Sunday, November 6, 2016
Amazing 3D Paper Christmas Star Ornaments
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Monday, December 18, 2017
Charming Cardboard and Felt Bird Ornaments (Template Included)
Charming Bird Ornaments
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Tuesday, December 22, 2015
Free Christmas Stained Glass Coloring Sheet Printable
Christmas Stained Glass Craft
(With Free Printable Coloring Sheet)!
Thursday, November 17, 2022
Free Printable Christmas Agamograph
Christmas is right around the corner! And while we've yet to decorate the house in Christmas decor, I've already started dreaming of fun Christmas crafts to do with the kids. If you're looking for an easy printable that kids can color and fold for the holidays, this agamograph is it! This would make the perfect quick after-school activity, library activity, or classroom activity. Download the free sheets below and enjoy!
Free Printable Christmas Agamographs
Tuesday, December 3, 2013
Make mini Christmas trees from Pipe Cleaners and Cardboard
(And if you like these trees, check out my tutorial for mini paint chip trees!
- Cardboard
- Cutting Mat
- Pattern (see below)
- Pen/pencil
- Exacto knife
- Scissors
Directions:
- Print out the template to make one large and one small tree.
- Cut out the Christmas tree parts.
- Trace them onto cardboard.
- Cut our your parts with an exacto knife.
- Slide both pieces together and you've got yourself a mini tree!
Pipe Cleaner Christmas Trees
Materials:
- Paper
- Pen
- Scissors
- Pipe cleaners (three per tree)
- Pom Poms
- Tacky glue
Directions:
1. Doodle out a tree on a piece of paper.
2. Bend a green pipe cleaner around your doodle. Wrap both ends together to secure your tree. Trim excess bits off. Repeat this for all three tree shapes.
3. Tie the three trees together by wrapping the tops and bottoms together with pipe cleaner.
4. Gently separate the branches and glue small pom poms on with tacky glue.
That's it! Happy crafting! (Chuck was the artistic director for this photo shoot. Can you tell?)
Sunday, December 30, 2012
A few Christmas photos
Surprised? Me too.
I just enjoyed spending time with family.
I was also so happy to see Baby Chuck surrounded by people who loved him. Seeing him laughing and smiling and giving sloppy wet kisses to his relatives? Those were definitely my favorite Christmas memories from this year.
Now for those of you who still want to get a glimpse of our Christmas, hubby luckily snapped some shots of our yummy meal. Here's what he captured:
Left: Normal Christmas lights Right: Christmas lights transformed into snowmen |
Wow. What will they think of next?
I'm such a dork. I spent at least half an hour staring into the Christmas lights and rocking my head back and forth just to make the snowmen dance. Ah-maaaa-zing I tell you. Ah-maaaa-zing.
The lights also gave me an idea for a craft that I wanted to try...so stay tuned.
And now I will conclude this post with a quote from my very wise friend Alice-
"May this season be bright and lovely as we celebrate the God who sees fit to greet us as a child and to send angels and songs to us on all our dark nights."
Thursday, December 20, 2018
How To Cut Christmas Nativity Snowflakes
How To Cut Nativity Snowflakes
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Wednesday, November 9, 2016
25 STEAM Christmas Activities (Book and Coloring Page!)
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Wednesday, December 3, 2014
Free Christmas Coloring Sheets
Free Christmas Coloring Sheets
These 2 coloring sheets contain ornaments (or gift labels) that the kids can color and then hang onto the tree.
Tuesday, December 20, 2016
DIY Outer Space Planet Ornaments for Christmas
Monday, December 12, 2016
Easy, Colorful Pom-Pom Garland
Sunday, December 4, 2016
Origami Paper Wreath Christmas Ornaments
Sunday, November 21, 2021
Free Christmas Bird Coloring Sheet
Lately, I've been enjoying doodling and figured I'd share this sweet Christmas bird coloring sheet that I drew the other night. :) You can download it for free below and I hope that it brings you some happiness this time of year!
Cute Christmas Bird Coloring Sheet Printable
Monday, December 16, 2019
Beaded Pipe Cleaner Snowflakes... with Messages!
How to Make Beaded Pipe Cleaner Snowflakes
Monday, November 24, 2014
Poppable Wrapping Paper (DIY Gift Wrapping Rockin' Art Mom Style!)
Because we always seem to have an abundance of bubble wrap lying around, I put our excess to good use and made this modern, poppable holiday wrapping paper!
Popping Holiday Wrapping Paper!
I'm all about easy holiday crafts- like these paint chip Christmas Trees, easy DIY Reindeer Headbands, and mini pipe cleaner and cardboard Christmas trees. Today's wrapping paper idea is super simple, colorful, and fun! The recipient of your gift will get a kick out of popping the bubbles!
Monday, November 30, 2015
Milk Jug Santa Claus Craft
Milk Jug Santa Claus!
Friday, December 5, 2014
Pin the Nose on Rudolph Game
Recently I shared the story of Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer with Chuck. He seemed to like Rudolph a lot, so I whipped up this super easy Pin the Nose on Rudolph game from us to try out.
Let's Pin on Rudolph's Nose!
Wednesday, November 25, 2020
Easy Pop-Up Christmas Snowman Card
Hi friends! We are busy here preparing for Thanksgiving. It will look different this year, but our family is trying to make the best of it. If you're looking for easy winter crafts to do with the kids, I'm popping in to share this cute pop-up Christmas Snowman card.
Isn't he adorable?
How to Make a DIY Pop-Up Paper Snowman Card for Kids
Monday, December 23, 2013
Holiday Train Show at Grand Central Terminal
This past weekend we finally got a chance to visit the Holiday Train Show at Grand Central Terminal. Even though it was pretty crowded, the display itself was enchanting. Everything was meticulously crafted and I kept "oohing" and "ahhing" over all the lovely details.
Here are some photos from our trip into the city:
The miniature taxis were too adorable! Can you spot the tiny Santa? |
As you can see, this little guy really wanted to get inside |
I loved seeing the sparkly Christmas light-night sky, King-Kong, and tiny, tiny nuns |
Ack! Look at that adorable mini Christmas tree! |
We then got some yummy gluten free pizza at Two Boots Pizza. I love this little guy's sweet kisses |
Since it was such a nice day, we walked back to our bus stop. On our way across town, Daddy and Chuck posed underneath the Bryant Park Christmas tree |
It's a family portrait. Can you find all of us? |
Wednesday, November 20, 2013
Geometric Popsicle Stick Christmas Tree Ornament Craft
Yurp. I know that we haven't celebrated Thanksgiving yet.... and this craft is for Christmas... but please bear with me. I was bored one night and began playing around with leftover mini craft popsicle sticks. After messing around with them for a bit, I came up with this easy, geometric looking Christmas tree ornament.
It was really easy to make, so if you like the design, the kiddos can certainly help out too. (Ooh. Did you notice the sequins? Bling bling!)
Here's what I did:
Materials:
- Mini Popsicle Sticks (I used 22)
- Scrap paper
- Paint Brush
- Paint (Shades of green and brown)
- Hot glue gun
- Parchment paper
- Sequins
- String or ribbon
Directions:
1. Cover your work area. Paint 18 of your popsicle sticks shades of green. Paint 4 of your popsicle sticks shades of brown. (I only painted the front and the sides of the sticks, but you might want to paint the backs too if your ornament is going to twirl around.)
2. Once your paint dries, begin hot gluing your sticks together. (I made sure to hot glue on top of parchment paper so my glue won't stick to my work surface. Cheapie crapter tip: You can reuse this parchment paper for other project too!) To ensure that my triangles looked the same, I made one triangle first, then traced the corners onto the parchment paper. I then used those corners as guidelines when hot gluing other triangles.)
3. Hot glue your "trunk" sticks on.
4. Hot glue your sequins onto the green triangles' corners.
Smaller versions would like nice as ornaments or strung together as a garland. Right now my bigger tree is just hanging outside of our door, waiting for December.
Happy Wednesday!