I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. We celebrated twice! Once on Thanksgiving and then again on Friday. We also finally managed our first pic as a family of six.
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We were running late getting out the door for Thanksgiving, but we were all dressed and clean and I had even managed a shower so it seemed like as good of time as any.
The kids were anxious to get going. We piled on the couch, set the timer and did a few takes. Of course, when I looked at the pictures later there isn’t a picture where we are all smiling with our eyes open. The goofball one is my favorite anyways!
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The kids were off of school for Thanksgiving so we did our share of Christmas decorating too. The kids have been begging to make something with clay, especially Eleanor.
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Ever since Quinn brought home a clay project from school she has had clay on her mind. She keeps fretting that they wont work with clay anymore when she is in first grade.
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We used a half-off coupon from Michaels to pick up this pack of Sculpley clay.
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We used about one-third of each clay block and chose three colors for per an ornament.
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This project is perfect for kids, because you are suppose to mix the colors! There is no such think as wrong with this project.
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Roll out your colors into snakes and twist them and squish your clay into a ball. Roll your ball nice and smooth and then squish it down into a nice little pancake.
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We then used our cookie cutter letters to stamp our letter into our clay ornament. We also made a “B” for Bray and a “6” because that is our number now!
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To finish them off, take a toothpick to make a hole for stringing the ornament and then bake per the clay instructions on the package.
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You get this fun marbled look, which is totally on trend!
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They are such a fun, colorful addition to the tree.
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The kids had such a blast making them. They twisted up clay to make wreaths, candy canes, cut shapes with the cookie cutters and Hudson made a snowman!
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My favorite part about creating with my kids are the conversations that happen as we work and the pride they feel when they make something.
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If you love making handmade ornaments, you might also want to consider these this holiday season!
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Pain Dipped Christmas Light Ornament
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Handprint Santa Ornament with Pattern
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