Little Box of Treasures - Snowy, kitschy fun with Shoe Boxes

It was a hour of snowy, glittery, kitschy fun at Make and Take Club this week. Hannah and I spent the afternoon before club making our own little boxes of fun to bring as a 'here's one a made earlier' for the kids inspiration. Oh my goodness what fun, harked straight back to childhood, when I would painstakingly cut out bits of carpet and make furniture out of old yoghurt tubs and glue. It was a Christmas theme and boy did our kids do well. Each of the finished masterpieces all had a little imprint of the childs' personality in them. India did a kitschy, colourful gypsy caravan box, Daniel's had perfect symmetry and really beautifully decorated scene complete with handmade snowmen, Ella chose to make a massive santa sleigh full of gorgeously wrapped presents with a little dog (her favourite animal) as the reindeer. Joseph, created a fantastic melty snowman with great big eyes and a wide smile in his Christmas scene and Olivia made an amazing snow and ice scene for a princess (complete with princess) very Bollywood! Violet created a snow scene with a bridge out to an area for dogs, whereas Lottie's creation was a vibrant snowy scene with a lovely handmade snowman. Olivia and her little sister created lovely colourful snow scene with loads of glitter and their mummy Libby managed a gorgeous room of her own. Last but not least was Tom with his snow scene and giant Santa Claus all ready to bear gifts. Hannah's snow scene was spectacular! She used some battery operated fairy lights to poke through holes in the back of the shoe box to warm up her Christmas scene an idea that i will be stealing for Joseph's finished creation. My room, a homage to the cosiness of Christmas, complete with flickering wood burner and a large amount of Bollywood kitsch thrown in. It was really great fun, we made a lot of mess (sorry Joey) and wow I'm just so impressed with what the children managed to make in the space of an hour. Well done. Looking forward to next week's wet felted Christmas decorations. Here is our gallery of finished masterpieces Ta-Da!








Aw two lovely sisters

That's brilliant well done

Great Joe, loving the chocolatey mouth

Joseph's melty snowman

These are just fabulous, so colourful and christmassy

Lottie's handiwork, such a happy snowman!

Olivia's snowy fit for a princess















Violet's complex snow scene and bridge wow



















Santa's sleigh by Ella














Tom's snowy giant Santa















Daniel's snowmen and I particularly love the snow boards

in the background

















India's bollywood, gypsy carvanesque winter scene

A gallery of treasures

My kitschy cosy living room

Hannah magical snow scene, just love those lights

See you next week - Wet Felt Christmas Decorations xx