Category: Christmas

  • Puffy Snowman Craft

    Puffy Snowman Craft

    I love using shaving cream and glue to paint. I’ve done a lot of projects with this medium and it’s great because it’s thick and puffy and stays that way when it dries. You could color it if you wanted to open endless possibilities. Puffy Snowman Craft Glue Shaving Cream Blue Construction paper Googly Eyes…

  • Puffy Hand Print Santa Craft

    Puffy Hand Print Santa Craft

    This is a fun variation on the hand print Santa using one of my favorite mediums of “paint” Puffy Hand Print Santa Craft Brown or Tan construction paper Red construction paper Glue Shaving Cream Googly Eyes Cotton balls (optional) Mix equal parts of shaving cream and glue. Once well combined, liberally paint your child’s hand…

  • Footprint Reindeer

    Footprint Reindeer

    Landon announced this morning that he wanted to do a reindeer project. I really didn’t have anything in mind on the spot other than a footprint reindeer where you do painted footprints and hand prints (very similar to the end result of this project and a great messy variation), but Riley was awake and I…

  • Christmas Tree Math {ordering by length}

    Christmas Tree Math {ordering by length}

    This is a great project that I’ve done almost every year in my classroom. It’s a great Christmas craft, but in addition your child can work on ordering objects by length and the math vocabulary and concept of longer and shorter. Christmas Tree Math 9×12 Piece of Green Construction Paper Large (18×24) Piece of White…

  • Paper Plate Gingerbread Man

    Paper Plate Gingerbread Man

    When I was in the classroom I would do a whole unit on the gingerbread man. My class did a play that was stinkin’ cute so we were all excited about anything gingerbread man. Paper Plate Gingerbread Man Paper Plate Brown Construction Paper Brown Paint Glue Googly Eyes Embellishments (like beads, sequins, glitter) Paint one…

  • Paper Plate Santa {2 different ways!}

    Paper Plate Santa {2 different ways!}

    Paper Plate Santa Paper Plate Red Construction Paper White Glue Cotton Balls Googly eyes (for version 2) Version 1: Cut the center of the paper plate out so you are left with a circle made from the rim of the plate. Cut a hat shape (I just free-handed it) out of red construction paper. Spread…