~ Some Christmas arts and crafts, and a promised book stack ~







Some St. Nick sketches..

















loved this one so much, he just had to be a stamp. And this stamp, not to send and not to put in a letterbox~ honestly, I think this is the first one I have kept just for me! The others are all on tracing paper and filed in my stamp drawer...so there is possibility to recreate those.

the girls and I made these paper trees today. Poppins shares her's here.


And this wreath inspired by Petunia's Christmas, the book info and activity available here .


and our book stack.
A few are old favorites, like This Way to Christmas ~ about a little boy who learns about Christmas in other lands...
and Christmas Stories by Lois Lenski (love love love her drawings) ~ a treasury of Christmas filled with short stories and poems.
Some new to us, like When Santa Fell to Earth by Cornelia Funke. I thought it sounded pretty good, but so far the oldest is less than impressed. Turns out, even though we don't do Santa (you know, we're big St Nick people)...she's a purist. Swearing elves and funny angels aren't cutting it for her. But every time an elf swears, "Smelly Goblin Farts!" the little ones crack up! We're only 1/4 through.. I'll let you know the outcome.