Thursday, December 25, 2008

Definition of Christmas, Hanukah, Kwanzaa(etc. etc.)

What is the definition of Christmas (or Hanukah and Kwanzaa, etc. etc)? I want to say presents, but it makes me seem selfish, right? Should I say family time, or love? No, that seems too mushy. I guess your perspective depends on your age. Here is my formula:

Toddlers=presents 
Adults=family time and love
Teens=? (I haven't figured this one out yet.)

So my theory is that your perspective on this topic depends on your age. I think I'm right. Am I?

Sunday, December 7, 2008

Every Friday, I go to this club after school. It's called Full Circle. It's for young teens or preteens. The club is very fun and I love it! 

This Friday, when I went to Full Circle, one of the arts and crafts that we did was making snowflakes. Here are the directions:  

Materials needed:
  • Small pipe cleaners
  • different types of beads (Get a variation)
  • glue
Procedure:
  1. Take three pipe cleaners and twist them together to form the skeleton of the snowflake.
  2. String a pattern of beads on each side of the snowflake (or just do it randomly. It will still look awesome!)
  3. String a big bead at the end of each side and bend the end of the pipe cleaner so the beads don't fall out.
  4. Apply some glue in center of the snowflake on both sides.
  5. Put a bead of your choice in the center and press on it. 
  6. If you want you could make a loop with some ribbon and glue it on the end of one side. Then you can have a Christmas decoration! Or you can get keep it as a holiday decoration. It doesn't matter really.


This is a very fun arts & crafts activity and I hope whoever reads this will enjoy it!