With Christmas just around the corner, our home school curriculum now includes a daily Christmas craft. Yesterday, we started with a very simple, traditional craft. Perhaps you remember it from grade school? I purchased a big bag of pipe cleaners in Christmas colors from Michaels. You can also get these at Wal-Mart. Each of the girls took two different colored pipe cleaners and matched up the ends. Next, they twisted each pipe cleaner around the other, all the way to the end. Once, this was done they curved the ends of their pipe cleaners, and voila! Pipe cleaner candy canes! This is a favorite craft in our family, simple enough for the youngest of our clan to complete on her own. I now have these decorations hanging off every door knob in our home.
The craft for today was an easy "Jingle Bell Bracelet." All we did was thread beads and bells on a wrist sized pipe cleaner. There are several variations on this bracelet. You can make it into an anklet, or use a "bumpy" pipe cleaner for a different look. Again, this craft is easy enough for my four year old to do on her own. My girls got very creative with their bracelets, and we have decided that a couple of them will go on the tree this year.
I've found the internet to be a great source of Christmas activities. We have found Christmas themed downloadables to color, mazes and word finds. Skylar and Haley particularly enjoy dot-to-dot activities, and we found several online with holiday themes.
Well, tis the season to keep busy!
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