3rd Day of Christmas Craft

On the third day of Christmas my girls made for me...

Christmas Tree Garland!

I cut out a bunch of paper trees for the girls to decorate. At the time I wasn't sure what we were going to do with them. After they had each made 5 or so, I realized we were going to have a lot of trees! That's when I decided to staple them on ribbon and hang them up.

I have to say, doing crafts with my girls has given me the opportunity to get rid of alot of scrapbooking stuff that I probably never will use! I gave them each a plate of different buttons, beads, glitter, stickers, and glitter glue!

I turned on Christmas music while they were crafting (and I was getting ready for work!) They were gluing and glittering for more than an hour and a half! It was amazing! They probably would have gone longer but it was lunch time!

We had to let the trees dry over night, and then today after church I stapled them and we hung them in the window by the Christmas tree!

Yes, it is not the most glamorous of decorations, but I love it! I love seeing my girls be creative and have fun.

2nd Day of Christmas Craft

On the second day of Christmas Crafting....my girls made for me...

Tissue Paper Crafts!

I really wasn't trying to be lazy on the third day of my quest to do a craft a day! The girls loved making trees yesterday! When I told them it was craft time, Em went and grabbed the glue and started drawing 'spiders'. She told me she wanted to glue the papers on like we had yesterday! I figured 'What the heck?' Why try to come up with something new if they are content to make what they like?

They played with glue and paper for an hour! All I had to do was draw circles for wreaths (my only creative advice on what they should make!) and cut more squares of paper! I was able to get couple of things done while they occupied themselves! It was beautiful!

1st Day of Christmas Craft

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                                                                                                                                     <-----Kat's

This morning we made Christmas Trees! I drew a tree on the paper and cut out small squares of tissue paper. The girls scrunched up the paper. We used white glue and put a little on at a time, so it wouldn't dry out too fast. I had some tiny buttons and gems that I let then use to glue on top of the tissue paper for ornaments. We added a trunk and star to finish it off. Total time - about 45 minutes.

I think they turned out pretty cute!