2 round wooden beads (we used one 16-millimeter and one 25-millimeter bead) with holes large enough for a doubled pipe cleaner to fit through 6-inch pipe cleaners acrylic paint craft feather (pom poms for bunnies) fine-point marker  First, paint the beads with acrylic paint. When they have dried, bend a 6-inch pipe cleaner […]
For our stART project this week, we read The Eency Weency Spider and made bottle top spiders. My kids LOVE this book because it is musical and you can push a button and sing along as you read the book. It is about ten little spiders who creatively find ways to get up the waterspout. […]
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Christmas Trees (A Christmas Circular Letter) Â The city had withdrawn into itself And left at last the country to the country; When between whirls of snow not come to lie And whirls of foliage not yet laid, there drove A stranger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 […]
