{"id":14998,"date":"2013-12-19T14:22:35","date_gmt":"2013-12-19T14:22:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pinkoddy.co.uk\/?p=14998"},"modified":"2013-12-19T14:22:36","modified_gmt":"2013-12-19T14:22:36","slug":"day-24-christmas-eve-craft-and-sams-snowflake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/54.155.211.39\/blog\/2013\/12\/19\/day-24-christmas-eve-craft-and-sams-snowflake\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 24: Christmas Eve Craft and Sam’s Snowflake"},"content":{"rendered":"

So we come to the last day of our Christmas TRH Book Advent<\/a>. Of course the obvious choice for Christmas Eve craft was always going to be the Christmas tree! I think ideally it could hold something like a Mars Bar but not sure if this would make it topple over. We added chocolate buttons and this seemed to work well. I was very interested in all the lolly pop stick crafts<\/a> when looking for things to put in my Recycled Christmas Craft post \u2013 and thought they were just perfect for making our tree. We used a combination of different types of sticks (what an excuse to eat ice-creams) and coffee stirrers (and who doesn\u2019t need to pop out for a coffee with all the Christmas shopping). We used some green tape to secure the bottom \u2018branch\u2019 as it was heavier than the rest, but otherwise glue held them in place. You could decorate your tree with all manner of things. We used gems, but thought about adding some tinsel, lights, glitter etc too. We simply cut a star out of foil for the top \u2013 but you could be more elaborate and add an angel.<\/p>\n

\"Christmas<\/a><\/p>\n

My children would love snow on Christmas day so a book about snowflakes really encourages their excitement. Sam\u2019s Snowflake<\/strong>, by Gillian Shields and illustrated by Rosie Reeve, is set on Christmas Eve too \u2013 so the perfect choice. It is a lovely story which really reflects how important Mum and Dad are to the little bear Sam. Sam\u2019s dad goes off with the promise of being back as soon as the first flakes of snow start to fall. Sam starts to worry that there is no sign of either his dad or the snow. So Sam has the idea to make a crafty snowflake. I do like this, as we love Christmas craft here, but let\u2019s just hope that my boys don\u2019t think that getting it to snow is as easy as making a snowflake though \u2013 as they do like their snow craft activities<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"sams<\/a><\/p>\n

ISBN: 978-1-4472-0270-7<\/b><\/p>\n

UK \u00a35.99<\/p>\n

I hope you have enjoyed our advent. If you make your own don\u2019t forget you can place them in any order you like. Visit my Christmas TRH Pinterest board<\/a> for further inspiration \u2013 there are some fantastic ideas about.<\/p>\n

Do make sure you go and visit RedTedArt<\/a> \u2013 as she has also some amazing TRH crafts and HereComeTheGirls<\/a> for more great book advent ideas.<\/p>\n

And of course wishing you a very<\/p>\n

Merry Christmas<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n

This is not a sponsored post<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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