Christmas Ornament Craft: Kiss Angel

Several years ago, a dear friend and I made these Kiss Angel ornaments together. They are very simple to make and would be a great addition to a package or small tree.

You will need a wrapped Hershey Kiss, a small round wooden bead, a bit of yellow pipe cleaner, and some bits of ribbon - two need to be white, but the third could be another color.

Hot glue the bead to the top of the kiss. Shape the yellow pipe cleaner to a circle or swirl and glue to the top of the bead. Use a pencil to draw eyes and mouth. We made our angels look like they were singing with their eyes closed. Use one bit of white ribbon and made a small bow to glue to the front of your angel, just below her chin. I have to admit, for the life of me, I could not make that bow! My fingers just couldn't make them tiny enough, and my friend had to make all of them. We got a good chuckle out of it at least.

Use another bit of ribbon - ours is purple - and glue a loop to the back of the angel to make a hanger. Finally take a bit of white or shimmery ribbon and make another bow slightly larger than the first to glue to the back for her wings.

These ornaments are absolutely adorable. Are they edible? I guess they could be, as long as none of your glue seeped into the kiss wrapper when you attached the head. I personally think she's way too adorable to eat, and I've had her for several years now. Just make sure you don't put her away in the attic after Christmas!

And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were filled with fear. And the angel said to them, “Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of a great joy that will be for all the people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. And this will be a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.” And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying, “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased!”  Luke 2:9-14

Turkey Tea Party Treat

Gran hosted today's Turkey Tea Party, and before the party started, we each made our own Turkey Treats.

You will need one round cookie, one long cookie like Nutter Butter or Vienna Finger, mini M&Ms, candy corn, peanut butter cups, vanilla frosting, and cut pieces of taffy.

Lay out your round cookie as a base, and use the frosting as glue to stand up the other cookie with the peanut butter cup beside it (peanut butter cup is the back side of the turkey). Use the candy corn to make feathers. We inserted the candy corn between the cookie pieces. You may or may not need to add a little extra frosting to hold them in place.

Use mini M&Ms to make eyes and feet for your gobbler, and cut a piece of red taffy to make his waddle, using the frosting to hold them in place. The kids loved being able to craft their own treat for the party.

I just had to show you the cornucopia for our tea party. Gran used a sugar cone to make the cornucopia spilling out candy oranges, jelly beans, fruit gummies or just use whatever you can find.

Our table setting. The oranges at the centerpiece are hallowed out and filled with orange yogurt. Gran used a piece of cinnamon stick to make them look like pumpkins. For our sandwiches, we cut round pieces of bread to make small peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. We used mini M&Ms for the eyes and more taffy for the waddle, attached with a bit of peanut butter. We used red, yellow, and green apple slices and laid them on the plate above the sandwich to make our turkey tail feathers.

Yummy! Happy Thanksgiving!

Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever. Psalm 107:1

Craft Project: Toilet Paper Roll Carolers

Our Thanksgiving Day craft is hosted by Gran, and it was fun to make these carolers with our cousins. For this project, you need empty toilet paper rolls, colored paper, small socks, and printouts of music paper.

Cut your colored paper to wrap around and cover the toilet paper roll. Make sure you use copy paper instead of card stock. If your paper is too thick, it is more difficult to keep it wrapped around the roll. You could also paint the roll instead of covering with paper. Cut an oval from a piece of flesh covered paper, draw your face, and glue it on.

We found pictures of song books and mittens and printed them from
the computer. But for mittens, you could also cut them from
pieces of printed or plain colored paper.

Cut out the mittens and song books. Fold the song book, then glue the fingers of the mittens to the song book like your caroler is holding the book, then glue the other side of the mittens to the body of your caroler.

Cut the socks at the heel. Use a small hair scrunchie to tie off the end
of the sock and place it on your carolers head to make a hat.

The girls give our carolers project two thumbs up each for this project.

Praise the LORD. Sing to the LORD a new song, his praise in the assembly of his faithful people. Psalm 149:1