Busy Little Kinders

The hustle and bustle of this time of year tends to become overwhelming.  But these little darlings always bring the joy and the innocence back to Christmas.

We started our week off learning about elves...

This little elf made a pretty good s"elf" portrait...{I crack myself up}

Santa, Santa!

 We made these trees {from Little Giraffes}.  I have the kiddos take equal sized strips and glue them to the brown trunk.  Then we move from the bottom up and cut a little off each branch as we move up to the star.

I tell read the Legend of the Poinsettia by Tomie dePaola.  Then then they make a poinsettia of their own.

.....On to candy cane patterns....

Polar Express Day

I put together a "special delivery" from the North Pole that gets mysteriously left at the front desk and the receptionist.  Inside is a letter {see below} from the Big Man himself.  Also inside were frozen silver bells, one for each child.  I love the looks on their sweet, innocent, little faces as I read the letter and hand them each a frozen bell.

{Yes, I am wearing footed penguin PJs.  So comfortable!}

Christmas M&M Counting

 Polar Express Trains

Movie and Hot Cocoa Time

{whip cream, sprinkles, and a peppermint stick}

 What a magical week we had.  Four and a half days to go...four and a half very, very busy days to go!  Have a super week friends!