Cutting out the shapes.......
More shapes.......
Ready for the oven!
Painting the Christmas tree.
Adding some glitter to the star.
More glitter....
He was SO proud of his ornaments. When I asked him which was his favorite he said the candy cane was his favorite.
The finished ornaments ready to hang on the tree.
Putting the star on the tree.
Today we decided to have another Christmas project. I have been wanting to try these for quite some time. I saw the recipe on the box of cookie cutters I have and thought it would be a great project for Devin- but probably VERY messy!
After seeing that our friends Jeannie and Michael completed this task yesterday I decided to give it a try. (If Jeannie survived the mess- I guess I could give it a shot.
As predicted it was a mess- but totally worth every piece of glitter I'll be picking off Gavin for the weeks to come. (I'm sure I'll keep finding it in other random places as well. As much as I tried to sweep if up after we were done, I'm still finding it all over the floor.)
We made the 'dough' and cut out the shapes. I had a really hard time getting Devin to believe that they were not sugar cookies since we made those last weekend.
Devin really enjoyed cutting them out and putting them on the cookie sheet. We cut holes in the top with a straw before baking so that we would have a place to put the ribbon to hang them on the tree. After they came out of the oven we let them cool and painted them. After the paint had dried I painted on the areas that would need glue and Devin sprinkled the glitter. (I lied- he aggressively POURED the glitter on. LOL) It took every bit of restraint I had in me to let him do it himself- but I survived! Did I mention it was a HUGE mess?!
Devin was proud of his finished product and just like the last reindeer ornaments we made he was excited to put them on the tree. (The first attempt ended up with the star on the floor resulting in more glitter in another room in the house.)
Before I pack them away I'll probably add a coat of shellac to seal the glitter or I'm sure it will be all over the box by next year. I think this will be a yearly tradition!
2 comments:
Oh I understand the restraint it takes to do this!! I too am still finding glitter. I hope the boys are feeling better today! Michael's pretty stuffy and green if you know what I mean! I love how your ornaments turned out too! I thought the snowmen were adorable!
What another great idea. I think I will attempt this next year when Savannah will be more close to 3.5yrs old. She did enjoy making the reindeer ornaments even bought some popcicle sticks and we made a couple more today so those I can keep to put on tree next year hopefully.
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