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Hello Kitty Ornament for Christmas

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This year because of our living circumstances we will only be putting up a Charlie Brown Christmas tree. As all of our ornaments & decorations are buried in storage until after Christmas, my husband suggested that we hand make all of the ornaments for this tree. Challenge accepted. We already have made a few here & there throughout the season.

Last night we made a couple more for our tree. My daughter loves Hello Kitty & since she is such an easy figure to make, that was our first project of the night.

What you will need:

A medium-sized plastic Christmas ball

Cotton balls

White, yellow & black foam sheets

Red felt

Black pipe cleaners

Hot glue & school glue (Always operate caution when using. Not recommended for small children to use)

Directions

Stuff the inside of the ornament with cotton balls until jam-packed. My daughter loved this. This is a great fine motor skill activity too.

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Cut two triangles for ears out of the white foam. Put glue on the front & back and cover in a light layer of cotton.

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Use the hot glue to glue ears into place. For best results apply glue to the ear not the ball.

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Cut 2 black ovals out of the foam & one yellow one. Cut a pipe cleaner into six equal pieces & cut a bow out of the red felt. Use a Sharpie to draw in detail on the bow.

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Glue all pieces into place using the hot glue. Buy hooks for your ornament or use a pipe cleaner or string to hang.

Hello Kitty Christmas Ornament

We made one more ornament.

Mai loves to draw & I adore her drawings. I wanted a hand drawn ornament for our tree.

For this ornament, I drew & cut out 2 identical ornament shapes out of an old cardboard food box.

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I glued them together with a loop of yarn in between.

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I painted the top portion silver & let it dry.

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I glued the ornament down onto a piece of red construction paper & then cut the excess off to form a circle. I did this for both sides.

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I cut two smaller white circles & gave them to Mai. I asked her to draw on both pieces.

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While she drew, I added a bead of glue around the edge of the ball & sprinkled glitter on it. It gives it a lovely sparkly outline & covers up the seam where the cardboard & the paper meet.

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When she was done drawing, I glued her drawings on both ends. This picture is of the whole family looking out the window. I will treasure this one forever.

Kid Drawn Ornament for Christmas

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Footprint Snowman Christmas Stocking

Footprint Snowman Christmas Stocking - An easy keepsake stocking for the holidays

Happy Thanksgiving everyone. I hope that everyone is enjoying their day & having fun with their families. Tomorrow kicks off the beginning of the Christmas season and I could not be more excited. I love the holiday season. Everything about it, the sounds, the smells & the lights just make me happy.

The holidays for me are all about making memories. Before having my daughter, I had a perfectly coordinated tree with fancy holiday knick knacks. Those have slowly been replaced through the years with homemade ornaments & I adore it. Some of my favorites are made out of my daughter’s foot and hand prints. This year I wanted to make a special stocking for our new home & new mantle.

I purchased an inexpensive stocking for a couple of dollars. I am sure you could pick one up at the Dollar Store.

I painted my daughter’s foot in white & pressed it onto the stocking. I used black paint & dotted on the eyes & mouth.

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I cut up some felt pieces for the hat & scarf. I used a Sharpie to stripe the hat and scarf and added glue and glitter for a little holiday sparkle.

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I glued the hat and gloves into place and added a pom pom to the end of the hat. I glued on a nose and buttons.

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We finished off our snowman with pipe cleaner arms.

Snowman Footprint Christmas Stocking for kids

It came out so cute. I can’t wait to hang it up.

 Footprint Snowman Christmas Stocking - An easy keepsake stocking for the holidays

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Easy DIY Personalized Ornament

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This weekend was filled with Christmas parties & breakfasts with Santa. We were on the move all weekend long trying to make sure that the big guy knew that Mai really wanted that train set for Christmas.

The parties had a ton of great activities and projects for the kids to do and as we all know my daughter loves her projects. There was a cookie making station that Mai took full advantage of. They had assorted sugar & gingerbread cookies for decorating along with colored icing and assorted candies & sugars.

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There was also a watercolor station, a sticker station & an ornament making one. The crafts just kept coming. My artsy little girl was in her glory. She brought home several cookies, a few new crafts & a new dolly from Santa. The ornament making reminded me that I had bought a couple of cheap clear plastic Christmas balls at the beginning of the season. I had completely forgotten about them. We kept our craft momentum going when we got home with our quick & easy personalized ornament.

What you will need:

Clear plastic Christmas bulb ornament

A black sharpie

Kid’s paint (We use Crayola’s water based non-toxic paint)

Directions:

With a sharpie draw on the name of the person you are making the ornament for. We made two, one for Mai & one for her Nana.

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After you write in the name, draw random lines & closed shapes all over the whole rest of the ornament.

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Paint each shape in a different color. Mai chose to just mix her colors for her ornament for her Nana because “Nana likes a rainbow.”

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Let the paint dry & hang your ornaments on your tree & admire. I touched up the Sharpie lines on Mai’s Nana ornament after it dried.

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The 12 Days Of Christmas (The Toddler Edition)

Christmas.jpgOn the first day of Christmas my toddler gave to me…
A diaper full of poop & pee.

On the second day of Christmas my toddler gave to me…
Two mismatched gloves &
A diaper full of poop & pee.

On the third day of Christmas my toddler gave to me…
Three glitter pens
Two mismatched gloves &
A diaper full of poop & pee.

On the fourth day of Christmas my toddler gave to me…
Four fresh picked boogers
Three glitter pens
Two mismatched gloves &
A diaper full of poop & pee.

On the fifth day of Christmas my toddler gave to me…
Fiiiivvve hours of ‘Frozen’
Four fresh picked boogers
Three glitter pens
Two mismatched gloves &
A diaper full of poop & pee.

On the sixth day of Christmas my toddler gave to me…
Six tantrums while playing
Fiiiivvve hours of ‘Frozen’
Four fresh picked boogers
Three glitter pens
Two mismatched gloves &
A diaper full of poop & pee.

On the seventh day of Christmas my toddler gave to me…
Seven jokes on farting
Six tantrums while playing
Fiiiivvve hours of ‘Frozen’
Four fresh picked boogers
Three glitter pens
Two mismatched gloves &
A diaper full of poop & pee.

On the eighth day of Christmas my toddler gave to me…
Eight milks a spilling
Seven jokes on farting
Six tantrums while playing
Fiiiivvve hours of ‘Frozen’
Four fresh picked boogers
Three glitter pens
Two mismatched gloves &
A diaper full of poop & pee.

On the ninth day of Christmas my toddler gave to me…
Nine million questions
Eight milks a spilling
Seven jokes on farting
Six tantrums while playing
Fiiiivvve hours of ‘Frozen’
Four fresh picked boogers
Three glitter pens
Two mismatched gloves &
A diaper full of poop & pee.

On the tenth day of Christmas my toddler gave to me…
Ten excuses for not sleeping
Nine million questions
Eight milks a spilling
Seven jokes on farting
Six tantrums while playing
Fiiiivvve hours of ‘Frozen’
Four fresh picked boogers
Three glitter pens
Two mismatched gloves &
A diaper full of poop & pee.

On the eleventh day of Christmas my toddler gave to me…
Eleven boo boos bleeding
Ten excuses for not sleeping
Nine million questions
Eight milks a spilling
Seven jokes on farting
Six tantrums while playing
Fiiiivvve hours of ‘Frozen’
Four fresh picked boogers
Three glitter pens
Two mismatched gloves &
A diaper full of poop & pee.

On the twelfth day of Christmas my toddler gave to me…
Twelve “I’m not hungry”s
Eleven boo boos bleeding
Ten excuses for not sleeping
Nine million questions
Eight milks a spilling
Seven jokes on farting
Six tantrums while playing
Fiiiivvve hours of ‘Frozen’
Four fresh picked boogers
Three glitter pens
Two mismatched gloves &
A diiiiiiaaaaaaper full of poop & pee.

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Tissue Box Christmas Chimney Craft

 

Up on the housetop, click, click, click
Down through the chimney with good Saint Nick…

When I was a child my grandmother used to have a wonderful Christmas record of children singing. This was my favorite carol on the album. I have gotten into the holiday spirit a little bit early & have started singing Christmas carols around our house & even at work. Not everyone appreciates my caroling, but my little one loves mommy’s songs. I think this one is going to be a favorite of hers too. Our tissue box chimney craft is inspired by this wonderful song.

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