Ruben's fondness for Santa runs deep. He pulled out his old hat and pipe cleaner beard again, and I can easily imagine him dressing up like Santa every year from now until his real beard is long and white.
Friday, December 16, 2011
A Gift from Ruben
Holiday decorating is in full swing at our house. We will get our tree tomorrow, but the halls around here are already decked with many quirky decorations. Last week, Ruben made this posable paper Santa toy for our front door, and today he asked me to share it with you. If you want to make your own, you can print this on heavy paper, punch holes in the arms, legs and body, and use wire brads to put it all together.
Ruben's fondness for Santa runs deep. He pulled out his old hat and pipe cleaner beard again, and I can easily imagine him dressing up like Santa every year from now until his real beard is long and white.
Ruben's fondness for Santa runs deep. He pulled out his old hat and pipe cleaner beard again, and I can easily imagine him dressing up like Santa every year from now until his real beard is long and white.
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
December Leaves
Do you decorate your house for the seasons? Here in Los Angeles, the reality of our natural world bears little resemblance to our "seasonal" decorations. Back when the kids were painting Fall leaves in school, outside the trees were green and blooming. We picked strawberries and went to the beach.
Now that it is December and the school children are making cotton-ball snowmen and construction paper evergreens, the few deciduous trees that show color are giving us their muted reds and yellows, while the chilly winds kick up their fallen leaves and swirl them about.
It won't snow here. People are just now harvesting the last of their tomatoes. In winter our hills are green and in summer they are brown, but our seasonal decorations carry on with daffodils, ice cream cones, falling leaves and snowmen as if the whole world was New England. I don't mind. I want my kids to know that in December, children somewhere else are sledding and having snowball fights.
But, last week we gathered some of the prettiest leaves on our block and found a sycamore branch that fell in the wind, and I made a Los Angeles style December decoration for our living room.
Falling Leaves Mobile: Sycamore branch, Liquid Amber & Ginko leaves dipped in beeswax, transparent thread.
Now that it is December and the school children are making cotton-ball snowmen and construction paper evergreens, the few deciduous trees that show color are giving us their muted reds and yellows, while the chilly winds kick up their fallen leaves and swirl them about.
It won't snow here. People are just now harvesting the last of their tomatoes. In winter our hills are green and in summer they are brown, but our seasonal decorations carry on with daffodils, ice cream cones, falling leaves and snowmen as if the whole world was New England. I don't mind. I want my kids to know that in December, children somewhere else are sledding and having snowball fights.
But, last week we gathered some of the prettiest leaves on our block and found a sycamore branch that fell in the wind, and I made a Los Angeles style December decoration for our living room.
Falling Leaves Mobile: Sycamore branch, Liquid Amber & Ginko leaves dipped in beeswax, transparent thread.
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