Wednesday’s Weekly Wrap-Up – November 28, 2012

Posted on November 28, 2012 by happyhooligans

Wow, the weeks are just whizzing by! I can’t believe it’s already time for Wednesday’s Weekly Wrap-Up!

If you’ve been following along with us on our blog, or our facebook page, or on Pinterest, you know we’re in full holiday mode here, and we’ve been busy crafting up simple but stunning Christmas crafts and Christmas tree decorations.

Here is a collection of the beautiful ornaments we’ve made this past week:

Simple button wreath

Easy Initial Ornament

Simple Snowflakes

Wool wrapped Trees

And I shared one last Fall activity. This one was a lot of fun, and a great way to use up the last of our Fall leaves:

Leaf Slide!

If you’re kicking off the holidays with some Christmas crafting at your house, you’ll be happy to know that I’ve put together a pinboard that is comprised solely of Happy Hooligans’ Christmas Creations. Be sure to pop by and check out our holiday crafts, activities and recipes from Christmases past and present!

And that’s your wrap up for another week! Happy Crafting!!

Wednesday’s Weekly Wrap-Up – (Nov 21, 2012)

Posted on November 21, 2012 by happyhooligans

It’s time for Wednesday’s Weekly Wrap-Up!

I didn’t do a wrap-up last week, as it was our first full week with our newest little Hooligans (she’s 12 months old) and we did fewer structured crafts and activities while we were getting her all settled in.

We’re back into the swing of things though, and due to your enthusiastic response to me asking if I should start posting Christmas craft ideas (you answered with a resounding “YES!”), we’ve begun our hooligan-holiday-crafting-extravaganza!

We’ll likely be making a Christmas craft each day from now until the beginning of the school break, which is when my daycare closes for the holidays. We may miss a day here or there, depending on what else we have going on, but either way, be prepared for LOTS of “hooligan-holiday crafts” filling your inbox and your newsfeed in the weeks to come.

Ok! Down to business! This Wednesday’s Weekly Wrap-Up will include a couple of activities that would have gone into a wrap-up last week if I had posted one.

We awoke one day a couple of weeks ago to find our bird-bath frozen solid, so we turned it into this awesome activity:

Polly Pocket Skating Party

Another activity that was really popular with our girls last week was our :

Dolly Diaper Station (with easy, homemade fabric baby wipes)

This week we made these super-simple Toilet Roll Cuff Bracelets

and then our Christmas Crafting began…

Here are our Twiggy Trees

and our Scented Sandpaper Gingerbread Ornaments

And while I can’t show you the entire post yet, I shared this little sneak peek of the craft that Happy Hooligans will be sharing on December 9th, on the Creative Christmas Countdown!

I hope you’ll all follow along with the Countdown!

24 fab bloggers, 24 fab holiday crafts and activities delivered daily, straight to your inbox, from December 1st through to December 24th. It’s going to be awesome! Be sure to pop over and subscribe!

Wednesday’s Weekly Wrap-Up (Nov 7, 2012)

Posted on November 7, 2012 by happyhooligans

I’m having some serious blog issues right now, and I apologize if you’re having loading troubles too.

I assure you, I’m looking into things at this end, and hope to have it resolved soon! I don’t know why this is happening, and I’m feeling really frustrated. Hang in there with me please!!

Today’s wrap-up is a little late going up, because I’ve been unable to access my blog for a good part of the morning, but I’m on now, so better late than never, here it is!!

Last week I shared my favourite pumpkin carving trick:

We made these awesome Paint Chip Mosaics

and this week we’ve been making the most of our fall leaves now that the weather has dried up!

Here’s our Leaf Maze

and our roadways in the leaves:

We also discovered an easy way to peel a pomegranate!

And earlier this week, on my facebook page, I shared a favourite from the archives:

Homemade Puffy Paint:

If this is your first visit to Happy Hooligans, and you like we’re all about, please be sure to follow us on facebook too!

Wednesday’s Weekly Wrap-Up – Oct 31/12

Posted on October 31, 2012 by happyhooligans

HAPPY HALLOWE’EN! And welcome to Wednesday’s Weekly Wrap-Up: your chance to catch any of our crafts and activities that you may have missed the first time around!

We did a some super activities last week. As always, our activities are easy and inexpensive, and will provide your Hooligans with plenty of opportunities for learning and exploring, and countless hours of discovery and fun.

We conducted an IVORY SOAP EXPLOSION in our microwave,