Last Saturday my sisters and I hosted a Christmas party for several of our friends from church.
We called it a "Snowflake Party" because our craft for the day was making snowflakes from paper! Not the nonsensical, randomly cut up pieces of paper like when we were kids, but intricate, delicate ones made from patterns!
We had so much fun planning for the party, and Ali took great pictures, so I thought I'd post them.
Even the dry erase board got decorated....
This was my magnum opus...
Creating a a station where everyone could create their own personalized cup of cocoa with all the fixin's.
Ha! And we tease the boys about eating alot.....
What's a party without games? And better yet, an icebreaker game to get the ball rolling!
In this case, our icebreaker game was a relay with two teams. Each team member had to unwrap and eat a Hershey's Kiss wearing a giant pair of snow gloves!
We had about 13 girls.
Snowflake time!!!
Cut them out, flatten for a few minutes under a giant textbook, (the best use I've found for biology yet!) and decorate with lots and lots of glitter; all the while gabbing with sweet friends and drinkin' the good stuff. (and yes, I mean hot cocoa....)
Next game... pass the gift that's wrapped in who-knows how many layers of paper. When the music stops, whoever has it unwraps one layer. Whoever takes off the last one gets the prize.
Lovely, lace-like snowflakes.
Finish up the afternoon singing Christmas carols around the piano.
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Those who can't sing can just play violin...)
What a fun time we had celebrating this fun season!!!
Of course it also means hours of practicing music that looks like this... Sheesh. 