Jake And The Never Land Pirates Christmas Wreath

With a little inspiration from the Disney Junior characters, we’re celebrating Christmas with some of our favourite bloggers, creating magical Christmas activities for you and your little one to make and share with your family. Disney Junior The Channel is available in all Foxtel subscribing homes, channel 709.

Christmas is generally a “traditional” time of year but sometimes old style themes are quite lost on today’s children. Every year we put snowflakes on the windows and my mother puts up her fake fireplace. Yet my children have no concept of snow at Christmas time and none of our houses has ever had a fireplace (not a real one at least).

I have taught well over 100 craft classes for children and the one thing I can tell you is that if kids do not relate to their project then no “creativity” will shine through.

So, here is a fun way to theme your Christmas decorations to something your little ones can relate to. This Disney Junior Jake And The Never Land Pirates Christmas door wreath is lots of jolly fun and all the kids who come to our door love it. If you use it year after year, it also adds a little “time stamp” for remembering when your kids were young.

Because let’s face it, they grow up way too fast.

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To make this Jake and The Never Land Christmas Wreath, you will need:

A lifebuoy ring or polystyrene wreath (from a craft store) and rope (hardware store)
Themed Jake And The Never Land Pirates Party Plate (from a Party Store)
Gold Coins (Party section)
Sword (Dress up section)
Skull and CrossBones sticker or printout
Christmas sign and Christmas bows.

When you have all these items, the rest of the instructions on how to make this Christmas wreath fall into place, especially if your kids love watching Jake and The Never Land Pirates on Disney Junior Channel. (Disney Junior The Channel is where magical storytelling comes to life! Available in all Foxtel subscribing homes in Australia; channel 709 and Fetch).

Start adding the embellishments on to the lifebuoy ring. The kids can help you to design and create the layout.

We used a quick drying clear craft glue instead of Hot Glue so that the kids could get involved and help create the perfect family wreath. And that is it!

How easy and fun was this? What Disney Junior character would your kids use to create their own perfect wreath? Join them at @disneyjunioraunz and use #DJMagical Moments.

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When it’s hot outside it’s fun to do any kinds of activities that involve ice, water or anything cold. Check out my water and ice activities here, and read on for sensory and science experiments using and inspired by ice cream, and maybe grab a sweet treat after you’re finished.

In the Playroom has a bunch of ice cream inspired STEM challenges that would be great for older kids. These include things like designing an ice cream cone holder that will hold cones upright, making the highest stack of “scoops” (using cotton balls) and making a cover that can keep ice cream from melting so quickly. The challenges and printable pages kids can use as they work on their experiments individually or in teams are included in a free download.

This ice cream water table from Happy Toddler Playtime doesn’t use real ice cream, but you could try chilling the shaving cream for the fake ice cream base (though cans of shaving cream should not be frozen). Or just throw some ice cubes in there while you play.

You could also make fluffy ice cream slime (not edible) with this recipe from STEAMsational Family and use that in a sensory tray or table if you like.

Happy Toddler Playtime also has an ice cream cone volcano idea, which is the classic baking soda and vinegar project with an ice cream twist.

Turn building an ice cream cone into a lesson about sharing with this idea from Extremely Good Parenting. Read the book Should I Share My Ice Cream? and then make paper into an ice cream ball you can share with someone else (or just make for fun).

Learn about states of matter and sequencing with a melting Popsicle experiment (you could also do with ice cream) from Mrs. Jones’ Creation Station. This is a good one if you have a sunny spot on the playground or in the yard where kids can observe and time the melting of a frozen treat, ideally while eating their own. There’s also a free printable for kids to record their observations if they didn’t get too sticky.

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