December Them Board

I use on of our white wall to set up a bulletin board for the kids. Every holiday or events during the months, we will make some craft to put on it. I will print out some worksheets which related to the events for Ethan to do.

December is the Christmas time. The kids already make Snowmen, Christmas tree and Santa. I used the recycleble materials the we can find around the house.

Snowman Craft

December is the cold month, too bad we do not have snow in Houston, TX. I let the kids make the snowman craft by using screw, styrofoam, wire, beans and their imagination. I helped Evan to make the craft ( it is lots more prettier than Ethan's) and Ethan made his own and wrote his own name.

This craft is good to introduce the shape and number concept. I asked the kids what shape do we need for the snowman and they told me circle. Then I asked how many circles we need and Ethan told me 3 and Evan answered 3 after his brother. Ethan suggested to put screws for the eyes and I thought it was a good idea.

This is a good craft to introduce the kids about snow and the snowman. I found some good poem about the snowman too.

Snowman

S is for snowman
Round and fat
Sitting outside wearing hat

I brought him inside,
And sat him on the mat
And before very long
The snowman was flat

---Author unknown

"Green" Snowman

I found a craft idea on a book by using the things that we can find around the house. These snowmen were made from plastic bag, peanuts ( the stuffing that we found from the packaging), my scarf, my sons' used sock and the twigs that we found from the trees outside.


Too bad I did not have the colorful socks or scarf, otherwise, they will turn out better. Eric took these two snowmen to the office for Christmas decoration on his desk.