Kayla's Korner: December 2009

Christmas Ornaments

Texas/Melted Snowman - Made from hot glue, blue beads for the eyes, orange pipe cleaner for the nose and red beads for the mouth, hat and flag are laminated paper. First place a piece blue yarn on a piece of parchment paper. Squeeze a whole bunch of hot glue on top, leaving enough yarn for the hanger. Place the beads, pipe cleaner, hat and flag in the hot glue.

Snowman Ball Ornament - Made with a white, glass ball ornament, orange clay for the nose, red fuzz balls and pipecleaner for the ear muffs and red felt for the scarf.

Christmas Gifts -

Dirty Santa/Stealing Santa/White Elephant/Chinese/ Yankee Swap

Santa's Underwear - Get a pair of XL men's underwear, tie the legs off with ribbon, stuff with candy and other things. Tie off and place the following poem on it.

I looked for a stocking,
But could not find a spare.
So, I ended up stuffing
Santa's plaid (red, green, Christmas) underwear!

Reindeer Poop - Make a baggie of Cocoa Puff Cookies (See Kayla's Kitchen for recipe).

Attach the following poem...

I woke up with such a scare when I heard Santa call...

"Now dash away, dash away, dash away all!

I ran to the lawn and in the snowy white drifts,...

those nasty reindeer had left "little gifts".

I got an old shovel and started to scoop

neat little piles of "reindeer poop".

But to throw them away, seemed such a waste,

So I saved them, thinking ~ you might like a taste!

As I finished my task, which took quite awhile,

Old Santa passed by and he sheepishly smiled.

And I heard him exclaim as he rose in the sky

"Well, they're not potty trained, but at least they can fly!"

Bag of Coal - Fill a bag with charcoal and place the following poem on it.

I heard you have been naughty not nice,

And Santa even checked his list twice.

So all the way from the cold North Pole

all you're getting is a bag of coal.

Small Christmas Gifts

Potato Soup Mix

In a baggie - Combine 1 T. dried onion flakes, 1/8 tsp. dillweed, 1 T. Knorr Herb & Garlic Mix, 1/2 tsp. salt, pinch of pepper, 5 1/2 T potato flakes.

In another baggie - Add some soda crackers.

Make the following tag...

Cream of Potato Soup Mix

1 1/4 C. water

1 T. butter

Place Cream of potato soup mix from a bag in a mug. In a small saucepan over medium heat, place water and butter. Mix well and bring to a boil. Pour heated butter mixture over ingredients in mug. Mix well, cover and let sit for 5 minutes. If desired, top with shredded Cheddar cheese, sour cream, or soda crackers. Enjoy!

Other Gifts

Magnetic Paper Dolls - Glue the child's name and paper dolls onto a magnetic dry erase board using puzzle glue. Laminate the clothes and stick magnets on the back.