I didn’t say 5 days in a row right? ;-) It has been a busy, busy couple of days and I just didn’t have time to sit down and blog. I am actually home sick from church today :( (I hate missing church.) so I have some time and a quiet house to finally blog.
Day 5′s project was another one I did with the kids. Here is the original pin…
Source: katherinemariephotography.com via Jennifer on Pinterest
And here are our versions…
Definitely not as pretty as the original pin…but we had fun. ha ha :) Just like the gingerbread houses we have made in the past, we struggled with keeping the structure together. Even with a 10, 8, and 6 year old (Luke was napping), I still had to help them quite a bit. But once we got the structure together, the kids had a good time making all the little figures. We had a great time putting them together but I think they had the most fun when I said they could eat them…
Here are the supplies that we used:
- graham crackers
- coconut for hay (Put coconut in a ziploc with a few drops of yellow food coloring and shake!)
- large marshmallows
- black licorice
- fruit roll ups
- circus peanuts for baby Jesus
Making this craft was the “treat” they opened in their Advent calendar yesterday and they were all really excited about it. I love to do crafts and I am so thankful that my kids do too. I know it won’t last forever…but I am going to enjoy every minute of it while they do.
I’ll be back tomorrow with some fun little ornaments.
Have a great Sunday…
…jenn:)







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December 11, 2011 at 7:26 pm
heleadsus
Jenn, you crack me up! This looks like fun. I am trying to plan our school week out today and I was reminded that this was the time of year (when I was teaching in public school) that we did tons of crafty things. However, with my own kiddos, sometimes it just plain ol’ seems like a lot of work. =) You do it with such grace. I do have several projects planned for this week, but I am pretty sure that I WON’T be posting them…unless they look half as good as any of yours=). Have a blessed day, my friend.
December 12, 2011 at 12:50 am
HollyP
I had those pinned too -
we’re doing them this week!
can’t wait (sorta ;-)
December 12, 2011 at 4:39 pm
Breanna
Awesome!!!
December 12, 2011 at 9:04 pm
Jamie Ward
I am totally doing this in Sunday School this Sunday. I was looking for something extra special to do and THIS is it! Thank you Jenn for doing this with your kiddos and then posting it! I can’t wait!! Too Cute!! This made my day!!
December 13, 2011 at 4:20 am
Barb
Best line of this blog: Circus peanut for Baby Jesus *laughing*