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Fun Simple Candle Holder Projects

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safety pin candle holdersAt Makingfriends.com (Cool Crafts for Kewl Kids) they have the coolest candle holder projects. My favorite is their safety pin teas light holders which are made out of colored metallic safety pins strung with beads.

You will need:

  1. 36 colored safety pins, size 2 (You can use regular silver or gold safety pins instead if you want)
  2. Metallic pony beads
  3. Crystal faceted beads
  4. Tea lights
  5. Metallic cord

See Makingfriends.com for full instructions on the safety pin tea light holders.

candle lantern Here’s another easy project that would be fun to make with the family. All you need is wax paper, craft (popsicle) sticks, oval woodsies (hearts , diamonds or stars would be pretty too), tacky glue and a small candle in a votive cup. A variation I’d like to try on this one is to paint the wood pieces different colors, but the full instructions for the basic craft stick lantern can be found here.

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Reflecting on the Past Year with Kids

I’m in deep denial about the fact that new year is almost upon us again! It’s been the fastest and the longest year at the same time, and I can look back and see some good things as well as some things I wish had gone differently.

Doing a year in review with your kids — whether in the classroom or at home — is a good way to capture some of their memories and the things they really liked about the year gone by.

There are a lot of different printable year in review worksheets you can use if you want to make this super easy. Here are links to a few (often part of larger posts about NYE celebrations with kids that are worth a read, too):

  • Teach Beside Me has lots of fun printables fro the end of the year, including a year in review that covers favorite memory, funniest memory and the best book they read, among other topics.
  • NurtureStore‘s version has space for a self-portrait and prompts like favorite toy, best day out this year and future dream job.
  • Remember favorites, their “best idea” of the year and have room for setting goals for next year with this one from The Keele Deal.
  • The year in review from Yes We Made This has room for drawing or writing and includes things like something they learned, a memory they made and a place they visited.

Of course you could pretty easily make your own year in review for the whole family to do that asks questions based on what you most want to remember. (Favorite video game? Best friend? Favorite family memory?)

And if after the year in review you’re ready to look ahead a bit, Mrs. Merry has new year’s resolution printables to inspired kids to look ahead and set goals for things they want to try. You can totally fill this one out as a grownup, too.

[Photo: Mrs. Merry]