The Twenty-Four Days Before Christmas - Day 4

Today our special thing was to make a Christmas tree for the birds and squirrels. We did our usual pinecones but we read about another way to make goodies for the animals. We were looking at one of our books and it had an idea that the kids wanted to try. You take bread and cut out cookie cutter shapes and then put them in the oven for about 10 minutes to toast a little and then add peanut butter, birdseed, cranberries and anything else you want. So, we tired this and it was fun and easy. We made holes in the top of the ornaments and hung them by red twine. The kids think it is the best tree they have ever made and I'm pretty sure the birds and squirrels will love it.  

More Pumpkin Painting Pictures

I thought I would post a few more pumpkin painting pictures - though most of my pictures are not of pumpkin painting, but the animals and the kids riding the pony. I will get around to the actually painting sometime. They had so much fun and they are already asking if we can do it again next year and I think maybe we will. 

Pumpkin Painting Party

Today it rained all morning and I was sure we would not get to have our pumpkin painting party. But, around 2:00 it stopped and the sun came out and it actually was nice the rest of the afternoon. So, we had our party with the pony and animals and painting pumpkins. The kids had so much fun and it was just nice to be together for a little while. Since it is late, I'm just going to post some pictures and then I will probably post more later because I haven't even looked at all of them yet. It was a really nice day.