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Tomorrow night we are all doing a craft and the special snack will be hot chocolate and white chocolate popcorn (take microwave buttered popcorn and pop, pour in a bowl, drizzle melted white choc over and toss....SUPER yummy!) We will be our own ornaments. Most years I let the kids make a special ornament or make the 'Baby's First Christmas' ornament with clay. I get clay from Hobby Lobby and roll it out with a rolling pin and cut shapes with cookie cutters (don't forget to use a straw to make a hole on top), let harden overnite and then let the kids paint them. Here are some past year's examples:
In 2005 I cut out stars for Z and K and they painted them. After they dried, I then painted their name and date and hung them with ribbon.
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This was Kalla's I made her for her first Christmas. I cut out a large circle, then I pushed the edges in with my fingers to make a scallop edge, used a straw to make all the holes, pushed K's little baby hand into the clay and let dry. Then I strung ribbon through the holes and painted her name and date.
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This was the first year I had the idea to do the clay ornaments. I cut out a train for Z who loved Thomas. He was 2yrs and obviously painted them. He proudly hung those on our tree this year (4years later) together.
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This was Micah's first Christmas ornament. Instead of pushing his foot in the clay I painted the clay then painted his foot to make a print.
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This year I let thd kids look at all my cookie cutters (I have a ton) and pick what shape they wanted. Z is doing a lion, K a kitty, Micah a puppy and I made a heart shape for Maressa where I'll paint her hand. Matt and I are doing one too...Matt has a round one for a basketball and I picked out a rollerskate shape. They are drying out now and we will paint them tomorrow and try to catch Frosty on the tv.
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