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Holiday crafting with Rebecca

Here’s a fun holiday craft you can try.

Christmas craft fail

First you shape willow branches into the form of a ball. Paint and apply glitter.

Kidding! I got these at Dollarama. I thought it would be fun to hang them on the tree in the front yard since our house is older than dirt and doesn’t have any electricity running to the outside. Not an exterior outlet for Christmas lights. Not even a porch light.

Mary was napping and Ed was washing dishes so Colum, Irene and myself went out to tidy up the front yard and string up the ornaments. It went a little like this:

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Now Who’s Crafty, Biatch?

DAILY SNACK

Once upon a time

There was a mother who didn’t do crafts.

Hardly at all.

Then one day

She finished a carton of eggs

And remembered something from her childhood.

Two minutes later,

She handed her son a crayon.

Two more minutes later …

Voilà!

crafts 001Thank you.

Thank you very much.

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Too Late for This Year, But …

Okay. I’m leaving for the big in-law dinner in the burbs any second now, but I want to share one little idea. I’m proud of this one.

Get your kids to make wrapping paper by drawing on craft paper! This makes the little one’s feel involved and is so very sweet and it’s eco-friendly to boot.

Also, I’m learning that being Santa is as much work as it is fun. But it brings back that old Christmas-y excitement of my childhood and I love being a mom at this time of year.

Merry, merry Christmas! I’ll be back in a couple days with the post-game analysis.