Gospel ABCs

I was called to lead the children 12 and under at my church last August. Since then I've been getting a hold of things and trying to switch some things around. The kids 18 months to 3 attend what they call the nursery. There they sing, have a short lesson (5 minutes about), and play. Because we had some new cabinets installed (after asking for them for a year), I feel like sprucing the place up. They have posters of typical kid songs like Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star, but I wanted to add some things that were more churchy. In comes this pin I saw om Pinterest. It's for a quiet book for little kids, but I wanted to make it bigger and switch up a few things. So what I did was copy their list of A-Z, then rewrite them to fit an entire page (they were filling up at about 1/4 of a page and since the room is pretty big, I wanted it bigger. Plus I wanted a different font). Also, instead of making the type white and the background different colors, I decided to simply do an outline and then color the wording. I like coloring and it gave me an excuse. The next thing I did was raid my gospel art kit which has pictures relating to different scripture stories and such. They would be easier than finding and printing 26 different pictures. And here is the end result..

I came up with outlines for my lettering.

I enjoy coloring so I did a second outline in marker and colored the pages in with colored pencils.

More after the jump!

T-shirt fun

A few months ago I saw this pin

                          

and knew I wanted to try it. But being the person I am (who hates patterns and being too copy-cattish, I wanted to make my own design).



I bought a plain white t-shirt and used a pack of fabric markers I had.

 




A sign leading to New Orleans and GG's house (that's what they call my mom)

 



Paper Bag Rudolph Puppet

Kaycee here...

At work I'm on the Function Planning Committee (think "Party Planning Committee" from The Office). My responsibility for the in-house Christmas party was to acquire the materials for a kids' craft. Of course, I turned to Pinterest for an idea. I had to tweak it a bit to keep it simple enough for a short office party with minimal supplies.

The PINSPIRATION:

http://pinterest.com/pin/203365739393116874/

The PRODUCT:

 

(I think it looks like a muppet, but maybe that's just me.)


What you'll need:

• Brown paper lunch bag
• Medium red pom-pom
• White craft glue
• Construction paper: brown, black
• 4 jungle bells
• Scissors
• Glue stick
• Pattern

How to make it:

1. Use craft glue to attach the red pom-pom to the flap of the bag.
2. Print this page on white paper.
3. Cut out the eyes. Color the eyelids brown and pupils black. Use the glue stick to attach the eyes to the front of the bag above the pom-pom nose.
4. Cut a strip of black paper the width of the paper bag, about one inch wide. Cut a small piece of black paper for the nametag hanger. Glue the small strip to the center of the larger strip so that it is hanging down.
5. Color the nametag in your favorite color. Use a pen to write "Rudolph" in the center of the nametag. Glue the nametag to the bag, overlapping the small black strip (hanger).
6. Use a generous amount of white craft glue to attach 4 jingle bells to the black strip (collar). (Be sure to keep out of reach of the littlest elves.)
7. Trace child's hands onto brown/tan paper and cut out. Use glue stick to attach the hands to the back of the bag as the antlers.

Tips:

1. You can use a black pom-pom to create other reindeer - Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner or Blitzen.
2. Instead of hand print antlers, you can simply cut simple antlers from brown paper or an extra brown paper bag if you don't have brown paper on hand. Or use white paper for any of the items and color them the color you like.

3. You can use large wiggle eyes instead of the pattern. (Be sure to keep out of reach of the littlest elves.)

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