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DAY 6: The Christmas Countdown: Gingerbread and Saffron Ice Cream Cake
Oh what a treat Lia’s brought us today: DAY 6:  Gingerbread and Saffron Ice Cream Cake Lia’s joining us all the way “from her farm in the Australia!” Believe it or not, despite how wonderful this far-away-life sounds,  Lia was born and...
DAY 5 | The Christmas Countdown: Gingerbread Cookie Place Card.
Welcome to the daily Christmas Countdown Calendar, DAY 5. Today, it’s Helena Lyth’s Day and she is sharing a Ginger Bread Cookie Place Card.    A fun twist to add to any holiday occasion with Ginger Bread Cookie Place Cards .  It’s a pleasure...
DAY 4 | The Christmas Countdown : Christmas Star Garland
Welcome to the daily,  Christmas Countdown Calendar, DAY 4.  I’m very happy to bring you, Hanna Wendelbo,  with a tutorial for Christmas Star Garland.    It’s a pleasure to welcome Hanna back for a second year of holiday creativity!  I believe the local rumor about Hanna is true.  It’s said that “if...
DAY 3 | The Christmas Countdown: Origami Angels
Welcome to DAY 3 with Paper Artist,  Wenche Lise, Wenlise_fold,  in Norway,with Paper Origami Angels Wenche’s delicate paper work speaks for itself. She folds magical paper creations and today’s Origami Angel is a darling addition to the holidays for all ages. Continue HERE to Wenche Lise’s,...
DAY 2 | The Christmas Countdown: Christmas marmalade
Welcome to DAY 2 with Annelie who’s returning for her second year to share a recipe for her special Christmas marmalade filled with figs, citrus and cinnamon in the Christmas Countdown Calendar where we inspire you daily with 26 Projects from December 1 – 25 plus New Year’s Eve....
DAY 1 | The Christmas Countdown: Christmas finger puppets
WELCOME TO THE CHRISTMAS COUNTDOWN. I’m so excited to get the countdown started and to present the first creative and project! Make Christmas Finger Puppets with Karin + Freya from Pysselbolaget…  follow along below for DAY 1.     Get creative and cozy with...
DAILY Christmas Countdown Calendar: Invitation to join us in the 5th Annual
It feels much more like “twas the night before December” than an ordinary, drab, November day. I can practically see the lights glistening and hear sleigh bells ringing in… December 1 … and the first day of 26 in the5th...
ABC FLOWER SAFARI: An enchanted flower animal A-B-C adventure book
BUY MY new BOOK: ABC Flower Safari | Click HERE to ORDER (SHIPS INTERNATIONALLY ) ABC Flower Safari | BUY BOOK HERE  ABC Flower Safari is a book to read together.  It’s a book to browse alone. ABC Flower Safari  is a book that I...
10 things for Thanksgiving Week
Do you have the Peanut’s Thanksgiving Song Track playing in your mind this week or finding yourself day dreaming about double-crust ideas?  You’re in good company. Continue with me…   I listened to a podcast yesterday where writer Adam Gopnik...
24 Days of Scandinavian Creativity | Year 4 ROUND UP + YEAR 5 WARM UP
Hi. Here are 25 + Scandinavian – inspired holiday projects from last year’s day-by-day creative calendar, in one place, just for you. Have you followed The Christmas Countdown in earlier year? We are about to begin the 5th year in...
3 Printable Leaf Art projects for kids
Playful creating made easy! Let’s Leaf-a-paloosa!  Print + go: 3 Printable Leaf Art projects for kids in one post. Continue below to print out each project.    Over the last week, I’ve hosted a Montessori challenge on Instagram and it’s been such fun.  I...
Printable November Leaf Doodle Calendar
November fills me with gratitude. It also inspired me to create a special gift just foryou, Willowday Friends:A Printable November Leaf Doodle Calendar. I appreciate your mails andread each and every one of them. I love to hear about how...
FREE Halloween Countdown Calendar
Every year, I get mails asking “will I update the Halloween Countdown Calendar?” UPDATE: 2019 FREE HALLOWEEN PRINTABLE COUNTDOWN | HERE| and more: FREE Printable Halloween Paper Doll ALONG WITH 20+ WILLOWDAY HALLOWEEN PROJECT | HERE|   ART PRINTS | CLICK HERE  PICK UP...
Book Review: Nature Craft Book for kids
With the crisp feeling of Autumn leaves in the air, I’m very happy to share a new DIY/nature craft book to encourage creativity with nature by blogger and architect, Natalie Kramer.  You know that I love the easy accessibility of...
Sneak Peak: Fir Fox + friends go abroad (“My ABC Flower Safari”)
CLICK HERE for my new, ABC Flower Safari, book Here’s a little Sneak peek as “Fir Fox + Friends” traveled to Ami Maes  and her, Handmakery’s Studio, in Colorado to participate in an ABC FLOWER SAFARI exhibit and a collaboration last week! Fir Fox...
Lilacpalooza, anyone?
I have lilac fever. Are you experiencing this too? I’m just going to call it for what it is: I’m on an all out “Lilacpallossa” this week. Join me?   I’m thrilled to have a reader reach out  to commission...
A Royal Wedding
I’m blushing but, not like a bride. I’m hoping to distract you from the fact that I’ve missed even saying hello in April or May. I’d like to invite you, instead, to jump right back into willowday with me.  I...
1 Dozen + Funny Bunnies
BUY “ABC Flower Safari Book | HERE   Add an Easter Bunny Basket stuffer : R is for Ranunculus Rabbit 1 DOZEN + FUNNY BUNNIES   Here are over one dozen Funny Bunnies for you or your kids to make! We have no shortage...
Floral Bunnies
Making Easter Cards is a tradition in Sweden and they’re front and center today because, in Sweden, today is the day where kids traditionally dress up like witches and go from door to door, trick or treating; leaving handmade cards...
1 Dozen Easter Egg Ideas
Easter is really sneaking up on me this year and as I looked back to what we’ve done before.  I realised that we have 1 Dozen Easter Egg Ideas, in one basket, right here. Jump down to get you fill…  ...
10 Rainbow Projects to make with kids
Of course, you can make your own rainbow! Here are 10 Rainbow Projects for you to make with kids, too. These are tried and true rainbow-projects. There is a rainbow for each and every one of you: young or young-at-heart; inside...