Do you know what the one thing I have learned the quickest about being a Grandmother is? Just how those little ones LOVE to keep their little hands busy. Oh my, if you turn away for even a brief moment those hands are into something else.
With the Thanksgiving season upon us and Christmas just around the corner, it's a wonderful time to combine your hands with those little ones and do some fun, creative things together. Really for me it's a time for my grandchildren and I to let ourselves relax and as my kids say hang loose.
One of our favorite Thanksgiving traditions is to help the little ones make a fun place tag/favor so that the guests know who sits where. Now I didn't say for the adults to do it all and just let the little hands have a small part. Does it really matter how fancy or perfect they look? NO!!!!!!! It's far more important to help the little ones know that you trust them and believe in them that they can do something. It builds their self esteem.
So here are a few suggestions for those name tags/favors.
One that I really like is taking a little paper nut cup and filling it with little dinner mints or nuts. Then taking your child's hand and drawing the outline of it on paper and cutting out as many as you need. This makes a darling turkey, just add two dots for the eyes on the thumb and a little red gobble and then glue it on the front of the little cup and write the names. Easy and look who will get all the credit..... Why the little hands of course.
Another one is taking a chocolate pin striped cookie, turning it on the chocolate side. Then taking a large marshmallow and slicing it into thirds,so it looks like the white trim on a pilgrims hat. Take some frosting and secure the white trim to the cookie.Then take some frosting and stick a Rolo for the top of the hat, and put it on the white trim. Then cut a small, square piece of black licorice and stick it on the white for the buckle of the hat and attach a paper with your guests name on it.
One idea I love a lot of course is, making Carmel apples. If you have the funds then buying them is super, there are some darling, yummy made ones. But if that's not a option because of a large group then, making them is really easy and you can buy the decorations and guess what? The little ones love to do the decorating. Now here we go with NOT worrying about having them look PERFECT!!!!! It doesn't matter. Then after they dry put them in a plastic bag and tie them up and write the name of your guest on a attached little paper or even a little sticker.
Something I also like to do is take the time to share all the GRANDMA'S ATTIC information you have on what THANKSGIVING is all about. A wonderful time to do this when your hands are busy at work. Even take the time to share about their PILGRIM ANCESTOR'S. I mean aren't we all immigrants!
Oh and don't forget that at this time of year, that The GRANDMA cookies get even better. Yummy Pumpkin Chocolate Chip, Oatmeal, and Applesauce, Raisin Cookies. Add a nice glass of Apple Juice or Warm Chocolate Milk or even some EGGNOG!!!!!!! Enjoy and most important be safe xoxoxox
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