Rantin' & Ravin': Fall

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HOT SPICE PUNCH!!!

Every Christmas my husband has to have one drink!

It's a tradition with his family.

They love to serve this!

It's so yummy and was a perfect side to my Cream Cheese Pound Cake last night.

Here is the recipe:

22 Cups of Water

12- 20 Whole Cloves

3 Sticks of Cinnamon

Simmer in a tall pot till water turns a golden brown.

{This took us about 30 minutes when on med-low heat}

Once golden brown add:

1 tall can pineapple juice {I think it was between 40 - 46 oz}

12 oz can frozen orange juice

12 oz can frozen lemonade

3 Cups of Sugar

Serve hot

THANKFUL COLLECTION!!!

Here is a collection of my favorite Thanksgiving posts to date!

Fall Printables

22 Days of Thanksgiving

Thankful

Making Thanksgiving Day Fun for Kids

The Perfect Turkey

The Best Sides For Your Thanksgiving Dinner

Apple Pie Snickerdoodle Cookie Bars

Thankful Tree

Thanksgiving Kids Crafts

28 Days of Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving Banner

THANKS BANNER!!!

You may or may not have noticed a pattern in my Thanksgiving holiday decor.

My colors for Thanksgiving are blue, brown and yellow.

It's not any different with my Thanks Banner.

I love my banner!

I love these colors!

Here is how to make your banner:

Supplies:

Jute Twine

Tiny Clothes Pins

Glue Stick

Scrapbook Paper -

{1 sheet - Yellow. 2 sheets - brown, 3 sheets - blue}

It’s made completely out of scrapbook paper which makes it easy and affordable. I started by cutting the paper in triangles measuring 5″x 7″.

I used this template.

When you print it, make sure to print it at half size for the big ones.

I had a friend cut me the letters from their Silhouette. If you do not have a Silhoutte, do not fear! You can use the alphabet craft stickers from any craft store.

Then glue them all together and hang!

It's pretty simple.

APPLE PIE SNICKERDOODLE COOKIE BARS!!!

Whew! That's a mouth full!

One of the things I love most about Fall is all of the baking!

We aren't really pumpkin eaters, but we LOVE apples!

Here is a yummy, fall inspired treat!

Only three ingredients - unbelievably easy & delicious

These bars are the best of both worlds … apple pie and cookies! These are a great dessert top with vanilla ice cream for an a la mode treat!

Ingredients
One 16.5 oz tube of Pillsbury refrigerated sugar cookie dough
One 20 oz. can of apple pie filling
Cinnamon sugar (1/4 cup of granulated sugar & 4 teaspoons of ground cinnamon)

Instructions
Press 2/3 of the cookie dough into the bottom of an 8x8 or 9x9 baking pan.
Sprinkle with 2/3 of the cinnamon sugar.
Spread the apple pie filling over the cookie base.
Take small amounts of the remaining cookie dough, flatten it slightly and place over the pie filling. It will not cover the pie filling completely.
Sprinkle with the remaining cinnamon sugar mixture.
Bake in a 350* oven until the cookie dough is baked - mine took about 35-40 minutes.
Allow bars to cool and cut into squares.

Recipe from: Just A Pinch Recipes

THANKFUL TREE!!!

Last year was our first year doing a thankful tree.

Not too bad.

But this year we opted for something different.

Remember my tree from Halloween?

Well, we kept it up and took off all of the decorations. I changed the bow and I cut out small circles and hole punched tiny holes in them. We will be hanging them on the tree like so.

Each day one person writes what they are thankful for.

We each have our own color and we rotate turns.

It's been fun and helps us to be thankful for the many blessings we have!

THANKSGIVING KID CRAFTS!!!

Thanksgiving is one of those holidays that you don't really appreciate until you have grown up.

You know spending time with family, laughing and reminiscing without the stress of holiday shopping.

As a kid, you look forward to those times of the year when you get gifts or candy... Halloween, Christmas or Easter when you get both!

But sometimes making crafts can get kids into this meaningful holiday!

Here are some fun crafts that can help bring in the grateful spirit! And some that are just fun to make!

Grateful Banner

Accordion Turkey

Give Thanks Cornucopia

Wood Scrap Turkey

Thanksgiving Clothespins

Giving Thanks Plate for Grandma and Grandpa

Finger Puppets

Headband

Turkey Prints

Gobble, Gobble

Need some more ideas for the kids, check out this post, here.

What do you do with your kids?

FALL WREATHS!!!

Fall is my most favorite time of year!

I prefer a warm wind and neutrals to the cool wind and pastels of spring.

I think one of the best ways to decorate for any season or holiday is a wreath.

Preferably, on the front door!

Do you remember when I did this wreath?