Category Archives: Christmas Projects

ABSTRACT WINTER TREES

You can almost feel the cold when you look at these winter trees. We use permanent markers on tracing paper to make the trees. Colored tissue paper and iridescent glitter finish the look. This is an outstanding project and the … Continue reading

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SNOWMAN STOCKING

A stocking and a stocking cap for this snowman. I’ve left the faces, stockings and caps blank to give the kids lots of ways to make their project unique. I love his tinsel arms. Finish only one side and hang … Continue reading

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1ST GRADE NATIVITY

This little stand up Nativity uses one sheet of card stock. I can’t give you a pattern for the figure illustrations because they are copyright, Mo Manning. I have included a blank pattern for the stand up which will help … Continue reading

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BURLAP BUDDIES ORNAMENTS

These aren’t difficult to make and would look really cute hanging on the Christmas tree. They would also be cute filler gifts because they aren’t expensive to make. I came up with three bunches of buddies: snowmen, angels and toy … Continue reading

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HEAVEN’S ANGELS

We started this class with a quick lesson on drawing angels. A good site for a simple angel drawing lesson can be found at: http://www.hellokids.com Type in “how to draw an angel,” in the search bar. This, “Heavenly Daze,” project can … Continue reading

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BETHLEHEM’S STARRY NIGHT

We’re all aware of the Van Gogh painting “Starry Night.”  With this project we hope to imagine the starry night being a special one in Bethlehem the night Jesus was born. Therefore this project is called “Starry Night in Bethlehem.” … Continue reading

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PAPER TOWEL TUBE ANGEL

This 16″ angel would look great standing tall and stately on the mantel. There are all sorts of opportunities to change the looks of the angel. Draw a singing mouth,  put a print in the bodice, have colored wings, a … Continue reading

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MARY AND JESUS

This is a new project that the 4th Grade did this week. Christmas card pictures of Mary and Jesus were selected to be a guide for our oil pastel art. Students lightly drew an outline with pencil before starting with … Continue reading

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