We love story time around here and as I've mentioned before, Jan Brett is one of our favorites. Around Christmas time we always bring out Gingerbread Baby and borrow Gingerbread Friends from the library (we really need to add that one to our collection). We have a tradition each year that after reading Gingerbread Baby for the first time of the year, we make our own gingerbread house. I always purchase a gingerbread house kit at the after Christmas sales to use for the next year. This serves two purposes; I only have to pay $5 for a kit and I can tell my children they can't eat any of the candy because it is old and yucky. I'm not as heartless as you think though, I do purchase a bag of holiday M&M's and keep in the middle of the candy tray just for sneaking while decorating our house. If you would like to make your own gingerbread houses with a whole foods recipe, you can go to My Humble Kitchen, where she has a great photo tutorial and recipe. I just might try this next year and actually let the children eat their houses. The Littles also love to make their own gingerbread houses with crayons, markers and even some glitter glue to add a sparkly sugar effect, just like the gingerbread house in the book. Jan Brett's website has a really cute gingerbread house print out here, along with different ways you can design and decorate it. You can find a fun gingerbread baby game board here and an interactive drag and drop gingerbread house here. I found this fun recipe for making gingerbread playdough here, haven't had a chance to try it out but it looks like lots of fun. Just make a cut out of a gingerbread man for a template, I got mine years ago from the Family Fun Magazine. Pin the template to some brown or tan felt and cut out two pieces per man. Sew around all the edges, leaving and inch or two opening to fill with wheat, rice, beans, etc. Hand stitch the side after filling and then let the children "decorate" the men with buttons, google eyes, bells, puff balls, etc. Shared on: Wildcrafting Wednesday Christmas Edition.
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12/8/2014 08:42:27 am
Awww! How sweet! Your kids will never forget the fun memories you've created with them! Merry Christmas and thanks for joining us for Wildcrafting Wednesday's Christmas Special!
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