hali Posted September 24, 2004 Share Posted September 24, 2004 Me again.................... Done snowmen....snowflakes....lanterns...candles....father xmas's... any new ideas for simple christmas cards!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 24, 2004 Share Posted September 24, 2004 Reindeers using footprints? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magenta Posted September 24, 2004 Share Posted September 24, 2004 We get the chn. to make patterns with different shaped pasta - we then spray them with goldor silver paint - very effective. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hali Posted September 24, 2004 Author Share Posted September 24, 2004 thankyou Dougal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hali Posted September 24, 2004 Author Share Posted September 24, 2004 OOOOHHH that sounds quite good Magneta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 24, 2004 Share Posted September 24, 2004 Its September!!!!!! I have obviously lived too long overseas, do you really start preparing for Christmas in September? Oh the culture shock... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beau Posted September 24, 2004 Share Posted September 24, 2004 Hali!! Calm down girl! You'll give yourself a hernia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 24, 2004 Share Posted September 24, 2004 I think Hali just wants to be prepared Jenny!! And getting the rest of us panicking! We have done robins-we sponge printed a brown oval and then a red sponge circle in the middle. Add eyes and legs with a black felt pen and glue on a card beak! Very simple but very effective. The other one we do for robins is fingerprints in brown, a smaller finger print over them in red and again add beak, legs and eyes in black felt pen. Linda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hali Posted September 24, 2004 Author Share Posted September 24, 2004 Thankyou Linda...and i did apologise lots before i got going Beau.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted September 24, 2004 Share Posted September 24, 2004 I think Hali's doing her long term planning Jenny... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hali Posted September 24, 2004 Author Share Posted September 24, 2004 I do try steve......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JacquieL Posted September 25, 2004 Share Posted September 25, 2004 We show the children lots of Christmas cards and list Christmasy things together. Then the children decide for themselvs what they would like to do on their card and use all the arty and christmasy bits to make it. I do a pro=forma for the inside and they sign it. Our Reception children put them in envelopes, we address them and after putting stamps on we go to the local postbox. They are most excited when they arrive at home. We also design Christmas stamps with the children- makes a lovely display. We start xmasy things on Dec. 1st. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gezabel Posted September 25, 2004 Share Posted September 25, 2004 Only '91 sleeps' until Christmas! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apple Posted September 25, 2004 Share Posted September 25, 2004 on the reindeer theme we took digital photos one year (close up of children's face) cut out stuck onto background that children have created (dripped glue and silver or snow glitter) made handrints with brown paint and used these for the antlers. Blob of red glitter on the nose and bobs your uncle! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorna Posted September 25, 2004 Share Posted September 25, 2004 Last year... we did hand printed angles... although they all can out the same ... nice idea though. You do two hand prints that touch at the thumbs, but fingers closed for the wings and then a hand print between for the body. We then used a round sponge for the head. They did look pretty... but not child orintated as we will do this year. We also have a christmas craft day in school... we arrange 6-8 activities and get in lots of parent help and try and blitz the activies.... the children get ago at most of them and those who don't can be picked up in the next few days.... Last year we found it a nice way to startr activities and then to finish in the following week. Takes lots of organisation but the children and parents enjoy it. L Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inge Posted September 27, 2004 Share Posted September 27, 2004 We once did christmas pudding cards, decorated with flour, oats, old pack of raisins found lurking in the cupboard, (anything else we could think of) red sequins and glitter for good measure - very messy we send child made cards to people who have helped us over the year and the comments from some were facinating , - particularly the brigadeer ( I ran a pre-school on an army base for a while) who got flour shot all over his desk and floor. It was the only card he displayed in his office and the following year was so suspicious he got his clerk to open it first. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hali Posted September 27, 2004 Author Share Posted September 27, 2004 See there is someone worse than me counting how many sleeps!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue R Posted September 27, 2004 Share Posted September 27, 2004 Lorna -Were all the angles the same, or did you make it a Maths activity, too, comparing the shapes of acute and oblique ones??????? (sorry, only kidding!) Sue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hali Posted September 28, 2004 Author Share Posted September 28, 2004 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan Posted September 28, 2004 Share Posted September 28, 2004 The activity day sounds like a lovely idea Lorna! Inge, that sounds so funny but what an honour to be the only Christmas Card! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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