...tied up with string, or maybe red wool, finger knitting or crocheted chain stitch.
Well, this is the plan anyway. We made a start on Wrapping 2010 yesterday.
I thought we'd make a return to our painted brown paper from the days of one pre-schooler and a sleeping baby. Surely we could manage it now with all four girls?! It was quite successful, but thankfully I was sensible enough to only have two girls painting at a time.
Hannah and Ruby started out with a paint brush and a lovely array of Christmas coloured spots.
Sarah and Alice had a play with a few cut potatoes. Straight cuts through the middle gave us round, bauble like circles.
I was amazed that Sarah could remember doing it so well. She must have been no more than 3 when we did it last time. Alice got the technique right pretty quickly.
Our triangle cut potato gave us cute little Christmas trees. As bedtime was approaching, this was a team effort - Sarah green, Alice red and Mummy on the yellow stars.
We've replenished the paint supply today and plans are underway for star-cut potatoes over the weekend. That calls for a dramatic rise in the level of skill required with the knife!
Here's hoping I'm up for it or we could have some very wonky stars.
Have a great weekend and I hope your list gets a few ticks, too.
x
Fabulous wrapping papers girls! Here's a trick for you Mum; press a cookie cutter into the potato and slice off the excess while the cutter is still in the potato. Perfect shapes every time.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Sarah. What good advice. I hadn't thought of that but it will work a treat! I've got just the star shaped cutters for the job. Should make things much more successful :)
ReplyDeleteThe trees are fantastic. You are so clever. Sarah's suggestion above is fantastic too. Even I could manage this....
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