Christmas
Links
Christmas
Links
If you are looking for some helpful ideas in planning your Christmas season, I've got a few links just for you.
Christmas Activities and History at Love to Learn Place
Homeschooling at Christmas from Kath's Korner. Find unit studies on Christmas carols, symbols, names of Jesus. Great ideas for every school subject.
Jesse Tree links: CRI Jesse Tree RCA.org Jesse Tree Making a Jesse Tree
Make some beautiful snowflakes at Dave's Snowflake Pages. We hung these in the windows and last year they embellished our entire Christmas Tree. Glamorous!
Make a paper Baboushka Doll and read the story that goes with it too.
Need some good craft ideas? Go to Do It Yourself Crafts with complete instructions.
From paper hats to a Mercedes 320 SL to the Taj Mahal -- you can make it from Paper Toys for FREE!
Children's author and illustrator, Jan Brett has a wonderful site filled with seasonal activities for you and your child.
Susie R. says she uses adding machine tape (1-1/2") to make 3-D Stars .
Tips for 3-D stars:
If you decide to make them here are some tips:
*You don't need to buy special paper from an online store. I use one and a half
inch white adding machine paper and split the paper down the middle so that I
have 3/4" strips. I cut my strips so that they are 24" long. Adding machine tape
is the perfect weight paper for this project.
*Paraffin can be dangerous to work with. I got better (and faster) results with a clear spray finish purchased at a craft store (like Krylon). Place stars in a cardboard box, spray and then sprinkle on the glitter while the Krylon is still wet. Let dry, and then turn the stars over and spray and glitter the other side.
*Use fancy iridescent glitter or coarse white mylar glitter--avoid the cheap metallic gold and silver glitter, it just doesn't look as nice.
*I needed to work through the directions for the stars from several websites before I understood how to make the stars. It took me about two days to "get it". Don't give up. Once you know how to do it, you can teach your children really quickly. My children have have had great fun making these.
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