Dear Sis,
Today we had a very full house and a lot of fun!
Book
Jenny’s Winter Walk: a kids yoga winter book by Giselle Shardlow
This story follows a mom and daughter on a winter walk. Each page also features a yoga pose. I wasn’t sure how a yoga book would go over, but everyone really enjoyed it!
Craft: Winter Landscape
Materials
- 8×10 inch canvas
- light blue acrylic paint
- sponge brush
- stick
- hot glue
- white acrylic paint
- cotton swab
- glitter
Assembly
- Paint the entire canvas blue using a sponge brush. Dry fully.
- Hot glue stick in place.
- With white paint, paint a snow-covered ground at the base of the stick to make it look like a tree.
- Dab on more white to create snow flakes.
- Dust with glitter.
These winter scenes turned out great! We had kids between 4 and 9, who were all able to make one with pleasing results.
Craft: Snow Globe
Materials
- plastic mason jar
- miniature evergreen figurine
- hot glue
- distilled water
- glycerine
- glitter
Assembly Instructions
- Glue evergreen figurine to inside of jar lid with hot glue.
- Fill jar with distilled water, leaving only a small space at the top.
- Add a few drops of glycerin. The glycerine helps keep the glitter from sticking to the jar when it settles. Too much makes the glitter clump together, so be careful.
- Add an 1/8 t glitter. Too much glitter tends to stick to the bottom when it settles.
- Close jar tightly and give it a shake.
The glycerine:glitter ratio will vary based on the size of your jar. I practiced before book club to get the balance just right.
Game: Roll a Snowman
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Snack: Bagel Snowman
Ingredients
- half a plain bagel
- half a plain mini bagel
- whipped cream cheese
- pretzel sticks
- chocolate yogurt covered raisins
- fruit roll-up
Song
Party Freeze Dance by The Kiboomers
Instead of “freezing” by staying still, we “froze” by wrapping our arms around ourselves and saying “burr.”
Love,
b
P.S. We also did a book exchange. Each family gently used wrapped books and we swapped at the end.