Number 22 - What's Inside Today

Does it ever feel as though the kids are climbing the walls? Then let them colour them instead. We return to Mr printable and discover the best of busy day activities in this 22 page print out gigantic Christmas tree. If you look closely you can see there are busy roads and star tunnels, apple houses, snowflakes and lollipop trees.

I cannot imagine anything more perfect for keeping excited children busy.

We'd love to see your finished posters too, so do send us pics.

Go get your colouring pencils, pens and crayons and get your free printable here

Thank you Mr Printable

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Number 21 - What's Inside Today?

T'is the silly season, and the silly season needs a silly game.

So today, we have a game of 'pin the red nose on Rudolph' 

Click here to get the printable of 6 A4 pages to complete your Rudolph, then using some red coloured card cut into little round nose shapes and some sticky tack on the back have fun blindfolding the kids and letting them try to get the nose in the right place.

It's a great game to entertain the whole family!

Have Fun!

If you're still looking for some last minute gift tags, gifts, cards or ideas take a look at all our advent surprises  treats and crafts here.

Number 20 - What's Inside Today?

Father Christmas Dress-Up courtesy of Lady Chiara

We've found this nostalgic Father Christmas Dress Up figure  - another free printable to add some festive excitement to these magical days leading up to Christmas.

Enjoy the festive holidays and have fun with all the free gift tags, calendars, cards, dress-up dolls, book notes & lacing cards we have gathered for you to print here

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Number 19 - What's Inside Today?

Free printable 2013 Calendar via lovevsdesign.com

Today we bring you something for the coming year.  For planning, organising and dreaming of the days that will unfold in 2013. A free calendar for your wall to scribble and circle.  The one above is from our new obsession lovevsdesign.com

And this one below is for Owl lovers, like myself - oh those tawny plumes and big eyes! Here you can design your own 2013 Calendar by selecting the owl design for each month. It's a wonderful collaboration of artists for a project by Shivani at My Owl Barn

Create your own 2013 calendar - choose between 43 owl images over at My Owl Barn

Loving these printables.

If you've missed any - they are all gathered together here for you.

More to come for the festive holidays.

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Number 18 - What's Inside Today?

get these free printable Gift Tags here

.....and these too

It's that last flurry of 'Christmas is nearly here' excitement (headless chicken) and shopping (10 different lists). We are finding ways to make it easier this year and free printables are our saviour.  Today, thanks to Kitty Genius, we have these Gift Tags for you with such wonderful illustrations.  

More to come so do pop back tomorrow...

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Number 17 - What's Inside Today?

There's 50% OFF Renaissance Life jewellery and Hop Hop Hop too!

This offer is running for 2 days and will end 19th December.

Take a look at Renaissance Life here

and Hop Hop Hop here

Number 15 - What's Inside Today?

get these free printable Thank You cards here

.....and these not-just-great-for-saying-thank-you-but-so-much-more monogrammed cards here. 

p-p-p-p-pick up this free printable here

and these cheeky looking elves are a wonderful festive Thanks you can print free here

Thank you cards are perhaps the most important activity post Christmas, we're usually quite good at getting them out simply because I've learnt that if its a fun thing to do the children will enjoy writing them as well sticking on the stamps. 

These free printable thank you cards are sure to help inspire the children to say a big thank you. The hardest thing you'll have to do is to remember in the frenzy of Christmas morning who those beautiful gifts were from!

Alternatively have some fun making your own personailsed thank you cards with some guidance from Capturing Childhood here who'll show you how to make saying thank you fun as personal as saying it face to face. We've not done this before but I've bookmarked this page to have a go ourselves this year and knowing what some of the gifts are I know this will be an hilarious afternoon spent having fun and saying a big thank you to all our friends and family.

Saying Thank You should be easy and fun and free

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Number 14 - What's Inside Today?

In the countdown to Christmas we've been bringing you  a new offer, treat or surprise each day. Today is the 14th day of advent and here's our gift to you:

We're giving you all 20% OFF everything in our GIFTS selection, with designers such as Rice DK, Belle & Boo, Angels Face petti skirts, Maileg, En Gry & Sif, Kidsonroof, love mae, Lucky Boy Sunday, kiko+ & gg* and many more there are fabulous gifts galore and something for everyone.

Forget the highstreet, make a cup of cocoa, put your feet up and let us make it easier.

Shop the selection now

enter code 'SPLENDID' at checkout to receive your 20% discount.

offer ends 17th December 2012

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Number 13 - What's Inside Today?

Children love to watch things grow.  Fascinated in the changes they have made happen when a seed they have planted grows it's first shoot, each day growing a little taller and slowly blossoming into something beautiful. This time of year is perfect for planting Hyacinth bulbs and when placed in Hyacinth vases like these here, you can watch their roots grow and the bulb open up to reveal first it's leaves until one day it's beautifully scented flower appears. As though by magic this flower grown from in inconspicuous brown nut like ball.

pic via here

These beautifully illustrated notebook covers are perfect for creating books for the little budding gardener, the explorer, the blossoming botanist. They can fill the pages with notes and drawings of the discoveries around them.
You can create a little garden space for them, it needn't be big, even an egg carton with cress seeds is wonderful to watch grow.
I'm planning on taking these books on winter walks and as we walk the same path every day we can note down the changes we spy as Winter turns to Spring.

What a perfect gift for curious minds.

get your free printable here

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Number 9 - What's Inside Today?

It's Sunday and it's the 9th day of advent, today we have some great free printable colouring pages via activity village. 

When I'm looking for some themed colouring pages, dot to dots, numbers or alphabet colourng sheets the activity village is the first place I look. There are pictures designed for every age and here are some of my favourites we've been busy colouring in already.

Click on the images above to be taken directly to the printable or here for a whole host of more pictures to choose.

Why not print off several pages stick them together and create your very own festive colouring book.

Happy colouring!

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Number 8 - What's Inside Today?

It's the 8th day of advent and here's what we've found for you:

Free printable lacing cards via the wonderful and creative handmadecharlotte

With the children seeming as though they could burst with all the excitement of Christmas and the overwhelming anticipation each day as the big day draws closer, I think a day spent lost in creativity would be a day well spent. 

Handmade Charlotte daily design and DIY crafts blog is a place where the creative cup really does runneth over and with 5 children she clearly knows what it takes to feed their minds and their imagination.

Named one of the Top 50 Design Blogs for Moms by Babble.com it's not just me who is smitten with her discoveries, crafts and inspiration but with countless of her followers, readers and admirers thinking the same way this is one place I know you'll want to come back to again and again.

Sometime's blogs are like windows into lives we wish we could find a door for, even just for a day, this one is certainly one of those for me. This is a site which for me shows all the reasons for loving and being grateful for creative people who have found an outlet through the modern day evolution of blogging and those who reach and inspire thousands of others daily by sharing with us.

Go and discover Handmade Charlotte's blog here

Click Here for the Lacing Card Printable

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Number 5 - What's Inside The Advent Today?

Its the 5th of December and here's what we've got for you.

You know we're crazy about great design and we love to find people who's passion for what they do brightens our day with bursts of brilliance. love vs design is a wedding stationary design company based in LA. I've been swooning over their invitations, birth announcements and save the date cards and stationary and its the place I send every expecting friend and bride to be. But, you don't have to be expecting or about to be hitched to delight in their designs because lo and behold they have a truly impressive collection of free printables for everyone.

You'll discover gift tags, cards, envelopes, calenders, thank you cards and my favourite of all the owl library card. Print. Print. Print. Love. Love. Love love vs design. Thank you Jen and Floris we love love love love vs design. I do hope they start to design birthday invitations too, I'll be first in line to shop for those.

Go discover your free printables here and be sure to bookmark their pages in your favourites too. 

Take a look at all our Christmas inspiration, free printables, great offers, crafts and ideas here.

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Sisters Guild Advent 2012 Door Number 2 - What's Inside?

It's the 2nd day of advent and here's our gift to you

No. We're not giving you all adorable children in Christmas hats. We are however giving you all 20% OFF all Christmas stockings and sacks! Take a look at the great designs by Maileg & En Gry & SIf.

To  receive your 20% discount code just enter 'DOOR2' at checkout.

The offer is vaild for 3 days and will end midnight 5th December while stock lasts.

Take a look at all our Christmas inspiration, crafts, offers and ideas here.

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