I made this nativity for Elise. I really like it and now I want to make one for myself.
The little boys helped me make Christmas treats!
James had the most labor intense gifts to make. He chose to make pillowcases for each brother. He even came to the fabric store with me to pick out fabric for each brother. (And now I know never to go to Joann's the Saturday after Thanksgiving! Sheesh! We waited for over 2 hours to get our fabric cut!!!)
William made these little story disc games. He created a theme for each bag, drew a picture on several discs to fit the theme, and made a bag for each. The boys have had a fun time playing. They pull out 5 or 6 of the discs and have to make up a story using them. It's fun to see what they come up with!
Alex really wanted to do something with paint. We ended up getting these little wood rectangles which he painted and glued a magnet to the back of them. It was fun to see him carefully pick out the colors he thought each brother would like and then come up with a different design for each.
It really took me a long time to come up with something the boys could do for Rich this year. In fact, we worked on this just a few days before Christmas. We used a freezer paper stencil to paint the front of the shirt.
Then we took fabric markers and each boy got to draw himself and write his name (I wrote Henry's name and drew something for Lydia). It was super fun to make and Rich loved it.
Sometimes it's hard to come up with something for everyone to make but it's worth it to see how proud they are of what they've created to give to each other!
