Have a Christmas craft you’ve made?

It could be something you did on your own or with your kids,

if so link-up below and join the party!

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We made a hand-print wreath. My original idea was to put the kids hands in green paint on paper in the shape of a wreath, but that ended up not working so well. Onto Plan B!

I traced Joey’s hand multiple times and eventually folded a piece of construction paper in quarters. Then traced and cut the hand-print once. Joey tried cutting out his hand-prints, but they hands ended up missing some fingers. 🙂

Then, I cut a larger whole in a paper plate and Joey glued the hands on a paper plate.

After they finished drying, I punched two holes at the top and laced a piece of ribbon through and knotted so the wreath would hang.

I laced another piece of ribbon through the opposite way and tied a little bow. It’s a cute, simple craft. Nothing too fancy, but Joey likes to see it hanging in his room. His own little, handmade decoration.

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What have you made this week? Come on and link-up!

If you don’t have a blog to link up with, then leave a comment sharing what you’ve done. 🙂



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Touch & Feel Sensory Books

We borrowed a small collection of Christmas board books from our local library and they’re all new and in good condition, which is rare for library board books.

This isn’t as “Montessori” as most of the other activities in this series, but it’s reading and it’s fun for Otto to turn the pages and feel the different textures.

 

Cracking Nuts

This is an overflow work from our fall sorting nuts activity. Joey was very interested to see what was inside each nut and how they were different.

It’s a pretty simple work, but does involve some supervision and help. With the larger nuts, Joey would have a hard time balancing them in the nut cracker and moving both hands to the handle. Usually the nut would fall out before he could try to crack it, so I helped out there. It’s also good to be aware of where their little fingers are, because they can get easily pinched if not careful.

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Don’t forget to check out the Little Sapling Toys giveaway! It ends next Thursday, so there’s plenty of time to enter. 

Also, stop by and share what Christmas crafts you’ve been making this week at our Christmas Crafts link-up party!

 

 

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Sickness is almost out of our house. Yay! The boys are doing much better, but little Otto is still coughing and congested.

Cookie Cutter Play Dough

This is an activity for a toddler or older toddler, depending on their ability and comfort level. But plain and simple, it’s play dough with a rolling pin and cookie cutters.

Sensory Sorting

This was a lot of fun. I picked three Christmas flavors (cinnamon, peppermint, and chocolate) and had four items for each. Joey had to sort them by smell, taste, touch, and look. He definitely enjoyed tasting the chocolate and candy canes. Peppermint was the hardest for him to differentiate.

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Don’t forget to check out the Little Sapling Toys giveaway! It ends Thursday at midnight!

If you stop by Little Sapling Toys Esty shop, enter the code HOME10 for a 10% discount off your purchase!

This will be code valid until December 22nd.

 

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The winner of the Melissa & Doug stacking train is commenter #36 – Tanya!

Congratulations, Tanya! I’ll be e-mailing you soon for your address.

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Onto this week’s giveaway…

Another company our family loves is Little Sapling Toys. They’re a little family run company that make handmade, organic developmental toys and blocks. For each toy they sell, they plant a tree.

They have an amazing assortment of wooden teethers–everything from states to animals and even a cupcake. We have the ALS ‘I Love You’ teether. I highlighted a few of their products on the gift list for infants and toddlers. The baby’s first building blocks set is on the Christmas list for Otto–sshh…don’t tell him. 🙂

But for you, Our Montessori Home is giving away the Brainbow Stacking Arches!

It’s a fun toy with a lot of possibility–think mazes, tunnels, mountains, a puzzle to try to balance. It’s really full of endless options and it’s something adults enjoy too!

How to Enter:

  • Mandatory Entry: Go visit Little Sapling Toys, come back and leave a comment sharing what you’d love to see in your home.
  • For extra entries…

Remember to leave a comment for each entry!

Giveaway closes Thursday, December 8th 11:59pm. 

A winner will be drawn by Random.org on Friday, December 9th.

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If you stop by Little Sapling Toys Esty shop, enter the code HOME10 for a 10% discount off your purchase!

This will be code valid until December 22nd.

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Tomorrow’s the first Christmas Craft link-up! If you’ve been getting crafty, come join in!

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Unwrapping a Present

When you think about it, for an infant or toddler Christmas morning can be a pretty overwhelming experience. There’s so much activity going on and most they don’t understand. So why not an unwrapping work?

They might just think this is more fun than the actual present!

Wrapping a Present

This is a work Joey’s been looking forward to doing all week. It wasn’t until this morning we had some uninterrupted time to work on it. I was foreseeing some frustration or that I’d end up doing the wrapping. It went a lot better than I thought. It wasn’t a perfect present, there was some wiggle room, but he did a very good job. I did have to help with the tape, because he’d get it stuck and wrapped around his fingers.

I had three containers on the tray: one with gifts, one with wrapping supplies, and a small jar for the tape and scissors.

I cut paper, using last year’s leftover scraps, that would fit the presents, but could be cut smaller if needed. I also had a gift bag and tissue paper for the elephant.

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The winner of the Melissa & Doug giveaway will be announced later this afternoon. Stay tuned!

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