Here lie the ghosts of Christmases past.
I had this funny idea to make a wreath out of all those little toys you find on the stairs, under the bed, and tucked in the car seat. It’s an homage to the bane of every mothers existence, crap toys!
I have to say, I did have to ask my girlfriend for some of the junk off of her floor because as I began to create this wreath, my children began shrieking in protest! “I need that” “this one is my favorite” “that has sentimental value” –yeah right I say! It’s the reason us moms have to dispose of this stuff when the kids are not around. The old motto “out of sight, out of mind” is so true! My kids didn’t even know they had it until they see it again.
To create the wreath I cut a circle with a hole out of a recycled cardboard box. I then took six paper bowls and hot-glued them on to the cardboard.
Now I had a steady base for compiling my toy wreath.
Again, if you are a parent there is no short supply of toys. I swear I didn’t even buy these. How do my kids get them? How do they multiply? It’s like magic…or a curse!
I started with the biggest toys and the stuffies. They were the first to be glued into the bowls. From there I hot-glued in my favorites, meaning the toys I wanted most visible and then finally I glued in the smallest/filler toys.
Now my kids don’t have to cry because Mommy threw all their toys away. For one month a year they will be able to revisit them!
Silly huh?
Here are my Keith Haring gingerbread men. Sorry they aren’t super creative. I simply didn’t see the point since two minutes after baking I had already bitten off their heads! My kids stuck all their left over Halloween candy on their gingerbread men. Let’s just say after all the chocolate melted, they weren’t exactly photo worthy. But a Kit-Kat to the head couldn’t have been such a bad way to go!
It’s 11pm and as usual everyone is already tucked in as visions of sugar plums dance through their heads. Visions of sugar plums or running gingerbread men?
Hmm. Not sure. All I know is I’m ready to join them!
Nighty night!
Be Creative Mary 
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