Christmas gifts

Snowmen ornaments:

"These aren't just five snowmen As anyone can see. I made them with my hand Which is a part of me. Now each year when you trim the tree You'll look back and recall When my hand was just this small!"

You'll need:
Plain ornaments
White paint
Sharpies

Paint your childs hand white. Have them spread their fingers and telling them to wait to grip the ornament until you're ready.
After they stamp their hands let them dry for at least an hour and a half. Let them decorate the snowmen with hats and faces using sharpies or various colors. Make sure you put the date at the top. If you can write on the other side:

These aren't just five snowmen As anyone can see. I made them with my hand Which is a part of me. Now each year when you trim the tree You'll look back and recall When my hand was just this small!

Scrabble name ornaments:


Don't you hate when you have a game with missing pieces? Here we have a simple ornament made with left over scrabble pieces.

It's as simple as finding the letters you need (or just turning them over and writing the letters yourself) and hot gluing the pieces onto each other. Adding a bow for the top and a loop to hang it on the tree. It makes a great gift for school friends.

The Christmas tree hand

Trace your childs hand in green and cut out 10 of them. Make a square in brown for the trunk in brown and a yellow star.

turning the fingers downward on the paper glue four on the bottom row, three, then two and one for the top. Using stampers take the childs finger and have them stamp their fingers onto the tree leaves for ornaments.

The Reindeer cupcake

make cupcakes according to package, ice with chocolate frosting. Use M&M's for the eyes and broken pretzels for antlers.

Felt Ornaments

I know I know, it's November. Making ornaments out of felt is extremely simple, but time consuming.
When they are done they make wonderful gifts for teachers, or other special people in your lives.

Felt Ornaments

What you'll need:
*Felt (to make the ornaments shown I used: purple, white, red, green, a little orange, tan)
* White Ric Rac
* colorful beads in all shapes (Christmas tree)
*Sharpie (optional)
* Scissors
* Pattern
*White thread
*stuffing/batting (optional)

Here is a scanned copy of the patterns I drew:

You'll have to take it into Paint & enlarge it. The Gingerbread man is also the patter for a gingerbread girl. You would cut out the faint lines of the skirt & not cut the legs out fully. Except I ended up using the gingerbread man from this site:Elsie Marley Blog


Start by cutting out the pattern and placing it onto the folded piece of felt

I'm starting with mitten in purple. I cut out a second one after this and then cut out the small white fur trim to go along the end of my mitten.

Using the blanket stitch  to go along the outsides of your ornament to sew it together. Before you finish off the ornament you can take a minute to add a little bit of batting to the mittens to give them some dimension. Watch the Video below to see a blanket stitch

For mitten: I added Ric Rac to one corner or each mitten to attach them.

I also have this version of the mittens with a snowflake on them:

For Snowman: You can either use a black sharpie for the eyes and coal mouths or French knot stitch. I added ric rac to make the hook for the ornament to hang.
(Sorry I specifically took these pictures the "right way" and they are turning themselves anyway!!!)

How to make a french knot, the video:


For Christmas Tree: before I blanket stitched the two pieced on tree together, I added the beads to one piece by simply threading the bead onto the needle and stitching it down. I added ric rac to make the hook for the ornament to hang

For Stocking: I add ric rac to the present to make it look like a bow. In the corner, I added ric rac to make the hook for the ornament to hang

 

 For the gingerbread man I used two red beads and white ric rac.for his piping. Using the back stitch technique to add the O for his mouth and the O for the outline of his eye. Use a French Knot (look for link by Snowman ornament) for his eye ball.

When my 5 1/2 year old saw that he had a bite taken out of him she started laughing :)