Activities with kids for when you are snowed in...

Elanor has been here for a couple of days during the worst of the ice storm. To fight off cabin fever, yesterday she decided to make an ornament for the Christmas exchange with a home school friend. This little girl likes Star Wars so we googled for ideas and found this. Simple enough! I helped Elanor with the stuff she didn't know how to do and this is her Princess Leia...

This morning I suggested that she could take the idea and make more ornaments (more cabin fever fighting). Elanor drew a Christmas tree with a star, made templates, and got to work:

Whatever your shape, cut a front and back. Make a wire form that follows the shape of the ornament, but is small enough to fit inside it. Include extra length at the top to make a hanger. I used light-weight galvanized wire...

Once the felt fronts and backs (tree and stars both) were glued together with the wire (and felt tree trunk) in between, she decorated the front with glitter and sequins...

She's having fun and making presents! Yay!