CM CLUB/Christmas Topic..What 'crafty'have you made with your mindee's/children for Christmas?

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just after some ideas for last day tomorrow, so far we have made

*(bought)Snowglobes with photos and messages in

*(bought)Christmas picture frames with each childs photo in

*Snowmen made with loo roll tube and lots of coton wool

• snowmen and santa's heads using Mo's C.D idea

*Christmas tree decs with c.d's and lots of glitter glue and sticky bits/feathers etc

• santa popping out of chimney (small box decorated like chimney with cotton wool snow and plush santa's sticking out of them)

• Made our own Crackers

• Photo jigsaws

• a million and one christmas cards

• bags for presents(made from legs of my old jeans and decorated)

• Paper chains

• gift tags

and lastly, today we are making Magic Flying Reindeer Food...am about to do the messy stuff now so all mindees can havea go when they get in....
Were having party after school tomorrow, so am wanting one last thing to make once presents are open and food is eaten!..any ideas anyone??
Ta

We haven't made too much as both my mindees are only 1 so are not too interested in doing too much we we did...

• Christmas crackers made out of loo roll (microwaved of course ) and tissue paper and stickers.

• Christmas stockings made out of felt and cotton wool and stickers

• Glittery handprints

• Hand and feet reindeers

• Santa shaped gingerbread men which they then iced.

• Calender with photo of them on

• collage of pics I have taken of them (individually) throughout the year

• Christmas cards with their faces on

Think that's it!

Microwaved Christmas crackers?????

like the glittery handprints..what are hand and feet reinndeers?

Not arty, but tomorrow we're making shortbread Xmas trees and decorating them with icing for the kids to take home and leave one out for Santa Xmas eve.

• Angels aplenty

• Xmas cards

• Iced Gingerbread biscuits to hang on tree

• Xmas trees like lollypop sticks

• glittered an glued pictures of wrapped parcels

• Cotton wool snowmen

• Snowflakes

*Snowmen out of paper and decorated

*Xmas Trees with lolli sticks and pipe cleaners

*Photo frame using lolli sticks and they decorated themselves

snowflakesMince pies

But mine are under 1, 18mos and just 2 so it's hard to get them to do a lot

What are the hand feet reindeers?

Oh, we are making hand wreaths tomorrow - which are just cut out hands shaped to make a wreath, then will let them loose with glitter. Gulp

I got some hanging tree decs from the pound shop, pack of 4 porcelain ones with paint and brush. Look lovely on tree! Also pic of snowman with cotton wool... plenty of that around from newborn!

am i really bad?

All I Have managed...

Xmas cards
Paper chains for play room
Xmas star biscuits
put glitter glue all over and Xmas tree shape piece of card

The crafts I mentioned are all I have done this year! boys are always at nursery, gymboree etc so Ive only had one afternoon in this month! Is shared care, so I often have baby, so dont think too badly of me...

I have done

-hand paint angels, snowflakes, baby footprint and decorated candle holders from air-dry clay, shortbread biscuits, Xmas tree paintings galore, Xmas crowns decorated with feathers and sequins, ceramic Xmas tree decorations painted and fired at local potters (that was effing messy) and ummm gone blank.

Loads but just cannot recall any more

heh heh

Not back to work until 7th Jan yay

Something I've done before if anyone is looking for ideas- sequin waste used to sew/thread wool into, then used to make a card using a card blank for embroidery.