ORNAMENTS
Materials: 1 cup flour, 1 cup salt, 1/2 cup water, ornament hangars
Directions: Mix all the ingredients together to make the
dough. Let the children mold the dough or flatten so it is 1/2" thick
and cut with cookie cutters. (Use a straw to punch a hole for a hangar.)
Let the
dough dry for a day. Turn the dough over and dry another day. Paint
with tempera paint and spray with shellac.
Adaptations: Dissolve 2 TB. instant coffee in 1/2 cup hot
water and add to the flour and salt. Your ornaments will look like
gingerbread cookies.
Hint! Shorten drying time by baking in a 250 oven for 5-10 minutes.
SOCK SNOWMAN
Materials: white tube socks, fiber fill, rubber bands, markers, felt
scraps, wiggly eyes, and other craft accessories
Directions: Have children fill the bottom of the sock with 3 large fists
of fiber fill. Put a rubber band around this section. Put two fists full of
fiber fill in and then rubber band around the middle section. Put one
fist full of fiber fill in to make the head and rubber band. Pull the top
cuff of the sock over the head to look like a hat. Decorate with wiggly
eyes, felt scarf, yarn hair, etc. Draw on a mouth and buttons with
markers.
COOKIE SWAP
Materials: homemade cookies, zip bags, plastic gloves
Directions: Ask each child to bring in a batch of homemade cookies.
They will need to bring in as many cookies as there are children in
your classroom. (Encourage the parents to make these with their
child.) Children wash hands, put on a plastic glove, then walk around
and put one of each cookie in their zip bag.
Adaptations: Have parents write down the recipe for their cookie.
Run off a copy and put together to make a cookie recipe book for
each family.
HOT CHOCOLATE MIX
Materials: 1 box instant nonfat dry milk (25 oz.), 2 jar powdered non-dairy
creamer (16 oz.), 1 cup confectioner’s sugar, 1 carton
presweetened cocoa mix like Nestle’s (16 oz), 1 jar chocolate malted
milk powder (13 oz), decorative jars or tins, ribbon
Directions: Combine all ingredients in a large bowl with a wire whisk.
Fill jars or tins with the mixture and attach these directions with a
decorative ribbon: Mix 3 tablespoons of the mixture with 1 cup of
boiling water. If desired, sprinkle with miniature marshmallows.
SPICED TEA
Materials: 1/2 cup instant tea, 2 cups Tang drink mix, 2 cups sugar,
1 package lemonade mix (14 oz.), 1 tsp, ground cloves, 2 tsp.
cinnamon, decorative jars or tins, ribbon
Directions: Mix all ingredients in a bowl until well blended. Fill jars or
tins with the mixture. Tie these directions on with a decorative ribbon:
Mix 2 heaping teaspoons of mixture with 1 cup of hot water.
CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE MIX
Materials: 2 cups flour, 1 tsp. salt, 2 tsp. baking soda, 1 cup
packed brown sugar, 1/2 cup white sugar, 1 and 1/2 cups chocolate chips,
1 quart
wide-mouth canning jar
Directions: Layer the above ingredients in the jar.
Attach these
directions: Thoroughly mix the ingredients in the jar in a large bowl. In a
separate bowl, cream 1 cup margarine until fluffy. Beat in 1 egg and
1 teaspoon of vanilla. Mix in the cookie mix. Drop spoonfuls of the
dough on a greased cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 8-10
minutes until lightly browned. Cool and eat!
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