Book-n-Craft Advent Acitivities December 11th

I have soo many favorite authors and Jan Brett is definitely on my list. I love her stories and her art work. Her books definitely need to be shared! The Gingerbread Baby is no exception. We laughed at all of the trouble the gingerbread baby got into and how Matti caught him in the end. First, we made paper gingerbread houses. J took her time to color hers so carefully that I printed one and colored with her as well.

I took the easy way out this time. I found a gingerbread sticker kit awhile back (probably last year) and I gave it to her. She made several gingerbread boys and girls. This kit was nice since it did not require glue and the gingerbread people fit in the houses we made.

Here is the finished gingerbread house and baby.

We took the extra stickers and made a gingerbread paper chain for our living room door.

Don't mind the jammies. These activities were done on the same day. We had to go grocery shopping and we finished our "school" stuff when we got back.

Our game for the day was Penguin War. Each penguin card had a different set of dots and we played war with them. The person who laid the penguin with the largest number on it won the cards.

She was winning - see the smile?

Next, we practiced measuring different items around the house using gingerbread men. I would ask her how many gingerbread men would the item measure and she would answer 100! She thought that was funny.

We measured our markers, paints, Kaleb's high chair tray, our table...

Cute book and J was excited to do school at night. Isn't that funny? Still working through the books and having a great time. Smile:)