Oh, what silly mommies are we, Tiffany, Kristi and I. We (mostly me), had this great idea for a kids Christmas party of crafts and decorating cookies. It's all the rage on Pinterest - 50 Christmas Activities for Preschoolers, Handmade Crafts, Montessori Christmas Ideas, blah blah blah. But really it's just mommy peer pressure to set you up as a failure when it's not all perfect and wonderful like those blogger mommies make it look. Below, and the following posts, are what it really looks like to Christmas craft with three 3 year olds and one 21 month old. Messy. But, it was fun. As long as you had ear plugs. And alcohol. (just be happy there is no video of these escapades).
I found a cute Christmas banner printable. I have a printables obsession this Christmas season. All about the free.
I made a bunch of sugar cookies for decorating. I cheated and bought buttercream frosting from the bakery instead of making royal frosting. But I convinced myself that it would be easier for the kids to decorate with buttercream.
After some crazy playing time and eating some yummy hot roast beef sandwiches, salad and fruit, we dug right into our first project - penguin ornaments. Tiffany found some really cute foam ornament kits that are perfect for these guys. They just peel the backs off the foam stickers and adhere. I think Nick may have made an attempt at it, even. The kids all sat and made at least one penguin, which I thought was a major win. At one point though, all four of them were calling MOMMY while Avery was beet red screaming in the living room with the boys and Monster was outside barking. Kristi, Tiffany and I all just put our heads down on the table. Then I opened another bottle of wine.
Kristi and I had issues getting the penguin santa hats to work out. The kids got all crazy and wild while Kristi and I focused on what we were doing wrong. Turns out, there is a front and back to those crazy little penguins...
Next up, coloring ornaments
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