Annual Ornament Exchange

This is our third year exchanging ornaments with other FIAR moms and kids. I know I enjoy it as much as the boys do. Well, maybe even a little more. :o)

This year the boys selected Harold and the Purple Crayon for our book on which to base our ornament. We made a very simple crayon using purple cardstock.

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Ornaments Received 2009

Ornaments Received 2009
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These are the ornaments we received from the Five in a Row ornament exchange. It was so much fun to see what the other FIAR moms and their children created!

Ferdinand Cork Tree Christmas Ornaments

This was our second year participating in the Five in a Row Ornament Exchange. We decided to make Cork Tree ornaments to represent The Story of Ferdinand.

Seth drilling the holes...

We used earring posts to thread the corks...

Felt leaves and a little bit of wire to tie it all together...

I was pleased with how they turned out.

Valentine Exchange

A big 'Thank You' to our FIAR friends who sent Valentines!

We are really enjoying them!

Clown of God ~ Stained Glass Ornaments

This week we are 'rowing' Clown of God. I had a rare moment of inspiration and threw together these ornaments with the kids.
I took stained glass coloring pages that I had saved from the Dover Weekly Free Samples, like THIS one and THIS one, (saved as a picture file) and printed it on oniony thin paper (I had accidently picked some up on my constant quest for cardstock, you could probably use tracing paper). I printed it as a wallet size so they would not be too big. Then I cut frames from craft foam and glued them together.
Not bad for a spur of the moment craft. I love it when we can do something like this without a trip to the store!