DIY cards,

DIY Christmas Cards for Kids

08:46 Natalie Karine 0 Comments

Hi again! Last week, my students made some awesome gifts for their parents: a pine cone ornament and some beautiful collage cards. They had the choice between making a collage reindeer or a tree. I brought my funky patterned x-mas paper and look at the results! Magnificent!

Materials:
❄ coloured cardstock
❄ construction paper
❄ patterned paper
❄ glue
❄ scissors

Reindeers! Had a stencil to trace for the head and nose.

Awesome trees! Just start with a big triangle!

All wrapped up! I wonder if they'll be able to wait til december 25 to give them!

DIY crafts,

Pine Cone Ornaments

08:37 Natalie Karine 0 Comments

Hi there! The holidays are here and you know what that means: CRAFTS! My students were so excited when I told them we would have an afternoon of crafts last weeks (And I was too!). We made some cards and pine cone ornaments for the tree. We made some cute reindeers with some pipe cleaners, googly eyes, pompoms, ribbon and lots of hot glue. The only propblem was getting my pine cones all clean before the craft....







My parents have a huge pine tree in their front yard, so my mom gathered about 40 pine cones (and they are FREE!) Only problem is they were all sticky from the sap, and looked like this:

before

So I did some research and figured out a way to "clean" them, so that they're craft ready!

➊ Remove all leaves, dirt and needles
❷ Place the pine cones on a baking tray, lined with aluminum foil*** (very important or your tray will be ruined afterwards)
❸ Bake then at 200〫  F for 20-30 min
➍ Remove them immediately from the tray or they will stick there. You'll see that most of the sap melted onto the aluminum or crystalized onto the pinecone.  They wont' be sticky anymore and can be decorated!

after