Tapping your Creative Nature During the Holidays
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It’s here! Time for the fourth day of the 5 Day Preparing for the Holiday Themed Blog Hop with the Schoolhouse Review Crew…
Today’s focus is on arts & crafts.
Crafts to Decorate
Every few years, we make an Advent Chain to help the younger boys count down the days until Christmas. It can be as simple as red and green strips of construction paper cut to make the chains. You can number each strip to further engrain how many days until Christmas arrives. I found a printable Advent Chain for 2012 with an activity per day over at Catholic Toolbox that I plan to use this year.
I’ve also enjoyed making ornaments and cards, both of which can be easy to do with a kit.
Edible Crafting
What self-respecting child doesn’t enjoy making something that they can turn around and devour? Or, maybe it is just my boys?
A perennial favorite for us is a graham cracker ‘gingerbread’ house. Icing of your choice ‘glues’ everything together and the decorative touches can be different candies like peppermints.
Check out some of the creations from past years.
Another fun edible craft that D made in a craft co-op class was an edible mouse. A chocolate kiss, a chocolate covered cherry and some almond slices dipped in chocolate is what they used. How cute is that?
What crafts have you made in the past or plan to make for the holidays?
The edible crafts are adorable. These would be perfect to do with my 5 year old daughter. I cannot wait to try the gingerbread house made from graham crackers. You cannot beat easy and fun!
I completely agree, Tracy! My boys love to make the edible houses and are already asking when we’ll do it at home. Although, I’d rather wait for the holiday craft session and let someone else do all the prep and clean up.
We do this kind of thing all the time, all year round. Excited to get holiday themed! 😉
LOVE the edible mouse – so cute and unique!
Thanks, Emily.
Those are so adorable!
I agree, Cinny!
Ooh I should let my toddler make a mini house!
They are really fun, Darcy! I’m sure she’d have a blast.
Awww, this makes me so ready to make ginger bread houses! It’s time to get crafting!
It definitely is about time to get down to business in the crafting component of the holidays. My problem is there are so many that I’d love to do and not enough time to do them!
I love those edible crafts too! Its like a 2 in 1 whammy of FUN! Super cute pictures too 😉
Thanks, Dawn! I think just about any kid loves an edible craft.
WHat a great way to get hands on with the kids – even better that you can eat it after! 🙂
Great ideas – I love the edible crafts!
Me, too!
Nice! I remember making christmas wreaths when I was young and believed I was creative. LOL!
Christmas wreaths are fun. I just found a tutorials for making small ones from cardboard tubes that looked like fun.
That looks so fun, thank you for sharing the ideas. We usually make candy snowflakes, The houses, a nativity and a few others not sure for this year yet beyond our tradition ones.
Candy snowflakes sound really interesting to me, Tamara! Of course, my sugar-aholic boys would love them more than me.