He loves my stash of cookie cutters almost as much as this little tree, so it was the perfect project. He got to dig through and pick out all of the Christmas cookie cutters, and then we just followed the instructions closely (important, because they can be finicky and brittle if you don't), and they turned out great! Totally worth the $1.50 for the mints - all of the other supplies I already had on hand.
Besides being a fun Thanksgiving weekend activity to do together, the bonus was that it was a great fine motor skills and spatial/puzzle activity for a preschooler: he was in charge of taking all of the individually-wrapped mints out, and then he also could work on fitting mints into the cookie cutter shapes, figuring out where he could place them to fill in gaps after I cut some of them into smaller pieces for him.
Other bonus: we had some leftovers, which I used for a tasty Pinterest-inspired treat - stay tuned for that next week!
Thanks Anne, Merry Christmas.
ReplyDeleteLove this idea, so pretty, wondering if I could spray a finishing coat of shellac on them......
Fun! Any crafts with the kids is a win in my book, these turned out super cute.
ReplyDeleteI love those mints so at first I thought this would be a great project for me but then I realized, nope! I’d just eat the ornaments (Ok, I didn’t read the instructions so there could be non-food things but, ya, I’d still be tempted!)
ReplyDeleteThese are so cute! I would totally do this if I had metal cookie cutters, but all mine are plastic. Talk about a mess! :)
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