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Keep it safe. Make sure supplies are labeled nontoxic and are not choking hazards. Discourage kids from putting supplies in their mouths. Set it up. Designate an art area in your home with an easel or a low table where young artists can stand to work (this is usually easier for them). Don’t rush. Make […]
This project is one that came to me after we were left with an overabundance of packing material from some Christmas deliveries. I hate to throw that stuff away when I know I can use it for something else. So here is our recycled snowman. Cut out the silhouette of a snowman from a piece […]
Make an ornament, and then give it away to a neighbor What do you get when you cross a snowman with a vampire? frostbite Create a snowscape with shaving cream and action figures Decorate every door in the house Go to the Library and pick a new holiday book to read What do snowmen eat […]
The Night Before Christmas Pop-up by Clement Clarke Moore and Robert Sabuda Twas The Night Before Christmas by Clement C. Moore A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg Seven Candles For Kwanzaa by Andrea Davis Pinkney Inside-Out Grandma by Joan Rothenberg A Snowman Named Just Bob by Mark Kimball Moulton […]
Christmas Trees (A Christmas Circular Letter) Â The city had withdrawn into itself And left at last the country to the country; When between whirls of snow not come to lie And whirls of foliage not yet laid, there drove A stranger to our yard, who looked the city, Yet did in country fashion in […]
  Tempera paint and paintbrushes 1 toilet paper tube 1 paper towel tube, cut into two different lengths Colored paper (for faces and mittens) Black marker and pink pencil Glue Sheet music (from a songbook or gift wrap) 3 child’s socks String or raffia  Paint the tubes and set them aside to dry. […]
 Tree a Tree  Strong scissors Craft sticks (including 1 wide craft stick) Tacky glue Green and brown acrylic paint Sequins Small wooden star or other tree-topping ornament String  Use strong scissors to trim several craft sticks to lengths ranging from around 1 1/2 to 3 3/4 inches (a parent’s job). Have your […]
