Keeping active children engaged during family gatherings can be challenging at times. I am grateful for the fun, uncomplicated activities found on various child-related internet sites.
Thanks to my daughter for this fun, easy activity for Thanksgiving. I apologize for not knowing to whom the credit goes. But thank you!
We cut out ‘feathers’ from colored paper, put them all about the house. The children ‘found’ them and taped them to the drawn Turkey we taped on the wall. It was fun, but did not last very long.
My daughter drew the Turkey on paper and taped to the wall.‘Feathers’ were strewn all about the house.Helping the children tape on feathers.Lots of fun finding the feathers.Our turkey was feathered quickly!It did not take long, but was fun!
Do you have special holiday activities? Please share!
I am of an age now where ‘new’ things are the ‘old’ things I used to do when I was young.
Macramé is one of those ‘new’ things. I wanted to hang my orchids outside under our tree for summer. I thought I would macramé my own like I did so many years ago. But…
Having them already made to use quickly changed my mind. At the check-out I asked the clerk (who was about my age) if she ever did macramé. She said yes, she had. She made a plant hanger for her mother that she kept until she died. Isn’t that too sweet?
These knotted hangers were fun to make when I was a kid.
You know what? Think I’ll go get some materials so my grandkids and I can make a macramé pot hanger together for their mommas!
I wanted to hang my orchids in our tree for summer.They are happy here.Think my grandkids and I’ll make some for their mommas.
Having a project to work on has been motivating to me for as long as I can recall. Size does not matter, small or a larger one for the farm, are all exciting as I envision working them out and arriving at the finished effort.
I must give credit where credit is due though. I have my older sister to thank for this insight. We regularly have grandchildren visit us here on our farm. There are lots of things going on that entertain and keep them busy. Our fisherman grand boys can very nearly spend all day at the pond.
I must admit I have never really thought of doing special little mostly DIY projects with the children. There is plenty here to keep them busy, but often they want us to sit/play/listen to them. Talking this over with my sister solved the issue altogether. She showed me some real pretty crafts she and her grandchildren had worked up together. They made big, lovely snowflakes out of brown paper bags. So pretty!
A couple of our grands were coming for a day visit just before Halloween. I decided we would carve a pumpkin together and make buckeye candies from a cute recipe thanks to: http://onceuponachef.com
The fun and laughter we had together was more than I ever expected! “Granny,” my little grandson said without looking up from putting eyes on our candies. “Yeah, honey?”
“I love you.”
“I love you too!”
I sent the pumpkin and a plate of our yummy, mummy buck eye candies back home when his parents picked him up.
It was a fun, happy day for us. I now have cute Thanksgiving projects for us next week! Thank you, my dear sister.
The pumpkin face our grandson picked out.Preparing chocolate to cover the peanut butter balls.Dipping the balls in chocolate to make the buck eyes.The laughs and giggles as we put on the eyes–oh my!Our silly, yummy buck eye candy mummies! Boo!!
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