I ran across something really fun out in blogland! I follow a wonderful little blog called, The Pleasant Times, which has many crafts, edifying articles, and just nice stuff. It's kind of like a blog about Simple Living with an emphasis on appreciating beauty.
Today, I was reading the latest post and they are having a Snowflake Event during the week of December 12th! It's a celebration of all things snowflake! There are beautiful paper snowflakes on their site and some patterns, links to other patterns, etc. You can showcase anything with snowflakes on your blog: sewing, quilts, stencils, rubber stamping, folded paper, embroidery--really just anything at all.
Most of these crafts are really inexpensive, but gorgeous! Imagine snowflakes of all sizes cut from left over winter themed scrapbook papers. The new fine glitter could be great, too.
For those families with loads of kiddos (or nearby friends) how about having the kids lie down on the ground and make the shape of a snowflake all together. What a fun photo that could be!
My boys and I discussed it and we will be cutting out paper snowflakes and talking about crystalline structures during our home school science time. Hmmm. I think I will also sneak in a bit about properties of water (why it expands during freezing) and 60 degree triangles and bonds.
This is not about competition, money, or anything else. It's just a compilation of links from folks who will all be celebrating the season together with snowflake themed crafts, art, etc. No pressure!
But, the best part for me is that reading the blog post reminded me of making paper snowflakes with my science students in public school to go along with atomic and crystalline structures. We decorated my classroom with loads of snowflakes and it was wonderful! It's one of my favorite memories from that time in my life.
So...long story short, won't you please join us in making some snowflake crafts and sharing in a bit of frugal Christmas joy? I'd love to see yours!
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