Advent Activity Day 1

Today we opened envelope number one of our Activity Advent Calendar.

Inside it said: Make Christmas Ornament. So that is what we did.

While the kids were napping I gathered up all the ingredients I would need.

Flour, Salt, Water, Cookie Cutters, Parchment Paper, a cookie sheet and a bowl to mix it all in. (The bowl was still dirty so it didn't make it into the picture.)


When Dart got up from his nap we went into the kitchen to get started. I let him help me by pouring the ingredients into the bowl. It was a process that needed 100% supervision so I didn't get any pictures of him helping me mix. Oh well, maybe next time.

Once the dough was ready he climbed up into his high chair so we could get to work.

I gave him a small ball of his own to work with and he was SO excited to get to play with it. And thanks to my time taking cake decorating classes I had on hand a rolling pin just his size. So for that I have to say, "Thanks Ma. For encouraging to take those classes."

Isn't he doing such a great job of rolling out that dough.

Ok, so it would have taken forever if I let him do that all by himself so finally after a bit I rolled it out the rest of the way for him.

 Next came making the actual ornaments. He picked out each one on his own as we went along. I helped a little with making sure they were completely cut but for the most part he did that all on his own.

 It was really neat to see how proud of him self he was when he would cut each ornament. I am amazed at how fast he is growing up.

From there we put them in the oven. The directions I have say to bake at about 325 for roughly an hour. However, my oven is smaller than most standard ovens so I planned to check mine at half an hour.













Our finished product. The got a bit darker than I wanted to but that is just fine because in a few days they will be getting a paint job anyway.

I really enjoyed today's activity. I hope that this can become a tradition that Dart and I can do for a long time to come. Check back tomorrow to see what we do on day 2.