Wednesday, December 12, 2012

A Winter Saturday Making Homemade Christmas Gifts

Saturday morning the boys are busily grating soap (not cheese). They liked experimenting with the different types of graters.

We added a little water (about 3 T per bar of soap), stirred, then reshaped the soap into snowmen and Christmas trees to give as Christmas gifts.



We also grew beautiful snowflake crystals to give as gifts. We grew the crystals on pipe cleaners in water and Borax overnight. They are hanging on our Christmas tree until it's time to give them away.
I loved spending time with my boys this weekend doing fun projects. Tess is sitting up now. She is 6 months old. I love to watch her sit and play with toys. She is my sunshine on a dreary winter day