26Dec 2024 by catbird No Comments
NYE Activity Tree & New Year’s Eve with Kids

NYE Activity Tree & New Year’s Eve with Kids

Craft Project, New Year's Eve, Play
New Years Eve. To be honest I have never been that into this holiday, it just feels like a lot when every fiber of my being is telling me it’s time to rest. I actually enjoy it more now with kids than I ever did when I felt pressure to be out and about though. At first glance it brings to mind champagne and party dresses, but as we have established our routine over the years, its gone from being something I don't want to deal with to one of my favorite family celebrations. New Year’s Eve for us has evolved into a night of family games, nature and fun fortune telling activities. We started off years ago with one of those "do an activity every hour countdowns," that are…
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02Jan 2023 by catbird 1 Comment
New Year Nature Crowns!!

New Year Nature Crowns!!

Craft Project, Nature Art, Nature Collection, New Year's Eve, Play
One of the activities that we do every New Year's Eve is to make some sort of crown or party hat. In teh past we have mostly just colored in something free and printable and not gotten particularly fancy with it, but this year we decided that we needed to step up our crown game. The kids requested nature crowns, but we couldn't think of a way to make them "New Year's Eveish." I considered make stick crowns and spraying them gold because gold seems to be my default on NYE, but then I had an epiphany! Half of the crown would be bare sticks (like winter and the old year...) and the other half would be greenery (spring and the new year!) we ended up adding some sticks with…
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