December 22, 2011

Gingerbread Houses


  





We had a great time making our gingerbread houses.  I put the houses together and then gave each kiddo a tin of candy.  "N" was able to use a bag to pipe on her frosting, "A" used a glob on a plate to dip his candies into.  They were both incredibly focused and careful in their placement of candy.  Definitely a winning activity!

*Check out "N"s blog for an adorable "Gingerbread Girl"!  
She was in her first ever dance recital and loved it!  She was so cute and fun to watch!
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December 19, 2011

Rudolph Art



Here are the Rudolph prints that we made.  The kiddos had a great time with them.  They didn't turn out exactly like I remembered them, but oh well.  They're cute and they'll still go up on our wall and maybe next year I can find the source and see what we could do differently.  N and A wanted mouths on theirs.  J was just happy to be done with Mom moving her hands and feet.
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December 6, 2011

Organization Question

I need help.  I have a four year old who is ready for puzzles and games with small pieces.  My one year old doesn't eat small things anymore (for the most part), but she loves carrying things around and then they get lost.  So my question is, how have you organized so that things are accessible to your older children, out of reach of the little ones, and still have an attractive, organized, uncluttered home?
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December 1, 2011

25 Days of Christmas


Dear People Who Read My Blog,

I've put together a fun activity for the kiddos to do leading up to Christmas.  I've made and laminated paper "presents", then written on the back different things for us to do, one a day, until Christmas.  The kiddos will take turns (happily, of course) choosing one of the presents to do that day.  Below you'll see the list.  If they're things that I found online, I linked them, so that if you want to, you can look to see what the different things are.  I'm going to try to post some of finished projects, either here or on my school blog or the kiddos blogs (they're private, so links. Sorry.  If you'd like an invite, let me know).  Merry Christmas!

Love,
Me:)

  1. Christmas Mini-Alphabet book
  2. Make Gingerbread Houses
  3. Visit a local exhibit
  4. Make and deliver cookies
  5. Santa advent countdown  - THIS IS OUR DAY 1 ACTIVITY, SO THAT WE CAN USE IT ALL MONTH, INSTEAD OF FINDING IT ON THE 23RD, WHEN THE COUNTDOWN WOULD BE ALMOST OVER.
  6. Pom pom christmas tree
  7. snowman ornaments
  8. Collecting snowballs game
  9. glue snowman
  10. homemade snow-globes
  11. popcorn wreath (along with the book If you Take a Mouse to the Movies)
  12. candy cane ornaments
  13. Christmas action cards (along with the book Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree)
  14. Pin the nose on Rudolph felt board
  15. Go sledding at a park
  16. Make Karmel Krispy Treats
  17. Make Christmas Cards 
  18. Make placemats
  19. Christmas sensory bin - this is our day 2, so that they can use it all month.
  20. Visit City Hall (ours has a Christmas display)
  21. Christmas Matching Game
  22. Window Clings
  23. Rudolph hand/foot print art - I can't find this one again to link it, but I'll be sure to post it after we've done it.
  24. Watch a Christmas Movie
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