Amber and I have done quite a bit of crafting lately.
Our latest project was this string of lampshades for her room. She got the box with all the material from Sinterklaas, all we had to do was put it all together and embellish it the way we liked.
They're now finished and I think they turned out pretty cute. I would like to put them around her mirror.
Another thing we made the other day was a calendar for December.
Amber loves to countdown the days when there is a special occassion coming up (e.g. her birthday or a holiday). Usually we just use a sheet of paper on which she draws and I write the days in squares, so she can easily cross them off. This December, however, is so packed with special days that we decided to do it a little fancier (just a little!).
Basically I just covered a big piece of cardboard with red fabric while she cut small bits of blue paper on which I wrote the date. We placed these on the board with colourful thumbtacks and after a bit of golden ribbon was added we were finished. So simple, but lots of fun to make. Now Amber enjoys crossing off each day and it's easy for her to see what exciting things are happening in the near future (Sinterklaas, Christmas, staying over at the omas, Laura coming to Holland etc).
Tonight we're going to buy and put up our Christmastree... we're all looking forward to it! Ofcourse, these will also find a pretty spot in the tree.
2 comments:
i love those lampshades, they look like little dancing fairies.
the lampshades are so cute - good job!
we have very simple advents this year - chains.
i think i may borrow the idea to make a calendar to just cross off. my son keeps waking up thinking it's Christmas (!) and my other son keeps opening the few presents we got out!
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