December Crafts

In no particular order, mostly because I don't remember what order we did them in, here are some of the crafts we did in December :)

Cardboard Christmas Trees:

These were so easy and turned out adorable. Take a cardboard box you have lying around (especially if it's Christmas season) and cut it into triangle. Then simply glue strips of paper onto it. we stuck with green and red colors predominately, with the occasional blue and yellow per request. When they were done with it I used a couple washi tape strips to cover the bare spots. So simple right?!?! We ended up stringing them (as you can see) and hung them on the window that the tree was in front of. We called it our own little tree farm.


Coffee Filter Snowflakes:

Another simple craft! Simple water paint coffee filters and then fold and cut like snowflakes! They turned out so cute and kept my girls busy for about an hour (and that was just the painting!). We hung them from an old baby gate across the stairs so we walked through them every time we went up and down the stairs. (The littlest K girls loved to stop and stand in them while being carried down the stairs.)

Rudolph Wreaths: 

 These were my parents' craft with my K girls, and one for my nieces, technically. But I helped with the execution! Aren't they adorable? And KL was too cute holding the eyes over her own! These are a little more complex if giving every step but very basically: they are 6 in x 12 in strips of tulle knotted around a Styrofoam wreath. Skewers and hot glue hold the eyes and foam antlers along with the red nose (which were Styrofoam balls painted red- the eyes are unpainted but given a black pupil). The ribbon was just tied around (because the kiddos wanted it).

and the last craft that me and the K girls did together...
Snowman Slime:

 You can see even the littlest Ks got in on the play (and loved it)! 2 Tablespoons each of water, liquid starch, and glue- that all it takes. The original recipe I saw said 1 cup of each but I thought that would be way to much of a mess. It takes a little kneading when you first mix it before it gets to full slime-y goodness but it's so much fun after. We added a little blue, silver, and gold glitter along with snowflake shaped glitter (you can see a few in the close up picture) to give it the winter feel. They played with this so much and were quite upset when I decided it was time to throw it away. It will probably make a reappearance though so fear not!

That's all for now!
-Jo