DIY Advent Christmas Tree

This year I decided to get a little bit creative with our advent.  I seen a couple of things online that I liked, so I decided to mix it up and make the best of it!

First thing was to cut a star out of a 1x6 with my jig saw.

Next was to use my miter saw and cut some of out firewood down.  Mine ended up being about 3/4 of an inch thick.

For the back of the tree, I used an old 2x4 that I didn't need.  Then, I cut pallet wood down for the tree shape.  I then used wood glue and nailed them to the 2x4.

I used a piece of a pallet to add the the bottom of the 2x4 to help with stability of the tree.

Looking good!!

I painted half of the wood pieces green and the other half red.

While they were drying, I added screws on the my tree to which the ornaments would hang.

After I painted the numbers on the wooden pieces, I spray painted them with a clear coat on both sides.  My hope in doing this is that they will not be dried out with our wood burner.

I painted a '25' on the star and nailed it on.  Then, I used black string and attached it to each wooden piece and hung them on the tree.  I put my numbers started at the bottom and working our way to the top so that the star would be on Christmas Day.

Blessings!!

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Poppins Book Nook: Jake Goes Peanuts

     Welcome back to another month's edition of Poppins Book Nook!  This month's theme is To the Kitchen!

  We read the book Jake Goes Peanuts by Michael Wright.  This is a cute little story about a boy who only wanted to eat peanut butter.  His parents set out to make a peanut butter week of peanut butter roast, peanut butter soda, etc.

     After this we set out to make peanut butter pie!  

Mixing powdered sugar and peanut butter!

Stirring the vanilla pudding and then combining with some of the peanut butter.

Putting whipped cream on the pie.

Finished!  

The wonderful bloggers that participate in the Poppins Book Nook are:  Enchanted Homeschooling Mom ~ 3 Dinosaurs ~ To the Moon and Back ~ Planet Smarty Pants ~ Farm Fresh Adventures ~ Growing in God�s Grace ~ Chestnut Grove Academy ~ Learning and Growing the Piwi Way ~ The Usual Mayhem~ Preschool Powol Packets ~ Monsters Ed Homeschool Academy ~ Adventures in Mommydom~Teach Beside Me ~ Life with Moore Babies ~ Kathy�s Cluttered Mind ~ Are We There Yet? ~ Our Crafts N Things ~Hopkins Homeschool ~ ABC Creative Learning~ Joy Focused Learning ~ P is for Preschooler ~ My Bright Firefly ~A Mommy�s Adventures ~ Inspiring 2 New Hampshire Children ~ World for Learning ~ Ever After in the Woods ~Golden Grasses ~ A glimpse of our life ~ Journey to Excellence~ Happy Little Homemaker ~ Little Homeschool Blessings ~ Raventhreads ~ Tots and Me ~ As We Walk Along The Road ~ Stir the Wonder ~ For This Season~Where Imagination Grows ~ The Canadian Homeschooler ~ School Time Snippets ~ Peakle Pie ~ A Moment in our World ~ Every Bed of Roses ~Finchnwren ~ At Home Where Life Happens ~ The Library Adventure ~Embracing Destiny ~ Day by Day in our World ~ Our Homeschool Studio ~ A �Peace� of Mind ~ Thou Shall Not Whine ~ SAHM I am  ~ Simple Living Mama  

Clip Art by Melon Headz

Enchanted Homeschooling Mom has a wonderful, free lapbook printable to go with this months theme of "To the Kitchen." Check it out!

Feed Our Small World:A Cookbook for Kids Giveaway! Every month the Poppins Book Nook group will be offering readers a chance to win a brand new storybook or product that ties in with our theme for the month. This month one lucky entrant will win a copy of the book Feed Our Small World: A Cookbook for Kids for the theme of To The Kitchen!

Entrants must be 18 years or older and reside in a country that receives U.S. Postal mail. This giveaway is brought to you by the company Enchanted Homeschooling Mom who is owner and founder of the Poppins Book Nook. By entering this giveaway you are also acknowledging that you have read and agree to all of the Rafflecopter terms & conditions as well as Enchanted Homeschooling Mom's disclosures found here {http://enchantedhomeschoolingmom.org/disclosures/}.  Just enter the Rafflecopter below to win:

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Presidents Study: John Tyler books and crafts

John Tyler

by Mike Venzia

John Tyler

by Anne Welsbacher



A good activity to do with your kids would be to play marbles.  It is said that John Tyler was playing marbles with some kids when he won the election.

Blessings!!

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Mystery of History Volume 2 Lessons 40-42

Lesson 40 Vikings: Their families, their homes and their faith

Viking ship out of legos!

Lesson 41 Methodius and Cyril, Missionaries to the Slavs

Christ watercolor

Lesson 42 Alfred the Great, King of England

For this lesson, we are putting together the Anglo Saxon Helmet.

Blessings!!

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USA Study: Rhode Island

Rhode Islands cool facts:

1.  You can fit 547 Rhode Islands in the state of Alaska.
2.  Block Island is 9 miles off the shoreline of Rhode Island and was once a hideout for pirates.
3.  Crazy traffic law:  don't throw pickle juice on a trolley car
                                   don't race horses on the highway

The colony of Rhode Island

by Susan Whitehurst

Roger Williams and Rhode Island

Colonial Life for Children DVD

Finding Providence : The Story of Roger Williams

by Avi

Something Upstairs

 by Avi

Rhode Island Facts and Symbols

 by Kathy Feeney

R Is For Rhode Island Red: A Rhode Island Alphabet

 by Mark R. Allio

Tuck Everlasting 

by Natalie Babbitt

Since Rhode Island is know for the first circus, we watched the movie Dumbo.

Presidents Study: Martin Van Buren books and crafts

Martin Van Buren

by Mike Venezia

Martin Van Buren

by Anne Welsbacher

Designing the American flag since Martin Van Buren was the 1st president born in the US.

Mystery of History Volume 2 Lessons 37-39

LESSON 37  CHARLEMAGNE

Our crown!

LESSON 38  THE THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS:TALES FROM ARABIA

Scooby Doo in Arabian Nights

Tenggren's Golden Tales from the Arabian Nights

We also watched Aladdin!

LESSON 39 INVASION OF THE VIKINGS

Viking Ships at Sunrise  

by Mary Pope Osborne

You wouldn't want to be a Viking Explorer

by Andrew Langley

Viking helmet!!

I had an extra lid so he also has a shield!!

Blessings!!

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Poppins Book Nook: The Moon Book

This month's theme was Beyond our Planet.  We read "The Moon Book" by Gail Gibbons.  The book was awesome!  We love Gail Gibbons books!!

I had him do a moon art project.

Materials

white paint
black piece of construction paper
bowl
flour
star stickers

First you trace the bowl onto the center of your construction paper

 Then you will put some white paint in a container and mix the flour in it until it is thick and gloppy.  Then they paint inside the circle!

 Completed!

 Next, I had Conner take the end of another paint brush and make craters with it.

 Then I found these pictures to show how we landed on the moon.  They can be found here:

http://www.busybeekidscrafts.com/support-files/moonlanding_color.pdf 

Then I had him add stars all the way around!

The perfect moon!

Blessings!

Now, you have a chance to win this book and some other fun things!!

Beyond Our Planet Bundle Giveaway! Every month the Poppins Book Nook group will be offering readers a chance to win a brand new storybook or product that ties in with our theme for the month. This month one lucky entrant will win a bundle of fun for the theme of Beyond Our Planet.  This bundle will include a copy of the storybookThe Moon Book by Gail Gibbons and a Space& Astronauts Bucket Playset.

Entrants must be 18 years or older and reside in a country that receives U.S. Postal mail. This giveaway is brought to you by the company Enchanted Homeschooling Mom who is owner and founder of the Poppins Book Nook. By entering this giveaway you are also acknowledging that you have read and agree to all of the Rafflecopter terms & conditions as well as Enchanted Homeschooling Mom's disclosures found here {http://enchantedhomeschoolingmom.org/disclosures/}.  Just enter the Rafflecopter below to win:

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Blessings!!