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by Alysia Schwarz

Several years ago, I had an inspiration and put this Christmas gift idea together. I’ve done it for several of my kids’ teachers since and it has always been very meaningful for them. I’ve also done it for my daughter’s gymnastics coach and my son’s speech therapist. It is my hope that this gift be a way that more parents can bless more teachers.

What to do:

• Buy a nativity set. Generally, I get an inexpensive one costing less than $10 because it really isn’t about buying an expensive one.
• Wrap each piece of it individually and attach slips of paper from the attached paper for the appropriate parts (it is good to number them so you can easily send them in the right order).
• Send one to school each day with your child.

Download the wording for this nativity gift. The document is in Adobe Acrobat format and can be viewed and printed with Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Note: Permission is used to copy/alter this project as long as it is not for monetary gain.

by Denise Willms

If you’d like to help your kids make some Christmas presents, do an easy Christmas craft, or just add a few nature lessons to your Christmas seasons, making Christmas bird feeders together is a fun way to do all three.

Our family makes these Christmas birdfeeders every year, and we enjoy watching the winter birds that come to visit our home. They also make nice gifts for family and friends. They’ll enjoy watching the birds that visit their backyard when they display your gift.

What You Need:

• Whole grain bread, toasted
• Smooth peanut butter
• Bird seed
• A drinking straw
• Colorful string or yarn
• Christmas cookie cutters

What You Do:

Toast the bread then let it cool. Use your Christmas-themed cookie cutters to cut Christmas shapes out of the bread. Use a butter knife to spread one side of each shape with peanut butter.

Pour some birdseed onto a plate. Place the cut bread on the plate, peanut butter side down. Press the bread down gently so the birdseed will stick.

Remove the bread from the plate, and lay it down on the counter or a cutting board. Use the drinking straw to make a hole at the top of your new bird feeder. Pull some colorful string or yarn through the hole and hang on a tree branch. We like to use Christmas colored yarn to make our tree look festive.

Now sit quietly and watch who comes to enjoy your Christmas treat. When the bread is gone, the birds might even take the string to add to their nests.

Article Source: http://www.wahm-articles.com

Denise Willms is a homeschooling mom of two, and owner of WAHM-Articles.com. You can find more information on homeschooling at http://www.learnhowtohomeschool.com