easy crafts

It is always fun to do crafts with my kiddos. Some years we have made Christmas ornaments together; usually when we do that I plan ahead and get things started in November. This year I did find some simple ones. Though they won't be heirlooms, they were fun. You know the scratch off paper that has glitter paper underneath the designs/marks you make on it with a stylus? We found packs of scratch off ornaments like that at Hobby Lobby. Some were shaped like trees and stockings, others had words: faith, hope, joy. Joseph had fun scratching them off with a friend. I also purchased glass ball ornaments to make these cute hand print snowmen. I do still have that auditory memory of glass ball ornaments shattering on the floor when the girls were little, so I've not rushed to complete these.