A Colorful Snow Day

Here are the troops ready for some outdoor fun. The snow was a little too deep to sled or even walk through.

We shoveled out a little "room" in the snow for the girls. Gave them spray bottles with food coloring and let them release their inner graffiti artist. Notice Em is mittenless....she was couldn't squeeze her bottle with mittens on. She didn't seem to mind so I let her spray for 10 minutes before whisking her off to nap.

I posted about this activity last year. Many wondered if the food coloring stained their mittens and coats. We haven't had a problem. The wash took care of any stray drops. I would suggest using old or dark mittens for this activity if you are concerned. I also do not add a ton of food coloring. Enough to color the water.

After some hot cocoa we mixed up some colored ice cubes and placed them outside to freeze over night. Today we will use them to decorate our snow creations.

Hope you had fun too!

Last Minute Christmas Crafting

I wanted to pop in and let you all know that Grandpa King is doing much better than expected and we are all very optimistic. Thank you all for your kind words and prayers!

Above is a snowman craft I helped Lu with for homework. We used one Styrofoam egg (I shaved a bit off the bottom so it would stand) and two Styrofoam balls held together by toothpicks and frosting. Lu did the decorating. The hat is a large marshmallow glued with frosting to a foam circle. The arms are made from the branches of some table grapes we had.

I wasn't able to finish the three gumdrop trees. I did manage one. It is pretty tall. I think Uncle C will be satisfied.

Hope you are all managing to finish up all your loose ends. 

Have a wonderful holiday!

XO Mama King

Winter Kids Craft: Glitter Stars

This craft is for those not adverse to mixing small children, glue and glitter together. I am fearless (perhaps a bit too fearless) and let my girls have at it with the glitter and glue. 

Supplies: paper bag, glue, glitter, old or cheap snowflake stamp, and a plastic lid to use as your "stamp pad"

Squirt glue onto plastic lid.  Squish around. Tap stamp into glue or paint glue on with paint brush. I just let the kids squish the stamp into the glue not worrying about even coverage.

Add glitter while glue is still wet. Work in sections if you are doing a large piece of paper. Tap excess glue off paper.

Use to make cards or gift tags.

Not a fan of glitter? Use plain old stamp pads.

Santa, if your reading this, we need new stamp pads!

Have fun crafting with your kids!