Faux gingerbread people ornaments were the craft at Little Learners this past Thursday. This little person is Madeline's first homemade Christmas ornament, and I think she did a great job (though I did help her with the glitter-glue outline on her gingerbread person's hair). Madeline showed more restraint with glitter than the rest of her classmates did. I didn't ask Madeline's teacher where she found the foam gingerbread people, but I suspect it was at Michaels ('cause it's the only place in town, pretty much).
This is Madeline's third Christmas, but it's the first one where I'm trying to explain the "Christmas" concept to her. She really likes looking at the outdoor lights when we are driving to pick up her dad from work after the sun goes down. We were going to take her to our community's children's holiday party yesterday, but she elected not to go (well, she elected not to get dressed, really), even when I explained that there were cookies and a present involved. She generally thinks that reindeer are moose, but in her world, all antlered creatures are moose (she's done a lot of growing up in Newfoundland, after all). We've bought her two Christmas-y books to read (Merry Christmas, Curious George and the delightful Bear Stays Up for Christmas), and she likes them, but I'm not sure how much she truly understands yet. But it's okay; she's still quite little, and I'm sure that next year she'll be too excited to go to sleep on Christmas Eve.
Oh man, Jack is already on the bandwagon. Every day he asks me, "Santa Claus coming?" The ornament is very sweet, I should make something with Jack for me to remember when I am old and gray. (Well, more gray, LOL).
Posted by: Sarah | December 12, 2006 at 03:21 AM
Very cute ornament! Gives me a good idea for the a Christmas party for Nikyla, I was looking for a craft.
Posted by: Jaime | December 12, 2006 at 09:33 AM
I really like her ornament! What fun!
Posted by: Alexandra | December 12, 2006 at 11:33 PM
The first kid-ornament! You're building tradition!
Our first ornaments were made from salt dough, and we still have them. The kids have each claimed theirs to store in their own ornament boxes. As my son (17) says, "They're kinda ugly, but they're my history!" Heh.
Madeline will love to put her ornaments on the trees in years to come.
Posted by: Mary P | December 15, 2006 at 12:05 AM
What a beautiful first ornament. Hayley has made a few Christmas crafts, but definitely none quite as cute. I still have a bell on my tree that I made in Grade 1.
Posted by: Terri | December 16, 2006 at 12:36 PM