A Gingerbread house

We couldn't go without making

a gingerbread house this year :)

this is our second year making one

is becoming a tradition for us :)

thanks so much for reading my blog :)

Merry Christmas!!!

Angels for Christmas

We made this beautiful angels

in my prek classroom

We gave every child a white construction paper

where we drew a big circle for the head

and a big triangle without the top for the angel's dress

for my 4 y. olds to cut out

after cutting them out

they started gluing everything together

first the head to the body

then for the wings we took

a big 10" doili and fold the middle a little bit

just to give the wings a little dimension

and glue it to the angel,

now some wiggly eyes, a nose

and a happy face :)

some silver or gold glittler glue

for the halo

then the spread glue on the body








so the fake snow/white glitter

sticks to the angel

after all that hard work :)

we made this beautiful display :)

thanks for reading my blog :)

Merry Christmas!

Christmas activities for all ages

Hello everyone :)

today I am trying to catch up with my posts

I have a few Christmas activities for all ages

this one is a pretty angel, made by some 3 y. olds

as you can see, we cut a small paper plate for the body

a circle for the head which they decorated with some

sticker eyes, a dot for the nose and some lips with red marker

we cut some circles for the halo from the same paper plates

and the kids paint it with gold paint

and finally the wings are made out of coffee filters :)

These little penguins were some sets that the school bought

but is just so cute to see how the little ones

put them together

the boot was cut out of construction paper

and the kids had so much fun

decorating it with the foam snowflakes

and cotton on top :)

This little christmas trees were finger painted

and decorated by 2 y. olds :)

cute!

enjoy!

A little bit of Christmas here and there

Here is a picture of my older daughter

proud! after she made some japanese cookies

for the first time

they were delicious :)

Now jumping to our preschool
I couldn't see these Christmas Trees
cut-out outlines go to waste,
so I gave them to the kids to glue them on white paper
and decorate the inside with markers and sequences
kind of like free art, and they loved doing it :)



We also made some jingle bells to go with our singing
we used pipe cleaners and the bells
to make these nice bracelets :)

For cooking school we made an angel

we used a rits cracker for the head

a graham cracker for the body

and a bagel cut in half for the wings

we gave the kids some cream cheese to spread

on the bagel to make them white

and on the head to stick

2 chocolate chip cookies for the eyes

and yellow sugar for the halo

Enjoy! :)

Christmas paper garland

Oh my!

time just flies...

Christmas is almost here

and we are trying to get ready

in our prek classroom

Here is a picture of a paper garland

that we made from colored construction paper

Simply fold the paper length-wise

several times (kind of like making a fan)

and make children cut little triangles

and squares on the edges,

when you open it, here is the result

A cute garland, and they are so proud of it :)

Awesome Christmas Printables

Hi everyone, I have collected a few things that I found in the net

that I would like to share with you... worth to look at them

I hope you like them :)

Beautiful printable Manger Scene

http://www.design-spiel-kunst.de/bastelboegen/weihnachten.htm

Advent calendar

http://cp.c-ij.com/en/contents/3159/03492/index.html

Santa Claus banner

http://cp.c-ij.com/en/contents/3159/03505/index.html

Christmas pop up card (click where it says pdf)

http://www.tsuchiura.co.jp/papercraft_xmas.html

Printable Santa's workshop

http://www.delta7studios.com/images/santashop.pdf

Disney's Christmas printables

http://family.go.com/holidays/pkg-disney-christmas-printables/

Hoops and YoYo printable christmas toy

http://www.hallmark.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/article%7C10001%7C10051%7C/HallmarkSite/hoops_yoyohome/Downloads/HYY_CHRISTMAS_TOY

Cute printable christmas tree

http://kids.goo.ne.jp/papercraft/house/pdf/x_1.PDF

Christmas cake

http://kids.goo.ne.jp/papercraft/goopcraft/data/vol005/img/cake.pdf

Nickelodeon christmas decorations

http://www.nickjr.com/printables/all-shows/paper-crafts_decorations/all-ages/index.jhtml

Christmas crafts

Here are a few Christmas craft

that you can do with your child at any age

this ones where made with 2 y. olds

A reindeer made with a footprint for the face

and both hand prints for the anthlers

wiggly eyes, pompom nose and a cute smile :)

this next two are paper plates with the middle cut out

and let the children glue pieces of green and red tissue paper

for a festive look

And this one is filled with strips of

thinly cut colored paper that

you can find at the craft stores

And here is just a picture of a nice way of

displaying them



Thanks for reading my blog
Enjoy!

Starting our Christmas Season

Well, is December already...

We started the Christmas Season with some

simple activities,

Here my preschoolers got creative

with some glitter paint, when I asked them

to make a Christmas Tree

is amazing to see, how they are all the same age

but with different artistic levels :)

And this is one is a die cut that the children

painted with the same glitter paint

and when it dried they decorated it with

some star stickers

great for using as name tags for the carpet

to sit on during circle time :)

At home you can use them as great decorations

or as an ornament if you use a thicker paper :)

I hope you enjoy my activities :)