There are one or 2 squares cut from each card. We spread the cards out and then match the squares to the appropriate cards. Simple and fun!
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Showing posts with label Christmas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Christmas. Show all posts
Thursday, December 6, 2012
Christmas Card Puzzles
I made these Christmas card puzzles for O(6) several years ago, and we have fun with them every year. I set them out on E(3)'s school shelf last week, and we have had fun doing this work together.
There are one or 2 squares cut from each card. We spread the cards out and then match the squares to the appropriate cards. Simple and fun!
There are one or 2 squares cut from each card. We spread the cards out and then match the squares to the appropriate cards. Simple and fun!
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
The Polar Express- Day 3
The girls' Christmas book of the day for Dec. 3 was The Polar Express. They love this book, so they were excited to see it!
I was a little worried that giving them the playmobil advent calendar on the first day would make the other activities seem like a disappointment, but luckily that hasn't been the case :)
I knew which book they girls were going to open, but I didn't know what the activity was going to be until right before they opened it....it was super simple, and they squealed with joy when I told them. They read the book with their daddy, and then they got to listen to The Polar Express audiobook while they were going to sleep. That's it. They LOVED it. Simple is good. And our girls LOVE audiobooks!
I was a little worried that giving them the playmobil advent calendar on the first day would make the other activities seem like a disappointment, but luckily that hasn't been the case :)
I knew which book they girls were going to open, but I didn't know what the activity was going to be until right before they opened it....it was super simple, and they squealed with joy when I told them. They read the book with their daddy, and then they got to listen to The Polar Express audiobook while they were going to sleep. That's it. They LOVED it. Simple is good. And our girls LOVE audiobooks!
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Boxes for Costa Rica
The girls LOVED packing these boxes full of goodies for a family in Costa Rica. O(6) and I had fun shopping for the family, and both girls were so proud to be helping make Christmas special for another family.
One afternoon when I asked her what she was thankful for, O said "I'm thankful for buying presents for the children in Costa Rica." Thanks to my friend Rebecca for providing us with this opportunity and to my mom for joining us in "adopting" this family for Christmas!
One afternoon when I asked her what she was thankful for, O said "I'm thankful for buying presents for the children in Costa Rica." Thanks to my friend Rebecca for providing us with this opportunity and to my mom for joining us in "adopting" this family for Christmas!
Christmas Bow Transfer Work
Both girls have had fun with this Christmas bow transfer work that I put on their Montessori shelves this week.
The girls pick the bows up one at a time using tweezers and transfer them to the egg carton.
Fun times!
The girls pick the bows up one at a time using tweezers and transfer them to the egg carton.
Fun times!
Monday, December 3, 2012
The Sweet Smell of Christmas- Day 2
The girls were so excited to open their 2nd Christmas book!
We all love The Sweet Smell of Christmas, and it reminds me of my childhood since it's a book that my mom read to me every Christmas. Our activity to go along with this book was making a "humongo" gingerbread man!
They worked together to mix the ingredients to make the dough (we used a bag mix, so it was only 3 ingredients...I felt only slightly guilty at taking the easy way out and not making the cookie from scratch).
They had fun pressing the dough into the gingerbread shaped pan.
They loved decorating their gingerbread girl (they named her Sally) with green and red m & m's.
There was time for an impromptu ballet performance while Sally baked.
And she's done!
At first they said they couldn't bear to eat her, but they quickly changed their minds and had slice with a mug of hot chocolate!
I noticed E(3) watching me out of the corner of her eye, so I grabbed the camera and caught her licking her hot chocolate from her placemat :)
What a fun night!
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Sunday, December 2, 2012
Christmas Countdown - Day 1
Our Christmas tradition is to have the girls open one Christmas book per day that we read and then do a related activity. The girls were SUPER excited to open their first book yesterday!
Here's the first book nicely wrapped in a fabric Christmas bag handmade by my wonderful mom!
Their first book is the Advent Storybook, and we read one story from it each day.
Their "activity" was really more of a gift than an activity...a playmobil advent calendar! I don't know if they were more excited or if I was!
E(3) was upset that the first item in the calendar was a tree and not a person because she wanted to "talk" it. She quickly took some of her nativity figures and incorporated them into the winter scene so that she would have somebody to "talk."
We LOVE the playmobil advent calendars...this is the first one we've had at Christmas, but we used the Princess Wedding advent calendar to countdown to E's 3rd birthday, and it was HUGE hit!
Here's the first book nicely wrapped in a fabric Christmas bag handmade by my wonderful mom!
Their first book is the Advent Storybook, and we read one story from it each day.
Their "activity" was really more of a gift than an activity...a playmobil advent calendar! I don't know if they were more excited or if I was!
E(3) was upset that the first item in the calendar was a tree and not a person because she wanted to "talk" it. She quickly took some of her nativity figures and incorporated them into the winter scene so that she would have somebody to "talk."
We LOVE the playmobil advent calendars...this is the first one we've had at Christmas, but we used the Princess Wedding advent calendar to countdown to E's 3rd birthday, and it was HUGE hit!
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Wednesday, January 4, 2012
If You Take a Mouse to the Movies
One of our advent books was If You Take a Mouse to the Movies and our activity was to string popcorn. O(5) and I had fun stringing the popcorn, and I think this will be one of our Christmas traditions.
We hung the popcorn on a tree outside along with a couple of cranberry wreaths. Decorating a tree for the birds and squirrels was also one of our advent activities to go along with the Gift of Christmas.
We hung the popcorn on a tree outside along with a couple of cranberry wreaths. Decorating a tree for the birds and squirrels was also one of our advent activities to go along with the Gift of Christmas.
Saturday, December 24, 2011
Dream Snow & Coffee Filter Snowflakes
Dream Snow was one of our advent books from last week, and we finally found time to do the activity last night!
Cutting snowflakes from coffee filters is one of the simplest activities we've done so far! It's SO much better than cutting them from typical paper! We didn't follow any directions, but just folded and cut. O(5) cut one of hers without folding it at all which she thought was really fun. E(2) and I cut ours together, and we had fun folding the coffee filters and cutting little triangles all over it. This is definitely an activity that we'll be doing again this winter. Maybe next time we'll dip our coffee filters in dye to make rainbow snowflakes!
Cutting snowflakes from coffee filters is one of the simplest activities we've done so far! It's SO much better than cutting them from typical paper! We didn't follow any directions, but just folded and cut. O(5) cut one of hers without folding it at all which she thought was really fun. E(2) and I cut ours together, and we had fun folding the coffee filters and cutting little triangles all over it. This is definitely an activity that we'll be doing again this winter. Maybe next time we'll dip our coffee filters in dye to make rainbow snowflakes!
The Cat Who Climbed The Christmas Tree
We love this book! When we read it, I tell the girls about how our cat, Gracie, used to climb the Christmas tree when she was a kitten. This is hard for the girls to believe since our sweet Gracie is now 11 years old and doesn't go near the Christmas tree anymore.
Our go along activity was to make beaded candy canes. O(5) really enjoyed this activity, and I was so glad because I've offered this craft to her for the past 2 years and she hasn't been interested. I remember making candy cane ornaments just like this when I was a girl scout, so it's fun to make them with my sweet girls!
Our go along activity was to make beaded candy canes. O(5) really enjoyed this activity, and I was so glad because I've offered this craft to her for the past 2 years and she hasn't been interested. I remember making candy cane ornaments just like this when I was a girl scout, so it's fun to make them with my sweet girls!
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