I am a big fan of holidays. Any holiday. I love
this calendar, that tells me when all sorts of random holidays are. How much more do I love REAL holidays. And obviously since we have a son named "Lincoln", president's day is a big deal to us. I found a fun (and pretty funny), craft for the boys to do. As it was
Family Home Evening, we first had a lesson on the presidents. I had a whole bunch of facts about each president (I only did Washington and Lincoln because our kids are young, but it would be fun to do it with other presidents too), and the kids had to choose which of the presidents it was. Things like "he was the tallest president 6'4" (that was Lincoln) or He was a General in the military (Washington). The boys learned a lot and they got a lot of them right too.
After we did the lesson we made this craft I found out in cyberspace somewhere (I really need to be better at giving credit where credit is due. I am usually in such a hurry that I snatch the idea and don't even pay attention to where I get it. Sorry!) It only requires three shapes turned one way they are Abraham Lincoln and turned the other way (with cotton balls for hair), they are George Washington. We laughed a lot and the kids had a great time. Josh as always jumped right in and helped them.
It was fun because they could do it all by themselves, that is always a bonus.
This is how each of their pictures turned out. Pretty awesome huh? Well, they thought so :) I keep trying to think of what I will do when they are teenagers and don't want to do my crafts anymore, I mean can you picture 16 years olds sitting down with a glue stick making these? I am glad I don't have to think about it yet!
Josh bought this book for Lincoln a while ago and so we read it with the family for our nightly reading time.
For dessert we had Cherry Berry Pie. As they ate and finished up their craft I read a story to them about George Washington chopping down the cherry tree. Not sure that it is true, in fact I have heard it isn't, but it is a good story and from everything else that I have heard about that wonderful man, he would have done it. He was such a good person. I am glad that we have this day to remember and honor them.
I am a big fan of holidays. Any holiday. I love this calendar, that tells me when all sorts of random holidays are. How much more do I love REAL holidays. And obviously since we have a son named "Lincoln", president's day is a big deal to us. I found a fun (and pretty funny), craft for the boys to do. As it was Family Home Evening, we first had a lesson on the presidents. I had a whole bunch of facts about each president (I only did Washington and Lincoln because our kids are young, but it would be fun to do it with other presidents too), and the kids had to choose which of the presidents it was. Things like "he was the tallest president 6'4" (that was Lincoln) or He was a General in the military (Washington). The boys learned a lot and they got a lot of them right too.
After we did the lesson we made this craft I found out in cyberspace somewhere (I really need to be better at giving credit where credit is due. I am usually in such a hurry that I snatch the idea and don't even pay attention to where I get it. Sorry!) It only requires three shapes turned one way they are Abraham Lincoln and turned the other way (with cotton balls for hair), they are George Washington. We laughed a lot and the kids had a great time. Josh as always jumped right in and helped them.
It was fun because they could do it all by themselves, that is always a bonus.
This is how each of their pictures turned out. Pretty awesome huh? Well, they thought so :) I keep trying to think of what I will do when they are teenagers and don't want to do my crafts anymore, I mean can you picture 16 years olds sitting down with a glue stick making these? I am glad I don't have to think about it yet!
Josh bought this book for Lincoln a while ago and so we read it with the family for our nightly reading time.
For dessert we had Cherry Berry Pie. As they ate and finished up their craft I read a story to them about George Washington chopping down the cherry tree. Not sure that it is true, in fact I have heard it isn't, but it is a good story and from everything else that I have heard about that wonderful man, he would have done it. He was such a good person. I am glad that we have this day to remember and honor them.
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