I've chosen a few of my all time favorite Mommy Blog Christmas ideas to share. You cannot go wrong with these blogs on any day, and Christmas seems to have brought out art for children is that exemplary and wonderful in so many ways.
I cannot thank these young exciting mommy-bloggers enough for what they contribute to the world of children's creativity. Bless each and every one of you for your dedication and hard work.
~ MaryAnn
Painted Snowflakes from "The Artful Parent"
My comments: Cut coffee filters into snowflakes and paint. (You can also do this with flour tortillas and any variety of peanut butter, jam, or colored cream cheese for a fun snack.) You could also paint the coffee filters first and then cut the snowflake when it's dry.
Thank you, AP!
Spin Art Christmas Tree Cards from "The Chocolate Muffin Tree"
The Chcolate Muffin Tree blog shows us a way to take spin art and cut triangles to assemble in a tree shape and then further decorate with paint dots, glitter, stars, foil, sequins, etc. Cotton is added for snow, which we know kids would love. I just love how happy these little trees are dancing in the snow. Thank you, CMT!
16 Christmas tree crafts to try from "NurtureStore"
NurtureStore shares some amazing Christmas Tree art -- these are far more art than craft, and so beautiful!
One of my favorites is the paint chip art cut into trianges to make little trees. Great gift tags!
And look at the sticks and driftwood tree. Ooooo.
Sixteen different ideas for you, and just amazingly beautiful yet exploratory and unique for each child.
Recycled Paint Stick Snowman from "Pink and Green Mama"
"Measure the snowfall!"
Pink and Green Mama blog shares this cute craft. I bet no two snowman sticks will look alike! Provide lots of felt, paper scraps, and ribbon or fabric strips for his scarf. Number at one inch intervals from the bottom up (from 1 to 8), and you have a measuring stick to count the inches of snowfall on Christmas Eve. (dreaming of a....)
Thank you, P&GM!
Recycled Materials Christmas Tree from "The Imagination Tree"
The Imagination Tree provides the young artist with a cardboard tree shape, and then stands back as the artist paints the tree base and then adds scraps and doodads and other items from their "Jar of Wonder". Oh glorious! Check their blog to see how they fix the tree to stand.
Thank you IT!
Thank you all for making Christmas merry, bright, and creative for children.
And Happy New Year to All!
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thank you for sharing our driftwood christmas tree and paint chip christmas tree gift tags! we had so much fun with trees this year! you are such an inspiration!
Posted by: Paintcutpaste | Thursday, December 29, 2011 at 10:17 PM
I just found your blog. Was getting ready to buy First Art; but it looks like a new edition is coming out. When will that be happening...or should I just order the old one? Please email response. now I'm going to check out the mommy bloggers above.
Posted by: Tonya Owens | Friday, December 23, 2011 at 12:28 PM
Oh thank you so much for mentioning our Recycled Christmas Tree and The Imagination Tree blog! I'm honoured to be included here. Happy Christmas MaryAnn!
Posted by: Anna Ranson | Friday, December 23, 2011 at 11:51 AM
These are some of my favourite mummy bloggers too. You're right, you can visit any of these blogs on any given day and be inspired by the creative projects they are doing with their children and generously sharing.
*** HI, Elise: They are amazing!! My life has been dramatically improved seeing what they come up with on a daily basis.
Posted by: Elise Elle | Thursday, December 15, 2011 at 11:24 PM