Christmas is sneaking up on us fast, and it’s about time we start thinking of Christmas gifts. We’ve given a few ideas already for homemade Christmas gift ideas, but we’ve yet to mention gift baskets. The great thing about gift baskets is you can fill them with whatever you want, and make them completely personal. On Idea Queen there is a page set up specifically for homemade Christmas gift basket ideas. You’ll find suggestions for what to include, as well as a few specific basket ideas. One of them is listed below. Homemade Christmas Gift Basket Fill a decorative Christmas box or tin with: assorted home-baked cookies assorted chocolates Christmas ornaments (better if you made them yourself) pre-recorded Christmas music tuck in some candy canes or foil wrapped chocolate Santas for a finishing touch Enjoy! Read More →
It’s about that time of year – time to start thinking of who is getting what gift, and how we plan to afford it all. Early last year we put a page for inexpensive Christmas gift ideas. Today it was revised a bit and a few more suggestions added. This year we plan to make quite a bit of the Christmas gifts, but I also plan to do a little shopping online too. Trips to the mall? Forget it! It’s no longer “fun” in my opinion. So anyway, if you need some ideas for inexpensive Christmas gifts to make or buy, you might want to make a stop at Idea Queen. Be sure to send in your own ideas if you have them! Read More →
With Christmas right around the corner, we decided it was about time to add to our Kids Gift Ideas page. Just added is an entire page dedicated to classic board games and where to find them. While it seems like a rather short list, it’s actually the best places to buy board games online. The top three that had the absolute best selection of classic games as well as new board games. We also threw in a link to another store that has a lot of classic toys and dolls you might like. Worth checking out! Read More →
Another Thanksgiving craft was added to Idea Queen today, and it sure is a cute one! This one comes directly from one of our visitors, so we hope you will enjoy. Construction Paper Turkey Traci Fuentes Beady Queen Designs www.BeadyQueen.com Need: ~1 white paper ~1 brown paper ~different colored paper for feathers ~black crayon 1. Cut one circle out of brown paper for the turkey’s body. 2. Cut a smaller circle out of brown paper for the turkey’s head. 3. Cut out feathers using different colors of paper. 4. Glue the shapes onto the white paper to make a turkey. 5. Add details (like eyes, beak and feet) with crayons. 6. On the back you could write a story. Remember to submit your crafts if you’d like to share. Read More →
A few new Thanksgiving dinner ideas have been added to Idea Queen – be sure to check them out! A visitor submitted a few side dish ideas (one for green beans, one for broccoli) and a yummy desert idea. Remember to submit your ideas if you have any – we are always on the look out for new and unique content to add to the site. The more ideas rolled together, the more we all benefit. Read More →
Americans are getting serious about buying toys not made in China. We thought it was bad when there was lead paint in our toys, but now a recent recall is actually seriously harming our children. It all comes down to the big companies wanting to save money to put in their own pockets, and skipping USA standards on what’s safe in the process. Christmas shopping season is now here. Instead of seeing half your child’s Christmas toys on the recall list, let’s buy American this year. Not only will you be buying SAFE toys, but also putting food on the table for all those American employees. This is a topic that has really hit home with me, what with Whirlpool buying out Maytag and putting several hundred employees in my hometown out of work. My own father being one of them, who put in nearly 20 years at Maytag’s original...
Here it is the first of November already! Can you believe Thanksgiving is only a few weeks off? Just in case you are looking for some ideas for dinner, crafts, or even gifts we put a new section up on Idea Queen a few weeks ago on the sly. You can find a whole section on nothing but Thanksgiving ideas. As always, if you have anything to add please drop us a line! The list of ideas isn’t really enough, but at least the basis are covered. Also, if you have additional ideas for each page, be sure you submit them. There is an easy contact form listed at the end of each page. Enjoy! Read More →
Still haven’t gotten your Halloween costumes yet? AH! What are you waiting for? Halloween is just a little over a week away! Just in case you need some help finding places to shop, here’s our top picks: CostumeHub.com A great selection of costumes for both kids and adults. BuyCostumes.com Shop all year around and find deals and specials. Nick Shop For the favorite character costumes. Remember those are on sale right now! ExtremeHalloween.com 1,000 of costumes for the entire family. Includes costumes for both kids and adults. Halloween Only Costumes and other Halloween items currently on sale. This quick list should be enough to at least give you some great ideas. If you have other Halloween costume websites, please be sure to share them! Read More →
A very fun idea for some easy decorations that just came in today. Our visitor wants to stay anonymous, but it’s a really neat idea. You can make a fun spiderweb using nothing but cotton balls. Our visitor tells us to take 40-50 cotton balls and tear them up together until they are one giant ball. Then spread them out to look like spiderwebs. Easy! You can also pick up some plastic spiders to place in the webs, to make it a little more real. Not only is it easy, but it’s pretty cheap too! Thanks to our anonymous visitor for the great idea! Read More →
So I usually don’t do this, but I thought this was one of those deals just TOO good to pass up. From now until October 20th, all Halloween costumes are 20% off. That’s quite the deal so I just HAD to pass it along. Since this is at Nick, you’ll find all your favorite characters from hit TV shows. Character’s like Dora, Backyardigans, Avatar, Blue, Spongebob, and more. If your kids have requested being a popular Nick character for Halloween, now would be the time to grab it! But remember, the offer is only good until October 20th. Take 20% off All Costume’s at Nick’s Halloween Shop at Shop.NickJr.com! > >> Read More →
