Another ornament day. The boys each made a candy cane based on the instructions from
http://crafts.kaboose.com/candy-cane-ornament.html. I purchased the tri-beads from Jo-Ann Fabric, but I was disappointed that I had to buy a multi-color bag as they didn't have bags of all one color, like red. Because of this, Ty made a red and white candy cane while Koen had to make a green and white one...there just weren't enough red beads. This is a perfect craft to practice patterns, though Ty didn't seem to think the pattern was super important as you can see in his finished product. A note about this craft...I needed to pull out a needle nose pliers to help finish the ends so there was no sharp edge sticking out. The instructions didn't mention anything about it, but I found it to be helpful.
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| Ty's Candy Cane |
Despite Koen's green candy cane, I read the following poem to them:
Look at a CANDY CANE, what do you see?
Stripes that are RED like the BLOOD shed for me!
WHITE for my Savior, Who's sinless and pure!
"J" is for JESUS, My Lord that's for sure!
Turn it around And a staff you will see ---
Jesus, my SHEPHERD, Is coming for me!
http://dltk-holidays.com/xmas/candy_cane_poem.htm
After a little research, I found that the meanings associated with the candy cane were not the reason for its creation as some believe, but it's still a neat little poem to remind us about the meaning of Christmas.
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| Koen's Candy Cane |
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