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C is for Candy Cane {Free Printable}

December 4, 2012 by LindseyW

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas! Our tree is up! The village houses are out! And I’m already dreaming about what kind of Christmas cookies we’ll be making this year. This is the first year we’ll be using an Advent Calendar (in coordination with the Truth in Tinsel e-book) so I’m hoping that will go well!

Today we’ll be doing a few activities with candy canes — that wonderful Christmas candy!

We started with a simple pack of Christmas colored pipe cleaners that I picked up at Michael’s for $2.99.

I has my little assistant paint some toilet paper rolls in coordinating colors. I had just thrown out my stash of toilet paper rolls in preparation for a house showing, so we only had two available. As a result, we cut them in half in order to do all the colors, but keeping them whole would have been better for this activity.

After the toilet paper tubes were ready, we sorted pipe cleaners (cut in quarters to fit into the tubes better) into the matching color tube.

Next we took pipe cleaner halves and twisted them to make mini candy canes.

More Candy Cane Activities:

Cut pipe cleaners into various sizes and sort by length

Counting Candy Canes (store-bought or the ones you just made)

Hide and Seek with a Candy Cane

And…

Color By Number Candy Cane FREE PRINTABLE!!

More Great Things to Check Out!

Christmas Preschool Printables by Confessions of a Homeschooler
Toddler Christmas Series by A Day in the Life
DIY Microwave Christmas Tree Ornaments by in Lieu of Preschool
Candy Cane Theme Lessons from Homeschool Share
Candy Cane Pinterest Board

About the Author

Lindsey Whitney is a blogger over at Growing Kids Ministry. A blog designed to help parents, teachers, and Children’s Ministry workers who want to help the kids they love grow in their faith. You can connect with her via twitter or on facebook.

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Coupons: Save up to $28 on Candy, Makeup, Groceries, and Entertainment!

May 2, 2012 by Kelli

There are TONS of new coupons today.. seriously, tons! Like you can save up to $28.00 just from these following:

$1.50 off any Maybelline New York Eye Studio
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$1.00 off one bag of DOVE Promises
$0.75 off 1 lb. of LAND O LAKES Half Stick Butter
$1.00 off ONE MAYBELLINE NEW YORK DREAM product
$0.50 off Trix cereal
$1.00 off 2 Cheerios cereals
$1.00 off 2 General Mills Divisional cereal
$1.00 off ONE 36 oz. V8 V-Fusion Smoothie
$1.00 off Any ONE Hot Shot Insecticide product
$1.00 off 2 HORMEL COMPLEATS microwave meals
$1.00 off HORMEL COMPLEATS kid meal
$1.00 off TWO (2) LUNCHABLES with Fruit
$5.00 off 1 gallon of Benjamin Moore premium paint
$2.00 off Revlon eye makeup item
$1.00 off on any Comet Stainless Steel
$3.00 off The King’s Speech on DVD or Blu-ray

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Free: Gooseberry Patch Candy Kindle Cookbook

February 6, 2012 by Kelli

In Gooseberry Patch Candy, there are some of the best-loved candy recipes like Chocolate Fantasy fudge, Nutty Maple Candy, Hard Tack and Grandma Weiser’s English Toffee. We’ve even included Lollipops and Popcorn Balls so you can treat the kids. Quick & easy temperature chart for delicious results every time! Also ideas for wrapping up candy gifts sweetly, too.

Don’t have a Kindle? Go here for some other downloading options!

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Menu Plan Monday: Christmas Baking Recipes

December 5, 2011 by Kelli

This week, I am going to be over that stove pretty much the entire week. The boys are asking for Christmas goodies and since the days are winding down, I need to get busy.

Candies I am planning to make this year are (some are linked, others will be written soon… hopefully):

What about you? What candy will you be making this year? If you have a blog post on it, be sure to visit my Christmas Crafts and Recipes link up to share your link and browse others.

Be sure to print out your coupons this week! Remember, you should be able to print them twice.

Ok, on to my menu plan for this week:

Monday: Ultimate Creamy Beef Stroganoff

Tuesday: Kelli’s Spaghetti

Wednesday: Busy Day BBQ Meatballs and Potato Salad

Thursday: Frito Pie

Friday: Leftovers

**Odd menu for us this week, but I want to get the picture pretty much finished on my recipe posts so that I can start adding some new recipes.

Don’t forget to visit Org Junkie for Hundreds more menu plans and before heading to the grocery store… Print coupons for your favorite brands and save at Coupons.com.

Looking for more ideas? You can find plenty of recipes as well as a free menu planning sheet on my kid friendly recipes page!