Holiday cups are at Starbucks, so to me that means it’s officially the holiday season! Here are some great ideas for a gingerbread house party to get you in the holiday spirit. Invite some friends, make hot peppermint mochas, and enjoy a fun day indoors.

L to R: Tiny Prints Cheery Gingerbread party invitation, Gingerbread House, Gingerbread-Man Mugs, Gingerbread Cookies, Candy stand, Gingerbread Man Photo Frame Ornaments, Peppermint Candy Candle

Some of my most memorable times as a child were with my aunt who was a teacher and spent time with me making holiday crafts. It got me thinking-this could be a great idea for a holiday party. Get everyone together to make hot chocolate, gingerbread cookies and fun, holiday crafts. Here are some other ideas for planning a holiday craft party this year.

Send out a holiday invitation asking guests to bring specific materials like glue, scissors, or whatever else you might need.

ACTIVITIES. Serve up some hot chocolate and make these sweet treats for kids to take home or to use as holiday gifts for friends and family. Gingerbread people from Martha Stewart. Hot chocolate cones make great gifts, recipe serves four and is from FamilyFun. Peppermint Bark, another holiday treat from Martha Stewart, are great for snacking and for giving away.

In the garden, I’m known as a “purple thumb” because I am uniformly mediocre. While typing, on the other hand, there are only certain words that bring out the worst in me, and I’ve found that these same words hang up others as well. Interestingly, in our line of business, phrases and words such as Christmas cards, holiday party invitations, church, reception cards and restaurant are constantly blighted by misspellings. Christmas frequently becomes Chirstmas or Christams cards, if you don’t believe me, do a search online for either spelling and be prepared to feel embarrassed for the authors. Likewise, party invitation suddenly becomes party invitatoin, church becomes chruch, reception cards become receptoin cards and restaurant devolves into restaraunt or restarant. Why these words are jumbled and not others, I’m not entirely sure, but I’m not ready call myself “all thumbs” just yet. Ironically “misspell” and “ignorance” are on lists of most misspelled words too.

You feel better now knowing you’re not alone, don’t you? I do!