Well today The Adventures of Action Jackson blog turned 1 year old! Thank you to everyone who comes and reads on all the activities we do. We hope that everyone had a Merry Christmas is you celebrate. Jackson’s birthday is also Christmas day so we get to celebrate his awesomeness with a lot of presents. He turned a might 4 years old!
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We did it! We finally did it! Last year we saw this A-M-A-Z-I-N-G snowflakes in the shapes of your favorite Star Wars characters! We are complete Star Wars geeks in this family. Jackson is obsessed. Even more now since they merged his Angry Birds with Star Wars.
Thanks to Anthony over at Anthony Herrera Designs he gives step by step instructions on how to fold and cut this awesome snow flakes.
So far we have only made C3-PO and Yoda, and let me tell you this is hard work! I did find a trick though after I finished C3-PO, cut the small stuff 1st! Then cut the outer edge. This gives your hand something to hold on to while you cut with your fancy Xacto knife.
Best of luck on your cuttings and holidays! Merry Christmas and May the force be with you with this craft!
Action Jackson is getting to the age where visual displays help to let him know when something important is coming up. Well Christmas is only days away. I have never done an advent calendar and don’t really like the idea of all the little toys or candies in there. Mainly because they will all be gone before Christmas arrives. So instead I went to Joann’s and found a felt santa. Since I wanted to do a countdown somehow I thought that I get some white pom poms and glue them each day onto Santa’s beard. Here’s what we did:
Step 1: We had to glue all the pieces of Santa together. The pre-made kit can be bought at Joann’s for $10. We put it together with Glue Dots.
Step 2: Line up all your pom poms in the order you want them. You should have 24 (Since Santa comes on Christmas Eve).
Step 3: One by one take off the pom- poms and number with a sharpie. 24 should be at the end of the beard to make it full when it is finished.
Step 4: Hang him up and add a pom pom each day! We have been using the glue dots and they work just fine.
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
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