Bethlehem Church Christmas Party

Charm Bracelet Shrink Dinks

For Mothers Day at church Primary with about 30 kids we are making shrink dinks charm bracelets.  I purchased a kit with sheets of shrink plastic and punched 1 3/8 inch circles in the shrink wrap.  I also punched a hole in the circle to be able to attach to my charm bracelet.  I purchased chain and broke off in about 7" lengths.  I connected the chain with a jump ring.  I will also attach the shrink dinks with a jump ring after colored & shrunk per box directions.  I added a piece of 2"x4 1/4" (folded in half) piece of cardstock to each bracelet and stamped the woman silhouette on each piece of cardstock.  Each mother will get one bracelet with a charm attached

from each child.  Love how these turned out.

String Art

My kids made lots of string art and

enjoyed it all day long.

Bath Bombs

I made these bath bombs with friends using the recipe from here.  We used Easter eggs and silicone molds to shape them.  They are amazing in a bath.

Gingerbread/Foamcore Houses

I used gingerbread templates from bobvilla.com to create my fun houses out of foam core board. We colored them. fun project to make with the kids. We made mini ones for our ornaments on our tree. To make real gingerbread houses there is a great recipe here at Housefull of Homeade.

Here are Bob Villa's A-frame house templates.

DIY Doll Masks from Craft Foam

To make easy doll masks I cut fun shapes from craft foam.  Figured out where the eye holes should go and cut out.  My daughter and her friends decorated them with glitter, feathers, craft foam cutouts, etc.  We also made mouse ears with craft foam.  To ensure the elastic doesn't rip out of the foam masks after lots of play I added small paper crafting grommets before tying the elastic. 

DIY Doll Cast - no sew

I found a great idea for sewing a doll cast here.  I made a simpler version by using craft foam, cutting out a small thumb hole, and adding velcro.  You can see where I added the velcro with the pink on the photo.  You will have to add the velcro to fit your doll.  You can't see the other piece of the velcro on the underside (under the "f" in friend and the "peace" sign.  My daughter and her friends love these.  They signed their names to the casts.  I also printed small version of x-rays found on Google and laminated them. 

DIY Doll Cotton Candy

What could be easier than making cotton candy for you doll.  Make a simple rolled paper stick and clue it to a cotton ball.  My daughter and I used sidewalk chalk to add color to the cotton.  The chalk left colored dust everywhere so we spritz a little hair spray for better hold.  We had a great time making these.

Doll Cookie Set

My daughter enjoyed cutting out cookies from craft foam and adding chocolate chips with permanent marker.  For the gingerbread cookies I punched a small cookie cutter into craft foam where it made enough of an indentation for my daughter to see to cut out. 

 

I made the cookie sheet from easy to cut disposable tin cookie sheet.  I cut it out and folded over the 1/8" edges using a ruler/straight edge.  I then pounded flat the edge with a hammer to prevent cuts/injury. 

For the over mit I used some fabric scraps from a quilt I had made.  It had batting sandwiched between two fabric layers.  I cut a simple rectangle shape, curved one end around the fingers, and sewed aroud the three edges.  I added bias tape to the opening and flipped the seam to the inside. 

Doll Pencil's, Pencil Box, & Paint Brush

My children and I made doll pencil's out of small dowels just thicker than a wooden skewer.  I cut the dowel in 3" lengths.  The kids ran one end of each through the pencil sharpener.  We glued a pink Perler bead on the flat sanded end of each pencil to look like an eraser.  We then cut a small rectangle piece of tin foil to wrap and glue around the seam of the bead and dowel.  My kids used markers to color their pencil's yellow and black for lead.

The doll pencil box was made from a cassette tape case.  I cut off the little plastic prongs that go through the cassette reels.  My kids added small stickers to the box.

The paint brush was made from a dowel piece just like the pencil's, about 3" long.  For the brush bristles I cut little pieces of fishing line and hot glued them to the dowel end. I then trimmed the bristles flush.  I glued a strip of tin foil over the seam of the dowel and bristles. 

The colored pencil's were made with 3" long dowel pieces.  My kids sharpened one end in a pencil sharpener and colored with markers.  Easy Peasy.