Create a Christmas Tree craft using a simple painting with pom poms technique. It's a great toddler craft.

Christmas Tree Craft.

At the library today one of the kids picked up a book from the display and proudly declared, "Look Mrs. Jones... JAN BRETT!!!" You would have thought she was a 10 year old talking about Justin Bieber. :) Needless to say, we just ended week 1 of our two week Author Study on Jan Brett... so Jan's books are a hot commodity. This week centered around The Mitten and The Three Snow Bears, with a few other titles sprinkled in. Next week is The Hat, The Wild Christmas Reindeer, and…

Whew! What a busy, week! I can only imagine next week, but hey... Santa's almost here...what should we expect?! We did a lot of fun thing...

Paper Plate Reindeer Craft - Fun Christmas craft for kids to make! | CraftyMorning.com

These ornaments are very easy and inexpensive to make. Kids and adults of all ages can have fun making them together. They are also quick and easy enough to make during class parties, holiday gatherings, and community events.

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Stamped clay ornaments

Hanukkah is just days away beginning on the evening of December 8th this year. So for our Letter H in our Holiday ABC series, we’re making something fun for Hanukkah: Paper Plate Star of David. This is a great craft for kids to help develop their fine motor skills with threading. Supplies for Paper Plate … Continued

If you need a foolproof and easy sugar cookie recipe, you’ve come to the right place! This recipe starts with Betty’s sugar cookie mix and ends with beautifully decorated Christmas cookies. Grab your baking helpers because little hands can totally get in on the fun when baking up a batch of these sweet treats. There’s no limit on what fun-shaped cookies you can make—candy canes, snowmen, ornaments, trees, stockings, snowflakes and so much more. Plus, your little kitchen-helpers will have a…

I'm so glad that Christmas holidays are here. We have two weeks to rest, relax, and of course, plan for the new year. I'm trying to get a head start so I spent the last couple of days creating my No Prep New Year Math Unit. I'm hoping to get my literacy unit done shortly too. As always, it will be on sale for 1/2 price until Wednesday. Merry Christmas.

Yay for my first Christmas craft! I hope you like it. I combined a few of my favorite craft techniques; tape resist and salt painting, and it was so much fun. First I taped on some Christmas tree…

Yay for my first Christmas craft! I hope you like it. I combined a few of my favorite craft techniques; tape resist and salt painting, and it was so much fun. First I taped on some Christmas tree…

Book: The Mitten Tree by Candace Christiansen Activity : Marble Paint Mittens Materials : -Box w/lid -paint -mitten cut out -ma...

Well it’s almost December, my goodness did I just type that? December is a mixture of crazy busy times and a nice wind down at the end with good food, family and friends. I for one can’t wait for the back end of December. On that note, we have to face that there are few […]

Day 13 of our Christmas Science Advent Calendar belongs to Pinecone Sorting and Graphing.