Easy Paint Chip Christmas Garland

If you have a lot of paint chips lying around you can make a full garland of holiday ornaments, like this one from A Girl and a Glue Gun. Or if you don’t have as many and don’t feel like raiding the hardware store for more, just make a few and use them as gift tags or ornaments.

And if you don’t have pain chips you could probably even make them out of wrapping paper. Or cut out card stock and have the kids decorate it. Or even use old artwork from the year; how fun would that be as a way to keep some of their art without having to keep their art?

Whatever medium you use, head to A Girl and a Glue Gun to get the templates and instructions.

[Photo: A Girl and a Glue Gun.]

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Celebrating Holi with Kids

I’m in deep denial about the fact that new year is almost upon us again! It’s been the fastest and the longest year at the same time, and I can look back and see some good things as well as some things I wish had gone differently.

Doing a year in review with your kids — whether in the classroom or at home — is a good way to capture some of their memories and the things they really liked about the year gone by.

There are a lot of different printable year in review worksheets you can use if you want to make this super easy. Here are links to a few (often part of larger posts about NYE celebrations with kids that are worth a read, too):

Teach Beside Me has lots of fun printables fro the end of the year, including a year in review that covers favorite memory, funniest memory and the best book they read, among other topics.
NurtureStore‘s version has space for a self-portrait and prompts like favorite toy, best day out this year and future dream job.
Remember favorites, their “best idea” of the year and have room for setting goals for next year with this one from The Keele Deal.
The year in review from Yes We Made This has room for drawing or writing and includes things like something they learned, a memory they made and a place they visited.

Of course you could pretty easily make your own year in review for the whole family to do that asks questions based on what you most want to remember. (Favorite video game? Best friend? Favorite family memory?)

And if after the year in review you’re ready to look ahead a bit, Mrs. Merry has new year’s resolution printables to inspired kids to look ahead and set goals for things they want to try. You can totally fill this one out as a grownup, too.

[Photo: Mrs. Merry]

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