Day 25 of 25 Christmas Crafts

WOW- this is the last Christmas Craft for 2011!

Today, we made ice cream cone Christmas trees! First, I collected everything that we needed for the craft, ice cream cones (the actual cone ones, not the ones with flat bottoms- for obvious reasons!), green icing (I put it in ziploc bags and cut the corner out so it was easier for the kids to use), and then different candies to put on them. I separated all of the candies into enough bowls for each child (4 kids, 4 bowls full of different types of candies, so there was no fighting over who had what- they were all the same!).

 Then, the kids put their icing on their trees. 

And then they started decorating them! 

And now, they can't wait to eat them! 

Squirrel feeders

Today we noticed that the squirrels outside are starting to gather things for the winter. So, I thought we should help them with some squirrel feeders.

First I collected some materials that we would need. I got some pop bottles (we used the 1L ones), cleaned them, cut the tops off and some holes in the sides. Then I cut up some papers for the kids to glue onto it, and collected some Halloween/Fall stickers as well. You will also need glue, a string- to hang the feeder from the tree, and some peanuts.

 First I had the kids decorate the outside with the paper.

 Then we tied the string on and added some stickers.

 And then we added the peanuts.

 And now they are ready to hang in the tree outside for the hungry squirrels.

While we were making these we were talking about hibernation, what other things squirrels eat, and where they live! The kids can't wait to see the squirrels come and get the peanuts!

You can also make this a bird feeder, you could even add popsicle sticks, and use bird seed!