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Family Fun Friday Week 93 Holiday Fun and $1,800 Giveaway

November 6, 2014

Family Fun Friday this week features Family Game Night, Mini Pizza Bar, ways to spend time outside, Creating Crystal Snowflakes, a Chalkboard Christmas Countdown Calendar, and Fun Christmas Traditions for Kids. We’ve also got fabulous fun free prinatbles like Goodnight Gorilla Puppets and Puzzles, FREE Thanksgiving Day Cards and Crafts Kids can make, and Printable Nativity Puppets. Simplify your holiday meal planning with  6 Simple Steps to Meal Planning, Make ahead Breakfast Casseroles, 25 Easy Chicken Drumstick Recipes, 13 Freezer Meals in 12 Hours and 18 Beef Recipes. We’re also featuring ideas for homeschooling and ways to find joy and grace in motherhood. You’ll never run out of ideas for family fun at Family Fun Friday!

New Featured $1,800 in Prizes Giveaway

I’ve partnered with 30+ fabulous bloggers to bring you a special holiday series packed with crafts, activities, and festive family traditions. We’ve put together a phenomenal giveaway to help knock out your holiday shopping. From 11/3–11/17, you will have the opportunity to win 1 of 4 prize bundles for men, women, kids, and babies! The 4 prize bundles, valued at over $1,800, include gift certificates, toys, jewelry, and more!

Festive Family Traditions Giveaway

Many of the prizes are featured in the photos above.  The four prize packs and their estimated retail values are as follows:
Festive Family Traditions Prize Packages

Just think, you can have all of your Christmas gift shopping taken care of in one easy giveaway! It’s easy to enter to WIN, just click on this link to enter via Rafflecopter.

Rafflecopter Entry Link: A Rafflecopter Giveaway

This giveaway will end at 11:59 pm CST on November 17th, 2014. There will be one winner for each prize package. This giveaway is free to enter and is open worldwide. If a winner chosen is Canadian, they will have to answer a skill question to comply with Canadian giveaway rules. No purchase is necessary to win and no purchase will increase your chances of winning. Bare Feet on the Dashboard and other participating bloggers are not responsible for prize fulfillment. One email address per household, please. All entries will be checked. This giveaway is not affiliated with or sponsored by any social media platform. Prizes are non-transferable or exchangeable.

 

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Every week we feature the best link-ups on the web with free printables, games, activities, money-saving and organizing ideas, recipes and more. If you are looking for the best tips, links, resources, freebies and more – you’ve come to the right place! Welcome to the Family Fun Friday community.

Family Fun Friday is all about connecting as a family. We feature great ideas for family fun, and things to help moms get things done so they have more time to spend doing what they love to do – be with family! If you like Family Fun Friday, help this blog party grow by giving it a +1 on Google+. Thanks so much!

Family Fun Friday

I love my co-hosts Danita, Selena, Misty, and Herchel. Your links get five times the exposure as they will show up on five blogs at the same time. Woo-Hoo! Each co-host is featuring her top picks from the party so you get an increased chance in being featured as well. Each featured post will be pinned by the hostesses so be sure to link up your best!

Meet our Family Fun Friday hostesses:

Monica H&BHnewlogo2013
Monica created Family Fun Friday and blogs at HappyandBlessedHome.com where she shares free preschool tools and printables, encouraging words for moms, and ideas for having fun together as a family. Follow: Blog / Facebook / Pinterest / Twitter /Google + / Bloglovin’/ Instagram. Monica will feature Family Fun Posts.
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Danita enjoys blogging about cooking and shares yummy recipes on her blog OTasteandSee. Follow: Blog / Facebook / Pinterest / Twitter /Google +. Danita will feature Delicious Recipes.
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Selena is a homeschooling graduate and a homeschooling mom to four super special kids. She blogs at Look! We’re Learning! about unit studies, foreign language, and homeschooling with ADHD. Follow: Blog / Facebook / Pinterest / Instagram / Twitter.
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Misty is passionate about women’s ministry and encouraging the hearts of wives and moms. You can check out her inspired posts on Beautiful Ashes. Follow: Blog / Facebook / Pinterest / Twitter /Google +. Misty will feature posts to encourage women and family fun.
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Herchel enjoys blogging about parenting, organizing, crafting, and having good old-fashioned kid fun her blog Gym, Craft, Laundry. Follow: Blog / Facebook / Pinterest / Twitter /Google +. Herchel will feature organizing and family fun.

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Highlights and FUN FREEBIES!

This week I’m featuring a few of my FUN FREEBIES!  Just this week I created some fun Goodnight Gorilla Puppets and Puzzles and you can download an entire Unit Study from my guest post -click the link to learn more. I’ve also published some Thankful Turkey FREE Printables with Thanksgiving Day Cards and Crafts for Kids – these make great gifts for grandparents, uncles, aunts and other caretakers. And if you want a jump start on Christmas you’ll love my FREE Nativity Puppets – great for animated storytelling. And last, but not least – I’ve joined up with 30+ bloggers to bring you over $1,800 in Prizes to help you get your Christmas shopping done for FREE.

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Special Thanks

Thanks to all my blogging friends for linking up last week at Family Fun Friday. I have a special YouTube Video for you at Thank You All My Blogging Friends! So many great ideas, crafts and things to do! If you link up, you permit me to use your pictures/ideas as part of future posts and/or social media. Now on to some fabulous posts for moms.

Featured Bloggers:

Inspired Family Fun

Herchel from Gym, Craft, Laundry – has picked out some great ideas for family fun this week including a Family Game Night, Mini Pizza Bar, ways to spend time outside, Creating Crystal Snowflakes, a Chalkboard Christmas Countdown Calendar, and Fun Christmas Traditions for Kids. If you have a minute, please stop by and give her a little bloggy Facebook love!

Fun Together

These are Herchel’s picks but the editorial comment is from me. 🙂

  1. Want to create memorable family fun? Check out these 5 simple ways to spend time outside from Bambini Travel.
  2. Have a birthday party coming up? You’ll like these adorable Minecraft Cupcakes from Dabbling Momma.
  3. How do you combine science and a fun craft for kids? You create these Crystal Snowflakes shared by Christiantity Cove.
  4. Nothing says family fun like a Family Game Night and Mini Pizza Bar.  Spruce up your family fun time with these great ideas from A Life In Balance.
  5. I LOVE the nostalgia-styled countdown calendar created by So Much to Make.  It’s a gorgeous Chalkboard Countdown Calendar.
  6. And I think you’ll be inspired by I Dig Pinterest’s list of Fun Holiday Traditions for Kids.

Meal Planning and Time Saving Recipes

Want to simplify your holiday calendar? Plan in advance with some meal-planning.  You’ll enjoy these 6 Simple Steps to Meal Planning, Make ahead Breakfast Casseroles, 25 Easy Chicken Drumstick Recipes, 13 Freezer Meals in 12 Hours, 18 Beef Recipes, and 10 Ways to use leftover Halloween Candy. Check out this fabulous round-up at  O Taste and See. When you have a minute, let her know your favorite recipe, and please show her a little bloggy love on Facebook.

Meal Planning and Recipes

 

Joy and Grace in Motherhood

This week is all about Joy and Grace in Motherhood on Misty’s blog Beautiful Ashes. She’s rounded up posts that are all about finding joy and simplifying life as a mom. If ya’ll have a minute stop by Misty’s Facebook Page and show her a little bloggy love.

Joy and Grace in Motherhood

 

Free Printables for Family Fun and Homeschooling

This week Selena is featuring some fantastic free printables for Homeschoolers on her blog Look We’re Learning. This week she’s tounded up great ideas for Reading and Writing Fun. If you have a minute, stop by Look We’re Learning and show Selena a little bloggy love on Facebook.

Reading and Writing Activities for Kids

Thanks again for all your wonderful ideas! I hope these Family Friendly and Fun ideas inspire you.

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I'm passionate about enriching children's lives and bringing families together. HappyandBlessedHome.com is a website dedicated to offering encouragement for moms, preschool tools, free printables, easy recipes, party plans, home care tips, and ideas for family fun. You can find me on Twitter @MonicaPruett, on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/HappyAndBlessedHome/, or on Pinterest at: https://www.pinterest.com/happyblesshome/. I look forward to "seeing" you online.

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