Simple ideas fall

The weather is changing, the summer finally over, and there's a certain thrill in the air for several days. Now we can look forward to seeing some of these fun activities that are only successful in the fall: leaves and pine cones for wreaths and other decorations, head of collection, local pumpkins, bake fresh apple and pumpkin pie, spiced apple wine eyebrow (I can smell that seethes just think ').

In November the United States celebrates Thanksgiving DayDay. One of our family tradition for a special holiday of Thanksgiving is a tree. Let us take a tree trunk with bare branches of black tape and wrapping paper "tree" in the dining room wall. Then we cut each autumn leaves (red, orange, yellow, brown), paper of different vehicles. As someone in the family is thinking about something or someone to write their gratitude for the item or the person's name on a leaf and then tape the leaf on the treeRami.

Let us introduce the Tree of Thanksgiving to mid-November so that our family has at least one full week to add more leaves of the tree. By Thanksgiving Day, the tree is full of names of people, events and things we are grateful. This is great fun for children and useful for our family holiday traditions.

And what holidays like without a few special traits to have? My favorite recipe for mulled wine is one of those, throw it together-as-you-go "Recipes, but I will try to continue the process as best I can explain. Before I make a big jug of apple juice (a gallon if we are funny). Then I pour the juice into a large pot on the stove (or in the slow cooker, if you do not use a torch). Heat to a simmer. Then add the following ingredients in the pot:

- About a cup of frozen orange juice concentrate (this ingredient is a MUST)
- About two teaspoons (more or less) from each of the following: cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger,Cloves (whole or ground)
- And sometimes I add about a cup (or less) of cranberry juice cocktail

Let it all simmer for a while '(at least half an hour). The smell wafts through the house, while the cider is latent is simply heaven. Mmmmm ... Serve hot mulled wine in the cup. For a nice touch, a whole cinnamon stick to each cup. In a large pot of hot cider on the stove when the host society, is a sure way to make them very happy that they come to choose yourHouse.

Easy Autumn Craft Ideas

Leaf Prints:

Make your own cards or wrapping paper with the help of nature's bounty of fallen leaves soon. Use poster paint for printing on paper (for cards, wrapping paper, etc.), or the use of acrylic paint if you choose an item that adorn an impermeable surface (glass, ceramics, etc.) are required. Brush a small amount of paint on the underside of the leaf where the veins are more pronounced. Carefully remove the sheet where you want the printed design and coverwith a layer of absorbent paper. Gently roll a rolling pin over the top (or you can use the part of an empty bottle). Remove the paper towel and lift the sheet.

Wheat Weaving:

Soak the corn on the stalk (from craft stores or farmers) in a tub of water for an hour or so. Keep three seed heads weave together the stems of wheat stalks. Curve the ends around an oval loop to make a circle, or even bend a bit 'to make a heart shape. Tie with ribbons. As theDry stems, they have their shape. Add to your autumn decorations.

Roasted pumpkin seeds:

After all the pumpkin carving or making a cake, do not throw to the seeds. Separate the seeds from the stringy pulp (do not rinse or remove every little pulp - the pulp adds flavor). Place the seeds in a pan, stir in about 1 / 4 cup melted butter or margarine, spread with a little 'salt and then bake in an oven at 350 degrees for 10 minutes until it lightlybrowned. Have fun!

Easy Decorating Ideas

Christmas lights are not just for the December holidays. I often use strings of tiny white lights around my front door with the autumn leaves, pumpkins, pumpkins and other autumn decorations interspersed. Rather than giving birth at home look "spooky", the lights of a white and furnished to make the door to a welcoming entrance.

To line a walkway festive illuminations or carved pumpkins to make pumpkin. After cleaningfrom inside a pumpkin, it can be resized to make the environments and the point of drilling, which arranged in festive designs of all the pumpkins (abstract designs, grape, faces, etc.).

Instead of candles on your carved pumpkins or luminaria, white Christmas lights strung through the holes or carved pumpkins in the back of the light. Consider the use of carved pumpkins or gourds in the autumn centerpiece for your holiday table.