Song Playing "Santa Claus is Coming To Town"
Everyone knows the words to this song... You better be good,
you better not pount...i'm telling you why.. BUT do you
know the consequences if your not???

You could see this under your tree come Christmas morning.
Want to make your own bag to give to that naughty person on your list?


COAL
Either use real coal, painted rocks, or if you can find some of the gum that looks like coal.
Give with this poem: 

I heard you have been naughty not nice, And Santa even checked his list twice. 
So all the way from the cold North Pole all you're getting is a bag of coal.
Make a little duffle bag out of scrapes of fabric and attach to the outside the above saying.

Are you READY for Santa's arrival? Do you have
your key? Key, yes for those of you that live in a
house that has no fireplace, you must hang a key on
Christmas eve outside of your
front door so that Santa can deliver your gifts.


Santa's Key 
Materials Needed:
Old skeleton Key 
Holiday print ribbon 
Gold cording 

Instructions:
Tie a bow using the holiday print ribbon around the top of the
skeleton key. Tie a loop out of the cording so that you are able to
hang the key over a door knob.

Don't worry parents Santa will leave the key next to his plate of gobbled up cookies, with maybe a few smudge marks on it. 

 
I just love this Jolly Old Man. I still cherish those childhood memories of my visits with him and the pictures taken on my yearly trips to Downtown Cleveland with my mother. But do you know how the American Santa Claus came to be? 
Santa Claus as us Americans know him today was the offspring of a theologian and a cartoonist.  The theologian, Dr. Clement C. Moore, was the author in 1822 of the immensely popular poem "A Visit from St. Nicholas," also know as "The Night Before Christmas," which presented the recent dutch import as a toy-toting pipe smoker, driver of a reindeer-drawn sleigh, and a fancier of chimneys. It is not clear which of these elements were Moore's own and which he borrowed from the stories of Dutch friends.  The cartoonist was Thomas Nast of Harpers Weekly.  His illustrations of Santa for that paper, done in two decades after the Civil War, established the image of the robust character we know today.

"You might as well do your Christmas hinting early." - Anon.
 
 
 

Below are some EASY crafts to make in time for the holidays.

BLEACH BOTTLE SANTA

You will need: 
       1 bleach bottle 
       white yarn 
       12 by 12 flesh felt 
       glue 
       2 eyes (black felt, buttons, or googly eyes) 
       Tool to make small holes in plastic bottle 
       Wire 
       1/4 yard of red material 
       14 inches of curly chenille 
 

  Step 1: Cut the bottle in half. . You decide the size of face you want and make a circle with a pencil. 

  Step 2: Make plenty of holes all around the circle. 

  Step 3: Cut the flesh felt in a circle and glue to the bottle.

  Step 4: Now start inserting the white yarn, leaving 2 inches on the lower holes and 1 inch of yarn on the upper holes. String the yarn in and
  out of each hole, (this makes the beard) and the hair line..

  Step 5: Add on the eyes and mouth if you have one. Make sure you have yarn going across for the mustache. You may have to cut the mustache to your liking. Take the red material and make a triangle hat. At the tip of the hat add on a bell. 

  Step 6: Take the red felt and cover the back side of the bottle. Stretch a piece of wire across the back so you can hang it up. Attach the wire  to each side real tight. 

  Step 7: Now you glue on the red hat and glue on the white chenille for the RIM of the hat. 

"He who has no Christmas in his heart will never find Christmas under a tree."
                             Sunshine Magazine.


Santa's Candy Sleigh

Ingredients and Supplies
Makes one sleigh

Royal icing 
Decorating bag 
Decorating coupler 
Decorating tip #3 
Three graham crackers (each is four sections) 
Two candy canes  (unwrapped) 
Chocolate  foil-covered Santa ( approximately 4 inches tall) 
Associated Christmas candy 

Royal Icing 
 Meringue powder 
 Powered sugar 
 Water 
 Mixer and bowl 
 Spoon or spatula 

Directions:

1.Follow the directions on the can of the meringue powder mix to  make a recipe of Royal Icing. 
2.Working quickly, put the Royal Icing into the decorating bag, coupler, and tip already in place. 
3.Squeeze the icing on top of one graham cracker,
  then quickly place another graham cracker on top. 
4.Squeeze the icing onto both candy canes and attach one on each  side of the long edges of the crackers. 
5.Carefully break the third graham cracker in half widthwise. 
6.Again working quickly, attach half of the graham cracker standing
  on its edge on the back of the sleigh.  ( The front has the curved  portion of the candy canes.) 
7.Carefully break apart the last half of the third graham cracker. 
8.Attach quickly one half on each side, long edges on top of the  candy canes and short edges touching the back of the sleigh. 
9.Let the sleigh sit for a few hours to harden. 
10.Fill the sleigh with the foiled Santa chocolates and other  assorted Christmas candies.
     This is an EDIBLE Craft..so the kids can much on it after the Holiday.

Author   Willie Ripple

 
Santa Magnet 

Materials Needed:
Juice Can Lid 
Felt (peach, red, white) 
White Curling Ribbon 
Marker 
Magnet 
Glue 

Instructions:
Trace around the juice can lid onto the peach colored felt; cut it out. Cut out a santa hat using the red and white felt.

Cut 10 pieces of curling ribbon, each one about 8 inches long. Using the edge of your scissors or a butter knife, run it down the ribbon to curl it. This will be Santa's beard. Glue the curls around
the edge of the juice can lid so the curls hang over the side. Glue the curls around about half the juice can lid.

Glue the peach colored felt onto the juice can lid to cover the ends of the curling ribbon. Glue santa's hat onto the juice can lid opposite
of the curling ribbon beard. Glue the magnet to the back of the juice can lid.

Use the marker to draw santa's eyes, nose, and mouth. You can also cut these features out of felt and glue them on.
GREAT PROJECT to use your RECYCLABLE

Make a SANTA Wallplate
1 Template
1 piece of cardboard
Scrapes of felt
white, red, black & pink

Click here to print Template out for 
cutting and directions.
 

 Santa Necklace 

Materials Needed:
White Pony Bead 
Red Felt 
2-Inch Peach or White Pom-Pom 
White, Curly Chenille Stem 
Wiggle Eyes 
Glue 
Thin Ribbon or Yarn 

Instructions:
Cut a piece of ribbon or yarn long enough to fit over your head and wear as a necklace. Thread the white pony bead onto the ribbon or yarn. Tie the ends of the ribbon or yarn together.

Cut a triangle shape out of red felt. Make the top point flat and the bottom edge rounded (figure 1). 


Roll the felt triangle into a cone and glue the 2 sides together. Glue the pointy part of the hat onto
the white pony bead (figure 2).


Cut an approximate 2-inch length of the white, curly chenille stem. Glue the chenille stem halfway around the peach or white
pom-pom; cut off any extra. This will be Santa's beard. Glue on the wiggle eyes. (figure 3)

Lay the hat down so you cannot see the holes in the bead. Glue Santa's face into the larger opening of the felt hat. Make sure when
the necklace is put on the face looks straight ahead.

Optional: You can add a nose using a scrap of felt or tiny
pom-pom. You can also add a band around the hat using the curly
chenille stem or a normal, white chenille stem.

I found this ADORABLE craft at the following url
http://craftsforkids.about.com/parenting/craftsforkids
/library/projects/blsantanecklace.htm
AUTHOR UNKNOWN

Crafts

Make this ADORABLE ornament out of recycled light bulbs.
complete instructions and template on site.

Make this ADORABLE Santa out of Sculpey mold.
 

PLACES

NORTHPOLE - great place to catch-up with Santa

SANTACLAUS - Get your answers to your child's most asked questions and
find out more about Santa.

SANTA -  Real FUN site....Songs , games, recipes and print out gift tags.
The Graphics are WONDERFUL on this site!

WORLD SANTA - FUN FUN site with lots of freebies and stories to read
 
 

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