Holiday Fun And Gift Giving With Hallmark!

This joyful holiday #NorthpoleFun sponsored post has been compensated by #CollectiveBias, Inc. and its advertiser. Mark your calendars for this new Hallmark movie, Northpole, on November 15th at 8pm / 7c. Are you ready to make the season more magical! 

I absolutely LOVE this time of the year. And a big reason for that is that I never got to celebrate Christmas until I was 22. {Or any other major holiday for that matter, save Thanksgiving.} Now that I’ve grown up and have kids of my own, celebrating the holidays mean even more to me. And doing without for so long, means I have a downright kid-inspired glee with Christmas and the North Pole.

Another fascinating aspect of a childhood without Christmas presents? I am enamored with gift-giving now! But making up for all that lost holiday joy can get expensive. So when I can find great prices on quality goods, I can just feel the Christmas Spirit shining! And when its fun movie swag from the latest Northpole holiday movie from Hallmark? Well…bring it on!

Case in point? My utter fascination with finding Hallmark goodies in the card/party supplies aisle at Walmart. No longer are you tied to finding stand-alone Hallmark stores to gift that trademark crown. And this Momma? She’s all about one-stop shopping. And when that shopping trip includes finding all kinds of things to spread holiday cheer with? Well…that means I get to bring you along!

Check. It. Out. We just recently moved and my little one was quite concerned that Santa wasn’t going to find her this year. So what I plan on doing is writing “2014” on the front {instead of her name} and adding it to our tree as a family ornament. In the past we’ve gotten the kids ornaments, but rarely a annual family one. So this will be a new tradition we’re starting. What other fun things did I find? Well…magical SNOWBALLS of course!

I love a great snowball fight. However as ironic as it sounds…I don’t like the freezing cold that is often involved with said snowballs {LOL}. Enter these awesome Northpole fluffy-soft delights that glow as you throw them! Bargain priced for only $2.97, I got one for everyone. And I also grabbed a cute little gift box from Walmart as well and *poof*! Now we have the perfect Secret Santa or Teacher gift for less than $6.

Another great gift we’re excited to give is the “Bake Like An Elf” baking kit. I don’t know about you, but I adore baking this time of the year. And any way to involve the kids, the better! Our favorite tradition is creating yummy treats each year. So I couldn’t give someone anything better then great foodie inspired utensils. And these look like so much fun that we want to keep them for ourselves!

This cute holiday set comes with three measuring  cups and a host of recipes and mitten-shaped story cards. Plus there is even more great elf-baking and fun-making goodies online at Hallmark’s awesome site {www.northpole1820.com}! And its perfect for rolling our set up in the Northpole “Happy Wrap” and twine. There are just so many cute Northpole movie themed accents, Hallmark really does think of everything.

Something else I always have on my holiday gift list? These Hallmark cute and easy-to-gift items. And this latest find is my newest holiday mug! After all, they do say that you shouldn’t give anyone anything that you wouldn’t want yourself right? This year I indulged on this light blue beauty etched with “Filled With Cheer” on the outside and a striking red color inside. I can’t wait to fill it with coffee every morning!

And really, just what are the holidays if you can’t “spread some happy” with food? With a new home, and half our stuff still in storage, we really needed a new holiday plate. This one is adorable and is the perfect size for what we needed. Whether that is Santa on Christmas Eve or sweet snacks on movie night watching Hallmark’s Northpole Est 1820. It even comes with a fun spreader when we want to get dippin’ with it.

The fun didn’t even stop there. Where there is snowballs, there should be snow. {Even if its fake snow.} So I couldn’t help but pick up this cute tin filled with wonder for the kids to play with. Just as it says, all you do is add a little water to the dry mix inside. I can totally agree that its snow in an instant!

So now you know how we’re looking forward to the holidays. And I love creating new traditions with the different things that come out every year. As the kids get older, the fun only grows. What traditions do you celebrate and how do you keep things fun each year?