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November 24, 2008 | 9 Comments

Parent and Tot Project !

Holiday Card
Holder

Picture cards are adorable, economical but very hard to display , so here is a fun way to make something with your child that you can use as well. I used cupcake liners because I have always had a horrible time making snowflakes from regular paper, cupcake liners are a perfect fix! Do not be put off my the sparkles, they aren’t a necessity, but if you do use them get bigger ones , they vacuum up way easier than the fine stuff!
  1. Gather your materials. You will need some cupcake liners, I am using 2 sizes in both white and silver foil. Crayons- blue and silver, glue, sparkles , ribbon , clothes pins and a hot glue gun.
  2. Have your child draw on the white cupcake liners. My son said to me when he started “Lippy Lippy” which translates to his liner was slipping, if you have a really little guy tape it down with painters tape to keep it from “Lipping”.
  3. Next fold the liner into a triangle and make small cuts to make a snowflake. Older children can do this , but you will need sharp scissors so a parent should do this step for preschoolers .
  4. Next grab the glue, my son was very pleased to have full control of the glue .
  5. Sparkles! I like to use a paper plate to sorta keep him contained. It worked reasonably well too.
  6. For the foil liners we skipped drawing on them and just turned them into snowflakes added glue and of course added sparkles.
  7. Let your snowflakes dry. For reference my son colored all the white liners and added the sparkles to 5 or 6. Don’t expect toddlers to do this whole craft, if they do it’s a bonus but it’s too long for most.
  8. If you don’t need a card holder you can stop here and just have fun snowflakes to decorate your house! While the snowflakes dry add the clothes pins to the ribbon by hot gluing it to the underside. Alternate the direction the opening is in.
  9. Next add the snowflakes to the ribbon , I used hot glue .

10.Hang up and wait for all your cards in the mail !

Books!

“The Biggest Snowman Ever” by Steven Kroll is a cute winter book that holds a fantastic message inside. The book tells the story of a snowman making contest in Mouseville, two little mice work so hard by themselves but it’s just not enough until they join forces. Competition is not a bad thing but sometimes cooperation is even better, I really like this book.

“Snow Party” by Harriet Ziefert is a magical book that celebrates the biggest holiday for snow people, the winter solstice. I wish I had had access to this book when I was teaching because it’s a perfect way to read a story about celebrations without focusing on one tradition, or leaving out another. The illustrations are beautiful and the idea of snow people eating and dancing in the middle of the night is delicious!




Filed Under: Christmas, Holiday Card Holder, Preschool Crafts, Snowflakes | 9 Comments

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9 Comments

  1. kidletsmum says

    November 24, 2008 at 5:26 am

    Very cute!

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  2. Shanna says

    November 24, 2008 at 6:44 am

    This is so cute!! I can’t wait to make this with Isabella

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  3. Heather - CROQZine.com says

    November 24, 2008 at 7:34 am

    My 2yo son LOVES glue. LOVES it. He also loves glitter – ha ha! 🙂 This is a great project, and the muffin liner snowflakes are a stroke of genius! Yay for easy crafts! You rock, Allie!

    -Heather

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  4. Mary says

    November 24, 2008 at 8:00 am

    Since “I’m the bestest grandma!” I am so happy to have found your blog! It looks like you have some great ideas of fun, meaningful things to do with kids. I can’t wait to play some more!

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  5. MoziEsmé says

    November 24, 2008 at 4:03 pm

    This looks like great fun! Glitter and glue and some coloring, too!

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  6. Joyce says

    November 24, 2008 at 5:29 pm

    this is great. we’ll have to work on this after thanksgiving. not sure we’ll get too many christmas cards these days.

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  7. Allie says

    November 24, 2008 at 6:34 pm

    I got my first one 3 days ago which is why we made it so early, it’s like Halloween candy being out in August 🙂

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  8. Rachel@oneprettything.com says

    November 24, 2008 at 8:29 pm

    This is super cute and so creative! I’ll be linking.

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  9. Charity says

    December 10, 2008 at 12:44 pm

    Just wondering, how did you hang yours on the wall? We just made ours together, my son and I, and then I went hhhrrmm…… How do I get it up on the wall???

    Thanks!

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