Can You Believe It?

It is December! I can't believe it has been a week since I last posted to my blog, but we did have a holiday in there with no school. I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving. We did! I think I gained fifteen pounds.

We did a neat activity today and it is fairly easy to do, but the results are very pretty. We made Christmas cards (more practical reading and writing) using the iris paper folding technique. There is a very good website that I got my patterns from and they are not complicated at all. The demo instructions are easy to follow. The kids were excited, and I was too because I got them to practice letter writing inside the cards. Plus, I hope their families were excited about the beautiful cards that their kids created for them. I also gave the kids a packet of additional pattern so that they could teach their families and friends how to make them too!

The website for the Iris paper folding craft is: http://www.irisfolding.circleofcrafters.com/
sign up with your e-mail address, and they will send you a new pattern once a month. Have fun!
I have!!

Donna Smith