Home for the Holidays: Kids & Christmas
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| John, Santa and Conor (2012) |
One of my favorite parts of Christmas is the magic it brings. It brings magic to the young, but also us older “big kids”. I love seeing this holiday through my children’s eyes. My eyes filled up with tears as I saw them sitting on Santa’s lap. Conor had the biggest smile on his face this year as Santa talked to him. I love bundling up and looking at the fairy lights around our neighborhood. I love baking with them and helping them make little crafts to celebrate the season. Today I’ll be sharing How to Make Model Magic Snowmen. I will be sharing this over at This, That and Life at our last Home for the Holidays link party.
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| Model Magic Snowmen |
Materials
– Model Magic (available on Amazon, at Michaels or other craft stores)
– Pins
– Twigs
– Orange Toothpicks
– Felt (optional)
My kids love Model Magic, and unlike Playdough it doesn’t leave a residue. To make a snowman you need to mold a ball of Model Magic. Push it and pull it and working it all out:
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| Conor working with the model magic |
Instead of making three separate balls as you would with Playdoh you need to kind of make a long tube and then shape the three sections.
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| Shaping the snowman |
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| Pins for eyes |
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| John’s snowman |
You can also add some felt to look like a scarf or buttons (pins) down the center section. The best part about this type of snowman is it doesn’t melt like Frosty.
While we’re on the topic of Kids and Christmas I thought I’d share a few photos of an incredible place we took our boys to. One Sunday a few weeks back we took them to the Heritage Gardens in Sandwich, MA and had the most lovely evening. They got to chat with Santa in an old Model T (photo above). The boys loved all the lights.
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| Heritage Gardens, 2012 |
The toasting marshmellows:
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| S’Mores Anyone? |
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| Candy Lighthouse |
Check this one out:
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| My boys and me. |
Can’t wait to see what you all have been up to you with your kids this time of year!
Those snowmen are SO cute! It looks like everyone had a great time together! Good memories!!
Those gingerbread houses are awesome! Love the second one! Fun times. Looking forward to seeing what others share.
Aw, man! Love this and what sweet memories for you kiddos! You’re the best mom! Thanks for sharing and hosting with us all! SO fun to get to know you all a bit better! Merry Christmas to you and your beautiful family! Hugs to you…-Kennesha
I absolutely LOVE that last picture of you and your boys Danielle! And I am definitely going to need to try out these snowmen, because
I know my kids would just love them. Thanks for sharing and thank you for being such a GREAT host for this series. Merry Christmas to you and your family!
Heritage Gardens looks like a great place to visit. It is so nice to celebrate family traditions at the Holidays while creating a few new ones along the way. So very sweet.
Cute snowmen and the boys look like they’re thrilled to be visiting with Santa! I love doing things the Christmas with my grandhildren! We’llbe baking some cookies this weekend. They’re 5 and 2 so my kitchen may never be the same, but we’ll have fun! Merry Christmas! Hugs, Leena
Aww. When my kids were little I always loved to see how they’d interact with Santa!
Best wishes to you and all your family Danielle, for a wondeful Christmas and New Year,
Fiona xx