Christmas Advent craft pictures part 1

Here are some of the projects that we have done so far with our craft advent (you can read about it here). I will admit that planing a craft a day was a little ambitious. Because of other things we have not been able to do a craft everyday but the days we have been able to have been fun. Here is what we have done so far.
(Note: I am linking up with Living With Lindsay)

Ornament wreath.

I am not to crazy about the way the bow on top looks but it was all we had and the girls love it so that is all that matters.

Snowflake card holder.

I have really fallen in love with this. I found a pack of foam snowflakes at the dollar store and 2 1/2 in. ribbon. I hot glued the ribbon between two snowflakes. Then I glued clothespins every 3 inches or so. The ribbon is about 3 feet long. It turned out really great.

Bedroom door wreaths.

The kids really love being able to decorate their doors.

Christmas tree Christmas cards.

These will be the ones we send out this year. They loved doing them.

The was supposed to be a cranberry wreath but we could not find fake cranberries so I substituted it with flat back red glass gems. It turned out very pretty.

Thats all we have done so far. I will post more as we (hopefully) get them done.

Thanks for looking

Christmas advent crafts-part 3

Here are more ideas for our advent craft tree. To see part 1 go here and part 2 go here.

First one on the list today

Serena at Nap Time Crafts shows us how to make this adorable Santa's Belly Ornament. These would make great gifts.

Next

Jo over at Chica and Jo tells us how she made this cute little snowglobe out of those plastic vending toy containers

Next

Enchanted Learning is a site dedicated to kids crafts and activities most are very educational. Here they show us how to make a cute snowman out of glue and other supplies you probably have laying around the house. You can use this as an ornament or you can make a necklace with it.

and the last one for today

Craft Elf is a site all about crafts. Not just Christmas crafts but crafts for all holidays. Here they show us how they make these cute little gag gifts called Snowman Poop. They use white pompoms but I have also seen these made with minture marshmallows. They inclued a link to print off the little poem to go with it.

I am still looking for Christmas craft ideas for kids, so if you know of any good crafts please leave me a suggestion or the link in the comment section. Thanks

Christmas advent crafts-part 2

Here are more ideas for our advent craft tree. To see part 1 go here.

First one today.

Allie from No Time for Flash Cards shares how she makes a bedroom door wreath. Since my girls share rooms I am going to let them work together on this. I think they will be excited to be able to decorate their own rooms.

Next on the list

Jennwa from The Ramblings of a Crazy Woman shares how her kids made these popcicle snowflakes. She also shares a poem about snowflakes.

Next one I found is

Lier over at Ikat bag shares her secret to perfect gingerbread houses (she makes them out of tissue boxes and covers them with brown paper. shhhh you didn't hear that from me.)

And the last one for today.

Over at Kaboose they have lots of craft ideas. I just love poinsettias. They show us how to make a Poinsettia Clothespin Ornament out of a coffee filter, clothespin and pipecleaners.

I am still looking for Christmas craft ideas for kids, so if you know of any good crafts please leave me a suggestion or the link in the comment section. Thanks

Christmas advent crafts-part 1

In this post I shared with you my idea for what our family is doing for advent this year. I have found some very cute crafts for us to do and I am going to share them with you. Here is what I have found so far.

Over at Crap I've Made Char posted about this Eddie Ross wreath made out of Christmas ornaments. Although I love the color combination, it just doesn't say Christmas to me. Char made her version out of red, green and silver ornaments and that is the look I want to go for. The best thing is that she got all of her ornaments from the Dollar Tree.

The next one that I found

Lori over at Goody Goody Gumdrops made these cards with her kids and even her 3 year old was able to get in on the action. She show you how she made them. Go check it out.

Next on the list

 Cathie Filian is the co-host of DIY's Creative Juice and she also has her own blog. On it she shares this idea for making a handprint wreath. I think my kids will really enjoy this one. The love having there hands traced.

Last one for today

Gail over at That Artist Women tells us how to make this penguin snow globe ornament. My oldest loves penguins so she will really enjoy this one along with the rest of the kids.

I am still looking for Christmas craft ideas for kids, so if you know of any good crafts please leave me a suggestion or the link in the comment section. Thanks