The easiest and *funnest* way to attract birds
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This is a very fun and easy “any time of the year” project. We have been making these since my son was a toddler. Spread a thin layer of peanut butter around an empty toilet paper or paper towel holder Roll it around in bird seed Press hard so that lots of bird seed coats the peanut butter. Slide the roll onto a...
Gumdrop Christmas Tree
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What You Will Need: One Styrofoam cone A package of real gumdrops *or* faux gumdrops One box of toothpicks Now wasn’t that *easy*? So easy, my 5 year old made ours! ...
Rudolph Handprint Craft
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What You Will Need: Brown Tempera Paint Glue Scissors White Artist Canvas or Posterboard One Red Pom-Pom Two Googly Eyes One Pipe Cleaner One Small Piece of Card stock or Construction Paper Six Small Plastic Jewels 1. Make handprint with brown paint on canvas or posterboard. 2. Glue on ‘nose’. 3. Glue the...
Buggy Tic-Tac-Toe
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I found this very cute idea in an issue of Woman’s Day Magazine. I knew immediately we just had to make these for the kids in our family for Christmas. (And little do my kiddos know that they helped make one for their very own as well!) You will need 8 playing pieces – 4 ladybugs and 4 bumble bees and a...
Jingle Bell Wreath
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What You Will Need: Pipe Cleaners (you pick the color) Jingle Bells Ribbon or Raffia ...
Home Crafted Ornaments For Little Hands
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I was lamenting to myself that I’ve not really put into place any Christmas traditions. And then I decided to get myself up out of it and start some. It’s never too late. So we grabbed our cookie cutters and made Christmas ornaments out of dough. Combine in large bowl 4 cups flour and 1 1/2 cups salt. Mix in slowly 1 1/2...
Jesse Tree Ornaments
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On Thursday, I talked about celebrating Advent using the Jesse Tree. I promised to document the making of our little ornaments for anyone interested. First, we read Genesis 2:7 and discussed who the creator is and how man is unique from the animals. Then, to help us remember this, we made an ornament using Sculpey clay. In case...
Christmas at Bedtime
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Welcome to Heart of the Matter Online’s Christmas Series!! We are looking forward to bringing you a fantastic array of crafts, projects, and activities everyday from now until Christmas Eve. Our hope is that you may use some of these to strengthen family ties, not only with your children, but between your children and...
What God Has Planned
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Heart of the Matter has been so blessed with our amazing team, rapid growth, and the finances to provide us with a top-notch website and conferencing software. We knew from day one that God’s goal for this was to provide as much as possible for free. Both of us wanted to make a print magazine available and we encountered...
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