We also had a great time using Crayola Model Magic for the first time to make holiday ornaments. (I have been meaning to try it for awhile, after learning about it as an alternative to Play-doh, which the little guy is allergic to.) This great post on Frugal Family Fun gave me the idea to try it with ornaments). We decided to paint and glitter glue ours, mainly because it spread out the craft for a few more days. Here are a couple of them; I particularly love the handprint.
I posted recently about the little guy's fascination with my button collection. Just after I posted that, I came across this great idea on Little Family Fun to thread buttons on pipe cleaners to make candy canes. We only did it for a short while, but he enjoyed it.
I was going to link up to all of the posts in my Google Reader that have reviewed children's books about the holiday season, but the number of posts is a bit overwhelming. So, if you have recently posted reviews of Christmas, Hannukah, Kwanzaa, or other winter-themed books, feel free to leave a comment with a link to your post(s)!
Here are some of our favorite winter and Christmas books this year (you can find the full reviews, along with other books we've reviewed about winter and Christmas, here):
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We just got Dream Snow from the Library -- all of my kids really like it (especially the button at the back), and The Snowy Day is a winter staple at our house. Love the artwork!
Great books!
I love model magic. It's a lot of fun. I had no idea that some people were allergic to play doh. It's great that there are alternatives.
I love your card holder. We need one.
The Snowy Day and Dream Snow are big favorites at our house too!
Hi Lynn! I'm so happy to make a new mommy-blogger friend! I'm going to have to check back again to see more of the great ideas you have here. And your button candy cane turned out great! Isn't it nice that something so simple as buttons
can entertain those little ones so easily? Makes Christmas shopping a bit easier, that's for sure!
@Christy I know, I laughed when I realized it. You don't think of play-doh as being something you can be allergic to, but it has wheat in it.
@Ivy and @vanessa I was lucky enough to get copies of both at library booksales!
@Little Family Fun It would make Christmas shopping easier, if I didn't insist on buying other things too. I was just joking today that he would have been happy if I had just wrapped the buttons! He also loves placing the spools of thread in and out of the holder with the little rods.
Library book sales are my favorite--and I love the handprints! Little hands are the cutest.
Beautiful crafts - I am going to pick up some Model Magic after Christmas - after all, there will be more chances for using it :) We are reading The Snowy Day now and Anna totally loves it. I wish she could actually see snow before Christmas, but this is clearly not going to happen here in CA. Our temps were in mid 70s today.
I love the model magic handprint and the button candy cane!
I am so glad the reindeer craft inspired you to make one that works for you!
We made bunch of ornaments with Model Magic last year too! I love the candy cane and the handprint. I'm wondering what to do this year...maybe paintings of JC's drawings or stuffed dolls and have her draw/stitch it?
Oh, I love the handprint ornament!! They are all wonderful! Thanks so much for the link! xoxo
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