First we had to go and and scoop up our snow.
Then measure out the molasses and sugar.
Stir it all up and put on the stove. Cook until it comes to the hard crack stage.
Then carefully drizzle the hot syrup mixer onto the snow and it hardens immediately.
Once it is cool take it out and set on wax paper.
Then enjoy!
The left over snow was yummy to!
We sure had fun!
We talked about when Laura received a rag doll for Christmas. She was so happy to have a real doll like Mary had (instead of the corn cob doll she wrapped in a hankerchif).
Supplies Needed:
1.Make doll patern (about 12 inches tall). Cut 2 out of material.
2.Sew 2 together, leaving an opening for the stuffing (I left the top of the head open, since we would cover that with hair later).
3.Make small slits around curves, corners, or points. (be sure not to cut stitching.)
4.The girls start by turning the material inside out (so the seams are on the inside). As you can see, it is a challenging step. (The moms had to help a bit).
5. Fill doll with stuffing. Use the pencil to push the cotton all the way into the legs and arms.
6. Hand stitch the head close. The older girls did this! (The moms started and stopped the double thick thread.)
7.Cut yarn (11 inches long). Group them together in 3-4 pieces.
8.Moms, hand stitch the yarn on for the hair. Put 3-4 pieces of yarn on the needle at a time to stitch to the head. I put about 6 pieces of yarn in front of the middle seam.
9. Moms, continue stiching the yarn all the way down the middle of the back of the head. While the moms are working on this, we gave paper to the girls to draw pictures or write about what they received for Christmas (since this rag doll was Laura's favorite Christmas gift).
10.You can leave the hair loose.
11.Or tie ribbons in the yarn to give the doll pig tails.
The girls had a good time! This project took 90 minutes instead of our normal 60 minute craft.
Next time, we will add faces and make dresses for our rag dolls.
Supplies
I wanted to use a rope to make it look more authentic but after trying it, it was to stiff and didn't work. We ended up just using yarn which worked great but I would suggest using a thicker yarn so that the container doesn't show through.
For the older girls we cut the stripes thinner and for the younger ones we did thicker strips so they didn't have to go around as many times. It was a little tricky for the girls but with our help they were able to do it and after going around a few times they caught on.
So all you do is get a piece of string and start at the bottom and go in and out all the way around. When your sting runs out cut another piece and keep going. We did put a little piece of tape on the end of each new string so it would stay in place.
Here is the finished basket. If we did it again I would use darker yarn and like I mentioned before use a thicker one. We also hole punched the top and added a handle.
The first thing you need to do is cut the juice container about 5 in. high all the way around.
Next you need to cut strips of paper the lenght of your juice box and about 6 inches long. We used a brown paper bag from the grocery store but you could also use newspaper and paint it brown after gluing it on to your house. Then take each strip and roll it around a pencil and tape or glue to hold it in place. Because we had younger children and in the interest of time I tried to have a few already rolled but left several for them to do on their own.
Here are the rolled logs ready to go on the house.
Then put a layer of glue on one side at a time.
And carefully place your logs on.
After we had logs on all sides we cut another piece of paper for the roof. Our juice box had the spout on the side so we decided to use that as our chimney. See how cute they turned out.
The girls with their finished houses.
