Advent Fun

The children have been designing these sweet mini stockings

I can't remember where I picked this up last year but it's a lovely, simple daily task sheet to prepare for Christmas

 I dug out our Reasons to Be Thankful poster from last year and we have started a new one for this Advent too.  Monkey Girl is thankful be getting to be alive and I love that!  

Spray painting.

Learning how to make play-do with Mummy

The children then used sweet wrappers (kindly donated by chocolate fan, Mummy) to make their own sweets with the play-do.  The Boy opened his own sweet shop and made a fortune I believe.

Mummy and The Boy made a massive bauble.

The Boy made this adorable sheep....

...and everybody had a go at making a beautiful moon for Santa silhouettes.  

Today The Boy finished his first ever book.  He was utterly thrilled!

Panda Girl received this wonderful gift for her Birthday so we chose a Jack Frost poem from it for our poetry work today.

After trampolining class today the children discovered an enormous pile of leaves...  Monkey Girl accidentally brought an awful lot home in her hair. :)

Nanny Mo's Surprise Birthday Gathering & Trip to a Children's Concert

Panda Girl's Mad Scientist Party

This was months in the making but what fun we had!  

Advent and Christmas. And So It Begins.

This little man has tickly feet, especially when Mummy paints them :)

Rudolph

 For Advent the children are trying to do as many kind deeds as possible.  For each good thing they do they get to put a cotton wool ball in the crib (aka plastic box) for the Baby Jesus, in the hope that by Christmas Eve He will be warm and comfortable.

What Can I Give Him?  Give Him My Heart

The Boy made a cute, fluffy bauble for the Christmas Tree.

Clear sticky-back plastic inside a Christmas tree frame makes a fun sticking activity. 

Making mince pies

(with a few jam and lemon curd pies too)

I checked on the kiddies during outside play time and found all four of them in a tree :)

 Tuesday afternoons are for libraries :)