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Toilet Paper Roll Christmas Stamps

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Last Christmas, we made Christmas ornament stamps out of potatoes. These were a big hit with my daughter. She loves stamping projects & we are a big fan of potato stamps. I have seen many people using toilet paper rolls as stamps by bending them into various shapes such as leaves, hearts & pumpkins and I thought what a wonderful idea.

We used our tubes to form two different shaped ornaments. I cut one tube and bent it to form the top of the ornament.

I used a glue gun to glue the tops in place like shown. Make sure the top piece is flush with the tube.

The ornaments are then ready to stamp with. I cut out a Christmas tree shape for Mai to stamp on, but she was not interested in the tree. She just wanted to stamp on a plain piece of paper.

Mai did not want to use the tree, but mommy did. I stamped the ornaments on the tree & let the paint dry.

I used paint & glitter to decorate the ornaments & my daughter chose to use scissors & cut hers out for a project of her own.

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Mon
07 ^th

More Homemade Christmas Ornaments

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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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

I painted the top portion silver & let it dry.

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.

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

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.

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.

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Sun
06 ^th

A Partridge In A Pear Tree Craft

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This week has been a fun holiday filled week. We snuggled up every night & watched a different Christmas movie and yesterday went to the library to pick out holiday books. When we got home we read our new books and listened to Christmas carols.

We got to listen to one of my favorite carols, which is ‘the 12 Days of Christmas’ This is a holiday song my daughter doesn’t know very well yet. She listened to me sing & asked “What’s a partridge?” I told her it was a bird. “I can make that” she told me. I asked her if she wanted to make the partridge & the pear tree. She did, of course.

Since we are still living with our little friend Ashley while our house is in the final stages of construction, Ashley joined us for holiday crafts.

As I told you before, my daughter is very into cutting these days. She will take every opportunity that she can to use her scissors. She wanted to make the pear trees out of cut paper, so she cut green & red construction paper into little pieces, while Ashley & I tore some.

I cut out trunks for everyone out of brown construction paper & I cut out a big blue circle as a back drop & a guide for placing the pieces of paper.

I gave the kids glue sticks & let them glue away.

I cut out small pear shapes for them as well & they added them to their trees. They drew their own partridges with markers.

For my tree, I decided that I was going to make a footprint partridge.

I painted both girl’s feet in blue & pressed them onto a piece of paper.

I proceeded to turn them both into partridges.

I cut around the partridges & added them to my trees.

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Sun
06 ^th

Snow Man Ornament

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This has been a crazy holiday season for us. If you are a regular follower, you know that we are in the process building a house. We have been staying with my husband’s aunt during the build. She has a finished basement that has become our temporary home. We realized the other day that it is very possible that we will not make it into our home before Christmas, which means we will not be able to put up our Christmas tree. This made me a little sad. My husband suggested that we purchase a small Charlie Brown Christmas tree & that Mai and I could make all the decorations ourselves. That sounded like a wonderful idea.

I had bought a few clear plastic bulbs for us a few weeks ago to use for homemade ornaments & last night decided to make our first one.

What you will need:

A small clear plastic Christmas ornament

A Styrofoam ball smaller than the ornament & another for crumbling

White paint

Any colored felt

Button

Black foam sheet

Glue gun (Always use caution when operating a glue gun)

Directions

Take a mini Styrofoam ball & crumble it up with your hand until it is in fine flakes.

Remove the top of the clear ornament & paint it with white paint & generously sprinkle the Styrofoam on the wet paint.

Stick a marker in the ornament & put it in a cup to let it dry.

Run a bead of hot glue around the opening of the painted ornament & press a Styrofoam ball into the ball as far as it can go. Then push the ornament top into the top of Styrofoam ball.

Cut a small piece of pipe cleaner for the nose & fold it in half & press into the middle of the Styrofoam. Cut out small round pieces of black foam for the coal for the eyes and mouth. Glue into place.

Cut a long piece of felt& snip the edges so the are frayed. Wrap around the neck & tie like a scarf.

Glue on buttons to finish it off.

This will make a lovely addition to our little tree. I can’t wait to make more ornaments today with my little girl to fill it.

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Fri
04 ^th

20 Star Wars Themed Gifts For The Kids

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Last week my sister-in-law had asked me to make Star Wars inspired footprint crafts out of my nephews feet. I was so excited being that I am a bit of a Star Wars geek. I was happy with the results & so was she.

The post was very popular & after a lot of feedback on our Star Wars project, I realized that a new generation of Star Wars fans were here. Star Wars is a favorite of both young & old & with the new movie coming out it is just gaining more fans every day. I can remember being a young girl and playing with my action figures. Leah was my favorite, of course. I loved her so much, that my mother had to put my hair in those famous side buns every day.

The holidays are upon us. If you have a little one that embraces the force as much as I did, I know that they will love these great Christmas gift ideas inspired by the movie.

JEDI MIND TRAINING

Use science to suspend and move things in air with this …

Star Wars Jedi Force Levitator

Challenge your mind or a friend with this 3D maze puzzle.

Death Star Maze & Puzzle Box

ITS ALL FUN & DROIDS

Now why didn’t they have these when I was little. I am half tempted to buy these for my daughter just so I can play with them.

Darth Vader Potato Head or Storm Trooper Potato Head

What child doesn’t like Legos? They always make the perfect gift.

Star Wars Legos

FOR YOUR LITTLE WOOKIE

Chewbacca Slippers

TO DECORATE YOUR DEATH STAR

All of these would be great for a Star Wars themed room.

Star Wars Peel & Stick Wall Decals

Star War Night Light

Darth Vader Alarm Clock

Light Saber Motion Lamp

FEELING CRAFTY

I am a huge fan of hand, foot & finger print crafts. This is adorable & all of the creations look like so much fun to make.

Star Wars Thumb Doodles Kit

Make 30 different folded flyers.

Star Wars Folded Paper Flyers

MAY THE FORCE BE WITH FOOD

I am sure a few little Star Wars fans will love waking up to a waffle in the shape of the Death Star.

Death Star Waffle Maker

If your child enjoys helping you cook, check out this adorable measuring set.

R2D2 Measuring Cup s

Star Wars & candy.. two great things that go great together.

Star Wars Jelly Belly Dispenser

This R2D2 lunch box has both light & sound.

R2D2 Light Up Lunch Kit

LUKE, I AM GOING TO READ TO YOU

See the gentler side of Vader in these sweet & funny children’s books.

Darth Vader & Son or Good Night Darth Vader

AND FOR THE STOCKING

If your child is anything like mine than they love Bandaids. My daughter fakes boo boos just to be able to put them on & just a plain Bandaid won’t do.

Star Wars Band Aids

Add a little fun to tooth brushing with these cool toothbrushes.

Star Wars Toothbrushes

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Mon
30 ^th

Toilet Paper Tube North Pole Scenes

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Sat
28 ^th

Puzzle Piece Wreath

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My sweet child has really been getting into the holiday season. I can tell this is going to be a fun year for our little munchkin.

Sat
28 ^th

Footprint Elf On The Shelf

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It is that time of year again. It is time to break out the Christmas decorations, send out your Christmas cards and put on your favorite carols. It is also time to bring that sneaky little elf out of hiding. We started the Elf on the Shelf tradition last year when we thought Mai was old enough to enjoy him. This year unfortunately, poor little Koontz (the name Mai picked for him) is locked away in storage waiting for our house to be finished.

Thu
26 ^th

Footprint Snowman Christmas Stocking

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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.

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.

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.

We finished off our snowman with pipe cleaner arms.

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

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Sun
22 ^nd

Torn Paper Christmas Stockings

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I think that I have mentioned that my daughter is big into cutting things right now. She loves using her safety scissors. She will just grab sheets of construction paper & cut them up. Today she cracked me up when she drew a bunch of small pictures and cut them out. She drew a Christmas tree, a plate of cookies & she made some ice for the ground and glued them all onto another piece of paper. I told her that she had made a nice collage & she said “It is not a collage. It is a winter’s day mosaic.” This made me laugh. “Do you know what a mosaic is?” We have made mosaic crafts in the past & I am certain that I have told her the word, but do not think I ever explained it to her. I gave her my best explanation & told her we could make a mosaic with all of the paper that she had cut.

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