"Chore chart" or "Family night chart"

Things you will need:

1. Paint

2. Patterned paper and solid paper

3. 5/8" cup hooks (however many you need for your family)

-You can get them at walmart for less then a $1 for 8

4. hot glue gun

5. 3 different sized boards about the same shape

6. Paint sponge brush or paint brush

7. Mod podge

8. alphabet stamp set, cricket alphabet, sizzix alphabet or alphabet stencils will work

9. sanding block or sand paper in antiquing edges

10. ribbon for hanging names or chart (optional)

11. hole punch

12. glue (for paper/scrap booking)

13. something for the same. (I used magnetic business cards and cut them since that's what I had on hand that had some weight to it and that was easy to work with. Small wood pieces will work fine too you'll just have to drill holes in it instead of hole punching them.)

Directions:

1. sand and paint then sand your boards again

2. cut paper to size you want and mod podge it to the middle sized board.

3. once dry, mod podge over surface of the large and medium sized boards.

4. Glue all three boards together

5. Cut out letters for top of board (I used the cricket for the letters of my chore chart. the rest of the names and chores i just printed out from my computer using card stock.)

6. Mod podge letters on top of board

7. evenly space out the chores you want done

8. mod podge them on

9. For my name tags, I know I am planning on a certain number of kids and I'm only half way there, so I didn't place their names on it (for obvious reasons) and I put decorative paper on the opposite side of the tag then I would have put the name on. The blank ones I figured for now we will all pitch in with or I will just do them until later. (:

10. mark where you want the hooks to go and twist in. They are a little hard at first but then go in nicely. If you have a drill, drill a small hole just smaller then the hooks screw, that should help too.

I'm not sure if I used all the steps, so if it doesn't make sense, leave a comment and I will try a better step by step method.

Instead of a "Chore Chart" try doing it for "Family Night".

Idea for family night:

Opening prayer

Song

Scriptures

Lesson

Activity

Treat

Closing prayer

(If you still need another one, use HELPER)

Christmas Craft ideas

Both of these crafts I have done in my family since I was a very little girl. I have enjoyed these fun crafts and hope you do too. Let me know what you think!

Clothes pin "Rudolph" rain deer

Things you will need:

1.Brown felt (ears)

2. 3 old fashioned clothes pins (body/legs and head)

3. 5mm red pom-poms (nose)

4. White pom-poms just bigger then the red ones (tail)
5. 4mm easy-glue eyes

6. some kind of string for hanging purposes

7. colored ribbon for around neck

8. sharpie marker or black paint and paint brush (hooves)
9. hot glue gun with glue sticks

Directions:

1.Glue two of the clothes pins together like such.

2. glue sting like this and then place the third clothes pin upside down over the string.

3. glue red pom pom on rounded part of clothes pin to make the nose.

4. Glue the two eyes above the nose.

5. Glue the two ears at the base of the antlers.

6.Glue the center of the ribbon to the top of the neck where the body and the head meet. Then tie a bow at the bottom. (note: you may want to glue the bow itself as well... It works either way just stays better for longer use.)

7. Lastly, color the hooves (feet) on all four bases of the clothes pin legs.

Your all done! Isn't he just the cutes little guy?!?

This is a fun project that is fun for the whole family. My 3 and 4 year old both love doing it with me and my 2 year old did really well at it too (with help from me).

Good luck!

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Christmas tree treat bag

Things you will need:

1. two identical trees cut from green felt. One needs a mouth hole cut out.

2. an oval (with edges cut off) for the base that is the length of the trees base.

3. 2 identical stars from yellow felt

4. 2 easy glue eyes (any size will work fine and look really cute.)

5. 1 yellow fuzzy pom pom

6. about 8 green and red (really any color you want will work) fuzzy pom poms.

7. hot glue gun and glue sticks (you can sew the edges if that is better for you).

(Note: This pattern is a touch different then the example that I am showing how to do things with. The directions are still the same though.)

Instructions:

1. Glue two trees together (Glue along inside edge of tree, place other tree on top of the glue.)

(NOTE: DO NOT GLUE BASE DURING THIS STEP!)

2. Start gluing the base piece of felt to the tree.

3. Glue star on both side of top of tree. (like a sandwich)

4. Glue eyes on

5. Glue yellow fuzzy pom pom on for nose.

6. Glue colored fuzzy pom poms on all over the tree.

Fill with treats or a small gift!

My whole family has enjoyed doing these fun little gifts for as long as I can remember. They have always been one of my favorite holiday traditions we make for either our family or friends.

Have fun!