by Santaelf | Sep 5, 2020 | Christmas books, Christmas today
the little reindeer who lost his presents by Jedda Robbard Little Hare Books, Richmond (Melbourne), Sept 2017 Age group: 2 to 5 year olds Format: 12 page board book with lift the flaps I don’t recall how I came across this book, but it is sitting amongst my...
by Santaelf | Dec 17, 2018 | Christmas activities, Christmas today
Just 8 days to go until Christmas – are you excited or worried about the size of your ‘things to do before Christmas’ list? Ornament calendar While this ornament looks fancy and is bigger than most other ones, it was still just two simple pieces...
by Santaelf | Dec 9, 2018 | Christmas activities, Christmas today
The weekend is drawing to a close but the advent calendars are still going strong! Ornament calendar The calendar added an angel to our tree today, and revealed a picture of an angel atop a snow covered tree. Lego City Getting into the Christmas theme today, the Lego...
by Santaelf | Jun 16, 2017 | Children's craft, Christmas crafts
Last Christmas, my daughter’s grade 1 class made some Santa sleighs and reindeer in their art classes. I think they are very cute, and a clever idea on the part of their teacher. I love the Santa face and beard some of the children created! The reindeer are very...
by Santaelf | May 23, 2016 | Children's craft, Christmas crafts
As I posted last Friday, I recently made some foam Christmas masks with my daughter – one of Santa’s face and one of a reindeer face. Neither took particularly long and did not require a lot of my input, but to keep the blog post a reasonable length I...
