These are some ice cream cone ornaments we made the other day. I copied this idea from my favorite kindergarten teacher who does this with her class every year. We just glued silver balls in ice ream cones and glued sprinkles on top. The kids especially loved eating the sprinkles that didn't stick!
Woo Hoo! I finally had the kids make a Christmas present for their parents! I ended up buying the same frame I used for a Father's Day gift with a different family. I got a pack of wooden stars, the wooden family cutout, and of course paint. I let my three and almost two year old paint the whole frame burgundy, and of course I smoothed out the edges, painted the spots they missed, and basically did the whole thing over again when they weren't looking. :) Then I let my three year old have a go at the stars and the family cutout which again I fixed up later. When all the pieces were dry, we simply glued it all together and added pictures. I think it's really cute. Sorry about the crappy cell phone pic.
I had the kids make some bells out of craft foam, star confetti and puff balls. It was one of those random crafts my three year old helped me come up with by digging through the craft box and pulling out whatever looked like fun! My almost two year old was very good at sticking on the stars, even if half of them ended up on the floor!
This is a Christmas Tree that my three year old friend made out of popsicle sticks. We glued it onto paper so she would be able to hang it on her bulletin board.
These are some little ice skates that my three year old helped me make out of felt and paper clips!
Here is a pic of some of my fancy gift wrapping. I'm trying to make every package beautiful!
This is an angel ornament that my three year old made. We glued two Popsicle sticks together for the body, and used construction paper folded like a fan for the wings. The hair is string and the halo is a pipe cleaner. I got the idea from a similar ornament I made when I was a girl scout.
This is a snowman that my three year old made. She wanted to do a craft and helped me gather all the materials to make a snowman. She used a baby food container lid to stamp the white circles. We didn't have any black construction paper, so she asked me to cut out a pink one. Then she decided to paint it black, since Frosty is a boy.
The other day my three year old "really really really really really really really" wanted some m&ms. I thought I'd at least make an activity out of it, so you know, when her parents ask what we did today, I wouldn't have to say "sat around and ate m&ms." She glued the m&ms to my crooked Christmas tree cut out with one hand, while jamming hand fulls of chocolaty goodness into her mouth with the other. My almost two year old guy was firmly against doing the craft, but was not against eating glue covered candy right off of his sister's tree!
My favorite three year old made this hand print Christmas tree. It was super easy, and would make a nice Christmas present for grandparents. The hardest part was cutting out all the hands. She was able to glue it together and dab on the ornaments all by herself. Her picture is in the center of the star, which is why you are seeing a big white box. I wish we had bigger construction paper.....or she had smaller hands.
I love Christmas! It's my favorite holiday and my favorite time of the year. Unfortunately the Christmas season is so short, when it's over I wish I had had time to do more with the kids. I have a whole bunch of crafts I want to get to, and this was our first one. We made wreaths by cutting out the center of paper plates and painting the plates green. Then the kids made berries with their finger prints, and finally glued on a pretty bow.
