Roughing It Easy with Dian Thomas

Holiday Fun

New Years

Valentines

St. Patrick's Day

Transform your dyed Easter eggs into cute Easter egg animals.

Easter

Halloween

Thanksgiving

Christmas

Enjoy more of the simple fun in life with the people who matter the most. Holidays provide the perfect excuse to step out of the everyday hustle and bustle and create some enjoyment for yourself and your family friends.

Dian’s holiday ideas are simple enough so that children and adults can enjoy them together. Here ideas will help you celebrate, decorate and cook something new and festive every month of the year.

I hope you’ll have as much fun using these ideas as I’ve had creating them. Enjoy!

Popcorn Snowman

2023-12-11T23:51:19+00:00December 11th, 2023|Christmas, Holiday Fun|

Making this jolly snowman is an indoor family activity! 1/2 cup butter or margarine 1 (16-ounce) package of miniature marshmallows 20 cups popped popcorn Vegetable oil spray Small black top hat (available at craft stores or make your own out of felt or paper) Candy or [...]

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String Snowman

2023-12-11T23:52:49+00:00December 11th, 2023|Christmas, Holiday Fun|

This lightweight Frosty is simple to make. 2 inflated round balloons (body and head) 1 cup sugar 1 cup hot water Crochet-cotton string 1 (1") red pom-pom (nose) Blackfelt (eyes) Red felt (mouth and scarf) Green felt (mittens) Top hat Glue gun Follow the directions for [...]

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Christmas

2023-12-12T21:58:19+00:00December 11th, 2023|Christmas, Holiday Fun|

Christmas celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ, although it has never been seriously claimed that December 25 was his true birthday. Before the fourth century, it was celebrated in April or May, which more closely matches the scriptural account. As Christian festivals were substituted for [...]

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Hanukkah

2023-12-12T21:37:59+00:00December 11th, 2023|Christmas, Holiday Fun|

Hanukkah (or Chanukah) is a Jewish festival, beginning on the twenty-fifth day of Kislev, the third month of the Jewish lunar calendar, usually in December. Hanukkah marks the reconsecration of the Temple in Jerusalem after its recapture from the Syrian Greeks around 165 B.C. A [...]

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Thanksgiving Story

2023-11-17T03:58:01+00:00November 17th, 2023|Holiday Fun, Thanksgiving|

There have been festivals associated with the harvest ever since man began to till the soil. The Chinese celebrated such a feast thousands of years ago, and in our hemisphere, Native Americans and colonists celebrated the harvest years before the Pilgrims arrived. Nevertheless, Thanksgiving Day, as [...]

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