Every year
growing up my sister and I wished for snow on Christmas day. We would have even been content for snow near
Christmas, but Georgia weather just never obliged. Now that I’m older, I usually appreciate the South’s temperate
climate (especially in the morning when I have to walk the dogs), but I still
hold a little hope in my heart for a white Christmas.
If you’re like
me, and are seriously lacking in the snow department, you should check out Snow
Day! by Lester Laminack. The
gorgeous illustrations by Adam Gustavson will help you pretend that you’re
building snow forts and sledding—and you’ll be able to relate to the
character’s disappointment when school isn’t cancelled. I don’t want to give away the ending, but
the surprise always brings a smile to my face.
After enjoying
Snow
Day! you might feel the need to create some snow yourself. This year I decided to decorate with paper
snowflakes. Since it had been many,
many years since I had been instructed in this art (and mine were turning out
looking like mangled bits of paper), I found this great how-to on
Instructables. You can find it
here. If you are
making snowflakes with young children, I suggest you use the larger piece of
paper. Even I was having trouble with
the smaller size in the instructions, and I have pretty decent fine motor
skills.
My attempt:
Professionals:
As you can see,
mine don’t have quite the sophistication of the professionals, but they
certainly bring some cold weather cheer to my house!
Labels: Holidays, Picture books, Read-Aloud