Posts Tagged ‘glitter’

a Christmas wreath

Wednesday, December 16th, 2009

We like to make our Christmas activities pretty simple and child oriented. We tend to pop lots of glitz out on the table and let them go for it!

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In this case they could make wreaths if they wanted, so we put out paper plates, glue, patty pans, bells, recycled Christmas cards,  pipe cleaners, pom-poms, hole punches and curling ribbon and off they went. Naturally they were free to source other bits and pieces to use as well.

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They came up with many and varied wreaths – some simple and others more complex.

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They had a lovely time exercising both mind and body …

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…  glueing …

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… sticking …

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… punching …

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… attaching …

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… twisting …

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… threading …

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… tying …

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… and displaying. All so very unique … and …

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… our first ever Christmas whale … TOO CUTE!

we’re nuts about Christmas

Wednesday, December 9th, 2009

A lovely Christmas decoration the children made this week was brightly coloured gum nuts.

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So the children could hang them on their Christmas hangers, we pulled out the hot glue gun and attached curling ribbon to the tops of the gum nuts. As the children are having a great time with the glitter, we added P.V.A. glue to fluoro paints and let them decorate freely.

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Some children chose to use only paint.

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Oh such gooey fun!

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While others couldn’t wait to dive into the gitter.

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However they chose to decorate them they looked great!