This is post four in our 12 Books of Christmas: Crafts & Activities for Kids: My girls have been taking a kid's art class this semester, and it's been amazing! The instructor is so talented and encouraging, and they've been able to experiment with many different art mediums. When they brought home these Charcoal Nativity drawings, I knew I wanted to share them with you. In fact, they ... read more
Gingerbread Playdough Recipe & Gingerbread Baby Activities for Kids
This is the 3rd book in our 12 Books of Christmas series: Many, many years ago, I read Gingerbread Baby to my first class...a little-bitty group of kindergartners in a small private school...and had the best time coming up with activities to do with this fun book by Jan Brett. I think I had several different centers with a variety of ideas, but the one that sticks out the most was when we ... read more
Marshmallow Sculpture Project for Kids
This is book two of our 12 Books of Christmas: Crafts & Activities for Kids series. If you ever need a simple, quick activity for kids on a stuck-indoors-kind-of-day, marshmallow sculptures fit the bill! The activity can be as open-ended as you like. Usually, I just give the kids a bag of marshmallows and a box of toothpicks and let them go. It's always interesting to see what they ... read more
Cooking with Kids: Rice Krispie Christmas Trees
This is the first book in our 12 Books of Christmas: Christmas Books & Activities for Kids series. Rice Krispie Treats are such an easy sweet treat to make with kids, but these Christmas Tree Krispies Treats add a fun aspect for your aspiring cook---decorating! The girls and I chose this recipe to go along as an activity with the book Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree. There is just ... read more
The 12 Days of Christmas: Books & Crafts for Kids
One of our family holiday traditions is to purchase a new Christmas book (or two) each year and add it to our expanding collection (I've been doing this since my 11-year-old was a baby)! We put them away after Christmas each year and don't bring them out again until the tree and decorations go up. It makes for a fun December to revisit many of our favorites each night, and it keeps the girls ... read more
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