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Advent Calendar from baby food jars
Advent Calendar from baby food jars
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>Since we're overloaded with baby food jars (sick kitty) even after
>donating to the Y daycare and 1st grade teacher, I figured it would be
>great to build some of these trees with David. Then over the weekend I
>realized that if I built one of them like this:
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> (25)
> (23)(24)
> (20)(21)(22)
> (16)(17)(18)(19)
> (11)(12)(13)(14)(15)
> (05)(06)(07)(08)(09)(10)
> (03)(04)
> (01)(02)
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>I would have a tree of 25 jars to fill with little trinkets and use as
>an advent calendar.
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>Bath Salts
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>Epsom salts
>food coloring
>fragrance (ex:scented oils)
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>Fill a baby food jar, label, and put a pretty covering on the jar lid. (I use
>wrapping paper and ribbon)
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>Finger Paint
>1/4 cup cornstarch
>2 cups cold water
>food coloring
>mix ingredients in saucepan. Boil until mixture thickens. Cool, pour
>into containers I usually
>double this recipe, omit the food coloring, and pour this into several
>jars, then add the food colors.
>
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>Back to the baby food jars.
>If the kids are old enough they could hot-glue lace or
>appliques on the jars. The lids could be on or off.
>
>Possible uses:
>fill the jars with potpouri (sp?)
>candy
>
>cut slit in lid for penny jar
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>A cute project one of my kids brought home from daycare was a baby food jar
>turned upside down, filled with blue water (food coloring) and oil (like the
>lava lamps), and with the glittery confetti cut in shapes that you can buy
>now.
>
>I think they painted the lids and then hot glued them shut so the liquid
>wouldn't leak. They were really cute, and I thought a clever idea for a four
>year old to do for a project. They may have even painted or pasted small fish
>shapes on the outside of the jars.
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>decorated glass jars -- can paint the outside or glue a
>circle onto the lid and gather into a ruffle with a rubberband
>under which you've glued, then tie with a ribbon
>The paint (or maybe stick-on letters) could be describing
>contents or say "#1 MOM" or something similar
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>glue a little figurine on the underside of the lid. Fill the jar with
>water and moth flakes. Make sure the lid seals back onto the jat.
>Shake it up and it looks like it is snowing
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>Glue (Glossy Mod Podge) tissue paper on the outside of the jar and put a
>tea candle inside.
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