I love to celebrate ALLOFTHETHINGS, holidays are no exception! Here is a cheat sheet to all of my holiday traditions…
Valentine’s Day
- Mail Valentine’s cards
- Countdown calendar filled with dog treats for the doodles
- Bake heart shaped treats and decorate with heart shaped sprinkles!
- Heart Shaped Pizza
St. Patrick’s Day
- I celebrate Easter, so sometimes St. Patrick’s Day doesn’t get the creative attention it deserves, but last year I made this fabulous rainbow wreath and I hope to find some fun traditions to start in 2019.
Easter
- Easter baskets filled with goodies and a solid chocolate bunny
- Easter mass
- Brunch with my family
- Mail Easter cards to family and friends
Fourth of July
- Bake red, white and blue treats
- Host a BBQ
- Watch fireworks
- Celebrate the USA!
Halloween
- I finally live in a neighborhood that takes trick-or-treating very seriously, I love it!
- Hand out big candy bars to trick-or-treaters
- Semi-homemade Halloween costumes
- Brainstorm the BEST group costume for me and the doodles
- Fill our Halloween countdown calendar with treats for the doodles
- Mail Halloween cards to our family and friends
- Host a pumpkin carving party
- Carve a pumpkin
- Bake pumpkin treats
- Make Fall Snack Mix
- Fill the doodles treat buckets full of toys and treats
Thanksgiving
- Bake apple pies with the apples we pick each Fall
- Bake and decorate hand turkey sugar cookies
- Find cute items for the table, like napkins, plates and place cards
- Take a sibling picture in our crochet turkey hats
Christmas
- Advent calendar with RAK cards, a Christmas activity and treats for the doodles
- Mail Christmas cards and ornaments to family and friends
- Watch Christmas movies
- Go lightseeing
- Make egg nog on Christmas Eve with my brother
- Decorate a gingerbread house
- Attend a cookie exchange
- Bake lots and lots of Christmas cookies
- Visit the National and Capitol Christmas Trees
- Photos with Santa at Tyson’s Galleria
New Years
- Bubbles in plastic champagne flutes
- Festive treats
- Lots and lots of appetizers
- Confetti tossing!
