Baby Jesus

The week before Christmas Albie and J did some 'baking' and made 'Baby Jesus'.

We crushed some Shredded Wheat, which was actually quite difficult for little hands.  Then the boys mixed in some melted chocolate which was very tempting but they did manage to resist licking the spoon.  The boys then spooned the chocolatey mixture into fairy cake cases - then they were allowed to lick the spoon!

I showed the boys how to roll a small piece of fondant icing into a ball and then flatten it with the rolling pin, they were very good at this.  We then wrapped a Jelly Baby in the icing 'blanket' and placed it into the chocolate manger.  As it was Christmas we sprinkled on a little dusting of edible glitter, and our Baby Jesus' were ready - and they tasted yummy!

Christmas Party

Last week was the first of our Christmas parties.  Unfortunately (for reasons I won't go into on this blog as I like it to be lighthearted) the party wasn't a great success, though there were aspects of it that were good.  The children all enjoyed playing with the baubles, beads, feathers and lametta.....

Father Christmas wore a lovely suit and he was lovely.  J wouldn't go anywhere near him!  M was a little bemused.  And Albie was VERY excited!

3d Snowflake

Look at these fabulous 3d snowflakes that H made after school the other day....

Christmas Trees

I found a lovely and easy craft for the children to do in one of my books so the children could follow the steps shown in the pictures.  I cut out the tree template and stuck it to a piece of card with masking tape.  I then provided green paint and brushes, but also told the children it might be good if they used their fingers too.  Initially they used the brushes.

 M soon got bored of using brushes and used his fingers instead....

 And of course painting on fingers became popular!

 Once the paint was dry the children added glitter.

Their finished pictures look lovely.