Advent Day 21: Ollie's Ski Trip and glittery foil icicles

Book: Ollie's Ski Trip
by Elsa Beskow

Activity: Glittery Foil Icicles

I know many of you are fans of Elsa Beskow's so I am sure you will enjoy this story and her charming illustrations. Ollie gets skis for his birthday and has adventures with Jack Frost and other winter-time characters.

To get an idea of Elsa Beskow's talent do an image search for her on google (or click here) with your feet up and a cup of tea; you won't regret it :)

Activity: Glittery Foil Icicles

Supplies:
•clear glue preferred or white glue
•aluminum foil
•fine glitter preferred or regular glitter in silvers, golds, and pale blues
•ornament hook
•scissors for cutting foil

Step 1: cut a piece of foil that is about 6" long and 4 1/2" wide at the top narrowing to 3" wide at the bottom (don't worry too much about measurements, this can be eyeballed)

Step 2: squish the foil lengthwise, then roll between your palms (like making a snake with play-doh); one end should be sharpish and the other end flatten between your fingers

Step 3: apply glue all over the icicle

Step 4: cover icicle with fine glitter and tap off

Step 5: pierce flattened end of icicle with sharp scissors and attach the ornament hook; fold over the foil and squish foil and hook end together

Step 6: these look so beautiful in clusters so make a lot!

Comments

[Sandra]

Congratulations! You make beautiful things with your hands!! I will make a lot of these for next Christmas!!

[rebecca]

*gasp!!!
LOVE THEM!

think i'll make a few hundred!!

[Visty]

Oh my gosh...as soon as I saw these I remembered making them when I was very, very small. I had completely forgotten! Must do these!

[clarice]

Oh thank you, these will be perfect for our snow unit we will be doing. Clarice

[Amber]

Another great craft idea. You are amazing. My daughter looked through all of your ideas this afternoon and was so excited. I checked in each day but to see all your ideas, in conjunction with book suggestions, all at one time---WOW! You REALLY need to create a book! (Hint to anyone who might be reading this...)

Also, we are huge fans of Elsa Beskow's here and I think why she is so amazing is her ability to capture the essence of childhood in her illustrations---they aren't so much created FOR children as much as through the eyes of children.

[Michelle]

Oh, such a very cool, original idea, one I've never seen before. This Southern California gal can finally have a white, glittery Christmas!