Showing posts with label Christmas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Christmas. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Music Stand for Christmas

This is a flute, trumpet, and sheet music stand that I made for the boys' Christmas present. It is screwed to the wall in their bedroom. The wood came from a dresser that someone threw out. The trumpet stand was a baseball bat that I carved with a draw knife, a little bit of rasping and sanding. The curves of the shelf are made on a band saw and sanded with a belt sander.

Friday, December 12, 2008

Ginger Bread Houses

One of my favourite advent activites is making ginger bread houses. I went to J.'s class yesterday and helped the 1st grade kids make theirs. They started with a small milk carton and pasted Graham crackers all around with icing. When I got home, A. and I started on our own. We didn't have milk cartons so we had to stick the crackers together with icing, and then leave them to harden over night. Today the boys started making theirs. A. and I finished ours, and J. enhanced hers with some more M&Ms. Now to eat them!