
Today I wanted to participate in the
Holly Bloggy Christmas Bash going on in the blog-o-sphere. A couple of my
Tempt My Tummy Tuesday friends are helping to host the festivities. Each day is a new celebration, at a different blog. Check it out!!
Today, Wednesday, is all about Christmas crafts. So, I wanted to share a couple of projects Grace and I have done. As you know, since moving 2 1/2 weeks ago to the cold tundra - Okay, it's just Illinois, but that is tundra for this Texas girl! - I have been trying to keep Grace busy with different projects.
As most of my readers know, we did move to Illinois, however, much of our belongings remain in Texas. We only moved essentials and a few extras, leaving most of our Christmas decorations, ornaments, and our nice big fancy tree. It's alright. We found this tree for VERY cheap and pre-lit. The few ornaments, brought from Texas, covered it quite nicely. We did not have a tree topper. SO, Grace helped out with that - great Christmas craft project! She made our star, with a little help from her mommy. She colored, glitter glued, and magic marked all over the star, adding her own personal touch. It is the perfect top to our tree!

Last week was our first "winter storm" keeping us indoors for a few days. I had to come up with something to keep a 2 year old occupied. While shopping at the local Target, I came across a great Gingerbread House kit. I believe it was $14.00 and well worth the money!! We had a blast making the gingerbread house.

Yes, her mouth is FULL of candy!

Um, yeah. She is putting another piece of candy in her mouth. It seemed everytime I would try and take a picture, she was eating. "One piece for the house. One piece for me....."

The gingerbread house is currently residing in the kitchen, above the microwave.... out of Grace's reach. She was continually helping herself to the candy. Our gingerbread house is becoming bare. When it is treat time, she is allowed to remove a piece of candy from the house.
Yesterday was another craft day. Grace was fidgety and I was not up to "playing in the snow", which by now was snow, mud, and sludge, since we actually had a two days above freezing. So, I decided we would make a few new ornaments for our tree.
I cut out some snowflakes. Grace then colored the snowflakes with crayons and markers. We hung the snowflakes on the tree with colored pipe cleaners. I keep extra pipe cleaners in our "craft box" for various projects. They always come in handy.


Then, because Grace still had lots of energy and it was NOT nap time, yet.... we made a chain with the other pipe cleaners and placed the chain on the tree, as well.


Nothing fancy- just some crafts to keep a 2 year old happy and a mother sane, while learning to deal with frigid temperatures in the great white tundra (hee hee).
Do you have a Christmas craft to share. Go over to
Heidi at Blue Eyed Blessings and link up. She is hosting the Holly Bloggy Christmas Bash, today.
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