The Mom I Want to Be

Scissors
Brown felt
Fabric glue
Uncooked rice
Lentils or beans
White and colored puffy paints

For each beanbag, help your child cut two matching gingerbread shapes from the brown felt. Use the fabric glue to seal the two shapes together at the edges, leaving an inch-wide opening along the seam. Fill the beanbag with the rice, lentils, or small beans, then glue the opening shut. When the glue has dried, help your child decorate each one with puffy paint outlines, buttons, and facial features.

Kidlet and I have also used fiberfil to stuff them and then safety pinned them to pretty Christmas ribbon to make a decorative garland.