In the Beginning God created the Heaven and the Earth

 

"In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth."

Genesis 1:1

10 Christmas Craft Ideas from the Young Hosannas

1. Felt gingerbread men

2. Hand sewn felt robin in a frame

 



 

3. Stuffed robin

 

4. Hand sewn felt snowman in a frame

 



 

5. Stuffed snowman

 

 

6. Felt Christmas trees

 

 

7. Lollipop stars

 

 

8. Clay stars

 

 

9. Nativity sun catcher

 

 

10. Bible verse paintings

 

 

 

"For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given:

and the government shall be upon his shoulder:

and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God,

The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace."

Isaiah 9:6

 

Do You Want To Sew A Snowman?

For a craft activity at our next home education group we are making felt snowmen.

If you would like to make your own with your child, here's how...

 



Place your background piece of felt into your embroidery hoop. If possible, buy the decorative hoops that have a handle so that your embroidery can be hung afterwards.

 



 

Cut out your snowman shape using white felt.

 

 

Sew the snowman on to the background felt using a running stitch like this - - - - - - - - -

If necessary, stick it down first with a piece of double sided tape to stop it moving around when the child is sewing it. Be prepared to re-thread the needle about 20 times!

Cut out and sew on any accessories you want your snowman to wear e.g. hat and scarf.

 



 

Sew on buttons. We used a piece of orange pipe cleaner for the carrot nose. You can buy stick on felt buttons from the Pound shop to make it a bit easier for little ones.

Add the snowman's arms. We used a brown Sharpie pen to draw them on, but you could cut them out of felt and sew on or even sew on little twigs.

 



Trim the excess felt neatly off from around the ring and there you have your own embroidered snowman. A perfect Christmas gift!

 

 

I'm linking this post up at the Tot School Gathering Place (1+1+1=1 blog) and Preschool and Kindergarten Community (Homeschool Creations blog)

Our Week - China and Guy Fawkes Night

We have started a two week study on China. As part of this, we took a trip into Manchester to visit China Town.

 

The children had fun exploring the different shops and we tried some Chinese food for our lunch.

 



 

 

The children made Chinese dragons following these instructions,

 

 

have found out about Pandas

 

and Chinese inventions.

 

 

On November 5th in the United Kingdom, we celebrate the foiled attempt of Guy Fawkes to blow up the houses of parliament and King James I in 1605. This has special significance for us as Christians, because it was King James who authorised the translation of the Bible into English in 1611, the same version our family use today.

 

The children made mini Guy Fawkes models, which they burnt on the bonfire in the evening.

 

 

Remember, remember the fifth of November,

Gunpowder, treason and plot.
I see no reason, why gunpowder treason
Should ever be forgot.



For tea we had hot dogs followed by parkin for pudding. We then went out in the garden to light our bonfire, watch the fireworks and the children had sparklers for the first time. Tabitha and Abigail concluded it was their best night ever!

 



On Friday we had a home education visit to a local pet shop where the children had the opportunity to hold some pets and they found out how to care for them.