My kids love to decorate and redecorate the Christmas tree. They get to have a tree in their rooms each year to display their homemade ornaments and are constantly moving things around. Something about the power to actually touch and play with the tree is just intoxicating. I decided to build on this enthusiasm and make a Christmas tree felt busy bag that they could decorate (and redecorate) as much as they wanted. It has proved to be a great … [Read more...]
Christmas Crafts to Make with Kids
Kids love doing craft projects during the holidays! Even those that don't normally want to do crafts enjoy making ornaments and holiday decorations. Here are 13 fun Christmas crafts projects to make with your kids after school. Many of them would also make great homemade gifts! Christmas Crafts to Make: Paper Snowflake Crafts from waddlee-ah-chaa Bird Food Ornament Crafts from Coffee Cups and Crayons Felt Christmas Tree Pin from Buggy … [Read more...]
Random Acts of Kindness and Cinnamon Applesauce Ornaments
To spread kindness to our neighbors this year I had big plans for all the cute, fun things we could make. I had visions of pinterest-worthy crafts to show our neighbors just how much we appreciated them. And then tragedy struck Sandy Hook Elementary last week and beautiful creations no longer seemed to be what our neighbors needed. Our local elementary school was in partial lock down all week. Parents could not walk their kids to their classrooms … [Read more...]
Christmas Fun: Holiday Ornament Exchange
The holidays are filled with exchanges...cookie exchanges, gift exchanges and ornament exchanges! We took part in the Christmas Ornament Challenge and Exchange hosted by Red Ted Art, Inspired by Family Mag, The Imagination Tree, and Mom to 2 Post Lil Divas and got a beautiful ornament in the mail! We were paired with All about the Whites who sent us this gorgeous Fabric Ornament Ball! Head to her site to see the instructions and check out her fun … [Read more...]
Fun Kids Craft: Upcycled Gingerbread House
This month's author for the Virtual Book Club for Kids is Jan Brett! We checked out a bunch of her books from our library and have had lots of fun reading them. My littlest one turns 3 on Saturday and is having a gingerbread themed party so, of course, the two Jan Brett books that got the most love were Gingerbread Baby and Gingerbread Friends! In Gingerbread Baby, Matti is a little boy who uses a special recipe to make his own Gingerbread Baby who … [Read more...]
Christmas Craft for Kids: Family Tree with Mini-Ornaments
We had so much fun doing my son's preschool's "family homework" last week! They sent home a large green sheet of paper and asked each family to create a Christmas tree to be displayed at the school. When we were talking about what our family should do the kids were adamant that we each make our own mini-ornament to put on the tree--which I thought was a great idea! At first we were going to try and glue string bead necklaces (we have tons that we … [Read more...]
Christmas Kids Craft: Angel Ornament and Picture Book
The Tomie dePaola book we chose for this month's Virtual Book Club for Kids, Country Angel Christmas, got us into the Christmas spirit a little early this year! The kids loved the story and asked me read it to them multiple times this weekend. It is a beautifully illustrated tale of the year the country angels planned the Christmas celebration. The older angels were busy making preparations, but there seemed to be nothing left for the three … [Read more...]
