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Hi everyone!
Swap partners have been assigned and sent out.
Let me know if you've signed up, but haven't received your group list yet. Lists were e-mailed back to the original e-mail you signed in with. Be sure to check in "spam" folders, just in case it gets misdirected.
For more information, click on the Kids Ornament Swap page at the top right corner of my blog or click here.
Thank you!
Wow, we've had a great turnout for the Kids Ornament Swap! Thanks everyone for signing up. We have about 120 families ready to make ornaments! The sign-up time is now closed. We'll divide everyone into groups of 8 families. Each family will make a "Winter Wonderland" ornament for the other members in your group, so that means making 7 ornaments to ship out and 1 more for you to keep at home (optional, of course ;)).
Cassi and I will organize the groups and email you directly with the information you need to send out your ornaments. While we're busy getting that ready, you can go ahead and begin making ornaments if you'd like. We'll be contacting you by the end of the week.
All Kids Ornament Swap information will be available on it's own page, with the link in the top right corner of my blog. You can have your very own Swap button, too, and let everyone know you've joined in on the fun! Just use the button above to put on your blog. You'll need to link it directly to the information page. The Crafty Crow has a great tutorial for adding a button to your blog, click here for help.
For more information or to contact us, click here.
Thank you!
It is not so much the example of others we imitate as the reflection
of ourselves in their eyes and the echo of ourselves
in their own words.
~Eric Hoffer
***note...sign ups for the swap is now closed***
The Crafty Crow and Full Circle (we're sisters, did you know?) are putting together a kids ornament swap and you and your little (or big) ones are invited to participate! Everyone loves ornaments and creating them with your kids is even more fun :)
The Details:
* Sign up here. In your email include your first and last name, your shipping address, and your blog address if you have one. Sign ups will close at midnight PST on Sunday November 16th. We reserve the right to close the swap early if we get more participants than we think we can handle so sign up quickly to guarantee a spot!
* You and your kids will make 5 - 8 of the same ornament and receive the same amount back. (Final amount will depend on number of participants).
* Sorry, we are limiting this swap to the United States only this time around.
* With respect to everyone's practices and faith of this season we have chosen a neutral theme: Winter Wonderland! Inspiration for ornaments include: trees, snowmen, mittens, pine cones, birds, deer, ice skating, squirrels, rabbits, snowflakes, berries, leaves, the moon, stars, icicles, etc. Basically anything having to do with winter and nature :)
* Ornaments have to be mailed on or before
Monday, December 8th!
* Please do not sign up if you won't be able to complete the swap - no one wants any disappointed kids! If unforeseeable circumstances keep you from participating please email us immediately so we can remedy the situation.
We are in the process of making a button to put on your blogs so check back soon!
If this sounds fun and you'd like to join, then send us an e-mail (see above), we'll be waiting!
As you may recall, my youngest son is visually impaired. In his left eye, he has light perception only. His right eye has a narrow field of vision, but he can see large objects pretty well and and small things up close. Print is difficult unless it's fairly large. He also has a hard time with his colors. He doesn't see the whole spectrum and needs high contrast to see the best. I made some color blocks for him to practice seeing the differences.
I purchased these one-inch wood cubes at the craft store and painted each side a different color. After they dried, I gave them a coat of Mod Podge. I love Mod Podge - it makes everything shiny ;)
One of the things we do is have him identify the color blocks that don't match the others and then he tries to find the colors that match. He likes the challenge and it seems to be helping exercise his eyes. Auntie made the coordinating pouch to store them in. She's the best!
Like millions of people across the nation last night, we bunkered in, prepared for a long night, prepared for what could go wrong, prepared for possible disappointment while hoping beyond hope change could really happen.
It did.
