We made reindeer using the kids’ feet and hands. That was fun, too! I gave them all free rein as to where they wanted the faces, antlers, eyes and noses to go. They turned out very creative! :) Josh even added a ‘mouth’! :) Andrew kept wanting to take off the nose and eat it for some reason... I had the kids draw a ‘forest’ on the green paper for their reindeer to live in. The became very creative with that as well! Josh drew each individual leaf of a tree–even adding all the veins of the leaves! Claire drew pretty circles and things all over, and Andrew colored another paper entirely! :) It was fun!
We made glittery pine cone Christmas tree ornaments. Where did I get the pinecones, you might ask? Well, we picked them up in Virginia either last year or the year before. I kept them in a paper bag and even had them packed up and sent around the world because I knew that someday, I would want them for a craft project!! I am just so smart! :) Andrew and Claire were the only ones who did this one. Josh would have enjoyed it, but he was too busy with his bike and talking to the guards on walkie-talkies! So, I had an old wet wipe container, and the kids put their pine cones in it (one at a time) and squeezed glue all over it, then poured in a whole bunch of glitter (this has now become one of the favorite activities!!) After the glitter, they closed the lid and shook it with all their might! After a minute or so, out comes a beautiful, glittery pine cone!
I tied some pretty yarn (you could use ribbon, too) around the top so they can put it on our poor tree that seems to somehow have less ornaments on it every day...I wonder why??? :)
We also wrote letters to Santa. Here they are in all their glory:
Andrew wrote that he wanted a big, big truck (and made our housekeeper draw a truck for him...)
Claire wrote that she wanted a big bag of marbles. She drew 'marbles' all over the page...then she added the stickers after. Ha!! If you look closely you can still make out a few marbles under the myriads of stickers! :)
Josh actually wrote a letter! Here is what he wrote: "Der Santu, Ie hv bin nes too me bruthr and me sitr. and I wud loec u noo belt and Ie wud loec u noo bag. Ad u litl ueteins!!" (translation: Dear Santa, I have been nice to my brother and my sister. And I would like a new belt and I would like a new bag [meaning a backpack for school]. And a Little Eienstiens [meaning one of the movies]!!)
Then he drew pictures of the bag, the belt and the movie. And ended with Luv Josh H!
It was fun for everyone! :)
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