Today, the kids are going to make Silhouette Self-Portraits and send them to family members with handwritten holiday greetings and a few words about what they’ve been up to over the past few weeks inside. Silhouette Self-Portraits Materials Black Construction Paper White Paper White Chalk Scissors Glue OR Pre-Printed Silhouettes Made from Digital Photographs [See […]
Today, we’re asking the kids to create Christmas Collage Post-Cards with bits of paper we keep around for collaging, a slew of photocopied vintage Christmas cards, pen and ink. Then, we’ll ask them to write a collage-style poem about a Christmas Memory by relating a series of impressions or images associated, if only subtly, to […]
Last year, we asked the kids to imagine Santa’s workshop in a drawing in their letters to Santa. This year, we’re asking them to include a “blue print” of our house in their letter to old St. Nick, pointing out the various points of entry and exit, and the general set-up of the living room […]
December 13, 2011 17th Day of Advent 12 Days ’til Christmas CHRISTMAS CRACK-UPS Knock-Knock! Who’s There? Santa. Santa Who? ____insert funny bit here!____ Write Holiday Knock-Knock Jokes and Other Silly Sayings Featuring your Favourite Christmas Characters: Santa, the Elves, Rudolph, Frosty, the Grinch… When you’re finished, place your jokes into an envelope and send them to a […]
DECEMBER 7, 2011 11TH DAY OF ADVENT 18 DAYS ‘TIL CHRISTMAS SOME STORIES SAY IT’S A PALACE OF ICE AND SNOW, OR A FACTORY, OR, AS IN BABAR’S PRJMNESWE, AN ELABORATE UNDERGROUND NETWORK OF CAVES. WHERE DO YOU IMAGINE SANTA’S ELVES DO ALL THEIR HANDIWORK? DRAW YOUR OWN PICTURE OF SANTA’S WORKSHOP TODAY! Here’s a […]
December 6, 2011 – 10th Day of Advent – 19 Days ’til Christmas ANOTHER WRITING DAY DESCENDS! Let’s Make a Newspaper for Family and Friends, A Record of All You’ve Accomplished this Year To Place Inside Of Cards Full of Holiday Cheer! _____________________________ The kids have been really interested in making comic books at home this year […]
November 29, 2011 3rd Day of Advent 26 Days ’til Christmas Tuesdays are for Correspondence Write a Letter to a Friend Each Tuesday in Advent, we’ll be writing a letter, note, or email to someone we love. {Santa included, of course!} Today’s Advent Shadowbox is filled with Christmas stamps, holiday cards, and charcoal pencils: On the Glass, […]
