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Silver Packages

PROJECT A) HOLIDAY, HOPES AND WISHES

Materials needed:

Silver paper
Boxes
Tape
Ribbon
Wreath ( or tree branches, bulletin board, tree, display area etc. )

Pencil
paper
Hot glue  

step 1

Students writes wishes and hopes for their families, friends, mankind or Earth on paper.

Then choose the most important ones to enclose in the box.  

     
step 2 The notes are placed into the box (any small box).
     
step 3 The silver paper is measured...
     
step 4 ...cut, wrapped, and taped around the box.
     
step 5 Ribbon is added and tied into a bow.
     
step 6 The boxes are glued on the wreath and a bow is added.
     
  Finished product.
     
 
PROJECT B) CARING AND UNDERSTANDING

 

The students research and study current events and worldwide concerns. 

Materials needed:
Paper and Pencil
Wreath ( or tree branches, bulletin board, tree, display area etc. )
Hot glue
Glitter 


  Each child writes wishes for their family, friends, society or Mother Earth.  (It is amazing, how empathetic and loving the student responses were.) 
     
  Wishes can include cures for cancer, jobs for all, money for the homeless, ending global warming, parents getting back together, improved family togetherness, health for the sick, etc...
     
  Attach wish paper to wreath.
     
   
     
 
     
 


 
PROJECT C) HANDPRINT DOVES


  Trace hand leaving a point on the thumb (the wrist is on the fold and not the cut).
     
  Cut out hand print and fold.
     
  Fold the 3 middle fingers to either side of the dove.
     
 

Write Christmas or holiday words on each finger of the wing.

Draw eyes on both sides of the head.

Make 2 cuts on the remaining finger and fold back. This will be the tail.

Add a string in the middle of the dove (between the two sides) and staple.

Staple or glue with the string.

Glitter is optional.

This dove is a hanging ornament.

 
 
PROJECT D) HANDPRINT WREATH



MATERIALS:
PAPER PLATE
GLUE
PENCIL
SCISSORS
RIBBON
STAPLER

CUT A HOLE IN A PAPER PLATE
TRACE AND CUT HANDS
CURL FINGERS
GLUE AROUND THE PLATE
ADD RIBBON(STAPLE)
ADD RED CIRCLES FOR BERRIES
IF DESIRED, ADD ORNAMENTS (DOVE)
GLITTER IF DESIRED

   
     
   
     
   
     
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