last minute christmas craft

i've been trying to make this christmas season magical for my kids- with christmas music playing all day, endless cups of hot chocolate, candy canes ....you get the picture.  the problem is some days the "magic" is gone.  some afternoons the boys decide to argue or annie pulls the gifts from under the tree announcing it's her birthday (meaning the gift must be hers!)  the other day when the "magic" was fizzling- i decided to do a craft.  i've seen versions of this online.  i hadn't planned to do this so we used what was around the house. 

WARNING...........if you are my mother-in-law would you please stop reading now :)  the kids decided that grammy would be the perfect recipient to their craft.  SO- NO PEEKING PLEASE!!  but, before you go- happy 40th anniversary!  today jordan's parents will celebrate their 40th wedding anniversary- how awesome is that?  ok- now grammy- i love you- click off of the site. 

on to our craft:

look at how eager those little hands are :)

i had jack do the bottom layer on our hand tree- since his are the biggest.

will did a layer right on top of jack's.  followed by anna michael's small hands on top.

we added a tree stump.

and a star on top.

once the tree was dry- i let each kid choose a color for the ornaments.  the ornaments are simply their fingerprints.
 jack choose blue.

will picked red for his.

anna michael used "pua-ple." and there is our tree.



i think i'll add a bow at the top to hang it.  i think it would look cute on a door handle. 

working together on a craft totally brought the magic back into our house!  if you're not feeling like crafting but want some christmas magic in your house make some hot chocolate with whipped cream and sprinkles for the kids:

and invite some of your friends over for cranberry margaritas with sprinkles of course!



merry christmas!  i hope your home is full of christmas magic.