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Thursday, December 3, 2009
And The WInners Are (Not Me) . . .
I know you see the kids playing, but where's the snow? The answer my friend is blowing in the wind. The snow is blowing in the wind. It's almost time for them to come in for hot chocolate, so I'll move on to ....
3. Carving out Time
Today after school Charlie and I are going to carve a bar of soap with a dull knife as practice for how to handle the pocket knife he is going to use at cub scouts tonight. Let's see that's Cub Scouts tonight, dinner plans tomorrow, A party and an outing Saturday, Church and Lucy's Birthday Sunday, Awana Monday, Bible Study Tuesday. Wow! We are busy! How do we carve out time as a family among the business of the holidays and just plain everyday life?
Amy heard an idea on the radio of reading one chapter from the book of Luke each day in December. So at dinner each evening after opening the advent calendar, we read a chapter.
How do you carve out time during the Holidays? I would love to hear from you. Consider putting in on a post and linking it below to Three Things Thursday.
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Tuesday, December 1, 2009
My First Tutorial!
I decided that as a class we could make an advent calendar ourselves. You can also try it yourself. Here is what you'll need . . .
1 piece poster board 24-25 index cards or 3-4 pieces construction paper, markers, scissors, tape, glue stick.
Not Pictured: Foil Star stickers, colored pencils and pencil.
Step 1: Fold 3-4 pages of construction paper in half left to right and then fold in half top to bottom then fold again in half top to bottom.
Step 2: Cut out pieces.
Result: you will have 24-32 pieces a little smaller than the size of 3" by 5" index cards. 3 sheets is perfect if you are doing a 24 day calendar and not planning on making any mistakes. We used 4 sheets!
Note: Step 1 and 2 are not needed if using index cards.
Step 3: Fold cards in half lengthwise.
Step 4:. Color inside cards with Christmas or any other pictures. (My students had to include at least some bunnies and Star Wars pictures.)
Step 5. Number the fronts of the cards in pencil and then color with colored pencil. It's as easy as ...
Step 6: When all cards are colored and numbered place on poster board how you want them displayed. This way you can get a preview how it will look before applying the glue.
Step 7: Glue cards in place on poster board.
Step 8. To close cards use tape or stickers. We used green and red star stickers. One sticker did not seem enough to close flap so we used 1 green and 1 red on each flap.
Step 9: When calendar looks something like this . . .
(Cute 8 year old not included)
Tape calendar and display in prominent place in house.
Now that the Calendar is complete it's time to put it to use. Beginning December 1st have a family member open 1 tab.
So, that's our craft and we're sticking to it. I want to hear about your crafts especially if you are as craft challenged as our family is.
Next Time: And the Winners are (Not Me) . . .