All i want for Xmas is...

a white xmas!

But am sad that there's no sign of snowing at all... Though it's freezing cold at -10 degree when i fetched Zq back from school just now. I dreamt of scenes that my boys making snowman in a whole white patch of ground, throwing snowballs at each other, how i wish my dreams can come true!

Please... let it snow let it snow let it snow.....................

Snowflake

In the midst of brainstorming and researching on winter-related theme of activities/ art & craft for the boys, i chanced upon a blog of a mama demonstrating how she did up beautiful snowflake with her daughters, and it was very simple yet lovely! So the not so arty-crafty me decided to give it a try!

The materials needed:

- white canvas sheet

- masking tape

- blue & purple paint

Masking tape is used to form the shape of a snowflake. And recently i have been reading some Baby Einstein winter flash card to the boys, how appropriate it is to be used here again!

Snowflake facts:

• all snow is made of hundreds of thousands of tiny snowflakes. they are so tiny that one can sit on your pinky!
• snow flakes are really just little drops of water that have frozen into crystals
• each snowflake is different. no 2 are alike!

The boys painted the whole canvas sheet with blur & purple paint. Zq was engrossed and painted his picture carefully, while An An was more interested in my cammie. This activity tooks a longer time and i think it's more age-appropriate for a 3yo rather than a 18 month :)

We peeled off the masking tape after the paints dried. And we outlined the snowflake with a black marker to enhance the effect of the picture.

Isn't it lovely?