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Showing posts with label Christmas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Christmas. Show all posts

Monday, January 7, 2013

A Year of Pictures

Thank you to my friend Megan and Pinterest for this craft. This was really easy and quick.
 I just started by making rosettes out of some scrap fabric.


 Then I sent the pictures from Pinterest to Walmart to be printed. I glued the rosettes to the frame and put all the pictures in the frame. They can be changed according to the season. It was a great Christmas gift.

Friday, January 4, 2013

Cardtable Playhouse

I found a pattern for a cardtable playhouse at Hobby Lobby and decided I wanted to make one for our niece and nephews for Christmas. Let's just say I didn't know what I was getting myself in to. It was a lot fun finding ideas but it was a lot of work. I started by putting embellishments on each side. Then I sewed the sides together and I ended up hot gluing the roof on for fear of ruining it if I sewed it.
Here is what the outside looks like:
 Envelopes and letters to put through the mail slot on the front.
 A bush that has interchangeable pieces with velcro on them.

 A tree with interchangeable pieces.
 I fence that also had a pumpkin and basket of apples you could put in place of the snowman.

Here is what the inside looked like:

 A fireplace with their picture above. The fire and wood were velcro also.
 The kitchen with play food.




And last a bedroom.
One night when this project was extra difficult my husband asked me when I was going to make one for Little Man. Let's just say it wasn't funny at the time. I am starting to come around to the idea. I think if I do make one I will make it to fit our kitchen table.

Thursday, January 3, 2013

Reindeer Breakfast

Before Christmas Little Man and I had some fun with breakfast. We read Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer. Then I created a reindeer out of a doughnut, pretzels, red icing, and chocolate chips. Little Man's eyes were opened to chocolate doughnuts.

Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Christmas Tree Day






Today we planned to go see the Christmas trees from around the world at Meijer Gardens. To start our day off we made some Christmas Tree waffles. We also did some dot art of Christmas trees. For lunch we had Christmas tree shaped peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, green apple sauce, and Christmas tree snacks. I think Little Man's favorite part of the day was the train at Meijer Gardens.

Monday, December 17, 2012

The Christmas Story

Little Man had some friends over today and we talked about the Christmas story. After reading the book The Christmas Story they all sat down and colored a picture of the nativity. I found the picture here. I also made an interactive felt nativity that we retold the story with. Lastly, we were able to go to a live nativity where they had real animals. The kids thought it was pretty cool to see a real camel.




Friday, December 14, 2012

Baby Jesus Footprint Craft

I feel like nothing is better than a gift to show how big Little Man is getting. Thanks to Pinterest I was able to find the perfect holiday decoration for grandparents this season. With the help of Little Man's footprint we made the cutest decoration that we sent to grandparents to display.

Thursday, December 13, 2012

Christmas Shirts

I have seen lots of really cute homemade holiday shirts lately so I thought I would try my hand at them. I made some shirts and other holiday wear for my nephews and nieces and of course for Little Man. Here is what we came up with:

They were both very easy thanks to the help of Heat n Bond. Once I go the fabric and ribbon on the shirt I just sewed around the outside to secure it on.

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Christmas Playdough

Little man loved when I made the apple pie scented playdoh during the fall when we were talking about apples. So I thought I could make some Christmas playdoh. I just followed the same recipe but added just cinnamon and some glitter instead of the other spices. He loves using the cookie cutters to make shapes and sticking beads and buttons in the playdoh.  Here is the recipe:


1 cup flour
1/2 cup salt
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 tablespoon cream of tartar
1 cup water
red food coloring
1 teaspoon cinnamon
glitter



Sunday, December 9, 2012

Santa Pancakes

To start off the holiday season we made some Santa pancakes. We simply made pancakes and decorated with whipped cream, cherry pie filling, bananas and chocolate chips. Little man loved the added sweets. : )