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I'm not one for making hard and fast New Years resolutions. I have made some from time to time, this blog is one example. In 2013 I resolved to start a blog and stick to it, there have been other failed attempts. There have been sometimes when I haven't posted as much as I would have liked but that's life interrupting, all in all I like blogging and this is the only resolution that I've really stuck with. This year I'm going to make a vague resolution to change things up a bit. I'm going to give JustAddStickers a little bit of a face lift. A new look for a new year. And minimum 1 post per month. Thanks for reading, happy New Year and happy crafting!

We had some good times this year making lots of fun crafts and good memoriess! Wishing you all a very happy New Year!

This is one of my favorite Christmas cookies from when I was a kid. They are a little long to make but so delicious and fun to malke when you have little hands to help you roll out the dough. Ingredients: 1 cup butter 1 cup sugar 1 egg 1 1/2 tsp almond extract 1 tsp vanilla extract 2 1/2 cups flour 1 tsp salt red food coloring The dough: 1. Preheat oven to 375°F  line a baking sheet with parchment paper 2. Beat together butter, egg, sugar and flavors sift together flour and salt 3. Add the dry to the wet ingredients mix until well blended 4. Seperate the dough into two equal portions 5. Add the red food coloring to one of portions of dough. Making the cookies: 1. Roll two long thin ropes one of the red dough and one of the plain dough 2. Line the two ropes up side by side, cut the ropes into equal sized sections.    3. Twist each section then shape into candy canes. 4. Bake for 9 minutes until set and sl...

These hot chocolate snowmen make great Christmas presents for your little ones to make for their teachers or grandparents. I have seen these made with baby food jars but since I didn't have any we made a bigger version with jars from the dollar store. What you need: Jars (it takes 3 jars per snowman, I used a smaller one for the head and equal sized ones for the body) Hot chocolate mix Mini marshmallows Peppermint candy Felt, red (for the scarves) orange (for the noses) Black sharpie Glue gun Super glue What you do: Decide how many snowmen you are going to make. Group all the jars together for each snowman. Cut out the number of noses and scarves you need. Glue the noses on the smallest jars. Draw eyes and a mouth with the black marker.  For each smowman draw buttons on one of the bigger jars. Fill the smallest jars with marshmallows. Fill the jars with buttoms with the peppermint candy. Fill the remaining jars with hot chocola...

It's not too late to spend a nice afternoon outside. This scavenger hunt is a great activity to keep the kids interested on a fall hike. What you need: Small paper bags Markers Pencils What to do: Make a list of 8-10 fall items that you know are fairly common in your area Example: a leaf of each cololr, a rock, stick, an acorn, a pinecone etc. Write 'Fall Scavenger Hunt' on the bag in gray or black marker. Use the same marker to make 8-10 boxes (one for each item on your list) Using the colored markers write the list of items on the bag  (one item next to each box) Place one pencil in each bag (to mark items off as you go) You're ready to hike!  As you check items off your list place the item in the bag. At the end of the hike take the items out to see what everyone collected. Enjoy!

 Why wait for Christmas for gingerbread cookies? Use your favorite gingerbread recipe to make these spooky skeleton and mummy cookies. We've made these before and each year they are a hit but the fun thing about baking traditions is that each year they seem to turn out better than the last and each year little man notices that he can help more that the year before. This year he made most of the recipe himself, rolled the dough flat, cut out the shapes and decorated half of the gingerbread men. What you need:   Gingerbread cookie dough (I used the Kraft recipe for  Gingerbread people )   White icing (either homemade icing in a piping bag or store bought decorating icing in a tube)   Chocolate chips (for the eyes)   Gingerbread man cookie cutter  What to do:   Prepare your dough and let chill in the fridge for 15 minutes.   Transfer the dough to the counter (line the counter top with wax ...

My little man lost his first tooth! We were talking about the toothfairy and I remembered the tooth pillow I had when I was little, it was a purple heart with a white and purple pocket to place the tooth in. I made my tooth pillow with my mom using my little sewing machine. Sewing is something my mother is good at that I remember learning from her. I am not an avid seamstress (and I don't have a sewing machine) but I do like sewing by hand. So I thought it would be a good time to teach my little man some sewing basics.  What you need: You might have what you need on hand if not you can find it all at the Dollarstore.  Needle and thread  (the thread doesn't have to be an exact match to the color of the material, having a darker thread will help your little ones to better see their stitches.) 3 pieces of felt  (2 pieces of the same color for the larger shape and another color for the tooth pocket and accents) Batting  (you don't ha...