Crafts and Cookies

One of the best parts about Audrey being a little older this Christmas is that we were able to do a bit more crafts and a lot more baking with her this year. She had a cold this month that kept us home for almost a full week but it gave us a lot of opportunities to try out some new things. First up were some "glue ornaments". She had a lot of fun squeezing the glue onto the wax paper but even more fun sprinkling them with glitter. They dried a little funny so I'm not sure if we'll be saving any but they were fun to make. I think the trick is use a lot more glue.

We also made a cotton ball snowman. She was a pro at this activity since we had done a sheep a few months ago.

Last up was my favorite - a footprint Christmas tree. We traced her feet out on some green cardstock (she liked it so much we had to do her hands and feet multiple times). I glued two together to make a tree shape and then she glued on some decorations and then stuck the star on top. Once everything had dried I added some hole punches and a quick pipe cleaner loop and now we have a cute ornament for our tree.

We were able to do a lot of baking this past month and Audrey was always eager to help by standing on her stool and adding stuff to the mixer. She also had to have her own bowls with flour or sugar in them that she mixed. Her grandparents must have been listening when we told them about all the baking she likes to do because she now owns not one, but two aprons and chef hats along with some baking tools for her own kitchen.

Christmas Eve actually began with a lot of baking (8 sourdough bread bowls and some sugar cookies for Santa). Our poor oven got a workout that day. We put on our aprons and mixed, rolled, and sprinkled the cookies - it was a great start to the day!