This week is almost over and we continue to prepare for Grandmother and Papa's arrival. They will spending time with us during the kids' winter break!
Today is Ms. Bree's Winter Feast at school and after the feast, the kids will be doing a short Christmas performance that I can't wait to see it.
For this performance, the girls were asked to wear a long sleeve white shirt with a Christmas design on it and uniform bottoms. You would think, that finding a "Christmas" shirt during this time would be easy... but after a few trips to different stores proved me how wrong I was!!
I could not find a "white shirt" with a Christmas design on it and when we finally found an "ivory" shirt, it was the wrong size.
Ms. Bree was a bit sad when we realized that most likely she would have to wear a "plain" white shirt. But like any good girl, she didn't make big deal or had a temper tantrum. She just simply said, "why can't we make our own?" My creativity hat went on and I looked at her and said "you know, you are absolutely right, we can do this!"
We purchased the long sleeve shirt from Walmart ................. $3.97
While she was at her dance class I made a super fast trip to the Dollar Store and purchased the rest of the embellishments.
Foam Glittered Christmas Trees.................................... $0.99
Jewels.................................................................... $0.99
Foam Glittered Snowflakes ................... $0.99
I used Fabric Glue that I had previously purchased from Michaels. Fabric Glue can be found at any Walmart or at any crafting store.
The above 3 pack is the one I bought from Michaels' for $3.99.
This is the first time I do this, so I explained to Ms Bree, that she had to be extra careful, because I didn't know if the embellishment were going to stay on.
She loved helping me create this shirt and her excitement to wear it this morning... well, that's priceless to me!
If you can't find the perfect shirt for a program or for any occasion, remember that you can do a lot with simple foam cut out shapes and fabric glue.... I sure did!!
