So, for those of you who don't know, I have started a "facebook fast". It will last until January first and I am not allowing myself to get on my facebook at all. This has been day two, and I am having total facebook withdraws. It is quite hard to not know what is going on and such. I guess I could be taking this time to read everyone's blog.....
Anyway, the point of this post is to introduce all of the new hobbies I have due to my no facebook challenge. Getting ready for Christmas is time consuming as it is so I have hobbies like decorating, only now it is really hard core decorating to keep my mind off of facebook, sewing, painting, scrapbooking, making Christmas ornaments,putting up lights, sleeping, cleaning.....well, the last three aren't hobbies, but you get the idea.
My favorite hobby of those has been making Christmas ornaments. There are TONS of ways to make an ornament, but my absolute favorite is making them out of eggs. It is not too hard to blow the egg, but decorating it is the best part. You can also paint burnt out light bulbs for ornaments or I found this really cool recipe for flour ornaments online that is super easy.
You need....
4 cups of flower
1 cup of salt
1 and 1/2 cups of water
(add more water or flour as needed)
After it is all mixed, you kneed the dough and then roll it out very thin. After it is rolled out, you cut out shapes and then put them in the oven on 325 degrees for one hour. It is really fun to paint them and little kids can do it too. And the best part about it is that if they accidentally eat the dough, they won't die and they make a funny face!! It is a good FHE activity at any rate.
I will post some pictures of the ornaments I made when I can, but until then, I am going to go and "enjoy" the free time I have without facebook! :)
3 comments:
Haha, "enjoy" lol. You'll be fine without facebook!
I like all your ornament ideas, so cute! And I think you're pretty brave to go two weeks without facebook...I would go insane, especially if I was home all the time like you! lol...man, that is a pathetic thing to admit: I am addicted to facebook. (but then again, who isn't?) :D
you are so right! Facebook is...well, was my life! it has been so hard, but I have discovered a lot about myself in the LONG hours that I have to myself. (and I read my scriptures a lot more...)
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