Nativity Play - Have all the kids in your family put together a Christmas play to perform on Christmas Eve. Have a Joseph, Mary, (if possible) Baby Jesus, 3 wisemen, the angel that tells Mary of the bearing of her child, and if you have extras, make animals and be sure to give them speaking parts in your play!!! Now, ...
Swirled Ornament Balls - You need clear plastic balls (ornament balls) with a gold top and loop, to pull string through. She bought different colors of acrylic paint and the kids squeezed different colors into the ornament ball. When each color was squeezed in the ball, the children turned the ball around and around to spread ...
Homemade Bath Salts - Combine Epsom salts with food coloring and perfume in a large bowl. Mix well so color is even. Put into smaller jars and let stand 4-6 weeks before using. This causes the odor to blend with the salts. This bath salt is very soothing and makes for a very relaxed bath.
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Candy Cane Mouse - The curve of the candy cane will the mouse's tail, so lay the candy cane on its side with the curve going to the right or left. Next, cut a rain drop shape out of felt-this is his body, approximatley 4" long or so. You want the body to come to about 1/2 before it starts to curve.
Then glue on to candy ...
Christmas Candy Decoration - Paint stripes along the side. Allow to dry. Lay out a long piece of plastic wrap. Place the Frisbee on top. Cover with another piece of plastic wrap. Twist the side and tie with the ribbon.Submitted by Jennifer of Ramblings of a Crazy Woman
Stocking Stuffers - Put each child's name on a stocking and display somewhere in the room. At the end of each day in the month of December, if the child does not have their name on the board (use your own behavior management technique), put a piece of candy in the stocking. On the last day before Christmas break eachchild ...
Christmas Time is a great time to teach children about our 5 senses. Tell your class you can see, smell, hear, feel and eat this project when yoy are finished and they love talking about it ...
Cut a large Christmas tree out of the green cardstock and glue it onto the background sheet of paper (whatever color), cover with laminate or contact paper. Put stamps or stickers on anothe ...
To start off, you can paint the plywood square base if desired. Assemble alphabet blocks on top of plywood with corners of blocks touching to form a circle. Glue in place. Assemble another ...
Mix equal amounts of applesauce and cinnamon (for instance 1 cup of each) until you have a dough. Roll out on waxed paper and cut into shapes using Christmas or themed cookie cutters. Poke ...
Tie each bell to a length of twine. Then, secure each one along the top of the fence. This works best on a chain link fence. What a great Holiday idea for a playground or school fence!
Draw a snow picture using a Q-tip dipped in bleach. The picture magically appears. It is amazing to the eye as the picture shows up! Be careful not to spill any bleach on your clothes. Yo ...
Glue the styrofoam cup at the top of the bowling pin (to build up for a head). Cover the whole bowling pin and cup with cotton balls. Make a hat using the papertowel roll (about 1 1/2 inch ...
Put the spices in the center of the fabric. Gather up the corners and wrap a rubber band tightly around the bundle. Tie with a ribbon to hide rubber band and decorate with evergreen. You ...
Glue candy canes(2) together into a heart shape. Make a ribbon loop & glue to back at junction of heart shape. Glue jingle bell onto bottom of heart point & glue bow on top of heart point. ...
The curve of the candy cane will the mouse's tail, so lay the candy cane on its side with the curve going to the right or left. Next, cut a rain drop shape out of felt-this is his body, app ...
