Rudolph Nylon Craft

When I was at my sister's house this past weekend to celebrate our family's Christmas, I noticed this really cute craft hanging on a door knob.

Her son had made it at school. I took a closer look and realized it was nylons stretched over a wire hanger! How cool is that? I knew I would not have enough time to collect old nylons and hangers for my whole class, so I made one with my daughter instead. But next year I'm totally going to do this with my class! I started with a pair of old nylons (or "old lady socks" as my nephew called them) and a wire hanger.

I stretched the hanger by pulling the middle part down. Then I pulled on the nylons. I ended up using both legs to make it a little darker. Then I tied them at the top.

My daughter dipped a big red pom pom in glue and put it on the tip of the hanger, where the nose would be. Then she added eyes cut from paper. I showed her where to put them.

For the antlers, I wanted to use handprints. But hers were a little too small!

So I traced my husband's hands and attached those to the top by the hook. They covered up the knot. I used masking tape on the back to hold them in place. Then I found some fun craft paper and made holly and berries from it. I helped Elise stick them on.

And here's how it looks!

I love how it already has a hanger. I hung it from a stocking holder for the pictures, but now it's on the door knob of our closet.

So cute!

Happy Holidays, everyone!

Santa's Helpers

Our project today was an oldie, but a goodie. Although I've seen it around many times, this is the first time I've done it with my kids. First I took pictures of them and printed them out (5x7). Then I cut the heads out.

Yesterday I had them make brown handprints so today all they had to do was glue the handprints onto their head, and add a red pom pom to the nose.

I put them all on my door with the words, "Santa's Little Helpers."

So cute!