The Perfect Snowflake
I like to use 9 x 12 in. tracing paper to make my snowflakes...it is inexpensive, looks great, and is easy to cut through many layers at once...
I like to use 9 x 12 in. tracing paper to make my snowflakes...it is inexpensive, looks great, and is easy to cut through many layers at once...I made 4 different sizes...whole page (about 9 in. square); half page (about 6 in. square); quarter page (about 4 1/2 in. square); and the smallest out of scraps (about 3 in. square).
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Christmas Countdown
This is my kids' favorite countdown...and it is so easy (if you are willing to spend some more time wrapping) :)Gather together Christmas, Holiday, Winter, or any other appropriate book for the season...you will need 1 for everyday you count down (we started on the 1st...so 24 for us). We add a Christmas book or two every year, and I make up for the ones we don't have by printing off Christmas stories or poems I find online...Wrap and number each book.
Each night before bed we find the appropriate numbered book and open it...we take turns, luckily 24 is evenly divisible by 3 :) and read the story together. It is a great way to spend a little extra time together and feel the spirit of the season a little more each day.
Have a great Holiday Season!
p.s. I found my stories online here...
http://www.lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?locale=0&vgnextoid=ae20e975d2a2b010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD
It is a great children's magazine from
It is a great children's magazine from
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints :)
1 comment:
I love your snowflakes! I should try to make them one year, maybe when I do a "penguin" tree for Jenna. I love the wrapping paper...Jenna will love it too!
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