Fingerprint snowmen/snowmen at night

Today, we made fingerprint snowmen. To go along with our craft, we read Snowmen at night- so we made our pictures be, snowmen at night!

First I collected the paint, paper, and brushes.

 Then we painted one hand black- for the tree. And then on the other hand, we only painted the fingers (we just did the 4 fingers, not the thumb, just to make it easier!).

After we pressed our hands onto the paper, we made the rest of the snow, and the trunk of the tree. And then stamped our brushes on to make some snow. 

 After they dried, we drew faces, hats etc on the snowmen. I took the picture before the kids coloured them- but they can colour them too!

AND- tomorrow, I am going to be starting 25 days of Christmas Crafts- type of advent calendar. I picked 25 crafts, because that is how many day home days are left until Christmas (like work days!). So check back Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday to see what new Christmas Craft is here!

Ghosts at night

This craft takes a couple steps. But, the kids love doing all of it! I got the idea from a friend of mine, who saw a picture of it on www.pinterest.com I added a couple things to ours, so the kids would have more to glue on. 

First, you will have to paint the kids feet and hand, this will need time to dry before you do the next step. You will need brown paint, white paint, paper (any colour) and paint brushes. I also have wipes handy so I can just wipe their hands and feet clean after! 

 I started with their hands and arm, paint those brown and press onto the paper. Then do each of their feet, one at a time, white! 

 After those dry, you can cut them out and draw a face on each foot (the heel is the head of the ghost). 

Then gather the rest of the stuff you will need for the craft- black paper, glue, sparkles (or glitter glue). We also cut out a paper moon, and an orange pumpkin out of foam. 

 Have the kids glue the ghosts (feet), tree (hand), pumpkin, and moon onto the black paper. 

 Then add more glue and put the sparkles on (stars).

 Then we have ghosts at night!