Recently we have done a couple of things I am LOVING!!!!
Jesse Advent Tree:
A group of women at church all selected one symbol from creation to the birth of Christ to make as ornaments. There is a book that goes along with the series, and I selected to make 25 scrolls and 25 sets of the 10 commandments to trade with 25 other women so I now have 2 complete sets of 25 ornaments. Today was the first day and we read and talked about the story of how God created the world, and the boys each hung the globe ornament someone at church designed. I am thrilled to be able to share Bible stories leading up to celebrating our Christ with the boys! I will post a photo of the scroll and commandments I made. After 25 of each, I am pretty proud of those little guys.
Toddler Games:
A MOPS group decided to each make a little game type activity that fits into a gallon sized Ziploc and can be taken on the road. We each made 10 and then traded so we ended up with 10 different games. Once again I have 2 boys, so I chose to make 2 activities so I can then have double to trade and bring home. I made the past sorting by color, size and texture as well as the identifying shades of one color activity. We can home with 8 other fabulous activities, for moments like sitting in a doctor's office for an hour with nothing to do. Now I will be the prepared Mommy with educational down time activities!
Cake Pops:
We have tried to make these little boogers too many times. Alli and Randa will vouch for the fact that one set of our looked and tasted like melted Reindeer poop, not the adorable pops in the photo.Therefore, one of my crafty friends invited a couple ladies over for a little "how to" while the kiddos played. I was still the worst decorator of the group, but I think my little turkey was pretty cute. I need to stick to flavor and not appearance. My baked goodies are always killer in taste, but don't ever win prizes for being picture worthy!
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