Jacob made calendars for both sets of grandparents for Christmas. Mine are leaving for Florida today (already??) so we had to have theirs done yesterday, for our "Thanks-mas, Christ-giving" day with the family. The entire outline can be found at http://www.littleblots.com/ . I'm not going to show every month, but a few of my favorites. I laminated them so some of the pictures are a little shiny.
This is January; it shows the Ten Commandments (Jacob's hands each painted brown, no thumbs).
Basically, you use your child's hands (one foot) to make a picture, and they have a Bible verse. I changed mine a little, and cut out everything to put on construction paper so it would be a little hardier to laminate.
This is one of my favorites too....It's a Lamb. Upside down hand, then add marker detail.
Of course you have to have the turkey! We had a lot of fun making this. It takes time, and a willing child, but we did it!
My favorite of all: Baby Jesus in the manger. You paint the wrist brown, and then about halfway up the palm whatever color you want the blanket, then peach for the face. Loved it!
6 comments:
What a beautiful idea. Grandparents always love homemade gifts. All the personalization makes it even more special.
Wishing you and your family a blessed holiday, we really do have a lot to be thankful for!
LOVE this idea! I'm going to share it with all the folks I know who have young children.
What a wonderful idea! And what wonderful memories to give to the grandparents. I love the manger. Have a wonderful thanksgiving day!!
How cute! I bet the grandparents will love it!
I like the lamb the best. It's amazing what a hand can represent. I've done clay handprints for all ages and it's awesome the way they mean so much!
What a great calendar. It's funny. I'm artistic and spend huge amounts of my time doing artistic things but somehow I never involve Matthew in any crafts. (I'm also really anal and the thought of the mess he'd make makes me feel sick. lol)
Cheers :-)
- Rainforest Mommy
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