle Andrew: A recorded Rudolph book

Tummy Time

Morning wake up call for Papa

This was our first attempt to take the kids to see Santa (that is why you will see these outfits in several pictures) Hudson did have on red pants but remember how I said he was sick well the pants didn't make it and then the line was way too long. But it was still fun to go to the Grove and see it all decorated for Christmas and at 7pm they had bubbles shooting off the buildings to make it snow. 

They love to eat by the fountains

 The Tree at the Grove

 Music Class with Nana