Some More on Week 1 of Christmas

Sibling Gifts - I love for the kiddos to be able to make gifts for their family and friends.  I want them to feel that thrill of giving a gift that you made yourself.  So for sibling gifts (and anyone else they want to make one for) this year we are making jingle necklaces. 

I tied a jingle bell (they choose the color) on a piece of festive twine ...

... and then they get to string on beads to decorate.  

 Then we slipped each necklace in an envelope for easier wrapping.

Then we wrapped each one and tucked them under our class tree.  They will take all their presents (and ornaments) home on the last day of class.

Doesn't our class tree look great with presents under it!

Reindeer Thumbprints - We made reindeer prints today.

 I showed the kiddos what we would be doing (above) and some of them created a herd!

More Parent Gift Plates - I always love seeing what the kiddos choose to draw....
This kiddo drew roller coasters.

This kiddos drew spiders (I labeled each one for him).

 This kiddos drew a snowman and a gingerbread man.

This kiddo drew a picture of his mom and dad holding hands.

Scented Pine Cone Ornaments - 

The Great Candy Cane Experiment - We wanted to discovered what happens to a candy cane as you eat it.  We put candy canes in bowls of water and watched them dissolve.  It took about fourty-five minutes to do so for them to fully disappear.  A much longer time than it took the kiddos to devour their candy canes.  Ha!

This is probably waaaay more pictures than you want.  But the process was so cool, so here ya go...

The kiddos were super excited when they finally dissolved.  They of course wanted to taste the water, ha.  They said it tasted good.

Santa Masks - These were so very cute especially when the kiddos poked their faces through!