If I had it my way, we'd totally ignore the Christmas holiday season. My kids are mostly fine with that, but do like to have *something* to decorate the house and of course like receiving a few thoughtful gifts! Each year, the tree is a creative problem-solving task.
This year, I found a bunch of felt at the thrift store and the kids got to work!
I cut out a large tree shape and taped it to the wall. The kids worked probably a solid hour on making ornaments.
Reed made a sweet Pokemon ball:
ZB cut a few large shapes and then cut up little scraps. Now, these ornaments can be mixed & matched on different days, since nothing is fastened together, besides the magic of felt stickiness.
And in the last couple days since we've made this - ZB has woken up first thing in the morning to re-arrange ornaments or make new ones (or change old ones).
Earlier this week, Reed found a Southern Living 1986 Cookbook at the Goodwill. He LOVES it! He's been busy making shopping lists, and cooking up a storm. Today, he made mini pound cakes. Fortunately, ZB informed us that it's Dolly's birthday today, so the cake would be in honor of her :) It was delicious!
