5 easy kid crafts made with popsicle sticks

This Christmas season we made some fun and easy kid crafts with popsicle sticks. Below you will find a picture and the link on how to make.

Hope you have fun making these crafts like we did.

Scented snowflake ornaments

Reindeer family ornaments

Christmas tree ornament



Reindeer hand print keepsake

Baby Jesus

 

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15+ fun and easy Christmas ornaments for kids

We have had fun this holiday season making crafts and doing some fun learning tied to Christmas, below you will find a picture and  the links to each fun thing we have done.

Hope you have as much fun making them as we did and cherish the memories that will be made.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays. Glad you stopped by.

DIY....princess ornaments

Recycled light bulb snowman ornament

Christmas tree ornament

Christmas glow lantern

DIY...scented glitter

Scented sensory play

Finger print keepsake picture frame

Reindeer family ornaments with scented paint

Candy cane picture frame ornament

Reindeer handprint keepsake

DIY....memo/photo holders

Scented salt dough ornaments

Thumb print snowman keepsake ornament

Baby Jesus footprint keepsake

DIY....pirate ornaments

DIY...scented playdough

Build Frosty sensory fun

Candy cane ornament with poem

Scented puff paint craft

Snowman tree ornament 

 Scented reindeer ornament

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Disney Magical Christmas fun bath

What kid doesn't like Mickey and Minnie Mouse? November we took the kids to Disney when visiting family in Fl. They had a blast.

"C" is in love with Minnie Mouse and all the Princess charcters. So the other day I was Christmas shopping and saw cute Christmas window clings in Walgreens and Dollar Tree had some as well, so I picked them they were $1.50.

So I placed them all around the bath tub, places some Disney toys in the tub. Filled up the tub with lots of bubbles colored them red and green for Christmas. Then added some colored shaving cream for painting if they wanted to paint on the tile.

Simple, fun and magical. It's the little things that you do for your kids that make the BIG difference in their life.

This fun bath just took a few minutes to put together and brought smiles to my kids faces that last a life time.

They had so much fun and this was simple colored bubbles and bath paint.

The joy that is brought to your child(ren) face by taking alittle extra step to add some fun to a bath or play is priceless and remember life is short you never know what tomorrow will hold.


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Baby Jesus in a manger kids craft

We have been reading the Christmas story to our 4 yr old son and talking about Baby Jesus, so I thought it would be a neat craft to make Baby Jesus in a manger with "J".

Last year I made a keepsake plate using my son's foot print and made a manger and put scripture around it, I loved the way it turned out and so this year I will be doing my daughter.

Then when they are older and one day have a family they can place it out for their kids.

Materials for the craft:
2 popsicle sticks
Hay pieces
Small square piece of felt (for the blanket)
Tan paper(cut out a circle for the head)
Glue
Sheet of paper to place it on

Below are some other fun things we have done you might like.

Candy Cane poem

Finger print frame keepsakes

10 fun things to do with Peppermint extract

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Kids finger print keepsake picture frames

Who doesn't like fun, easy, and inexpensive crafts. Well I have one for you and it would make a great grandparents, aunt, uncle, Godparent or just a great keepsake gift for you to keep.

All you need are of couple items:

8x10 photo matte....we paid $1.58 at craft store.
5x7 picture
paint....we used white to make snowmen or you can use brown for a reindeer
sharpie marker
(ribbon, magnet or place in a frame)

Place your kids finger prints on the matte, paint decorate alittle and you are done.

Pictures taken in the frames below are by Mama Miss if you are local in the Northern Va area I highly recommend her for family or kids picture. She puts her whole heart into your pictures and they are priceless memories. Thanks again for our AMAZING Christmas photos, Melissa.


 Reindeer's are made with thumb print and then I added the antlers and face. The kids glued the buttons on.

Snowman finger prints were made with kids thumb, pointer and pinkie fingers. Then I added the little face and hat.

You can decorate the frame however you would like that is what makes it fun. Buttons, pom poms, paint, draw, glitter and more.

You can also add ribbon to the top to have it hang.

Be sure to check out the other keepsake memories we have made for great gifts. Reindeer hand print keepsake, Snowman keepsake ornament and Reindeer footprint keepsake


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Note, picture or art magnet holder for kids or adults

Fun and easy memo, picture or art magnet for kids or adults to use. I think this might be one of the EASIEST crafts we have ever made.

Materials:
Already painted wood piece you can get at most local art/craft stores(Michael's, Hobby Lobby, A.C. Moore or Jo-Ann's)
Clothespin
Magnet
Glue gun

These are great little gifts for Teachers, co-workers, office staff, doctor offices, ect. This craft will cost you less than $1.00.

Wood piece is $.59 and clothespin are cheap along with the magnet. We used Craft Project ideas materials for the clothespin and magnets. These items can be found at Wal-Mart or on-line.

Be sure to check our the other fun things we have done this fun holiday season. You don't want to miss it. Christmas crafts, baths and sensory fun 

Be sure to check back cause I have an everyday theme you can make for kids art work.

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10 things to do with Peppermint extract

This time of the year there are so many things you can do to bring the smell of Christmas to the air, well we have been doing alot of fun things with Peppermint this holiday season. So I gathered our list of fun things and wanted to share all in one place.

Below you will fine some pictures and a link listed below, click on the link and it will tell you all about each craft, sensory play or food making we did.

#1
Add to shaving cream to make a fun sensory play or fun time themed bath

Scented gingerbread sensory

#2
Add to your art work or paint

Scented snowflake ornament

#3
When making salt dough ornaments

Scented salt dough ornaments

#4
Homemade salt glitter

DIY...scented glitter

#5
Cloud dough sensory play



Scented cloud dough

#6
Homemade play dough or store bought play-doh

Scented play dough

#7
Add to cool whip and make your own Peppermint Ice cream sandwiches

DIY...ice cream sandwiches

#8
You can add it to slime like we did with Kool-Aid to make Christmas slime.

Scented slime

#9
Make your own scented puff paint. I didn't do a post on this but the recipe we used can be found here at Mama Miss and all you need to do is add 1tsp peppermint extract.

Check out Mama Miss fun puff paint picture and how to make.

#10
Add it to rice for a fun Christams sensory play. We love Kool-aid rice.

Be sure to check out Mama Miss to see how to make fun Kool-aid rice.

If you have never added scent to play or crafts, you should really try it kids love it and it is fun.

Be sure to check out all the fun things you can do with Kool-aid  and Food coloring as well. They are inexpensive and so much fun to add to play.

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