Holiday Crafting

Each holiday I am trying to help Sawyer and Paloma understand it's significance and truly enjoy the season by making a craft.  While they may be a little young right now I know one day we will be able to look back at their projects and remember how much fun we had together in the moment!

For Thanksgiving we made cards for our friends and family  that told them just how thankful we are to have them in our lives.  Sawyer did some watercolor painting and I cut out the shapes to make a turkey.

For Christmas we made our first set of ornaments with salt dough.  I can't wait to see the kids' Christmas tree a few years from now when it is hung full of their creations from school.  This project required a few more steps for Sawyer but he was really excited each time we got to work on it.  The only real mishap was when I was on the phone with Nani and Sawyer decided these really did look like cookies and took a big bite out of one!

I also want the kids to understand that Christmas is all about giving not receiving.  To help with this we wrapped up the ornaments for family and Sawyer worked on an extra special present for Daddy and Nani.

I can't wait for next year when Paloma can get in on the action too!