Last Minute Gift Making

December 21, 2010

Yesterday the girls and I made monster bean bags.  They have a gift exchange with their cousins.  The idea for these came from this link on crafty crow.  They drew monster pictures and then we picked out the materials together.  Cute!

Bean bag monsters
I have to admit that crafting with my kids is a challenge for me.  I get easily irritated by their impatience and fighting about who goes first and all that.  This time, Anne and I made hers during Cal's nap & Elsie and I made her's when she got hope from school.  Divide and conquer!  So, we made it through without too much upset and may make a couple more after school today for out of town favorite cousins.

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